The Negotiable.....Tags : Negotiable instruments, amendment, act, retrospective
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Rajasthan HC: Citizenship Can’t be Determined Based on Definition of ‘Resident’ Under IT Act(16.06.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has held that the definition of the term ‘resident’ under the Income Tax (IT) Act, 1961 is designed for including persons in the .....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Citizenship, Income-Tax Act
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SC: Arbitrary Termination of Contract Erode Trust of Private Parties from Public Procurement Process(11.07.2024)
SC has held that when public authorities enter into contracts, they create legitimate expectations that the State will honour its obligations. Arbitra.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Public Procurement Process, Termination of Contract
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Kerala Government Brings Ordinance Making Cyber Defamation/Intimidation an Offence(23.11.2020)
Kerala Government has signed an ordinance to incorporate Section 118A in the Kerala Police Act 1960, which makes intimidation, defamation, or insultin.....
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Bombay HC: Constitutional Validity of Regulation Setting Out Qualification to Obtain CoP, Upheld(09.08.2024)
Bom. HC has upheld constitutional validity of Regulation 10 of Institute of Actuaries of India Regulations, 2017 that sets out the qualification requi.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Constitutional Validity, Certificate of Practice
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Tel. HC: Existence & Validity of Arb. Agreement Must be Determined u/s 11(6) of A&C Act by Court(24.06.2024)
Telangana High Court has observed that the Court while exercising the jurisdiction under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 h.....
Tags : Telangana High Court, Arbitration Agreement, S. 11(6) of A&C Act
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Madras HC: Pistol Whipping Will Not Attract Arms Act(11.07.2016)
Madras HC has held that using a licensed pistol not to open fire but only to assault opponent with its butt would not attract any of the offences list.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging GNCTD Amendment Act Giving More Powers to Delhi LG(04.05.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea challenging the vires of Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act 2021 as being .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, GNCTD Amendment Act
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ITAT, Mumbai: Revisional Jurisdiction Invoked for Lack of Inquiry, Not for Inadequate Inquiry(08.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has ruled that the revisional jurisdiction can be invoked only for lack of inquiry and not for inadequate inquir.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Revisional Jurisdiction, lack of inquiry, section 263, Income Tax Act, 1961
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Bombay HC: Re-Assessment at Behest of Audit Party Invalid(13.04.2022)
Bombay High Court has observed that the re-assessment under section 147 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is bad in law since the same was at the request of.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, section 147 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, audit party
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Karnataka HC Extends Stay on Publication of Final Notification Until Further Orders(07.09.2020)
Karnataka High Court has extended the stay on the publication of the Final Notification based on the Draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notific.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Draft Environment Impact Assessment
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Del. HC: Proper Officer Empowered to Grant Upto 3 Adjournments if Sufficient Cause Shown(30.04.2024)
Del. HC has held that Section 75(5) of the Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 empowers the proper officer to grant upto three adjournments if sufficient .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 75(5) of GST Act, Sufficient Cause
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Bombay HC Says 'No' to NIA Appeal Seeking Areeb Majeed to be Charged As ISIS Member Under UAPA(14.08.2017)
Bombay High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) against decision of Trial Judge to not charge Areeb Majeed unde.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Unlawful Activity (Prevention) Act
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Meghalaya HC Quashes Re-Assessment on Ground of Non-consideration of Objection Filed by Assessee(24.05.2022)
Meghalaya High Court has quashed a re-assessment under Section 148(d) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 on the ground that the same was passed without consi.....
Tags : Meghalaya High Court, Re-Assessment, Income-Tax Act, 1961
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P&H HC Grants Bail to Accused Booked Under UAPA Act(16.07.2021)
Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted bail to an accused booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, while noting that though alleg.....
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CESTAT, Delhi: CHA Has No Reason to Doubt Any Malpractice of Export of Prohibited Goods(10.05.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has ruled that the Custom House Agent had no reason to doubt any malpractice and attempted e.....
Tags : Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Custom House Agent, malpractice, prohibited goods, abetment
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Ker HC: Can Prosecute Guardian of Minor Driving Vehicle w/o Licence Even Before Deter. Minor's Guilt(25.06.2024)
Kerala High Court has observed that proceedings against the guardian of a juvenile or owner of a motor vehicle under section 199A of the Motor Vehicle.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, S. 199A of MV Act, Minor Driving Vehicle
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Bombay High Court: Stepson Can’t Inherit Property Under Hindu Succession Act(08.02.2018)
Bombay High Court, while dismissing a plea by a stepson claiming a stake in his father’s property, has said that the definition of ‘son’ in the Hindu .....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Hindu Succession Act
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SC: S.16 of Carriage by Road Act Apply only to proceedings in Connection With Damage to Consignment(02.05.2023)
Supreme Court has held that provision of Section 16 of Carriage by Road Act, 2007 doesn’t come into play vis-à-vis condition of giving a notice in res.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Carriage by Road Act, Damage, Consignment
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Gujarat HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Government Ordinance on Factories Act, 1948(13.08.2020)
Gujarat High Court has issued notice on a plea challenging the ordinance promulgated by the Governor of Gujarat in connection with Factories Act, 1948.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Government Ordinance on Factories Act, 1948
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Delhi HC: Convict Under POCSO Act Not Barred From Seeking Parole(09.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has reiterated that a convict under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 is not barred from seeking parole, as d.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Competent Authority, parole
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Kerala HC: Can’t Condone Delay in Approaching Revision Authority Under Income Tax Act(19.06.2024)
Kerala High Court while upholding the order of Single Bench, has held that delay in approaching revision authority under the Income-Tax Act, 1961 cann.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Revision Authority, Income-Tax Act
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SC: Deduction Under Section 80-IA Income Tax Act Not Restricted to 'Business Income' Only(29.04.2021)
Supreme Court has held that the scope of sub-section (5) of Section 80- IA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is limited to determination of quantum of deduc.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Deduction Under Section 80-IA Income Tax Act
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Karnataka HC Directs BBMP to Submit Action Plan for Removal of Potholes(10.02.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), to submit an action plan for removal of potholes on a priority basis .....
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SC: Certifed Copy of Specimen Sign Can Be Procured From Bank if Sign on Cheque Disputed by Accused(30.01.2024)
Supreme Court has held that in a complaint under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 if accused is disputing the signature on cheque, then.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Specimen Sign, Sign on Cheque, Section 138 of NI Act
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Parliament Passes Benami Transactions Bill and Institutes of Technology Bill(03.08.2016)
Parliament has passed the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2016 and the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016.
Tags : Parliament, Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015 , the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill- 2016
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Madras HC: Cutting Cake Iced Like National Flag Not an ‘Insult’(22.03.2021)
Madras High Court has held that cutting of a cake that is iced like the National Flag will not amount to an 'insult' to attract the offence under Sect.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971
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SC: Delay in Filing Appeal Challenging Acquittal u/s 378 CrPC Can Be Condoned u/s 5 Limitation Act(22.02.2024)
Supreme Court has held that the delay occurring in filing an appeal against acquittal of accused under Section 378 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 378 of CrPC, Section 5 of Limitation Act
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Gauhati HC to State: Compensate People Affected by Illegal Bulldozer Action(05.01.2023)
Gauhati High Court in suo moto proceedings has directed Assam government to take appropriate decision for compensating the persons affected by the ill.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Suo Moto, Compensation, Bulldozer Action
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8 Weeks Time Given to UP Govt. to Consider Need for Guidelines on Invocation of Gangsters Act(22.04.2024)
Supreme Court has given eight weeks time to the Government of Uttar Pradesh for considering the need to lay down guidelines for invocation of the Utta.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Guidelines, Gangsters Act
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Allahabad High Court Rules that Non-Speculative Business Loss Can be Set off Against Business Income(09.11.2017)
Allahabad HC has ruled that non-speculative business loss can be set off against business income of the assessee under the provisions of the Income Ta.....
Tags : Allahabad HC, Income Tax Act, 1961
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Calcutta HC: Reassessment Order Passed Without Issuance of Notice Is Invalid(16.05.2022)
Calcutta High Court has ruled that the reassessment order passed without issuance of notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is not valid.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Section 148, Income Tax Act, 1961
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NCDRC to Porsche: Pay 10 Lakh Compensation to Customer for Misrepresenting Car’s Manufacturing Year(26.04.2023)
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) while observing that act of Porsche in selling car by misrepresenting manufacturing year mount.....
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Guidelines for computing exposure for counterparty credit risk arising from derivative transactions(10.11.2016)
Please refer to the paragraph 4 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued by RBI on October 4, 2016. It was indicated therein t.....
Tags : Derivative transactions, credit risk, Guidelines
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MP HC: ?20 Lakh Minimum Threshold for Loan Recovery by NBFCs Not Applicable on HFCs(23.05.2024)
MP HC has held that Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) can invoke the SARFAESI Act, 2002 even when the loan amount is less than ?20 Lakhs and the minimu.....
Tags : MP High Court, SARFAESI Act, 2002, Housing Finance Companies, NBFC
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Supreme Court: Charge Sheets Filed In Any State Amounts to ‘Continuing Unlawful Activity’(10.10.2017)
Supreme Court has held that the words ‘competent court’ in S. 2(d) of MCOCA [Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act] is not restricted to courts i.....
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Cal. HC: Facilitation Council Can Arbitrate Claims After Supplier’s Registration Under MSMED Act(10.04.2023)
Calcutta High Court has held that Facilitation Council would have exclusive jurisdiction to decide on reference, and to refer the same for arbitration.....
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Company Directors Receiving Remuneration are Also 'Employees' Under ESI Act: SC(06.02.2019)
Supreme Court has held that Directors of Company, who are receiving remuneration, comes within the purview of "employee" under sub-section (9) of Sect.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Employees' State Insurance Act
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SC Rejects Plea Challenging Section 62(5) Representation of the People Act, 1951(05.05.2023)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain plea challenging Section 62(5) of Representation of the People Act, 1951 that denies prisoner right to vote and.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Representation of the People Act, Right to Vote
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J&K HC: Act of Accused to Take Off Clothes Amounts to Sexual Harassment Under POCSO Act(14.07.2021)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that the act of an accused to take off his own and victim's trousers, in the absence of penetration, does not am.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Act of Accused to Take Off Clothes
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MCA Extends Due Date of Filing Annual Return and Financial Statement(31.10.2019)
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has extended the due date of filing of Forms MGT-7 (Annual Return) and AOC-4 (Financial Statement) under the Compa.....
