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Amount Lying After Wrong Invocation Of The Bank Guarantee: CESTAT Directs Payment of Interest
The Delhi Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the amount was lying in the nature of the pre-deposit with the department from the date of encashment of the bank guarantee. The bench of Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) has observed that the appellant is entitled to 12% interest from the date of encashment of the bank guarantee under Section 129EE of...
2018 Tweet Case: Delhi Court To Pronounce Order On Mohammed Zubair's Bail Plea Tomorrow
A Delhi Court on Thursday reserved orders on the plea filed by Co-Founder of Alt News Mohammed Zubair seeking bail in the Delhi FIR registered against him recently for allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity through his tweet made in 2018.Zubair was denied bail by Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria on July 2.Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala...
Devices For Track-And-Trace To Be Affixed In Suspected Consignment During Controlled Delivery Operation: CBIC
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified the Controlled Delivery (Customs) Regulations, 2022.The Controlled Delivery (Customs) Regulations, 2022 prescribe the manner in which to undertake controlled delivery. If the proper officer has a reasonable belief that a suspect consignment is being imported into or exported out of India, he must file a report in...
Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Against UP Govt's 'Resumption' Notification Apropos Imambara Qadeem Property In Prayagraj
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the 2012 notification of the Uttar Pradesh Government resuming a piece of land [1500 square meters] in Village Manauri, District Prayagraj where currently a building known as Imambara Qadeem is situated.Essentially, the UP Government invoked its powers of resumption under Section 117(6) of the Uttar Pradesh Zamindari Abolition and...
CESTAT Allows Cenvat Credit On The Capital Goods
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), consisting of Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member), has allowed the cenvat credit on the capital goods, as their finished goods falling under CTH 68109990 are dutiable under the Central Excise Tariff Act.The appellant is engaged in the manufacturing of RCC pipes, taxable under chapter heading no. 68109990 of the CETA. The...
Telangana High Court Holds Telangana Value Added Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 2017 To Be Unconstitutional
The Telangana High Court has held that the Telangana Value Added Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 2017 is unconstitutional.The division bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice P. Madhavi Devi has observed that the intention of Parliament in ushering in the GST regime through the Constitution Amendment Act, enactment of the CGST Act and simultaneous enactment of various State GST Acts...
Don't Mind Helipads But We Want Roads Too: Bombay HC Asks State To Find Solution For Village Girls Navigating Through River & Forest To Reach School
The Bombay High Court has sought highest level bureaucratic intervention on the issue of 'pitiable conditions' in which young girls in Satara district of Maharashtra have been taking an arduous journey to their school.It has directed that Chief Secretary of Maharashtra to consult with other stakeholders and devise a solution by August 30.A division bench led by Justice PB Varale commented...
Calcutta High Court Seeks State Govt Reply On PIL Alleging Irregularities, Corruption In Primary Teachers' Recruitment
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday sought the reply of the state government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea moved alleging irregularities, illegalities, and corruption in the recruitment of Assistant Teachers in Primary Schools of the State on the basis of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), 2014.The Bench of Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj...
Wife Living Separately Commits Suicide In Parental House: Karnataka High Refuses To Quash Dowry Death Case Against Husband Citing Disputed Facts
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a husband seeking to quash a case of dowry death registered against him under Sections 304B and 498A of IPC, after his wife, living separately since over two years, committed suicide in her parental house. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna while dismissing the petition filed by one Niranjan Hegde said that the...
"Leave Travel Concession For Traveling Abroad Not A Statutory Right": Madras High Court Dismisses Plea By Union Bank Officers
Dismissing a writ petition filed against a circular issued by the Union Bank of India taking away Leave Travel Concession for travel abroad, Justice SM Subramaniam observed that such decision was taken in view of the policy of the Government and in the absence of any statutory right, the same did not warrant interference. The court observed as under: Concessions or facilities extended by way...
'Modi-Thief' Remark: Jharkhand High Court Dismisses Rahul Gandhi's Plea To Quash Defamation Case Against Himself
The Jharkhand High Court has dismissed the plea moved by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking to quash the defamation case filed against him for his alleged statement, "why all thieves share the Modi surname".The Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, in its order, observed that the 'right of reputation', as per the judicial interpretation is the dimension of the right of life and also...