S.311 CrPC Obligates Trial Court To Recall Witness If Its Evidence Is Necessary To Decide Real Controversy: Andhra Pradesh High Court

Andhra Pradesh High Court, while setting aside an order passed in a criminal petition for trial of cases under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, reiterated that, while dealing with applications under Section 311, CrPC, the Court is required to exercise its discretion judiciously and not capriciously or arbitrarily. The petitioners were...

Application Under Companies Act Against Order Rejecting Waiver Of Interest; Dispute Falls Within Scope Of VSV Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that where an application under the Companies Act has been filed by a company in liquidation against the order of the revenue authorities rejecting the application for waiver of interest for delay in payment of tax dues, the said dispute would fall within the scope of Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020 (VSV Act). The Bench consisting of Justices...

Karnataka Olympic Association Moves Supreme Court Supporting IOA Plea Against Delhi HC Direction For Take Over By CoA

Karnataka Olympic Association (KOA) has moved an application for impleadment in the Indian Olympic Association's plea against the Delhi High Court's order as per which the affairs of the Indian Olympic Association were put in the hands of a Committee of Administrators (CoA). KOA is a member of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and has filed the impleadment application through its...

Madhu Lynching Case: Kerala High Court Stays Special Court Order Canceling Bail Of 12 Accused

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed an order of the Special Court for SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Mannarkkad, cancelling the bail granted to 12 of the 16 accused in the lynching case of tribal youth, Madhu, accused of stealing food in Attappady in February 2018.Justice Kauser Edappagath stayed the lower court's order till 29th August, 2022 (Monday) on an appeal filed by...

Society Supplying Free Textbooks To Students Is Not "State Government": Karnataka AAR

The Karnataka Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled that a society registered under the Karnataka Societies Act, 1960 and receiving grants from the Government of Karnataka for the supply of free textbooks to students cannot be considered as "State Government".The two-member bench of M.P. Ravi Prasad and T. Kiran Reddy has observed that the rate of tax being charged by the printers...

Failure Of Assessee To Explain Identity And Creditworthiness Of Creditors And Genuineness Of Transaction: ITAT Sustains Addition

The Allahabad Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has sustained the addition as the assessee failed to explain the identity and creditworthiness of the creditors and the genuineness of the transaction.The two-member bench of Vijay Pal Rao (Judicial Member) and Ramit Kochar (Accountant Member) has observed that fresh deposits being advanced for land from members raised by...

Licensing Authority Cannot Discriminate Between Co-Accused Persons In Renewal Of Their Arms Licenses: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that a licensing authority under the Arms Act cannot discriminate between two persons, who were co-accused in the same matter, by renewing the license of one of them and refusing the same treatment to the other citing criminal antecedents.Justice AS Supehia held so while deciding the case of a Petitioner whose renewal application under the Act was declined...

Bombay High Court Directs WFI To Decide Plea Against Dissolution Of Sharad Pawar-Led Committee Of State Wrestling Association

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra State Wrestling Association (MSWA) to appeal against the "sudden dissolution" of its elected executive committee led by NCP chief Sharad Pawar, before the Wrestling Federation of India within 10 days.A division bench of Justices SV Gangapurwala and Madhav Jamdar further directed the president of WFI to decide the appeal...

KSRTC Workers' Woes : Kerala High Court Directs State To Release Amounts Required To Pay Salaries Of July & August Before Sep 1

The Kerala High Court, on Wednesday, in the plea moved by the KSRTC employees alleging that they were not being paid salary promptly has directed the competent authority to release the requisite amount required to the KSRTC to pay the salaries for the months of July and August along with the bonus eligible to all the employees below the managerial cadre on or before the 1st September....

Jurisdiction Of Second Appellate Authority Confined To Issue Of Limitation Where First Appeal Is Dismissed Citing Delay: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently held that if the first appeal is dismissed by the first appellate authority solely upon rejection of the application for condonation of delay in filing the same, the jurisdiction of the second appellate authority would be confined to determining if the delay in filing the appeal before the first appellate authority should have...

Karnataka High Court Quashes POCSO Case After Prosecutrix Admits Consensual Relationship, Marries Accused On Attaining Majority

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a rape complaint registered against an accused after he married the prosecutrix during the pendency of the proceedings and produced adequate documents in that regard. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Rama @ Bande Rama, after the Petitioner-accused and victim filed a joint memo seeking closure of...

Show Cause Notice U/S 93 Gujarat Cooperative Societies Act Can't Be Issued For Transactions Prior To 5 Yrs From Date Of Inquiry: High Court

The Gujarat High Court, while exercising its extraordinary jurisdiction, has held that the show cause notice issued by the Registrar, Cooperative Societies under Section 93 of the Gujarat Cooperative Societies Act is not maintainable against the writ applicants on grounds of delay. The Bench comprising Justice Vaibhavi Nanavati noted that the writ-applicants were Chairman/ Managing...