Tags : Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Companies Act,2013, Extension of date
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Delhi HC: PayPal Obliged to Comply with Reporting Entity Obligations as Provided Under PMLA(25.07.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that payment platform PayPal is liable to be viewed as a “payment system operator” and thus, obliged to comply with reportin.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, PayPal, Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, PMLA
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Patna HC Rejects MLA’s Plea to Revoke Crime Control Act(19.01.2017)
Patna High Court has rejected independent Mokama MLA Anant Singh's plea for revoking Crime Control Act (CCA) under which he has been incarcerated for .....
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Delhi HC: Refusal of Defendant to Settle Dispute Satisfies Requirement of Pre-Litigation Mediation(01.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that when the plaintiff makes an offer to the defendant to amicably settle the dispute and the defendant refuses the offer t.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Pre-Litigation Mediation, Commercial Courts Act
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SC: Parties Must File 2nd Suit on Same Cause of Action within 3 Years of Rejection of Earlier Plaint(10.01.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that a subsequent suit on the same cause of action must be filed by a party within three years from the rejection of the ea.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Cause of Action, Rejection of Plaint
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SC: Additional Evidence in Proceedings u/s 34 Arbitration Act Can be Adduced Only in Exceptional Case(24.09.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that proceedings under Section 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act will not ordinarily require anything beyond the recor.....
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J&K&L HC: J&K Special Tribunal Can Refer Contempt Matters to High Court(29.05.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that J&K Special Tribunal is deemed to be a court subordinate to High Court for purposes of Secti.....
Tags : J&K&L HC, J&K Special Tribunal, Contempt of Courts Act
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Delhi HC: Injunction for Interference with Contractual Relations Violates Article 19(5)(19.05.2020)
Delhi High Court has held that providing injunction for alleged interference with contractual relations of two parties, in absence of any law, would v.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Injunction for Interference with Contractual Relations
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Madhya Pradesh HC: Insecticide Not an Essential Commodity Under Essential Commodities Act(07.04.2022)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that insecticide does not figure in the Schedule affixed to the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and the provisi.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Essential Commodities Act, 1955, insecticide
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Delhi Court: Denies Bail to Sharjeel Imam Denied Bail Inin Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case(12.04.2022)
Delhi Court has dismissed the bail plea moved by Sharjeel Imam in connection with a case alleging larger conspiracy into the Delhi riots of 2020, invo.....
Tags : Delhi Court, Sharjeel Imam, conspiracy, Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
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Reporting of Transactions by agency banks to RBI(30.11.2017)
It has been brought to our notice that some agency banks are reporting government transactions after considerable delay and along with the current tra.....
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Teachers Shouldn't be Deployed for Non-Educational Purposes Outside Purview of RTE Act: Delhi HC(28.01.2019)
Delhi High Court has ruled that while civic authorities can take assistance from its teachers for non-academic work such as the opening of bank accoun.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Non-Educational Purposes Outside Purview of RTE Act
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SC: Can’t Set Aside Arbitral Award on Mere Possibility of Alternate Interpretation of Contract(21.08.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that the jurisdiction u/s 34 of A&C Act is exercised only to see if the Tribunal’s view is perverse or manifestly arbitr.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Arbitral Award, Contract
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SC: Order II Rule 2 Mandates Including Whole Claim Arising from Same Cause of Action in One Suit(17.01.2025)
SC has stated that mandate of Order II Rule 2 of CPC is the inclusion of whole claim arising in respect of one and the same cause of action, in one su.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Cause of Action, Order II Rule 2
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Madras HC Directs Centre to Strictly Follow Provisions of Official Languages Act(06.09.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the Centre to strictly follow the provisions of the Official Languages Act while emphasizing that once a representation.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Provisions of Official Languages Act
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Bom. HC: Reasons for Delay Could Not Constitute Information as Defined Under RTI Act(18.10.2024)
Bom. HC has observed that under section 2(f) of RTI Act, 2005 "information" means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mai.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, RTI Act, Delayed Decision
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All. HC: False POCSO/SC-ST Cases Being Filed to Claim Money from the State(11.08.2023)
Allahabad High Court has observed that certain false FIR under the POCSO as well as SC/ST Act are being lodged against innocent persons ruining their .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, False Case, POCSO, SC/ST Act
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Del HC: Consider Lower Side on Margin of Error if Ossification Test Opines Victim is b/w 15-17 Yrs(17.05.2023)
Delhi High Court while referring to Jarnail Singh v. State of Haryana (MANU/SC/0626/2013) has held that for determining age of a child victim under PO.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, POCSO Act, Bone Ossification Test
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Transwoman Also a Bride Under Hindu Marriage Act: Madras HC(24.04.2019)
Madras High Court has held that as per Hindu Marriage Act, a transsexual is also a "bride" and the term would not necessarily refer only to a woman.
Tags : Madras High Court, Transwoman, Hindu Marriage Act
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ITAT, Kolkata: Limitation for Revisionary Jurisdiction Runs from Assessment Date Order(06.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Kolkata has observed that the limitation period for exercising revisionary jurisdiction runs from the date of assessmen.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Kolkata, limitation period, revisionary jurisdiction, assessment order, Section 263 of Income Tax Act, 1961
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Bombay HC: Petitions on Ground of Exceptional Circumstances by Arbitral Tribunal Not Maintainable(11.04.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that remedy under Section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 lies elsewhere and the petitioners cannot file W.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Article 226, Article 227, Constitution of India, exceptional circumstances
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Budget 2024-25 Introduces Enhanced Deductions and Revised Tax Slabs(23.07.2024)
What is Income Tax?
Income tax is a government levy on the income earned by individuals and businesses during a financial year. "Income" enc.....
Tags : Income Tax Return, Commercial Properties, Securities Transaction Tax
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CIC: Can't Disclose All Government Email IDs(04.01.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that email IDs of all government officials cannot be provided under the Right to Information Act as it .....
Tags : Central Information Commission , email IDs , Right to Information Act
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ITAT: No Late Fee U/S 234E of IT Act Can be Levied for Default Committed After 2015 Amendment(10.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Pune bench has held that late fees u/s 234E can’t be levied for the default committed after the insertion of Sec.....
Tags : ITAT, Income-Tax Act, Finance Act
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Madras HC Rules: Aged Parents of Deceased Person Eligible for Workmen’s Compensation(18.01.2017)
Madras High Court has ruled that aged parents of a deceased person is also eligible for compensation sanctioned under Workmen Compensation Act.
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SC: BCCI Can be Said to be a ‘Shop’ to Attract Provisions of ESI Act(31.08.2022)
Supreme Court has held that Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) can be said to be a ‘shop’ for the purposes of attracting the provisions of E.....
Tags : Supreme Court, BCCI, ESI Act
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SC: Section 143 of Railways Act Seeks to Remedy Illegal Sale of Tickets Irrespective of the Mode(10.01.2025)
SC has observed that Section 143 of Railways Act, 1989 makes no distinction between physical and online sale of tickets. The mischief that the provisi.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Railways Act, Sale of Tickets
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Vehicle Manufacturers/Dealers Liable to Pay Tax U/S 6 of Bihar Motor Vehicles Taxation Act: SC(20.12.2018)
Supreme Court has held that the manufacturers and dealers of vehicles are liable to pay additional tax under Section 6 of the Bihar Motor Vehicles Tax.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bihar Motor Vehicles Taxation Act
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Delhi HC to State: Ensure Strict Compliance of Senior Citizens Act(04.08.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Government to ensure strict compliance of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, and al.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Senior Citizens Act, Compliance
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SC: Petition Challenging Advisory Board’s Opinion under COFEPOSA Act is Not Maintainable(21.07.2023)
Supreme Court has held that a special leave petition challenging a report of the Advisory Board/Opinion of the Board under the Conservation of Foreign.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Advisory Board, COFEPOSA Act
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Bombay HC Rules, Suspecting Wife’s Character Amounts to Cruelty(28.09.2016)
Bombay HC, while quashing a family court verdict, has allowed an Amravati woman to end her marriage by ruling that “suspecting wife’s character is cr.....
Tags : Bombay HC, Cruelty, Wife’s Character
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J&K HC Holds 'Roshni Act' Unconstitutional(12.10.2020)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that the Jammu and Kashmir State Land (Vesting of Ownership to the Occupants) Act 2001, (Roshni Act) is complete.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Roshni Act
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ITAT: Provision Mandating Furnishing of PAN With E-TDS has Overriding Effect(10.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Visakhapatnam bench has held that the provision mandating furnishing of PAN with E-TDS has an overriding effect .....
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Govt Notifies Graded Response Action Plan to Fight Air Pollution in National Capital(17.01.2017)
Ministry of Environment has notified a Graded Response Action Plan to fight air pollution in Delhi-National Capital Region area, which means that Nati.....
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SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Mandate for Advance Notice & Publication of Personal Details(30.08.2022)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a petition challenging certain provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (SMA) which mandate parties to marr.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Special Marriage Act, Personal Details
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SC Dismisses Plea Raising Concerns Over Slaughter of Animals in Religious Practice(16.10.2020)
Supreme Court has disposed of a plea raising concerns of slaughter of cows, poaching of elephants, killing of wild animals for crop protection and ani.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Slaughter of Animals in Religious Practice
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Mad. HC: Order Allowing Extension of Remand is Appealable u/s 21 of NIA Act(05.09.2023)
Madras High Court while observing that order allowing prosecution’s application seeking extension of remand of accused is not an interlocutory order b.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Remand, Extension, NIA Act
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SC Imposes Cost on States Failing to Comply with Direction of POSH Act Implementation(12.02.2025)
Supreme Court has imposed cost on States that have failed to comply with directions that were passed for the effective compliance of the Sexual Harass.....
Tags : Supreme Court, POSH Act Implementation, Effective Compliance
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Provision of hostel facilities to nurses so as to facilitate better medical care is a positive duty enjoined upon hospital and cannot be linked to any commercial activity(14.11.2019)
In present matter, the Appellant’s case is that Respondent No. 1/Opposite Party No. 1 had developed two buildings ‘Madhuvan’ with thirty two ‘1 BHK’ f.....
Tags : Complaint, Maintainability, Transaction, Nature
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JKL HC: Order u/s 12 DV Act can’t be Challenged u/s 482 CrPC Unless Remedy of Appeal is Availed(09.11.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that unless the remedy of statutory appeal is availed, orders passed under Section 12 of Protection o.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, DV Act, CrPC
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SC Seeks Reports on Cell Phone Tower Impact on Health(18.03.2016)
Supreme Court has sought reports and scientific studies on the impact of cell phone tower radiation on public health.
