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Karnataka High Court Upholds Compulsory Retirement Of Civil Judge For Preparing Order Sheets Of Proceedings That Did Not Even Take Place
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a former Civil Judge, Junior Division questioning the order dated March 22, 2021 passed by the state government ordering compulsory retirement from service. A single judge bench of Justice P S Dinesh Kumar while dismissing the petition filed by Shivanand Laxman Anchi said,"It is relevant to note that Court proceedings...
Govt Can't Supersede Statutory Rules By Administrative Orders, May Fill Gaps With Consistent Instructions: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court recently reiterated that a Government cannot amend or supersede statutory rules by administrative orders. It added that where the rules are silent on any particular point, the Government can fill up the gaps and supplement the Rules and issue instructions not inconsistent with the Rules already framed. The judgment came from Justice MA Chawdhry...
Allahabad High Court Upholds Life Term In Eight Time National Badminton Champion Syed Modi Murder Case
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday upheld the life sentence awarded to an accused in connection with the murder of an eight-time National Badminton Champion Syed Modi, who represented India in various international championships.The Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Saroj Yadav took into the record the evidence adduced before it to conclude that Modi was killed by firing made...
Appointment Committee Approves The Appointment of Nitin Gupta As CBDT Chairman
The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of IRS Officer Nitin Gupta as the chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Nitin Gupta, IRS (IT:86), Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) as Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) from the date of...
Vismaya Dowry Death: Husband Kiran Kumar Moves Kerala High Court Challenging Conviction & Sentence
Kiran Kumar, the convict in the Vismaya dowry death case has approached the Kerala High Court challenging his conviction and the sentence imposed on him by the trial court.Justice Kauser Edappagath admitted the appeal and issued notice to the respondents. The matter will be taken up a month later. In an incident that shook the State last year, Vismaya, a 22-year-old Ayurveda medical student...
Supply Of Printed Leaflet Product As Per Content Supplied By Recipient Is A "Composite Supply": AAR
The Tamil Nadu Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) comprising of T.G.Venkatesh and K. Latha has held that the supply of printed leaflet products as per content supplied by the recipient is a composite supply as defined under Section 2(30) of the CGST/TNGST Act 2017 with "Supply of service of printing" as the principal supply. The applicant is one of the suppliers of printed...
Saradha Scam: Calcutta High Court Orders SEBI To Auction Company Assets, Appoints Justice Talukdar Committee To Oversee Process
The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed central agencies- Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED), as well as the State government to hand over the money recovered from the sale of assets pertaining to the Saradha group of companies to a one-man committee comprising of Justice S.P. Talukdar, former Judge of the High Court. The Court further directed SEBI...
CESTAT Ahmedabad Strikes Down Appropriation Of Penalty And Interest Amount During Pendency Of Appeal
The Ahmedabad Bench of CESTAT has struck down the appropriation of penalty and interest amount from the assessee's sanctioned rebate claim, which was made by the revenue department during the pendency of the appeal filed by the assessee before the CESTAT. The Single Bench of Judicial Member Ramesh Nair held that since the assessee had paid the entire amount of duty demanded by...
Bank Of India V Future Retail: NCLT Mumbai Reserves Order On Amazon's Intervention Application
The National Company Law Tribunal ("NCLT"), Mumbai Bench, comprising of Justice P.N. Deshmukh (Judicial Member) and Shri Shyam Babu Gautam (Technical Member), while adjudicating an intervention application filed by Amazon in Bank of India v Future Retail Ltd., has vide an order dated 27.06.2022 reserved the matter for orders on the intervention...
Transgender Persons Classified As "Most Backward Class" For Reservation In Educational Institutions, Govt Jobs: TN Govt Tells High Court
The Madras High Court on Wednesday disposed of a writ petition seeking reservation for third gender in government jobs after it was informed by the Advocate General R. Shunmugasundaram that the Government had already issued necessary orders way back in 2015, granting the benefit of reservation to the community. The bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice N Mala opined that...