Detaining Authority Bound To Record Satisfaction As To Why Detenue Could Not Be Deterred Under Ordinary Criminal Law: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Wednesday observed that only a couple of criminal activities attributed to a detenue, which took place in the past, cannot be made basis for passing a detention order unless it is established from the detention record that the detenue was continuously indulged in felonious activities of similar nature. Justice Rajesh Sekhri further...

Prima Facie Tenancy Not Forged: Bombay High Court Refuses To Appoint Court Receiver For Prime Mumbai Property In Dispute With Kuwaiti Royalty

The Bombay High Court recently reiterated that unlike criminal proceedings, in civil proceedings, a court can rely on statements given to the police under section 162 of CrPC. Therefore, it relied on witness statements made before CID in a criminal investigation to decide a property dispute involving the royal family of Kuwait. "If the statement made before a police officer, in the...

Morbi Tragedy | "Civic Body Ignored Warnings Regarding 'Critical' Condition Of Bridge; Compensation Proposed For Kins Not Enough": Gujarat HC

While hearing the suo moto case pertaining to the October 30 Morbi Bridge Collapse incident which took the lives of 141 people, the Gujarat High Court today noted that the Morbi Civic Body had ignored the warning signalled by the Private Contractor (M/S Ajanta) regarding the 'critical condition' of the Morbi Suspension bridge.The bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh...

CBIC Empowers CCI To Decide Anti-Profiteering Issues

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has empowered the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to decide on the anti-profiteering issues as of December 1, 2022."The Central Government, on the recommendations of the Goods and Services Tax Council, hereby empowers the Competition Commission of India, established under sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Competition Act, 2002 (12...

RBI Includes GSTN As A Financial Information Provider Under Account Aggregator Framework

The Reserve Bank of India has included the Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) as a financial information provider under the account aggregator framework.It was decided to include the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) as a Financial Information Provider (FIP) under the Account Aggregator (AA) framework in order to facilitate cash flow-based lending to the Ministry of Micro, Small, and...

Person Merely Handing Over Sale Consideration To Vendor Can't Claim Right On Immovable Property Sans Evidence To Show His Contribution: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has said that mere handing over of sale consideration by a person to the vendor, at the time of execution of sale deed, will not in itself create such persons' right in the property. "The endorsement only indicates that the money that was paid by Rangamma was handed over by plaintiff to the vendor...a feeble attempt is made by plaintiff to lay a false claim...

Victim's Statement Under Section 164 CrPC Disclosing Offence Of Rape Sufficient To Frame Charges Under 376 IPC : Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said a victim's statement under Section 164 CrPC disclosing the offence of rape shall be sufficient to frame charges against the accused under section 376 of Indian Penal Code.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said an accused should not merely be discharged in a rape case because the prosecutrix has not stated about the same in her FIR or during MLC."This is...

The Office Of NaFAC In Delhi Confer Jurisdiction When JAO Is Outside Delhi? Delhi High Court Refers The Issue To Larger Bench

The Delhi High Court has referred to the larger bench the question of whether the presence of National Faceless Assessment Centre (NaFAC) in Delhi is sufficient to hear a writ petition when the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer (JAO) is located outside of Delhi.The division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora has directed that the matter be placed before the...

Tata Steel Limited, Is Entitled To A Refund Of Excess CST Collected By IOCL And Remitted To State - Calcutta High court

The Calcutta High Court has held that Tata Steel is entitled to the concessional rate of tax as they have fulfilled the conditions in Section 8 of the Central Sales Tax Act.The division bench of Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Supratim Bhattacharya has observed that Tata Steel, as a purchasing dealer, has the capacity to maintain the claim for refund of the excess tax collected directly...

Western Ghats | Madras HC Orders Action Against Private Resorts For Illegally Diverting Flow Of Natural Waterfalls To Attract Tourists

The Madras High Court on Monday directed the District Collectors of Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Coimbatore and Ooty to form a committee to curtail illegal diversion of the natural flow of waterfalls by the private resorts, who have created artificial waterfalls at their properties. "We are of the view that the natural waterfalls which emerge after thousands of years of natural wear,...

Chandigarh Consumer Commission Awards ₹15k Compensation To Passenger Who Complained Against Passive Smoking In Bus, Bus Stands

The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission at Chandigarh recently directed the Haryana State Transport to pay a compensation of Rs 15000 to a passenger, who complained regarding smoking inside a bus and at bus stands in Jind and Pehowa. It also directed the authorities to deposit Rs. 60,000 with PGI Chandigarh in its Poor Patient Welfare Fund (PPWF) for the treatment of...

Delhi Liquor 'Scam': High Court Issues Notice On CBI's Plea Against Grant Of Bail To Vijay Nair, Abhishek Boinpally

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on the plea moved by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against a trial court order granting bail to Aam Aadmi Party communications-in-charge Vijay Nair and businessman Abhishek Boinpally in a case connected to Delhi government's excise policy case. Justice Yogesh Khanna sought response of Nair and Boinpally while listing the matter for hearing...