Tags : Supreme Court, Cell Phone Tower Impact
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Bombay HC: Non-Compliance of Section 42 of NDPS Act Vitiates Trial(04.01.2021)
Bombay High Court has upheld the acquittal order of the Special Judge for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, (NDPS Act) Pandharpur,.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Non-Compliance of Section 42 NDPS Act
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CESTAT: Classification only on the basis of Nomenclature under Customs Tariff Act is Baseless(29.06.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad bench has held that classification of Products only on the basis of Nomenclatur.....
Tags : CESTAT, Customs Tariff Act, Nomenclature
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Tripura HC: Wife's Repeated Refusal to Return with Husband Mitigating Factor at Time of Sentencing(22.07.2020)
Tripura High Court has reduced the sentence of a man, convicted for throwing acid on his wife, while holding that his frustration, caused due to the w.....
Tags : Tripura High Court, Mitigating Factor at Time of Sentencing
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SC: Government Employees Can’t Claim Overtime Allowance Under Factories Act(20.04.2023)
Supreme Court has held that government employees cannot claim double overtime allowance as per the Factories Act, if the service rules do not provide .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Overtime Allowance, Factories Act
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J&K&L HC: Repeated Sexual Activity With Child Not Possible Without Any Injury in Genital Area(11.07.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court while setting aside the conviction order of the trial court passed against a rape accused, has held that repea.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Sexual Activity, Injury, Genital Area
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Gau. HC: Party Can Invoke Arbitration Despite Alternative Remedy Available Under RERA Act(14.06.2024)
Gauhati High Court has held that the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is not inconsistent or in derogation of the RERA Act. Thus, arbitration ca.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Alternative Remedy, RERA Act
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A commercial activity is a commercial activity regardless of whether it is carried out for private profit or to achieve charitable goals(08.09.2017)
Present appeal concerns the desire of the second Respondent (Children’s Health Camps the New Zealand Foundation for Child and Family Health and Develo.....
Tags : Land, Usage, Activity, Commercial
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P&H HC: Party Under Legal Obligation to Opt Where Effective Remedy is Available U/S 41(h) SR Act(06.05.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court, while dealing with a revision petition, held that it is well-settled law that under Section 41(h) of the Specific Relie.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Section 41(h), Specific Relief Act, 1963, statutory provisions, efficacious
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P&H HC Directs to Issue Appropriate Directions to Judicial Officers on Manner of Reflecting Facts(12.07.2021)
Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Director, Chandigarh Judicial Academy to issue appropriate directions to the judicial officers on the man.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Directions to Judicial Officers on Manner of Reflecting Facts
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All. HC: Causing ‘Annoyance to Others’ A Prerequisite to Invoke Section 294 of IPC(31.05.2024)
Allahabad High Court has observed that in order to invoke Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, mere performance of an obscene act is not suffic.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, S. 294 of IPC, Obscene Act
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Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007(06.02.2018)
According to the findings of a recent Research Study on 'Centre's Policy of Older Persons', commissioned by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empower.....
Tags : Welfare, Senior Citizens, Enactment
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SC: S. 52A of Wakf Act Cannot Apply To Tenants Who Took Possession Before Enactment of the Provision(03.05.2023)
Supreme Court has observed that criminal proceedings under Section 52A of the Wakf Act 1995 cannot be maintained against persons who were in possessio.....
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Karnataka HC: Charge sheet Without FSL Report Not Defective u/s 167(2) CrPC(08.04.2022)
Karnataka High Court has observed that an accused charged under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 does not get a right to default b.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act,1985, Section 167(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Forensic Science Laboratory Division, charge sheet
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Gujarat HC: There Cannot Be Deemed Waiver of Section 12(5) of A&C Act(12.04.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that unless the embargo placed under Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is waived by the parties,.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, embargo, Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
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Supreme Court: Courts can Hinder with Administrative Actions only if it Suffers from Illegality(18.09.2019)
Supreme Court has clarified that while exercising its powers of judicial review of administrative action, Courts should not interfere with the adminis.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Administrative Actions
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All. HC: S. 106 IEA Not Attracted Unless Initial Burden of Establishing Guilt of Accused Discharged(30.05.2023)
Allahabad High Court has observed that Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act (IEA) cannot be attracted in a case unless prosecution prima facie disch.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act
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Every act of assault or injury to specific persons does not lead to public disorder(07.12.2017)
By filing instant petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioner prays to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate w.....
Tags : Detention, Validity, Subjective satisfaction
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Delhi Court Denies Interim Bail to Sharjeel Imam in Sedition Case(25.07.2022)
Delhi Court has denied interim bail to Sharjeel Imam in FIR relating to the alleged inflammatory speeches made by him in Aligarh Muslim University and.....
Tags : Delhi Court, Citizenship Amendment Act, Inflammatory Speeches
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SC: Cannot Make Advocates Liable for Deficiency of Service Under Consumer Protection Act, 1986(14.05.2024)
SC has held that advocates cannot be made liable for deficiency of service under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 as re-enacted in 2019 and observed .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Deficiency of Service, Consumer Protection Act, 1986
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All New Trucks to have Air-Conditioned Cabins from Next Financial Year(23.11.2016)
Government, through an amendment to Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, has made it mandatory for manufacturers and truck body-builders to fit air-conditioners i.....
Tags : New Trucks, Air-Conditioned Cabins, Motor Vehicle Act, 1988
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P&H HC Grants Bail to Former Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi's Nephew(04.07.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted the bail plea moved by Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's nephew Bhupinder Singh in connection w.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Bail, Prevention of Money Laundering Act
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Bombay HC Denies Bail to Chintan Upadhyay in Double Murder Case(03.02.2017)
Bombay High Court, while rejecting bail to Chintan Upadhyay in case of double murder of his artist wife Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Haresh Bhambani, .....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Chintan Upadhyay , contract killing
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ITAT: Deduction of Compensation for Breach of Contract Can’t be Allowed Based Only on Bank Statement(13.07.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Pune Bench has held that deduction of compensation paid for breach of contract cannot be allowed based on bank s.....
Tags : ITAT, Contract, Bank Statement
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Ker.HC:While Ordering Maintenance, Magistrate Must Specify Whether it is Provided under CrPC or HAMA(17.06.2024)
Kerala High Court held that the Magistrate whilst ordering maintenance to the daughter under Section 20(1)(d) of the Domestic Violence Act should spec.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, DV Act, Domestic Violence Act, Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 , HAMA, Cr.PC
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Del. HC: Arbitration Clause in Contract Perishes if the Contract is Novated(07.06.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that if the novated contract does not contain any arbitration clause, the arbitration clause in the original contract would .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Arbitration Clause, Novation, Contract
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SC: Bom. HC’s Observations of NDPS Act in Rhea Chakraborty’s Case Not to be Treated as Precedent(19.07.2023)
Supreme Court has observed that the observations of Bombay High Court regarding interpretations of NDPS Act, in Rhea Chakraborty case will not be trea.....
Tags : Supreme Court, NDPS Act, Rhea Chakraborty
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MACT not conferred with power to review its own order on merits(25.08.2015)
The Court dismissed a petition calling for a correction of an error by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in passing an order on the basis that the dr.....
Tags : Mact, substantive review, order
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Delhi HC Issues Notice in Plea Challenging Provisions of Special Marriage Act, 1954(07.10.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notice in a plea challenging the provisions of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 that require inter-faith couples to send a n.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Special Marriage Act, 1954
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Bombay HC Grants Anticipatory Bail to Principal After Complainant Sought Extra Judicial Remedy(09.06.2022)
Bombay High Court while granting anticipatory bail to the accused for an offence under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Anticipatory Bail, SC/ST Act
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Plaintiff Entitled To Specific Performance of Contract If He Sticks to Terms of Contract: Kerala HC(14.12.2017)
Kerala High Court has held that a plaintiff is entitled to specific performance of contract only if he sticks to the original terms of the contract.
Tags : Kerala High Court, Contract
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Delhi HC: Explanation to Section 14A of Income Tax Act Will Not Apply Retrospectively(25.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that the Explanation to Section 14A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, added vide the Finance Act, 2022, cannot be presumed to be .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Income-Tax Act, Retrospective
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SC: No Coercive Action Against Doctors if They Come Back to Work(23.08.2024)
Supreme Court while hearing the suo motu case related to RG Kar Hospital murder-rape crime, has ordered that no coercive action shall be taken against.....
Tags : Supreme Court, RG Kar Hospital, Coercive Action
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Groundwater Extraction: Madras High Court Directs Tamil Nadu Not to Grant Licenses for Commercial Use(04.10.2018)
Madras High Court has upheld the orders of State government imposing certain restrictions on extraction of groundwater for commercial purposes by esta.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Ground Water Extraction
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ITAT: Belated Payment to PF/ESI Before Due Date for Filing Return is Deductable U/S 43B of IT Act(07.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Allahabad has held that the belated payment of employee contribution to Provident Fund (PF)/Employees State Insu.....
Tags : ITAT, Income-Tax Act, PF/ESI
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Del. HC: Arbitral Award Gets Vitiated if Basic Contractual Framework Misunderstood(25.07.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that if there is any misreading/misunderstanding of the basic contractual framework, the award gets vitiated and makes it vu.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Contractual Framework, A&C Act
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Gauhati HC: Three Conditions Under Section 37 NDPS Act to Grant Bail Conjunctive in Nature(16.09.2021)
Gauhati High Court has held that the three conditions stipulated under Section 37 of the NDPS Act for grant of bail to an accused person are conjuncti.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Three Conditions Under Section 37 NDPS Act
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CBDT Notifies Special Courts for Trial of Offences Under Income Tax Act 1961(29.06.2022)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified Special Courts for Trial of Offences under the Income Tax Act, 1961 in Dehradun.
Tags : Central Board of Direct Taxes, Special Court, Income-Tax Act
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P&H HC: RFCTLARR Act Applicable if Compensation Deposited Before Dec 31 2014 Not Paid to Majority(17.04.2023)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that provisions of RFCTLARR Act, 2013 would apply to cases of land acquisition under National Highways Act .....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, RFCTLARR Act, 2013, Compensation, Majority
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Delhi HC Seeks Property List over Plea Challenging Rent Act’s Legality(22.02.2016)
Delhi HC, while hearing petition challenging legality of the Delhi Rent Control Act on ground it is an archaic piece of legislation violating fundamen.....
Tags : Delhi HC, Rent Act
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ITAT: Proprietary Concern Not Required to Obtain Separate PAN(07.07.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Ahmedabad Bench has held that proprietary concern is not required to obtain a separate Permanent Account Number .....
