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Detaining Authority Has Exclusive Responsibility To Formulate Grounds Of Detention, Investigating Agency Can Only Give Inputs: JKL High Court
Quashing a Preventive detention order, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that the Investigating agency has no role in the formulation of the grounds of detention of a detenue as the same is a prerogative of the detaining authority.A bench comprising Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul observed, "Detaining authority may get inputs from different agencies,...
Complainant Not Satisfied With Acquittal Can't Institute Proceedings Before Human Rights Commission Alleging Dereliction Of Duty By Police: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has said initiation of proceedings by a complainant, post acquittal of the accused before the Karnataka State Human Right Commission, against a police officer who investigated the complaint and filed a chargesheet in the case is unsustainable in law.A single judge bench of Justice Jyoti Mulimani made the observation while allowing a petition filed by police...
Forest Scam: Punjab And Haryana High Court Grants Bail To IFS Officer Vishal Chauhan In Corruption Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday granted bail to IFS Officer Vishal Chauhan and others in connection with the Punjab Forest Scam and WWICS resorts extortion case. Chauhan was nominated in the FIR last year after the vigilance department busted the forest scam with the arrest of Guramanpreet Singh, divisional forest officer (DFO), Mohali, and forest...
Compensation For Death Payable If Nexus With Injuries Sustained In Motor Accident Established: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court recently modified the award of a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal which refused compensation for death of a 58-yr-old Jaipur resident on the ground that there was no nexus between the injuries sustained by him during the motor accident and his subsequent death.A single judge bench of Justice Birendra Kumar held:“There is no material on record to substantiate that prior...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: 13 February To 19 February, 2023
Nominal Index: PUNARVASU @ VASU And INDRANI S. 2023 LiveLaw (kar) 54 M V Guruprasad & ANR And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 55 G And State of Karnataka. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 56 Shadaksharappa And Kumari Vijayalaxmi. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 57 M.B.Jayadevaiah And The Managing Director, BMTC Central Offices & ANR.. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 58 M/s...
How Constitutional Right To Hold Peaceful Demonstration Can Be Curtailed? Calcutta High Court To Police On CPI(M) Leader's Plea
The Calcutta High Court has asked the West Bengal Police why it refused permission to CPI(M) leader Tushar Kanti Ghosh to hold a peaceful demonstration in Bhangore area of South 24 Parganas district.A single judge bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha directed the Inspector-in-charge of Bhangore Police Station to explain:“as to how the constitutional right to hold a peaceful demonstration by...
Gauhati High Court Imposes Cost On Electoral Registration Officer For Referring Retired Army Officer To Foreigners Tribunal To Determine Citizenship
The Gauhati High Court on Monday imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000/- on Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of 52 Dibrugarh Legislative Assembly, for referring to Foreigners Tribunal, a retired army personnel who has rendered a service of 38 years, for adjudication as to whether he is a citizen of India.The court observed that the order of reference itself provides that the ERO had got the...
Telangana High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Khadeer's Custodial Death Case
The Telangana High Court has taken suo moto cognizance of custodial death of 35 years old Mohammed Khadeer, a daily wager, held by the Police over a chain-snatching case in Medak district.The matter is listed before a bench comprising of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N. Tukaramji today.The court has initiated the proceedings based on a report published by the Indian Express Daily, as...
Kerala High Court Commences Publishing Judgments In Malayalam
The Kerala High Court has started publishing judgments translated to Malayalam language on test basis.In an unprecedented step, two judgments of the Division Bench comprising the Chief Justice S. Manikumar and Justice Shaji P. Chaly in WA 1638/2022, and WA 926/2016, have been made available in Malayalam language, on the High Court website. With this initiative, Kerala High Court has become...
Mere Existence Of Power Under S. 9 Of Arbitration Act Not Sufficient To Justify A S. 9 Petition: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the power of the Arbitral Tribunal to grant interim measures under Section 17 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act), is not inferior to the power of a court under Section 9. The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma remarked that though Section 9(3) of the A&C Act is not an ouster clause, it still requires the court to...
49th GST Council Meeting: Know The Key Recommendations Relating To GST Rates On Goods and Services
The 49th meeting of the GST Council under the chairpersonship of the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman.Here are recommendations relating to GST rates on Goods and Services:GST Rate ReductionThe GST Council has reduced the GST rate on rab from 18% to 5% if sold prepackaged and labeled and nil if sold otherwise. The GST rates on pencil sharpeners have...
49th GST Council Meet: Final GST Appellate Tribunal Agreement To Be Drafted
The 49th meeting of the GST Council under the chairpersonship of the Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman stated that the final GST Appellate Tribunal agreement is yet to be drafted.The second appeals forum for GST is the GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT), also known as the Appellate Tribunal. This means that any unsatisfactory order made by the First...