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SC: Civil Proc. Outcome Binding on Criminal Proc. to Extent of Making Sentence/Damages Unsustainable - 05.04.2024
Supreme Court has observed that the outcome of a civil proceeding shall only be binding on the outcome of a criminal proceeding to the extent of holding the punishment or damages arising out of criminal proceedings as unsustainable in law.
Tags : Supreme Court Civil Proceeding Criminal Proceeding Unsustainable
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Supreme Court Transfers to Itself High Court’s Pending Petitions Challenging GST On Online Gaming - 05.04.2024
Supreme Court has ordered the transfer of writ petitions pending in various High Courts that challenged the imposition of Goods and Service Tax (GST) on online gaming companies.
Tags : Supreme Court High Court Pending Petitions Online Gaming
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SC: HCs and SC Should Refrain from Interfering in Scrutiny Committee's Findings on Caste Claims - 05.04.2024
SC has held that High Courts as well as the Supreme Court should refrain from deeper probe into factual issues in the scrutiny committee's findings on caste claims unless the inferences made by the concerned authority suffer from perversity on its face or are impermissible in the eyes of law.
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Ker HC: Court Under Article 226 Can’t Intervene in Issues Related to Conducting Rituals in Church - 05.04.2024
Kerala High Court has held that on issues relating to the conduct of rituals in the Church, the Court cannot intervene while acting under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, particularly when the parties are already litigating it before the competent Civil Court.
Tags : Kerala High Court Church Article 226 of COI Conducting Rituals
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Mad HC: State Not to Insist on Certificate of Sexual Re-orientation Surgery for Publ. Change of Name - 05.04.2024
Madras High Court has held that the State Government should not ask for the production of medical examination reports and certificates of sexual re-orientation surgery for publishing a change of name or gender of transpersons.
Tags : Madras High Court Sexual Re-orientation Change of Name
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SC: Can’t Include Time Spent in Contesting Bonafide Litigation at Wrong Forum, While Computing Limi. - 04.04.2024
SC has held that Section 14 of Limitation Act, 1963 makes it clear that an applicant who has prosecuted another civil proceeding with due diligence, before a wrong forum on account of defect of jurisdiction or another cause, is entitled to exclusion of the time in computing the period of limitation.
Tags : Supreme Court Section 14 of Limitation Act Bonafide Litigation Limitation
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Cal HC: Agreement’s Certified Copy Attested by Notary Enough to Meet Condition of S. 8(2) of A&C Act - 04.04.2024
Calcutta High Court has held that in order to entertain an application under Section 8(2) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 it would be sufficient to accompany the application with a certified copy of the original arbitration agreement’s copy attested by a Notary.
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CESTAT: 'Mining Service' Covers Services Like Wireline Logging & Perforation for Drilling Oil Wells - 04.04.2024
Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that undertaking services like wireline logging, perforation, and other wireline-related services involving mechanical jobs for drilling an oil well would be covered under the taxable category of ‘Mining Service’.
Tags : CESTAT Mining Service Oil Wells Wireline Logging
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