Tags : ITAT, Permanent Account Number, Income-Tax Act
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Amalgamation of Air Asia With Air India Express Approved by NCLT(12.06.2024)
National Company Law Tribunal has approved the amalgamation of AIX Connect Pvt Ltd., owner of Air Asia Airlines, with the Air India Express Ltd compan.....
Tags : NCLT, Air Asia, Air India Express, Companies Act, 2013
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Gujarat HC: Property Cannot be Straightway Given to Complainant Under Domestic Violence Act(07.11.2016)
Gujarat High Court has held that a property owned by a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and any suit property cannot be straightaway given to an aggrieved.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Hindu Undivided Family, Domestic Violence Act
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Kerala HC: Compensation for Actual Damages Includes Value of Spare Parts to be Repaired(11.07.2022)
Kerala High Court while allowing a motor accident claims appeal has held that in Motor Accident Claims the claimant is entitled to get compensation fo.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Motor Accident Claims, Actual Damages
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Delhi High Court: U/S 9 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Scope of Inquiry is Limited(14.06.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that the scope of inquiry under Section 9 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is limited to prima facie examination of.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, S. 9 of A&C Act, Scope of Inquiry, Prima Facie
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Supreme Court: Acquisition Of Building Alone Permissible Under Land Acquisition Act(19.09.2017)
Supreme Court has held that State can proceed to acquire only the buildings existing on land under the Land Acquisition Act, without acquiring the und.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Land Acquisition Act
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CESTAT, Mumbai: Voluntarily Acceptance of Higher Value Exempts Importer From Confiscation Liability(05.05.2022)
Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has reiterated that voluntarily acceptance of a higher value and willing to pay the customs d.....
Tags : Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, customs duty, Customs Act, 1962, enhanced rate, redemption fine
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Pat. HC: Child Custody Matters Can be Altered With Respect to Needs of Child Under Sec. 26 of HMA(18.05.2023)
Patna High Court while observing that child custody matters can be altered keeping in mind needs of child, has stated that under Section 26 of Hindu M.....
Tags : Patna High Court, Child Custody, Hindu Marriage Act
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Chhattisgarh HC: Assessing Officer Failed to Record Reason for Issue of Notice u/s 148(07.04.2022)
Chhattisgarh High Court has quashed a notice on grounds that the Assessing Officer had failed to record the reason for issue of notice under section 1.....
Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, Assessing Officer
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Karnataka HC: Wife Leveling Unsubstantiated Allegations of Husband Being Impotent Amounts to Cruelty(17.06.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that a wife calling her husband an impotent without legally substantiating the same by itself would amount to cruelty wi.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Cruelty, Hindu Marriage Act
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SC: Central Government has Administrative Control & Superintendence Over CBI(11.07.2024)
Supreme Court has observed that under the scheme of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act of 1946, it is revealed that the Central Bureau of Inve.....
Tags : Supreme Court, CBI, DSPE Act
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Hyderabad High Court : Disciplinary Action Can't be Different in Case of Contract Employees(18.01.2016)
Hyderabad High Court has made it clear that in matter of disciplinary proceedings a differential treatment cannot be meted out to an accused contract .....
Tags : Hyderabad High Court, Contract Employees
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Allahabad HC: Amendments in Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 Yet to be Notified(23.11.2020)
Allahabad High Court has clarified that amendments proposed to Section 166 (Application for compensation) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 are yet to b.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Amendments in Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
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Bombay High Court: Judgement Reserved in Kunal Kamra’s Petition Challenging IT Amendment Rules, 2023(09.08.2024)
Bombay High Court has reserved its judgement in the petition filed by comedian Kunal Kamra challenging the IT Amendment Rules, 2023 that empower the U.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, IT Amendment Rules, Fact Checking Units
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Delhi High Court Lacks Original Jurisdiction to Try Matters Under Family Courts Act(28.08.2017)
Delhi High Court has clarified that it lacked the original civil jurisdiction to try matters falling under Section 7 of Family Courts Act.
Tags : Delhi High Court, Family Courts Act
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All. HC: Extension of Limitation Under A&C Act Can’t be Sought if Party Aware of Contents of Award(27.05.2024)
Allahabad High Court has held that if a party seeking extension of limitation by application of Section 31(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, S. 31(5) of A&C Act, Limitation Period
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Bombay HC: Mandatory Pre-Deposit U/S 129E of the Customs Act Is Constitutional(14.07.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that the fiscal legislation can very well stipulate as a requirement of law a mandatory pre-deposit as a condition preceden.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Customs Act, Mandatory Pre-Deposit, Constitutional
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Madras HC: Liability to Be Fastened on Temple Trustee & EOs for Stealing Electricity(29.05.2023)
Madras High Court has observed that whenever electricity is stolen for the conduct of temple festivals, the liability under the Electricity Act has to.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Electricity Act
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CESTAT, Delhi: No Service Tax on Toll Collection on Behalf of NHAI(08.04.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Delhi has observed that an independent contractor is not liable to pay service tax while .....
Tags : Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, independent contractor, National Highways Authority of India, toll collection
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Bombay HC: Court Does Not Have Adjudicatory Powers Under Section 27 of A&C Act(12.04.2022)
Bombay High Court has observed that the Court under Section 27 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 does not have the jurisdiction to conside.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Section 27 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, arbitral tribunal
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Where advertiser failed to show a reasonable basis or prior substantiation for claims, consumer was believed to be acting under false or misleading representation(s).(19.12.2018)
In instant matter, proceedings initiated vide Show Cause Notice issued to Options International (SMCPvt.) Limited ('Respondent' or 'Options') by Compe.....
Tags : Deceptive Marketing Practices, Penalty, Imposition
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SC Refuses to State TN’s Jallikattu Law, Seeks State’s Reply Over Its Validity(01.02.2017)
Supreme Court, while refusing to stay Tamil Nadu Government's law permitting Jallikattu, has agreed to hear a plea against it.
Tags : Supreme Court, Jallikattu, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act
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SC to Union Government: Introduce Separate Act to Streamline Grant of Bail(11.07.2022)
Supreme Court has recommended the Union Government to introduce a special enactment in the nature of a Bail Act to streamline the grant of bail.
Tags : Supreme Court, Bail, Separate Act
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Gauhati HC: Arbitration Can be Invoked Despite Existence of Alternative Remedy Under RERA Act(17.06.2024)
Gauhati HC has held that arbitration can be invoked to settle a real estate dispute, despite the existence of an alternative legal remedy under the Re.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, RERA Act, Arbitration Act, Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act
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ITAT: Interest on Enhanced Compensation Recd. under LA Act Not Subject to Capital Gain Tax(28.09.2017)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that the interest received on enhanced compensation for land compulsorily acquired under the Land Acquis.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Capital Gain, Land Acquisition Act
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NCLT, Chennai: No Conflict Among Prohibition of Benami Property Transaction Act and IBC, 2016(06.05.2022)
National Company Law Tribunal, Chennai has ruled that there is no conflict between the Prohibition of Benami Property Transaction Act, 1988 and the In.....
Tags : National Company Law Tribunal, Prohibition of Benami Property Transaction Act, 1988, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, attachment of property
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SC: Service Tax Not Applicable on UDF Collected from Passengers at International Airport(23.05.2023)
Supreme Court has held that ‘user development fee (UDF) collected from passengers departing the Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad International Airport, is .....
Tags : Supreme Court, User Development Fees, Service Tax, Finance Act
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Supreme Court: Can’t Commercially Exploit Land Meant for Poor(09.01.2025)
Supreme Court has held that when land allocated under a special scheme, particularly one centred on “poorer classes” accommodation is sought to be com.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Commercially Exploited, Enactment
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Revised Guidelines for Ground Water Extraction Notified(13.12.2018)
In order to comply with various directions of the Hon'ble NGT and to address various shortcomings in the existing guidelines of ground water extractio.....
Tags : Ground Water, Extraction, Guidelines
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Allahabad HC: Compensation Under SC/ST Act Should be Paid on Conviction & Not on Filing of FIR(04.08.2022)
Allahabad High Court has held that compensation to the Victims under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 should be disbursed only upon the .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Compensation, SC/ST Act, Conviction
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Gauhati HC: DRT Has to Dispose of Application under Section 17 of SARFAESI Act as per RDB Act(22.11.2024)
Gau. HC has observed that Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) is required to dispose of an application filed u/s 17 of SARFAESI Act, 2002 as per provisions o.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, SARFAESI Act, Debt Recovery Tribunal
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Evidence-based Impact of National Deworming Day in India(20.10.2020)
Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases (STH), also known as parasitic intestinal worm infection, is a significant public health concern mostly in low resource.....
Tags : Evidence, Impact, De-worming
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Guj. HC: Infraction of Law Not Done in Systematic Manner, Not Sufficient for Preventive Detention(29.08.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that commission of infraction of law, not done in an organized or systematic manner, may not be sufficient for the detaini.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Preventive Detention, Infraction of Law
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SC: No Demolition Except for Unauthorised Construction to Take Place Without Permission of the Court(18.09.2024)
SC while hearing pleas against bulldozer actions in several States, has ordered that there shall be no demolitions without seeking leave of the court......
Tags : Supreme Court, Unauthorised Construction, Bulldozer Actions
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Madras HC Dismisses Plea Challenging Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act(01.11.2019)
Madras High Court has dismissed the plea challenging the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 as non-maintainable.
Tags : Madras High Court, Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019
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Delhi HC: Proceedings under SARFAESI Act Remain Unaffected by Orders Passed Under SEBI Act 1992(25.07.2023)
Delhi HC has observed that the proceedings under SARFAESI Act, 2002 will remain unaffected by the orders passed under SEBI Act, 1992 as provisions of .....
Tags : Delhi HC, SARFAESI Act, 2002, SEBI Act, 1992
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Madras HC Dismisses Plea to Ban Private Practice of Government Doctors(03.10.2016)
Madras HC has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking a direction to State Government and Tamil Nadu Medical Council to ban private practice of.....
