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Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Constitutional Validity Of Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2010
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a public interest litigation challenging the constitutional validity of the Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2010 whereby the Court Fees Act, 1870 was amended qua its applicability to the territory of Delhi. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad sought response from the Centre...
High Court Refuses To Hear Plea Against Insufficient Stock Of "Popular & Niche Liquor Brands" In Delhi
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to hear a petition against non-availability of "popular and niche liquor brands" in the city.The Petitioner, M/S Path2way HR Solutions, had approached the Court stating that even minimalistic brands like "Royal Stag" are not available with L1 licensees.While refusing to hear the plea, single bench comprising Justice Yashwant Varma observed that...
Don't Stop Food Supply To Anganwadi Centres For Not Linking Aadhaar Till App Is Updated With Regional Languages : Bombay High Court Directs Centre
The Bombay High Court directed the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to rectify the mobile application for anganwadi workers and ensure its availability in regional languages, as well, within three months. In the meantime, the Centre must refrain from withholding allotment of food grains to anganwadi centres within Maharashtra for failure to feed the beneficiary's Aadhaar...
CBIC Prescribes Manner Of Re-Credit In Electronic Credit Ledger Using FORM GST PMT-03A
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued a circular prescribing the manner of re-credit in an electronic credit ledger using FORM GST PMT-03A. The taxpayers were facing difficulties in taking re-credit of the amount in the electronic credit ledger in cases where any excess or erroneous refund sanctioned to them had been paid back by them either on their own or...
Vicky Middukhera Murder: P&H High Court Reserves Order In Anticipatory Bail & Protection Plea Filed By Sidhu Moosewala's Manager
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today reserved its order in anticipatory bail and protection plea moved by Slain singer-politician Sidhu Moosewala's manager, Shaganpreet Singh (currently in Australia) in connection with the Youth Akali leader Vicky Middukhera's murder case.In his protection plea, Shaganpreet had cited a potential threat to life from gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and...
CBIC Notifies Procedure For Filing Refund Of Unutilized ITC On Account Of Export Of Electricity
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified the manner of filing refunds of unutilized ITC on account of the export of electricity.The CBIC has received a reference from the Ministry of Power regarding the problem being faced by power generating units in filing a refund of unutilised Input Tax Credit (ITC) on account of the export of electricity. It has...
CBIC Issues Clarification On Claiming Refund Under Inverted Duty Structure Where Supplier Is Supplying Goods Under Concessional Notification
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued a clarification on the issue of claiming a refund under an inverted duty structure where the supplier is supplying goods under some concessional notification. The Board has received various representations seeking clarification with regard to the applicability of Circular No. 135/05/2020-GST dated 31.03.2020 in cases...
High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Suspension Of Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain Amid ED Probe
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking suspension of Aam Aadmi Party minister Satyendar Jain who is under judicial custody in connection with a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed the plea moved by one Dr. Nand...
High Court Has Power To Grant Transit Anticipatory Bail In Offences Registered Outside Its Jurisdiction: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that a High Court has the power to grant transit anticipatory bail to an accused in connection with an offence regsitered/about to be registered outside its jurisdiction/state."...there is no fetter on the part of the High Court in granting a transit anticipatory bail to enable the applicants to approach the Courts including High Courts where the offence...
TN Chief Secretary Writes To All Departments For Timely Implementation Of Court Orders To Avoid Contempt Proceedings
The Chief Secretary to the State of Tamil Nadu, Mr. V Irai Anbu recently circulated a letter to his subordinates including Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Secretaries to Government, all heads of departments and all district collectors calling upon them to implement court orders within time for avoiding contempt proceedings. The letter was in response to an observation...
CBIC Issues Clarification On Applicability of GST Demand And Penalty For Transactions Involving Fake Invoices
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued a clarification on the applicability of GST demand and penalty for transactions involving fake invoices.A number of cases have come to light in which registered people were found to be involved in submitting tax bills without really supplying goods or services, or both, in order for the recipients of such invoices to...
Madras High Court Imposes 1 Lakh Cost On Litigant Filing & Withdrawing Claims Based On State's "Political Climate"
Coming down heavily on a litigant for approaching the court on his whims and fancies depending upon the change in the political climate of the State, the Madras High Court recently dismissed a plea and imposed heavy costs. Justice Anand Venkatesh noted that from the conduct of the Petitioner, it was clear that he would use this Court by filing Writ Petitions whenever the political climate...