Employee Deemed To Be Suspended Due To Criminal Charges Not Entitled To Back Wages Upon Acquittal, Unless Suspension Wholly Unjustified: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has recently held that an employee deemed to be suspended due to criminal charges is not entitled to back wages despite his acquittal as a deemed suspension is not a discretionary decision and cannot be considered unjustified."Even where the employee is acquitted of the charges in criminal trial for lack of evidence or otherwise, it is for the competent authority to...

Losses Of Upto 1% Can Be Allowed Without Detailed Scrutiny : CESTAT

The Hyderabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has quashed the demand of excise duty against Hindustan Petroleum and held that losses of up to 1% can be allowed without detailed scrutiny.The two-member bench headed by Justice Dilip Gupta (President) and P.V. Subba Rao (Technical Member) has observed that there was no allegation, let alone evidence, that...

Patra Chawl Scam: ED Files Chargesheet Against Sanjay Raut For Allegedly Laundering Over ₹3 Crore Proceeds of Crime

A special PMLA court on Monday took cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's supplementary chargesheet in the Patra Chawl Scam against Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut. ED has accused Sanjay Raut and the others of committing offences under section 3 read with section 2(1)(u) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 (PMLA). Earlier, four other accused were charge sheeted. The...

Madras HC Lists Former Minister SP Velumani's Quashing Petitions Before Special Bench

The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Registry to place the quashing petitions filed by former Tamil Nadu minister SP Velumani before a division bench that deals with cases relating to MPs and MLAs. The bench of Acting Chief Justice M Duraiswamy and Justice Sunder Mohan also extended the interim stay till the next date of hearing before the appropriate bench. The minister had moved...

Serving Of Liquor Is Not A Charitable Activity, Income Tax Exemption Can't Be Granted: ITAT

The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that serving liquor is not a charitable activity and the income tax exemption cannot be granted.The two-member bench of Yogesh Kumar (Judicial Member) and Shamim Yahaya (Accountant Member) has observed that the Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemption) has relied on various bills of the Appellant wherein the service of liquor...

Lawyer Moves Kerala High Court Against Bharat Jodo Yatra Led By Congress MP Rahul Gandhi

A Petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court against the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, seeking direction to regulate the Yatra for causing traffic problems. The petition filed by Advocate Vijayan K, sought for a direction to regulate the Yatra by permitting them to occupy half portion of the road and leaving the other half for the free movement of the vehicles...

Karnataka State Commission For SC/ST Cannot Direct Govt To Withhold Grants to School: High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that Karnataka State Commission for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act, 2002 does not empower the Commission constituted under it to direct the government to withhold grants being made to an educational institution. Justice M.I.ARUN of the Dharwad bench allowed the petition filed by Sri Vasavi Education Society and set aside the interim order...

GST Department Did Not Recognize Concept Of 'Working Day' And 'Holiday' In Matters Of Interception, Seizure, Detention: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that in the matters of interception, seizure, and detention, the GST Department did not recognise the concept of "working day" and "holiday" since substantial civil rights of the parties were at stake.The single bench of Justice Anitha Sumanth has observed that neither the assessee nor the department could have the luxury of reference to a holiday to delay...

Can't Impose Inadequate Sentence On Account Of Lapse Of Sufficient Time: Allahabad HC Awards Life Imprisonment In A 1982 Murder Case

Allowing a government appeal, the Allahabad High Court recently awarded life imprisonment to a man who had committed a murder in the year 1982. With this, the High Court set aside the acquittal order passed in favor of the accused by the Special Judge, Fatehpur in the year 1983.The Bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Birla and Justice Vikas Budhwar emphasized that merely after a lapse of sufficient...

15 District Special Cells Constituted For Protection Of Inter-Caste Couples, Lodging & Counselling Facilities Available: Delhi Police To HC

Delhi Police has informed the Delhi High Court that a total of 15 district special cells were constituted in August 2020 for providing protection to the inter-faith married couples and facilities like lodging, bedding, couple counselling and medical assistance from the nearest hospital under police protection are provided to them.However, the police said only 17 couples have been "dealt...

Electrocution: High Court Orders J&K Admin To Pay Over Rs 24 Lakh Compensation To Victim's Family

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently directed the Jammu and Kashmir administration to pay over Rs 24 lakh as compensation to the family of a person who died due to electrocution after an 11,000 KV line fell on his head in north Kashmir's Uri area in July 2013."The respondents being the managers of the electric supply of the area were duty bound in law to ensure that...

ITAT Allows Wastage Loss Due To Diesel & Petrol Tank Breakage

The Pune Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has allowed the wastage loss due to diesel and petrol tank breakage.The two-member bench headed by R.S.Syal (Vice President) has observed that where the assessee demonstrates specific reasons for excess wastage/evaporation, such reasons cannot be thrown to the dustbin. They need to be examined on a case-by-case basis."Simply because...