Tags : Madras HC, Government Doctors, Private Practice
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Delhi HC: Exception 3 to Section 28 Contract Act Does Not Deal with Bank Guarantees(02.08.2021)
Delhi High Court has interpreted Exception 3 to Section 28 of the Indian Contract Act 1872 to hold that it does not deal with 'claim period' under Ban.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Exception 3 to Section 28 Contract Act
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Ker. HC to Police Chief: Sensitize Police Personnel to Provisions of Mental Healthcare Act(27.06.2023)
Kerala High Court has directed State Police Chief to ensure that all police personnel are sensitized to relevant provisions of Mental Healthcare Act, .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Mental Healthcare Act, Police, Sensitize
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Bombay HC Notices State’s Police For Making Public Station Diary Under RTI Act(23.01.2017)
Bombay High Court has questioned Maharashtra Police’s act of making available details of its station diary to an accused, citing compulsions under Rig.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Right to Information Act, Station Diary
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ITAT: Prima Facie Belief That There is Escape of Income is Sufficient Proof to Re-Open Assessment(23.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Pune Bench has held that prima facie belief that there is the escape of income is sufficient proof to initiate r.....
Tags : ITAT, Income Tax Act, 1961, Reassessment
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J&K High Court Quashes Detention of Masarat Alam under Public Safety Act(28.12.2016)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has quashed detention under Public Safety Act (PSA) of hardline separatist leader Masarat Alam and ordered his release.
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Public Safety Act, Masarat Alam
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SC: Anardana to be Classified Under Heading 1209 of Tariff Entries Under Customs Tariff Act(15.07.2022)
Supreme Court has held that 'anardana' would fall under Heading 1209 of the Tariff entries issued under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, attracting a cus.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Customs Tariff Act, Anardana
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Country’s First Exclusive Digital Court for Negotiable Instruments Act Cases Inaugurated(20.08.2024)
Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai inaugurated the Country's first exclusive Digital Court for Negotiable Instruments Act Cases in Kollam, Kerala. T.....
Tags : Justice BR Gavai, Digital Court, S. 138 of NI Act
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Distribution of false or misleading information that is capable of harming the business interests of another undertaking constitutes a deceptive marketing practice(10.08.2017)
In facts of present case, the Complainant is engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of consumer household, antiseptic, and pharmaceutical products.....
Tags : Deceptive marketing practices, Provisions, Violation
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ITAT: Payment Made by Mobile Service Provider for Roaming Can’t be Considered as Technical Service(06.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), New Delhi, has held that payment made by a one mobile service provider to another for roaming cannot be consider.....
Tags : ITAT, Income-Tax Act, 1961. Roaming, Technical Service
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Remote-controlled devices for recreational angling prohibited under the Marine Act.(16.07.2024)
The Appellants, business entities dealing in angling equipment like bait-carrying drones, sought a declaratory order from the Gauteng Division of the .....
Tags : Marine Law, Marine Act, recreational angling
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P&H HC: Factories Act Does Not Override Indian Penal Code(13.06.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that provision of Factories Act, 1948 are not in substitution but are supplemental to any other Act. Therefore .....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Factories Act, Indian Penal Code
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Kerala High Court: To Constitute Abetment, Intentional Aid by Abettor Must be Shown(05.07.2024)
Ker. HC has held that to constitute abetment, abettor must be shown to have intentionally aided commission of crime. Mere proof that crime charged cou.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Abetment, S. 16 of POCSO Act, Abettor
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Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Response on Implementation of JJ Act(18.11.2020)
Allahabad High Court has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh Government on a Public Interest Litigation concerning illegal detention and torture of juv.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Implementation of JJ Act
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P&H HC: Construction of Public Library is a Part of Charitable Function(06.08.2024)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the construction of Public Library would form part of charitable function and any work done with the same .....
Tags : P&H High Court, S. 80 of IT Act, Public Library
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SEBI Allows Payments Banks to Carry Out Activities of Investment Bankers(04.08.2021)
Securities and Exchange Board of India has allowed payments banks to carry out the activities of investment bankers to provide easy access to investor.....
Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India, Activities of Investment Bankers
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Kar. HC Dismisses Twitter’s Plea Challenging Blocking Order Issued by MeiTY(30.06.2023)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed the plea filed by Twitter challenging the blocking orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Tec.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Twitter, Blocking Order, Information Technology Act
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P&H HC Issues Notice on Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Alleged Illegal Mining Activities at Dadam(23.03.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the Haryana government on a plea seeking Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the alleged i.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Alleged Illegal Mining Activities at Dadam
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Bombay HC: Provision Mandating Pre-deposit for Filing Appeal under Customs Act is Constitutional(26.06.2017)
Bombay High Court has upheld constitutional validity of Section 129E of Customs Act, 1962 mandating pre-deposit for filing 7.5% of demand on first app.....
Tags : Bombay HC, Customs Act
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JKL HC: Cause of Action Not Generated Merely by Repeated Representation(07.03.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that Cause of Action can’t be generated merely by making repeated representations to the concerned au.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Cause of Action, Repeated Representation
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Bombay HC: Jurisdiction u/s 100CPC is Limited That Even Wrong or Inexcusable Finding of Fact(15.04.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that jurisdiction under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 is so limited that even a wrong or grossly inexcus.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Wrong or Inexcusable Finding of Fact
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ITAT Hyderabad: Ignorance of Law Concerning Compulsory Audit Not Reasonable for Deleting Penalty(21.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad has held that mere ignorance of law under Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for compulsory audit of ac.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, ignorance of law, Section 44AB of the Income Tax Act, 1961, Section 273B
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Del. HC: False Accusation of Child Abuse More Painful than Rigours of Trial and Imprisonment(16.04.2024)
Delhi High Court while acquitting a man in a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 has observed that a child abuser in the .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, False Implication, POCSO Act
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Gujarat HC: Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021 Not to Apply to Inter-faith Marriages(19.08.2021)
Gujarat High Court has passed an interim order stating that the provisions of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021, will not apply to.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021
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Ker. HC: Before Starting Work on Highways, Alternatives Should be Provided to Commuters(03.07.2024)
Ker. High Court has observed that, although the development activities by the National Highways Authority of India are most imperative, it cannot be d.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, NHAI, Development Activities
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MP High Court Reverses State Government Order of Revoking Pension of MISA Detainees(01.11.2019)
Madhya Pradesh HC has directed State Government to continue to pay the pension of 15 Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) detainees.
Tags : Madhya Pradesh HC, Maintenance of Internal Security Act
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JKL HC: S.482 CrPC Cannot be Invoked to Challenge Proceedings Initiated U/S 12 J&K DV Act(25.07.2023)
Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh HC has held that Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) cannot be used to challenge the proceedings initiated under.....
Tags : Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh HC, Code of Criminal Procedure, Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2010
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Hyderabad HC to AP: Amend Endowments Act or form Societies on Imparting Education on Religious Affair(03.10.2016)
Hyderabad HC has advised AP Government either to amend AP Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act or to form a society for impa.....
Tags : Hyderabad HC, Endowments Act
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Sikkim HC: Permission to Extract Groundwater Must Record Reasons by Central Ground Water Board(02.08.2021)
Sikkim High Court has observed that permission to extract groundwater granted to the industries in the State must record satisfaction and assign reaso.....
Tags : Sikkim High Court, Permission to Extract Groundwater
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Kerala HC: Notice to Defacto Complainant Need Not be Issued in Bail Applications(18.08.2020)
Kerala High Court has observed that it is not necessary for a Court to issue a notice to the defacto complainant suo motu or direct the accused to imp.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Defacto Complainant
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Allahabad HC: 4% VAT Applicable on AT-PLAST Used in Mixing of Ready Mix Concrete(09.05.2022)
Allahabad High Court by allowing the revision petition has observed that the item AT-PLAST used in mixing of ready mix concrete is taxable at the rate.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Uttar Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2008, AT-PLAST
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Del. HC: Mandate of Arbitral Tribunal Can be Extended by Court, Even After its Expiry(24.06.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that the court is fully empowered to extend the mandate, even after the expiry of the mandate of the tribunal under Section .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Arbitral Tribunal, S. 29A(4) of A&C Act
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SC Upholds Constitutional Validity of the Rajasthan Schools (Regulation of Fee) Act 2016(04.05.2021)
Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Rajasthan Schools (Regulation of Fee) Act, 2016. The Court has however read down Sections .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Rajasthan Schools (Regulation of Fee) Act, 2016
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ITAT, Mumbai: Non-Disclosure of Foreign Asset in ITR Not Valid Reason for Imposition of Penalty(08.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai has observed that non disclosing of a foreign asset in the income tax return, by itself, is not a valid r.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, foreign asset, income tax return, Black Money Act, assessee
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Civil Aviation Ministry Proposes New Rules to Regulate Drone Related Activities(19.07.2021)
Ministry of Civil Aviation has invited suggestions for Draft Drone Rules to regulate Drone Related Activities. These Rules, when notified, will repeal.....
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Delhi HC: Daughter-in-law Can Seek Maintenance From Father-in-law if Inherited Husband's Estate(11.05.2022)
Delhi High Court by dismissing a plea filed by a widowed daughter-in-law and grand-daughter under section 19 of the Family Court Act, 1984 has ruled .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Family Court Act, 1984, section 19, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, inherited
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Tri. HC: No Scope of Appeal u/s 54 of Land Acquisition Act Against Executing Court’s Orders(27.06.2024)
Tripura High Court while dismissing an appeal invoking Section 54 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, has observed that there is no scope to prefer any.....
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Delhi HC: Countervailing Duty on Cut Pieces of Used Tyres is Ultra Vires Customs Tariff Act(08.05.2017)
Delhi High Court has held that the process to which old tyres are subject to produce two or more pieces of cut tyre is not “manufacture? within the me.....
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Bombay HC: Police Authority Can Extern Gang Members from Area Larger Than Illegal Activities(06.04.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that the authority under the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951 can pass order of externment directing externment of a person fro.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951, illegal activities, externment
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ITAT, Mumbai: Reasons Mentioned in Notice for Re-Assessment Cannot be Improved Later(11.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has observed that the reasons specified in the re-assessment notice under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 196.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, re-assessment notice
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SC: Higher Court Can Examine Existence of Jurisdi. Fact Even if Trial Court Fails to Frame Issue(25.11.2024)
SC has clarified that failure of trial court to frame issue on maintainability of suit touching jurisdictional fact by itself cannot trim powers of hi.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Jurisdictional Fact, Trial Court
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Del. HC to State: Conduct Survey of all Pending Applications for Ration Cards(31.07.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Government to conduct a survey of all pending applications for ration cards to see as to whether they would be ent.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Ration Cards, Survey, Food Security Act
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SC: Centre Made Party to Interpret the Word ‘Person’ Under Consumer Protection Act(19.09.2024)
Supreme Court while hearing a issue whether charitable trust can be considered a “consumer”, has made the Union of India a party in the case for assis.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Consumer Protection Act, Charitable Trust, Union of India
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Punjab and Haryana High Court Notices State Over Plea Against Cow Protection Act(24.03.2017)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to Haryana Government on a plea challenging decision of Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP Government banni.....
