Haryana Court Issues Arrest Warrant Against Deepak Chaurasiya For 'Intentionally Avoiding' POCSO Case Hearing

A court in Haryana has issued a warrant of arrest against Journalist-News Anchor Deepak Chaurasiya in a 2013 case for allegedly airing 'morphed, edited & obscene' videos of a 10-year-old girl and her family and linking the same to a sexual assault case.The Court issued this order on Oct 28, after Chaurasiya moved an application seeking exemption from his personal appearance on grounds...

Activities Carried Out by Sub-Contractor For Shifting Electrical Utilities Can't be Regarded as Composite Supply of Works Contract: AAR

The West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that activities carried out by subcontractors for the shifting of electrical utilities for the construction of roads cannot be regarded as a composite supply of works contracts.The two-member bench of Brajesh Kumar Singh and Joyjit Banik has observed that providing services of shifting electrical utilities alone cannot be regarded...

Liquidated Damages Recoverable From Bi-electric India For Delay In Commissioning, Doesn't Qualifies As Supply, No GST Payable: AAAR

The Telangana Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR) has held that liquidated damages recoverable by the applicant from Bi-electric India on account of delay in commissioning do not qualify as a "supply" and no GST is payable.The two-member bench of B.V. Siva Naga Kumari and Neetu Prasad has observed that the amount paid as "liquidated damages" is an amount paid only to compensate for...

ITC Can Be Claimed Under Marginal Scheme On Rent, Advertisement expenses, commission, Professional expenses: AAR

The Karnataka Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that the input tax credit (ITC) under the marginal scheme on expenses like rent, advertisement expenses, commission, professional expenses, and other like expenses is subject to sections 16 to 21 and rules 36-45 of the CGST Act and Rules 2017.The two-member bench of M.P. Ravi Prasad and Kiran Reddy T. has observed that ITC can be claimed...

Senior Bureaucrats Of Uttar Pradesh Govt Taking No Action, Keeping Matters Pending On Judicial Infrastructure: Allahabad High Court 7 Judges Bench

Observing that no action was being taken by Uttar Pradesh government's senior bureaucrats despite its repeated orders regarding serious issues of infrastructure in state's courts, the Allahabad High Court in a stern order has said none else than Chief Secretary will file his affidavit in the matter and a senior officer of the State will remain present in the court to assist the Advocate...

Arbitration Cases Weekly Round-Up: 30 October To 5 November, 2022

Supreme Court: Issue Of Arbitrability Should Be Left To Arbitrator Unless On The Face It Is Found That Dispute Is Non- Arbitrable: Supreme Court Case Title: VGP Marine Kingdom Pvt Ltd versus Kay Ellen Arnold The Supreme Court reiterated that while considering application under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, the dispute with respect to the arbitrability...

Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 30 October To 5 November 2022

Supreme CourtIndustrial Townships Are "Local Areas" For Entry Tax Levy By States Though They Are Excluded From Municipalities : Supreme Court Case Title: OCL India Limited vs State of Orissa Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (SC) 911 The Supreme Court upheld States' power to impose entry tax from Industrial Township/Areas. The bench of CJI UU Lalit, Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and J...

'Enacted After Following Due Procedure': Centre Opposes Plea Challenging Vires Of Surrogacy Act, ART Act In Delhi High Court

Centre has opposed a plea challenging the vires of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 and the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, arguing that both the Acts have been enacted following due procedure established by law.Seeking dismissal of the plea, Centre through Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has submitted that both the Acts have been enacted to ensure that...

Karnataka High Court Quarterly Digest: July To September, 2022 [Citations 238 - 385]

Nominal Index: DADA S/O BALU ROOGE v. APPASAHEB S/O KIRAN KESTE. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 238 Sudarshan Ramesh v. Union Of India. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 239 THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES v. DR. DIGAMBARAPPA, & others. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 240 Sadik Khan @Sadik v State of Karnataka. 2022 LiveLaw (Kar) 241 PRABHUNAIKA K.T v. STATE OF KARNATAKA, 2022 LiveLaw (Kar)...

State Electricity Regulatory Commission Not Empowered To Adjudicate Issues Related To Electricity Theft: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has observed that the Electricity Regulatory Commission of the state can not adjudicate the electricity theft issues in the exercise of its powers under, the Electricity Act, 2003. The bench of Justice Nirzar S. Desai was dealing with a plea challenging an order of the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission dismissing a plea moved by the petitioner challenging before...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 31 To November 6, 2022

Citations 2022 [LiveLaw (Del) 1022 TO 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 1049]NOMINAL INDEXMR SANJAY CHADHA TRADING AS M/S EVEREADY TOOLS EMPORIUM v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 1022Sorin Group Italia S.R.L. v. Neeraj Garg 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 1023FRANKFINN AVIATION SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED vs TATA SIA AIRLINES LTD. 2022 LiveLaw (Del) 1024DELHI ROZI ROTI ADHIKAR ABHIYAN v. RAJESH AHUJA...

'Higher Standards Of Probity Expected From IPR Lawyers': Delhi High Court Restrains Kolkata Law Firm From Using Identical Logo

The Delhi High Court has said that there is a duty cast upon the legal professionals, particularly Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) lawyers, to ensure that they do not imitate or adopt a name or logo already used by others offering similar services."This Court is of the opinion that higher standards of probity would be expected, from lawyers and legal professionals especially IPR...