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Agnipath Scheme: Delhi High Court Lists Batch Of Petitions For Hearing On August 25
The Delhi High Court will hear on August 25 a batch of petitions challenging the Centre's Agnipath Scheme and seeking resumption and enrolment as per previous recruitment scheme in defence services.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad was apprised by Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta that the Supreme Court yesterday transferred...
Usage Of Telephone/Internet Is Done For Official Purposes : ITAT Deletes Disallowance
The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has deleted the disallowance on the grounds that the usage of telephone/internet is done for official purposes only. The two-member bench of Astha Chandra (Judicial Member) and Anil Chaturvedi (Accountant Member) held that all telephones are either installed at office premises or used by officers and employees of...
Threshold For Extending Exclusive Rights To Shape Of A Product Quite High In Trademark Law: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that in the law of trade marks, the threshold for extending exclusive rights to the shape of a product, is quite high. "The shape by itself should immediately be identifiable with the source of the product. For trade mark registration of shape of a product, the same can only be granted if it has acquired a secondary meaning," Justice Pratibha M Singh added....
Nawab Malik Played An Active Role, Connived With Dawood's Gang: ED Opposes Bail To NCP Leader In PMLA Case
The Enforcement Directorate has opposed bail to NCP leader and former cabinet minister Nawab Malik in a money laundering case connected withgangster Dawood Ibrahim's late sister Haseena Parkar. Malik approached the special PMLA court seeking bail after a charge sheet was filed against him in April, 2022. A minister in the earlier Maha Vikas Aghadi government, Malik was...
Kerala High Court Imposes Cost On Litigants For Securing Favourable Judgment By Producing False Memo
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday set aside a judgment obtained by producing a fake memo showing service of notice and imposed Rs 10,000 on the litigants who produced the fake memo. Justice A Badharudeen, while considering the review petition, opined that it is settled law that once it is established that the order was obtained by a successful party by practising fraud, it is vitiated, and...
Orissa High Court To Give "Promising Lawyer Of The Year" Award To 22 Lawyers On The Occasion Of Its Foundation Day
In a unique initiative, the Orissa High Court will distribute "Promising Lawyer of the Year" award to 22 lawyers from 22 different districts/judgeships of Odisha on the occasion of its Foundation Day on 26th July this year. Name of the following lawyers were recommended by the Jury for their promising performance in the profession during the last one year. Notably, the...
Kallakurichi Student Suicide: Madras High Court Allows Re-Postmortem Without Parents
The Madras High Court on Tuesday allowed the State of Tamil Nadu to conduct re-postmortem of a student who allegedly died by suicide in Kallakurichi in Tamil Nadu, without the presence of her parents. The order was passed by Justice N Satish Kumar after the State Public Prosecutor Hasan Mohammed Jinnah made an urgent mention that the whereabouts of the deceased's parents could not be traced...
Income Tax Dept. Can't Unreasonably Reject Proof Submitted By The Assessee: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that the income tax department cannot unreasonably reject proof submitted by the assessee. The division bench of Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Bivas Pattanayak noted that the assessing officer brushed aside the explanation offered by the assessee by stating that merely filing PAN details and a balance sheet does not absolve the assessee from...
Inapplicability Of MOOWR Scheme On Solar Power Generating Units: Delhi High Court Says No Coercive Action
The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju issued notice and restrained the customs officer from taking any coercive action against the petitioners assailing the legality of Board Instruction No. 13/2022 dated 9.07.2022. The instruction was issued by the CBIC with regards to the inapplicability of the Manufacturing and Other Operations in...
DGFT Notifies Procedure For Submission Of Requests For Seeking IMC's Approval For Export Of Wheat Flour
The Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified the procedure for submission of requests for seeking the approval of Inter-Ministerial Committees (IMC) for the export of wheat flour. Wheat flour (Atta) export is permitted subject to the recommendation of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on wheat export. The export of Maida, Samolina (Rava/Sirgi), however, remains...
Show Cause Notice Cancelling GST Registration Must Disclose Reason: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the show cause notice cancelling registration must indicate the reason and the mere mentioning of violation under the CGST Act is not sufficient. The single bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh has observed that cancellation of registration has the most serious civil consequences. While Section 29(1) of the CGST Act provides for specific...