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Ker. HC: Criminal Practice Rules not in consonance with Technological Advancements of Present Times(04.10.2023)
Kerala High Court has observed that Rule 184 of Criminal Rules of Practice, 1982 ought to be amended and provision should also be made for digitizing .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Criminal Practice Rules, Technological Advancements
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SC: 5 States File Applications Showing Support to Waqf Amendment Act 2025(15.04.2025)
In petitions challenging the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, the States of Assam, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra have filed interventi.....
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Ghazipur MP/MLA Court Convicts BSP MP Afzal Ansari in a Gangster Act Case(01.05.2023)
Ghazipur MP/MLA Court has convicted BSP MP Afzal Ansari to 4 years in prison along with Rs. 1 Lakh fine, in a Gangster Act Case. He now stands disqual.....
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Supreme Court Directs Centre to Frame Model Rules For Consumer Courts(22.11.2016)
Supreme Court, while emphasizing that “a systemic overhaul of entire infrastructure is necessary if Consumer Protection Act, 1986, is not to become a .....
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ITAT: 3rd Party Statement alone not Incriminating Material for justifying Addition in Assessment(30.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Jaipur bench has held that third party statement alone, not incriminating material for justifying addition made .....
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SC Stays 2014 Amendment of Maharashtra Police Act Banning Dance Performances at Bars(15.10.2015)
Supreme Court has stayed a 2014 amendment of Maharashtra Police Act banning dance performances in various places including bars in the state. The cour.....
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Chhattisgarh HC Issues Practice Directions to Magistrates Trying Offences Under NI Act(05.07.2021)
Chhattisgarh High Court has issued practice directions to Magistrates and Trial Courts having jurisdiction to try offences under the Negotiable Instru.....
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Patna HC: Bihar IIPP Encourages Manufacturing Industries But Doesn’t Bar Other Industries(21.04.2023)
Patna High Court has observed that Bihar Industrial Investment Promotion Policy of 2016 mentions of encouraging the manufacturing industries, however .....
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Supreme Court: Include HIV+ Children in 'Disadvantaged Group' for Imparting Free Education(09.05.2017)
Supreme Court has said that so far, 11 states and one Union territory have issued notification effecting a change in Right of Children to Free and Co.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
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ITAT, Delhi: Expenditure of Royalty for Technical Know-How Can Be Treated as Revenue Expenditure(06.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has held that the royalty expenditure for the use of know-how can be treated as revenue expenditure under Income .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, royalty expenditure, use of know-how, Income Tax Act, 1961
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ITAT, Mumbai: Reasons Mentioned in Notice for Re-Assessment Cannot be Improved Later(11.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has observed that the reasons specified in the re-assessment notice under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 196.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, re-assessment notice
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Bombay HC: Age of Consent Must be Distinguished from Age of Marriage(14.07.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that age of consent necessarily has to be distinguished from the age of marriage as sexual acts do not happen only in the c.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Consent, Marriage, Sexual Acts
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Ker. HC: Registrar of Co-operative Societies A Public Authority, Expected to Provide Information(04.07.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that it is well settled that the Registrar of Co-operative Societies is a public authority and is expected to provide the i.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Co-operative Societies, S. 2(f) of RTI Act, S. 8 of RTI Act
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Delhi HC: Possession of Single Cartridge without a Firearm Would Not Attract Liability under Arms Act(04.11.2019)
Delhi HC has observed that recovery of single cartridge from a person, without the recovery of firearm along with it, would not attract liability und.....
Tags : Delhi HC, Arms Act
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SC: Consumer Commission Can’t Decide High Disputed Facts or Case Involving Criminal/Tortious Acts(29.03.2023)
Supreme Court has held that proceedings before Consumer Commission being summary in nature, complaints involving highly disputed questions of facts or.....
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Bombay HC: Running Clinics is not a Commercial Activity(25.10.2016)
Bombay High Court has held that a clinic run of a private doctor or their partnership firm can't come under the definition of 'commercial establishmen.....
Tags : Bombay HC, Clinics, private doctor, Commercial Activity
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Delhi HC: Occurrence of Cause of Action Determining Factor to Attract Jurisdiction of Court(09.07.2021)
Delhi High Court has reiterated that the occurrence of cause of action at a place is a determining factor both under section 20 of the Code of Civil P.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Occurrence of Cause of Action
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Centre Starts Granting Citizenship Under CAA in West Bengal, Haryana and Uttarakhand(30.05.2024)
Central Government has started granting citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) in West Bengal, Haryana and Uttarakhand. Ministr.....
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Supreme Court: Statutory Prescribed Limitation Period for Filing Appeal Cannot be Extended(08.02.2018)
Supreme Court has held that the limitation period for filing an appeal under provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 cannot be extended beyond what is p.....
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SC Upholds Rejection of S. 8 Application as Reliefs Claimed Fell Outside the Arbitration Clause(03.05.2023)
SC while upholding the rejection of an application filed under Section 8 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 observed that the cause of action o.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Arbitration, Section 8 of A&C Act
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Allahabad HC: Section 6 of GST Act is Enacted to Avoid Possibility of Conflicting Orders(11.04.2022)
Allahabad High Court has observed that section 6 of Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 is enacted to avoid possibility of orders of conflict and holds n.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, section 6 of Goods and Services Tax Act 2017, jurisdiction
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Cal. HC: Engagement on ‘Sensitive Posts’ on Contractual Basis Creates Difficulty(01.08.2024)
Calcutta High Court has held that the posts of ‘Stenographer’, ‘Bench Clerk’ are very sensitive post for functioning of District Judiciary. Engagement.....
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Supreme Court Slams BJP Spokesperson for Filing Multiple PILs(16.12.2016)
Supreme Court has slammed a BJP Spokesperson for filing multiple Public Interest litigations (PILs), and asked him if "BJP is financing you to do poli.....
Tags : Supreme Court, BJP Spokesperson, political activism
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Orissa HC: State Vigilance Department Can't be Completely Exempted from RTI Act(22.06.2022)
Orissa High Court has held that the State Vigilance Department cannot be completely exempted from Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 and directed th.....
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Delhi HC Orders 50% Salary Arrears Payment to Contractual Employees of DCW(23.12.2016)
Delhi High Court has ordered release of 50% salary arrears of contractual employees of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), that includes acid attack vic.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Delhi Commission for Women, contractual employees
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Delhi HC: Amendment to Prevention of Corruption Act Not to Apply to Offences Taken Place(26.11.2020)
Delhi High Court has held that the 2018 amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act, does not apply to the offences which have already taken place.
Tags : Delhi High Court, Amendment to Prevention of Corruption Act
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ITAT, Delhi: No TDS Required to be Deducted on Enhanced Compensation Under Land Acquisition Act(19.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has held that the interest on enhanced compensation awarded to land owners by the Court under Section 28 of the L.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, enhanced compensation, Section 28 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, Tax Deducted at Source
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SC to Ministry of Law: Conduct Judicial Impact Assessment of All Tribunals at the Earliest(23.03.2023)
Supreme Court has directed Ministry of Law & Justice to conduct "Judicial Impact Assessment" of tribunals as per its directions in Rojer Mathew v. Sou.....
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Finance Ministry Notifies Section 100 of Finance Act, 2019(26.08.2020)
Ministry of Finance on Tuesday (August 25) notified that Section 100 of Finance Act, 2019 will come into force from 1st September, 2020.
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CESTAT: Penalty Under Central Excise Act is Not Sustainable by Third Party Evidence(19.05.2022)
Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has ruled that the demand of duty and penalty under the Central Excise Act, 1944 is not sustai.....
Tags : Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Central Excise Act, 1944, demand of duty
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All HC: High Court Appointing Arbitrator has Power to Extend Arbitrator's Mandate u/s 29A of A&C Act(21.05.2024)
Allahabad HC has held that if an arbitrator is appointed by the High Court under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) th.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, S. 11 of A&C Act, S. 29 of A&C Act
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Gujarat HC Upholds Vires of Provision Denying Deduction for Payments to Eligible Project or Scheme(04.10.2017)
Gujarat HC has upheld vires of Sub-section 7 of Section 35AC of Income Tax Act according to which benefit of deduction under Section 35AC of Act is no.....
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HP HC: Depiction of Property as Agricultural Land Doesn’t Exclude it from Purview of SARFAESI Act(12.05.2023)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that merely because revenue records shows secured properties as agricultural land, it is not sufficient to attrac.....
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SC Raps Tripura High Court over Dismissing Woman's Plea to Clailm ‘Streedhan’(23.11.2015)
SC has rapped Tripura HC for dismissing plea of woman for 'streedhan' on ground that she lost right over it after judicial separation. The court said .....
Tags : SC, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, streedhan, Tripura HC
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ITAT, Ahmedabad: Undisclosed Sale Consideration of Property Can Only Assessable as Capital Gain(02.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad has ruled that the undisclosed sale consideration of the property can be subjected to tax as capital gain und.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, capital gain, section 48, Income Tax Act, 1961, Undisclosed sale consideration
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Allahabad HC quashes Re-Assessment Order; Says Notice Issued Without Jurisdiction is Invalid(12.05.2022)
Allahabad High Court has held that once the notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, issued by the assessing authority was declared witho.....
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Maternity Benefit Act, 2017: Act Applicable to All Those Women Workers Already on Leave on April 01(09.05.2017)
Government has clarified that it is mandatory on part of employers to extend benefit of enhanced maternity leave to those women workers who were alrea.....
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ITAT, Delhi: Expenditure of Royalty for Technical Know-How Can Be Treated as Revenue Expenditure(06.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has held that the royalty expenditure for the use of know-how can be treated as revenue expenditure under Income .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, royalty expenditure, use of know-how, Income Tax Act, 1961
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Cal HC: Repeal and Amendment Act of 2016 Does Not Remove S. 2A(2) of Industrial Disputes Act(17.04.2023)
Calcutta High Court has held that Repeal and Amendment Act of 2016 does not have the effect of removing section 2A(2) from Industrial Disputes Act, 19.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Labour Courts/Tribunals, Jurisdiction, Repeal, Industrial Disputes Act
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RBI Revises Norms for NBFC Factor Firms(19.02.2016)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has came out with clarifications for NBFC factor companies to remove any possible regulatory arbitrage with banks that pro.....
