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Supreme Court Upholds Allahabad HC Decision That Chargers Sold With Cell Phones Cannot Be Taxed Separately Under UP VAT Act 2008
The Supreme Court recently upheld the decision of the Allahabad High Court which observed that the charger sold with a cell phone under the MRP cannot be taxed separately under the UP VAT Act 2008. The bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice SC Sharma was hearing a challenge to the order of the Allahabad High Court which held that a mobile charger contained in a composite package with the...
Supreme Court Orders Tree Census In Taj Trapezium Zone, Directs Forest Research Institute To Conduct Survey
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a tree census in the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) to ensure the effective implementation of the Uttar Pradesh Protection of Trees Act, 1976.A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice N Kotiswar Singh directed the TTZ authority to appoint the Forest Research Institute (FRI) to conduct a survey of all existing trees in the area.The court emphasized that the 1976...
How Good Drafting Can Impact Case Fate : Supreme Court Judges Give Advice To New AoRs
Supreme Court Judge, Justice Suryakant, while speaking at the AOR facilitation function by the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) advised AORs to master the art of "convincing drafting". He stressed that an AOR should specifically know when to disclose what while, making sure that relevant facts are not concealed from the Court. He said :"Disclose all those facts which...
Supreme Court Directs States To Immediately Pay Salaries And Perquisites To Consumer Forum Members As Per Existing Rules
The Supreme Court has directed all state governments to immediately pay the salary and perquisites of the Chairpersons and Members of the State and District Consumer Dispute Resolution Commissions as per existing Rules.A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice N Kotiswar Singh passed this order while hearing a batch of cases related to the salaries and service conditions of Consumer Forum...
'How State Government & Its Department Can Engage Two Separate Advocates?' Supreme Court Questions Delhi Government
The Supreme Court recently expressed surprise when a counsel appearing for the Delhi Forest Department claimed that he was not representing the Delhi Government. The Court wondered how the State Government and its department can have two different advocates. “We wonder how the State Government and one department of the State Government can engage two separate Advocates.”, the...
'IAS Officers Want To Show Supremacy Over IPS & Forest Service Officers': Supreme Court Judge
During the hearing of a forest protection matter, Justice BR Gavai of Supreme Court today took exception to a persisting conflict between Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers on one hand and the Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers on the other."In my experience as a government pleader for 3 yrs and a judge for 22 yrs, I can tell you IAS officers want...
Supreme Court Slams Punjab Govt For Disowning Undertaking Given By Addl Advocate General, Hauls Up Chief Secretary
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the State of Punjab for attempting to distance itself from an undertaking given by its Additional Advocate General in 2002 assuring the Court that the state will implement the Punjab Privately Managed Affiliated and Punjab Government Aided Colleges Pensionary Benefits Scheme, 1986. The state had claimed that the undertaking was by the officer and not by...
'Poor Homebuyers In NCR Taken To Ransom, Nexus Between Banks & Builders Must Be Investigated': Supreme Court Hints At CBI Probe
Expressing the view that certain real estate companies, and banks which sanctioned loans to them for their projects in the National Capital Region, had taken poor homebuyers to ransom, the Supreme Court yesterday hinted at directing a CBI probe into a builder-banks nexus.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh was considering grievances of homebuyers in the National Capital...
'AoRs Are Lifeline Of Justice Delivery System', Justice Surya Kant Highlights Art Of Persuasive Drafting At AoRs Felicitation Event
Speaking at the felicitation event organized by the Supreme Court Advocates-On-Record Association (SCAORA) for newly enrolled Advocates-On-Record (AoRs), Supreme Court Judge Justice Surya Kant emphasized the crucial role of Advocates-on-Record (AORs) in the legal system, calling them the "lifeline of the justice delivery system". Justice Surya Kant discussed the art of persuasive drafting in...
'No Reason Recorded' : Supreme Court Sets Aside BCI Order Dismissing Complaint Against Law Firm, Directs Reconsideration
The Supreme Court recently set aside an order passed by the Bar Council of India dismissing a revision petition filed by a litigant alleging professional misconduct by Advocates Alok Dhir and Maneesha Dhir, partners of law firm Dhir & Dhir Associates.A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Manmohan noted that without recording "any reason at all", the BCI rejected the...
S. 141 NI Act | Non-Executive & Independent Company Directors Not Liable For Cheque's Dishonour Unless Their Direct Involvement Shown : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reiterated that non-executive and independent directors of a company cannot be held vicariously liable for the company's obligations under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (NI Act), unless their direct involvement in the company's financial transactions is established. The Court held that merely holding the position of the non-executive and independent director of...