GST Council Recommends Cut In GST For Goods, IGST For Goods Import

The 22nd meeting of the GST Council held on Friday in New Delhi, under the chairmanship of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, has recommended changes in the rates of GST for certain goods. Changes in the IGST rates on imports of specified goods have also been recommended.The reduction in the rates of GST has been recommended for the following items:It is to be noted that the reduction in...

NCLT Dismisses Cyrus Mistry's Plea To Transfer Case Against Tata Sons, Imposes Rs 10-L Cost [Read Order]

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has dismissed a petition moved by Cyrus Mistry's firms seeking transfer of their company petition against Tata Sons out of Mumbai bench.Justice MM Kumar dismissed the petition moved by Cyrus Investments Pvt Ltd and Anr and also imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh.Cyrus Investments Ltd and Sterling Investments Ltd had applied for transfer of case against Tata...

A Tea Vendor’s Battle With Bullet That Killed His Daughter [Read Petition & Rejoinder]

Name: Shyam Sunder Kaushal Age: 47 Occupation: Tea vendor Ambition: Ensuring a strong legislation against celebratory firing“Mera naam Shyam hai. Meri chai ki dukaan hai. Main bus ye chahta hoon ki kisi ki jaan iss tarah ki firing main na jaaye (My name is Shyam. I run a tea stall. All I want is no life is lost in such firing),” he says.A small-time tea shop owner, Shyam talks of...

Karnataka HC's Order Upholding The Ban On Mate Mahadevi's Book Is In Consonance With Law, Says SC [Read Order]

On September 20, the Supreme Court bench of Justices S.A. Bobde and L.Nageswara Rao dismissed the Kannada author and scholar, Mate Mahadevi's petition against the Karnataka High Court's order upholding the Karnataka Government's ban on her book, Basava Vachana Deepthi, without a reasoned order, after hearing arguments for two days. The Karnataka Government had imposed a ban on the book in...

Madras HC Orders Security For Woman Scared Of Being Branded A Terrorist [Read Order]

The Madras High Court has come to the rescue of a woman who was scared of being branded a terrorist. The Court recently took suo motu cognizance of the complaint of a woman from Choolaimedu who had accused a business conglomerate of harassing her due to a private dispute between them.“I don’t want to become another Ishrat Jahan (a 19-year-old woman killed in a police encounter in Gujarat...

Is The Purpose Of NCLTs Being Defeated?

The NCLT was constituted on June 1, 2016, with 10 benches and one principal bench. It consolidates the corporate jurisdiction of the Company Law Board, Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR), Appellate Authority for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (AAIFR) and powers related to the winding up or restructuring of a company and other provisions, earlier vested in...

Collegium Clears Three Names For Appointment As Kerala HC Judges [Read Collegium Recommendation]

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the names of three District Judges for the appointment as Additional Judges in Kerala High Court.According to the sources the names of Senior District Judges Ashok Menon, R. Narayana Pisharadi and Annie John were recommended by the collegium.Mr.Ashok Menon is now working as the Registrar General of High Court. Mr. Narayana Pisharadi is the...

One Candidate Should Be Able To Contest Polls From One Constituency Only At A Time, Seeks PIL Before SC [Read Petition]

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking a direction to do away with the provision which allows one person to contest election from over one constituency simultaneously, for being unjust to the voters and a financial burden on the exchequer.The PIL has been filed by advocate and social-political activist Ashwini Upadhyay praying that Section 33(7) of...

Allahabad HC Allows Woman’s Plea To Give Her Child In Adoption To Her New Husband [Read Judgment]

Renunciation of the child by a parent can be taken into consideration while determining whether the power to give in adoption has been delegated or to determine the consent to giving in adoption, the court observed.The Allahabad High Court, while expressing its concurrence with the Delhi High Court’s view taken in a matter relating to adoption laws, observed that though the Indian law does...

Jharkhand HC On Special Drive To Dispose Of 500 Cases Pending In Trial Courts

The Acting Chief Justice of the High Court of Jharkhand has initiated a special drive for disposal of over 500 cases pending in trial courts by January next year. There shall be day-to-day hearing of these fast-tracked cases, which are related to law and order issues in the state.A press release issued by the high court stated that the Jharkhand government has given the first list of 362...

Madras HC Rejects Plea Challenging Inquiry Commission To Probe Jayalalithaa’s Death

The Madras High Court, on Wednesday, rejected a Petition seeking a stay on the enquiry commission set up to probe AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa’s death.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M. Sundar reportedly refrained from interfering with the State Government’s order appointing Justice Arumugasamy, a retired Madras High Court Judge, as the one-man...

Land Acquisition Lapses If Possession Has Not Been Taken & Compensation Unpaid: Bombay HC [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently allowed a petition filed under Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.A bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice NM Jamdar ruled that the acquisition proceedings had lapsed under Section 24(2) of the said Act and hence, the petition was allowed.Case BackgroundA piece...