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Kar. HC: Individuals Not Members of Terrorist Organization Can Also be Prosecuted for Terrorist Act(06.07.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that it is not necessary that a person being prosecuted for ‘terrorist act’ defined under Section 15 of the Unlawful Act.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, UAPA, Terrorist Act, Individual
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Telangana HC: ‘Less Salary, More Hours’ Not Sufficient for Offence of Child Kept in Bondage(07.06.2024)
Tel. HC has held that the essential ingredient to attract offence of child kept in bondage under Section 79 of the JJ Act, 2015 is that minor child mu.....
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Madras HC Directs State to Look into Charges of Encroachment by Cement Company(07.11.2016)
Madras High Court has ruled that a Private Cement Factory at a village in Thiruvallur District was not entitled to carry out any construction across a.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Cement Factory, irrigation canal, Thiruvallur
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Supreme Court Uphold Over 90,000 Re-Assessment Notices Deeming them as Sec 148A Notices(05.05.2022)
Supreme Court upheld the reassessment notices under Section 148 of the unamended Income Tax Act which were issued beyond 01.04.2021 (the effective dat.....
Tags : Reassessment Notices, Income Tax Act, Section 148A, Supreme Court
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Bombay HC: Secured Creditors Shall Take Priority Over Government Dues Under SARFAESI Act(05.09.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that the rights of secured creditors to realise secured debts shall have priority over government dues, including revenues,.....
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SC: Amendment in Plaint Due to Subsequent Development Constitutes Continuous Cause of Action(13.01.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that an application filed to amend a plaint due to certain developments in the main cause of action shall constitute contin.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Subsequent Development, Cause of Action
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Supreme Court: Chief Judicial Magistrates Competent to Deal With Applications U/s 14 SARFAESI Act(24.09.2019)
In an important ruling, SC has held that a Chief Judicial Magistrate is equally competent to deal with the application moved by the secured creditor u.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, Chief Judicial Magistrate
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Bombay HC: Delay in Filing Appeal under NIA Act can be Condoned(15.09.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that Appellate Courts have the power to condone delay beyond the 90 days period, despite language of the 2nd proviso to Sec.....
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Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 tabled in Rajya Sabha(04.12.2024)
Union Aviation Minister has tabled the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 for passage in Rajya Sabha. The bill seeks to repeal the Aircraft Act, 1934 an.....
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Patna High Court Calls for Action Taken Report from Bihar Government Within 4 Weeks(30.10.2020)
Patna High Court recently asked the State Government to file a status report regarding filling up the posts of Sub-Inspectors and Constables in the St.....
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Gujarat HC: Sample Analysis Report of Central Insecticides Lab is Conclusive Evidence(10.05.2022)
Gujarat High Court has observed that the sample analysis report received from the Central Insecticides Laboratory under Section 24(4) of the Insectici.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Central Insecticides Laboratory, Section 24(4), Insecticides Act, conclusive
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Tripura High Court: Accused Not Entitled to Bail on Mere Filing of Chargesheet(24.06.2024)
Tripura High Court has held that mere filing of a chargesheet is not a ground at all or has no persuasive value to grant bail to an accused of alleged.....
Tags : Tripura High Court, NDPS Act, Chargesheet
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Karnataka HC Upholds Constitutional Legality of Proviso (v) to S.14(1) SARFAESI Act(14.04.2022)
Karnataka High Court has upheld the Constitutional legality of proviso (v) Section 14(1) of the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Constitutional legality, Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002
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Delhi HC Directs Police Not to Take Coercive Steps Against Founder of Fact-Checking Website(10.09.2020)
Delhi High Court has directed police not to take any coercive steps against a founder of a fact-checking website for allegedly threatening and torturi.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Coercive Steps Against Founder of Fact-Checking Website
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Del. HC: Haj Pilgrimage is a Religious Practice(08.06.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that Haj pilgrimage and the ceremonies involved therein falls within the ambit of religious practice, held that the s.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Haj Pilgrimage, Religious Practice
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Impact of Trade Agreements(01.01.2019)
Some industry associations including those relating to steel have expressed concerns on imports under bilateral free trade agreements with Japan, Kore.....
Tags : Trade Agreements, Impact, Exports, Imports
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Delhi HC Says Delay in Formulating Scheme has Defeated the Purpose of Street Vendors Act(05.10.2016)
Delhi HC has said that delay in formulating a scheme to carry out a survey of street vendors in the city and issuing them certificates to sell their w.....
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Delhi HC: Cognizance of Section 138 NI Act Offence Will Not Automatically Result in Decree(04.08.2021)
Delhi High Court has held that if the Metropolitan Magistrate takes cognizance of an offense under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881,.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Offence under Section 138 NI Act
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Delhi High Court: In Employment, Disputes Relating to Lock-In Periods are Arbitrable(15.07.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that disputes relating to lock-in periods applying while employment contract is subsisting are arbitrable under the Arbitrat.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, A&C Act, Employment Contract
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Casual Act of Possession Over Property Doesn't Confer Possessory Title: SC(30.01.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that a casual act of possession does not have the effect of interrupting the possession of the rightful owner.
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Enforcement Date: Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Act, 2023(16.08.2023)
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Act, 2023 (23 of 2023), the Cen.....
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Madras High Court Suggests Amendments to Industrial Disputes Act(05.01.2016)
Madras HC has made suggestion to amend Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and empower Labour Courts to directly initiate criminal action against employers .....
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SC Refuses to Stay Amendments Made to SC/ST Act(25.01.2019)
Supreme Court has refused to stay the amendments made to SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act which restored the no anticipatory bail provision for th.....
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All. HC: Railway Claim Tribunal has Power to Condone Delay U/S 5 of Limitation Act(18.08.2023)
Allahabad High Court has held that if sufficient cause is made out, Railway Claim Tribunal has power to condone the delay under section 5 of the Limit.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Limitation Act, Railway Claim Tribunal
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AP HC: Supply of Solar Generating Power Station is Not Works Contract(15.01.2025)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that supply of solar generating power station is a composite supply and would not fall within the ambit of work.....
Tags : AP High Court, Works Contract, Moveable Property
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MP HC Upholds Restrictions on Merchanting Trade Transactions as Per Import/ Export Policy(17.11.2020)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that once import/ export of a particular product is barred by the Government, the question of permitting 'Merchanti.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Restrictions on Merchanting Trade Transactions
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JH. HC: Criminal Liability Can’t be Levied in Every Case of Breach of Contract(20.09.2023)
Jharkhand High Court has held that criminality cannot be fastened upon the accused persons on mere breach of contract in every case, and parties shoul.....
Tags : Jharkhand High Court, Breach of Contract, Criminal Liability
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Action against Bank of Baroda under section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949(10.10.2023)
The Reserve Bank of India has, in exercise of its power, under section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, directed Bank of Baroda to suspend, wi.....
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Kar HC to MEA: Make Diplomatic Interaction to Avoid Any Prejudice to Indian Convicted in Saudi Arabia(28.06.2023)
Karnataka High Court has directed Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to cause diplomatic level interaction so that the Indian Citizen concerned will n.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, MEA, Diplomatic Interaction
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear All Pleas Concerning Jallikattu on January 31(27.01.2017)
Supreme Court has said that all applications challenging Tamil Nadu's amendment of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1960, allowing the conduct .....
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Del. HC: Supplementary Agreement Executed Under Duress Can’t Preclude Party to Claim Damages(14.08.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that a supplementary agreement executed by a contractor forego of its claims cannot preclude him from claiming damages if th.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Supplementary Agreement, BOT contracts
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SC: Prior Registration Not Required under MSMED Act to Invoke Payment Dispute Resolution Mechanism(13.01.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that it is not mandatory for the MSMEs to have prior registration under Section 8 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise.....
Tags : Supreme Court, MSMED Act, Prior Registration
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Supreme Court Amends its 2018 Verdict on SC/ST Act on Centre's Plea(01.10.2019)
Supreme Court has quashed its own verdict which introduced measures like prior inquiry before the arrest of an accused under the Scheduled Castes and .....
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Del. HC: Provisions of Motor Vehicles Act Applicable for Electric Vehicles(15.09.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that all the provisions under the Motor Vehicle (MV) Act and the Central Motor Vehicle Rules pertaining to requirement of re.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Electric Vehicles, Motor Vehicles Act
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SC: Can’t Expect Excellence in Institutions When There is Constant Inflow and Outflow of Teachers(14.09.2023)
Supreme Court while expressing concerns at the National Law University, Jodhpur, operating only with contractual teachers, has observed that one canno.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Teachers, Contractual
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SC Refuses to Relax GRAP-IV Restriction in National Capital(03.12.2024)
The Supreme Court has refused to relax the restrictions under the Graded Action Response Plan (GRAP) Stage-IV imposed in Delhi to tackle air pollution.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Graded Action Response Plan, Air Quality Index
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MP HC: BCI Has Power to Frame Rules for Conditions for Permitting Person to Practice as Advocate(28.10.2020)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that an advocate getting enrolled under Section 24 of the Advocates Act, 1961 can be subjected to further condi.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Conditions for Permitting Person to Practice as Advocate
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Cal. HC: Vigilant Monitoring Required to Prevent Illegal Manufacture of Packaged Drinking Water(02.08.2023)
Calcutta High Court while observing that vigilant monitoring over all packaged drinking water manufacturers is required to prevent illegal manufacturi.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Packaged Drinking Water, Illegal Manufacturing
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Raj. HC: MACT Empowered to Recall Order if Obtained through Fraud or Misrepresentation(20.09.2024)
Raj. HC has held that generally a Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal does not have the jurisdiction to deal with a review application under Order 47 of C.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, MACT, Review Application
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Supreme Court: Plaintiff Can’t Seek Specific Performance & Injunction in One Suit(17.04.2018)
Supreme Court has held that a plaintiff could not claim the relief of specific performance of agreement along with the relief of a permanent injunctio.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Contract
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MHA Extends FCRA Validity of NGO’s With Pending Renewal(24.06.2022)
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has extended the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act [FCRA] validity of NGO’s with pending renewal till 30th Septembe.....
