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MP Entry Tax Act | Manufacturers Liable For Entry Tax As They “Cause Entry” Of Liquor Into Local Areas : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the MP High Court's decision to levy the 'entry tax' on the beer and Indian Made Foreign Liquor (“IMFL”) manufacturers for transporting goods into local areas for sale. The Court reasoned that the liquor manufacturers "cause entry" of goods into local areas, making them liable for tax under Section 2(3) of the Madhya Pradesh Sthaniya Kshetra Me Mal Ke Pravesh Par...
'Appeal Fully Abates If LRs Of Deceased Party In Joint Decree Not Substituted', Supreme Court Summarises Law On Suit Abatement
In a notable ruling delivered on Friday (July 18), the Supreme Court held that when a joint and indivisible 'decree' is passed involving multiple plaintiffs or defendants, the entire appeal will abate as per Order XII Rule 3 of Code of Civil Procedure (“CPC”) if the legal representatives of any deceased party are not substituted in time. The Court reasoned that failure to bring the...
Supreme Court Directs Personal Appearance Of Investigating Officer With CCTV Footage In Uttarakhand Murder Case
While considering a plea to cancel the bail granted to an accused in the case related to the murder of a young man in Uttarakhand last year, the Supreme Court directed the Investigating Officer to remain personally present on the next date of hearing, along with the case documents and the CCTV footage of the crime.The case relates to the murder of a youth in Raipur in Dehradun District...
Why Women Committing Crimes Due To Societal Constraints Need To Be Seen From A Reformative Approach: Supreme Court Explains
The Supreme Court, in a recent decision, observed that a reformative approach has to be adopted towards women who commit crimes under social circumstances, especially in cases of marriage against their will. The Court also emphasised how gendered inequalities and societal norms may alienate a woman and restrain her from pursuing her freedom, which in turn may lead her to commit defiant...
Supreme Court Expunges Rajasthan HC's Critical Remarks Against Magistrate Over Bail Order
The Supreme Court granted relief to a Judicial Officer from Rajasthan, by expunging the adverse commens passed against him by the High Court in an order.The High Court, while rejecting a bail application, passed strictures against the Officer, a Judicial Magistrate, criticising the manner in which bail was granted to a co-accused in the case. The High Court observed that bail was granted in...
'How Many Times High Courts Are To Be Reminded?' : Supreme Court Anguished At HC Not Quashing FIR Over Civil Dispute
The Supreme Court criticised the Allahabad High Court for directing a film producer to pay Rs. 25 lakh to a complainant as a precondition for referring a dispute to mediation while dealing with a plea for quashing of a cheating FIR, despite the dispute being civil in nature.A bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice R. Mahadevan observed that the High Court seems to have forgotten...
Make Rule Mandating Disclosure Of Antecedents & Earlier Pleas In Bail Applications : Supreme Court To High Courts
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 18) suggested to all High Courts to incorporate a rule that accused persons should mandatorily mention in their bail applications the earlier bail applications, if any, filed by them, and also their criminal antecedents.The Court cited a provision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Rules as an example. The said Rule, Rule 5 of Chapter 1-A(b) Volume-V of...
Supreme Court Asks BCI If AIBE Registration Fees Can Be Relaxed For Poor Law Graduates
The Supreme Court on July 18 asked the Bar Council of India to consider having a policy for fee exemption for those candidates who cannot pay the All India Bar Examination fees.The bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice AS Chandukar was hearing a writ petition over the exorbitant fees of Rs. 3500/- charged for All India Bar Examinations which is contrary to the Court's earlier decision on...
Campus Suicides : Supreme Court Issues Directions To Smoothen NTF's Functioning
The Supreme Court on July 14 passed certain directions for the National Task Force ("NTF"), instituted by the Court to investigate the increasing suicide rates in college students, to carry out its work efficiently. It has also passed orders seeking an update on the investigations in connection with the suicide of two IIT Delhi students, one IIT Kharagpur student, and one case in...
'Mere Cash Discovery Doesn't Establish Guilt': Justice Yashwant Varma In Supreme Court Petition
In his writ petition before the Supreme Court, Justice Yashwant Varma has contended that the mere recovery of cash from the outhouse of his official residence does not establish his culpability, as the in-house inquiry committee has not determined the ownership of the cash or how it was removed from the premises.He questioned the in-house committee's findings by contending that they were...