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No GST Payable On Scanning And Processing Of Results Of Examinations: Andhra Pradesh AAR
The Andhra Pradesh Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled that GST is not payable on the scanning and processing of results of examinations.The two-member bench of D. Ramesh and RV Pradhamesh Bhanu has observed that the printing of pre-examination items like question papers, OMR sheets (Optical Mark Reading), and answer booklets for the conducting of an examination by...
Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Permission To Worship Shivling Said To Have Been Found In Gyanvapi Mosque
A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court to allow the performances of religious rituals at the place where a Shivling was found in the premises of the Gyanvapi mosque during its survey. The petition has been preferred by Rajesh Mani Tripathi who is the President of the Krishna Janma Bhumi Mukti Dal."Applicant wishes to perform their religious practices as guaranteed under...
Amendment To Section 34 Application Of The A&C Act Would Not Be Permissible If It Intends A New Challenge: Bombay High Court
The Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court has held that an amendment to the application under Section 34 of the A&C Act would not be allowed if it leads to absolutely new grounds to challenge the award. The Single Bench of Justice Mangesh S. Patil held that in an appropriate case it is permissible to allow the amendment to application under Section 34 even beyond the period...
Prima Facie Case Alone Does Not Entitle A Party To Relief Under Section 17 Of The A&C Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that a prima facie case alone does not entitle a party to relief under Section 17 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) for interim measures. The Single Bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula observed that there were highly disputed questions of fact involved in the dispute relating to the interpretation of the agreement between the...
Centre Extends RoSCTL Scheme Till March 31, 2024 For Export Of Apparel/Garments And Made-Ups
The central government has extended the Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) Scheme till March 31, 2024 for the export of apparel or garments and made-ups.The government has approved the continuation of the Scheme for RoSCTL with the same rates as notified by the Ministry of Textiles for exports of apparel or garments, and made-ups until March 31, 2024, in order...
Amravati Chemist's Murder: Special Court Extends Remand Of 7 Accused After NIA Raises National Security Concerns
A special court in Mumbai extended the NIA custody of seven men till July 22 in connection with the murder of a chemist from Amravati, Umesh Kolhe (54), allegedly killed for WhatsApp posts supporting suspended BJP's spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Journalists were not allowed to remain present in the courtroom during the remand hearing. During the hearing, while NIA's counsel submitted...
Anticipatory Bail Plea Not Maintainable By Person Already Enlarged On Bail As He Is Under Constructive Custody: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court today reiterated that a person released on bail is already construed to be the in constructive custody and if the law requires him to come back to custody for specified reasons, the application for anticipatory bail will not lie. There cannot be an apprehension of arrest by a person already in the constructive custody of law, the bench...
Expenditure Incurred On Trademark Registration Is A Revenue Expenditure: ITAT Allows Deduction
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)has allowed the deduction and held that the expenditure incurred on trademark registration is a revenue expenditure. The two-member bench of Suchitra Kamble (Judicial Member) and B.M. Biyani (Accountant Member) has ruled that the amendment in section 32 of the Income Tax Act from A.Y. 1999-2000 which allows deprecation...
Actor Assault Case | Kerala High Court Asks Prosecution To Collect & Submit Cloned Copy Of Memory Card In A Sealed Cover Before Trial Court By Monday
The Kerala High Court on Friday authorised the investigating agency to collect the required evidence from the forensic laboratory while hearing its plea seeking another three weeks extension to conclude the further investigation in the 2017 sexual assault case.Justice Kauser Edappagath asked the Investigating officer to collect the cloned/mirror image of the memory card allegedly containing...
National E-Assessment Centre Acted Thick Skinned: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court held that it was pandemic time when the department should have adopted a liberal approach in refusing the request for time for filing objections to the draft assessment order and finally passing the assessment order. The department acted thick-skinned. The division bench of Justice N.V. Anjaria and Justice Bharghav D. Karia has observed that the...
Bombay High Court Stays Parts Of GR Barring Private Practice By Govt Doctors
The Bombay High Court on July 8th passed an interim stay order on five clauses of a Government Resolution essentially forbidding government doctors from private practice. A division bench of Justices S.V. Gangapurwala & S. M. Modak was hearing a writ petition filed by a Pune doctor seeking a writ of mandamus towards the state. The petitioner, Dr. AS Rathod is a medical officer...
NCLT Ahmedabad Denies Approval Of Resolution Plan For Being Unimplementable
The National Company Law Tribunal ("NCLT"), Ahmedabad Bench, comprising of Justice Madan B. Gosavi (Judicial Member) and Shri Kaushalendra Kumar Singh (Technical Member), while adjudicating an application filed in IFCI Ltd. v Anil Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd., has declined to approve the Resolution Plan submitted by M2K Developers Pvt. Ltd. for Anil Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd., for not...