Tags : Ministry of Home Affairs, Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, NGO
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Provisions Of PC Act Can’t Be Dropped On Mere Filing Of Status Report, Says Delhi HC(12.12.2017)
Delhi High Court has held that provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act cannot be dropped on mere filing of the status report by the probe agenc.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Prevention of Corruption Act
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Delhi HC: Action Must be Taken When Criticism is Based on Distorted Facts to Lower Court's Dignity(22.07.2022)
Delhi High Court while observing that Judiciary is not immune from criticism, has held that such criticism cannot be based on distorted facts or gross.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Court’s Dignity, Distorted Facts
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Cal. HC: High Court’s Commercial Division Can Hear Appeals Under A&C Act Filed on Original Side(22.08.2024)
Cal. HC has held that language used in S. 10(2) of Commercial Courts Act, 2015 is “shall”, which is mandatory and implies that even if an application .....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Commercial Division, Commercial Courts Act
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SC Upholds Constitutional Validity of Goods and Services Tax (Compensation To States) Act, 2017(04.10.2018)
Supreme Court has upheld the Constitutional validity of Goods And Services Tax (Compensation To States) Act, 2017, as well as the Goods and Services T.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Goods and Services Tax (Compensation To States) Act, 2017
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ITAT: Income Tax on Both Owner and GPA Holder on Same Income Amounts to Double Taxation(07.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Visakhapatnam has held that levy of Income-tax on both landowner and GPA holder for the same income amounts to d.....
Tags : ITAT, Income-Tax Act, Double Taxation
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SC: Subsequent Parties Entitled To Seek Declaration that Land Acquisition Proceedings Have Lapsed(05.05.2017)
Supreme Court has held that subsequent purchaser, assignee, successor in interest, power of attorney, etc., are all persons who are interested in comp.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act
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ITAT, Delhi: Income Tax Penalty Cannot be Imposed Unless Assessee Obliged In Law(05.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi observed that the penalty of income tax under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be obligatory .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi, income tax, section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, assessee
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ITAT, Pune: Exemption of Capital Gain u/s 54F not available for Purchase of Office Premises(11.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Pune has observed that the exemption of capital gain under section 54F of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is unavailable if th.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, capital gain, section 54F of the Income Tax Act, 1961, sale consideration
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Canada Court: Thumbs Up Emoji Amounts to Agreement(10.07.2023)
Canada Court while observing that ‘Thumbs Up’ emoji is an action in electronic form that can be used to express acceptance under Electronic Informatio.....
Tags : Canada Court, Thumbs Up Emoji, Contract, Acceptance
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SC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Provisions of Special Marriages Act, 1954(17.09.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea challenging provisions of the Special Marriages Act, 1954 in so far as they require the parties to the marri.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Special Marriages Act, 1954
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Patna HC: No Parent of Any Girl in Our Society Can Damage Reputation of His/Her Daughter(02.07.2024)
Patna High Court while upholding the conviction of an accused under section 3 of the POCSO Act and section 376 of IPC, has observed that no parent of .....
Tags : Patna High Court, POCSO Act, S. 376 of IPC
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Telangana HC Strikes Down Ennuchs Act as Unconstitutional(10.07.2023)
Telangana High Court while striking down the Telangana Eunuchs Act, 1329 Fasli, as unconstitutional, observed that the statute is an intrusion into pr.....
Tags : Telangana High Court, Ennuchs Act, Unconstitutional
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SC: Signed Carbon Copy As Good As Original in Evidence(31.10.2019)
Supreme Court has held that signed carbon copy of a document is as good as the original document and can be admissible as a primary evidence under Sec.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Indian Evidence Act
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Kerala HC: 'Criminal Breach of Trust' & 'Misappropriation' Must to Prove Offence U/S 13(1)(c) PC Act(25.07.2023)
Kerala HC while upholding the conviction of Lower Division Clerk under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 has observed that ingredients of crimina.....
Tags : Kerala HC, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
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Supreme Court Appointed Panel Calls For Tough Action to Tackle Poor Air Quality in Delhi NCR(23.01.2017)
Supreme Court appointed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) has asked officials to immediately enforce Graded Response Act.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority, Graded Response Action
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Kar. HC: Magistrate's Permission Mandatory for Police Investigation U/S 127A of RP Act(02.09.2022)
Karnataka High Court has said that offence under Section 127-A of the Representation of People Act (Restrictions on the printing of pamphlets, posters.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Representation of People Act, Magistrate
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Delhi HC Constitutes Fact-Finding Committee to Conduct Investigation Issues in Equestrian Sports(10.01.2025)
Delhi High Court has constituted a fact-finding committee for conducting a detailed investigation into issues of Equestrian sports in India that inclu.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Fact-Finding Committee, Equestrian Sports
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Bom HC: FIR can be Against IO if he Fails to File Chargesheet Within 180 Days in NDPS Case(19.05.2023)
Bombay High Court while directing prosecution of investigating officer (IO) for failing to file chargesheet within time stipulated of 180 days under S.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, FIR, Chargesheet, NDPS Act, Investigating Officer
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Demand Notice U/S 138 NI Act Need Not be Sent Through Advocate: Tripura HC(30.04.2019)
Tripura High Court has held that there is no requirement in the Negotiable Instruments Act that the demand notice under Section 138 of the Act is to b.....
Tags : Tripura High Court, Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act
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Kerala HC: Waiver of Pre-Deposit u/s 35F for Filing Appeal Destroy Legislative Intent(07.04.2022)
Kerala High Court has observed that waiver of pre-deposit for filing appeal under section 35F of the Central Excise Act, 1944 would destroy the legisl.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, waiver, pre-deposit, section 35F Central Excise Act, 1944, legislative intent
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Orissa HC: Court Can Take Cognizance of Complaint on Notice Pursuant to Re-Presentation of Cheque(11.04.2022)
Orissa High Court has ruled that Court can take cognizance of a complaint for cheque bounce filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act,.....
Tags : Orissa High Court, cognizance, cheque bounce, Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, dishonour
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Madras HC: Benefit of RTE Act to Extend from Kindergarten to 8th Standard, Irrespective of Age(02.08.2024)
Mad. HC has held that extent of school's responsibility for free and compulsory education, coming under Chapter IV, implies that the benefit of the RT.....
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RTI Act Won’t Prevail Over Supreme Court Rules: Delhi HC(22.11.2017)
Delhi High Court, while holding that there is no inconsistency in Supreme Court Rules and RTI Act, has held that access to information under SCR, whic.....
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Cal. HC: 90 Day Timeline for Completion of Arbitral Proceedings Under MSME Act is Directory(03.10.2024)
Cal. HC has held that under Section 18(5) of MSME Act, the ninety day timeline given for completion of arbitral proceeding is directory, not mandatory.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, MSME Act, Arbitral Proceeding
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CIVIL - Unnatural Sex, Excess Sexual Act of Husband Not Instigation for Wife's Suicide: Chhattisgarh HC(11.03.2019)
Chhattisgarh High Court, while discharging a man accused of instigating his wife's suicide, has observed that excess sexual acts by a husband and unna.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Unnatural Sex, Excess Sexual Act of Husband, Instigation for suicide,
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SC Issues Notice on PIL Seeking Strict Implementation of RPwD Act in Prisons(20.03.2025)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking strict implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 20.....
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Karnataka High Court: ED Can Probe A Case Throughout India Under PMLA(07.01.2022)
Karnataka High Court has said that the Enforcement Directorate can probe a case throughout India, including the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir u.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Prevention Of Money Laundering Act, 2002, Enforcement Directorate
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SC: FIRs from Separate Transactions in Different States Can't Be Clubbed Together(29.09.2025)
Supreme Court held that FIRs involving different transactions, witnesses, laws, and evidence across various states cannot be clubbed nationwide, clari.....
Tags : FIRs, Transactions, Evidence
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Supreme Court Declines Urgent Hearing of Plea on SC/ST Act Ruling(02.04.2018)
Supreme Court has declined to hear an urgent plea on the ruling to do with the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Syncing of ITC (IIS), 2022- Schcdule-1 (Import Policy) with the Finance Act, 2022 (No. 6 of 2022) dated 30.03.2022(07.07.2022)
1.In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (as amended from time t.....
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Mad. HC: Marital Status of Woman Cannot be a Determining Factor for Considering Her Child’s Adoption(17.06.2024)
Mad. HC while holding that woman's marital status should not be a determining factor while considering her child's adoption observed that proviso to S.....
Tags : Madras High Court, HAMA, Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act
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Government Prescribes Procedure to Furnish Form 67 to Claim Foreign Tax Credit(26.09.2017)
Central Government has prescribed the procedure to be followed to furnish Form 67 to claim foreign tax credit under the provisions of the Income Tax A.....
Tags : foreign tax credit, Income Tax Act, 1961
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Gujarat HC: Income Tax Not Applicable on Interest Awarded by Motor Accident Claim Tribunal(06.05.2022)
Gujarat High Court has observed that the interest awarded by the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (MACT) under Section 171 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 198.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, section 171, Motor Accident Claim Tribunal
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SC Issues Direction to Centre and State for Effective Implementation of DV Act(21.05.2025)
Supreme Court has issued a set of directions to the Centre, State and Union Territories regarding the effective implementation of the Protection of Wo.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Effective Implementation, Domestic Violence Act
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Delhi High Court Orders Police to Take Action Against Four BJP Leaders(27.02.2020)
Delhi High Court has said that it would not allow a repeat of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and has directed the Delhi Police Special Commissioner to take .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Action Against Four BJP Leaders
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SC: Dealers Not Allowed to Claim ITC for Purchases Linked To Exempt Sales under UPVAT Act(15.04.2025)
SC has observed that Section 13(7) of Uttar Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2008 sets out that no facility for input tax credit shall be allowed to a dea.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Input Tax Credit, UPVAT Act
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SC: Statutory Mandates Under MSMED Act Cannot be Overridden by Private Arbitration Clauses(16.05.2025)
SC has held that no party to a dispute covered under Section 17 of the MSMED Act, 2006 would be precluded from making a reference to the Facilitation .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Private Arbitration Clauses, MSMED Act
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Supreme Court Forbids Seizure of Ancient Persian Artifacts(22.02.2018)
U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Americans injured in a 1997 suicide bombing in Jerusalem cannot seize ancient Persian artifacts from a Chicago museu.....
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SC Issues Directions for Disbursement of Compensation And Expeditious Adjudication of MACT Claims(19.11.2021)
Supreme Court has issued a slew of directions regarding disbursement of compensation and expeditious adjudication of motor accident claims by online m.....
Tags : Supreme Court, MACT Claims
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Cal. HC: Consolidated Claim from Different Purchase Order Containing Arbitration Clause Not Invalid(18.05.2023)
Calcutta High Court has held that arbitration clauses in different purchase orders that are linked to a single main contract can be treated as a conso.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Arbitration, Purchase Orders, Main Contract
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Bombay HC: Once Divorce Is Granted, Relief Can't Be Sought Under DV Act(25.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has held that once a decree of divorce has been granted, relief cannot be sought by under the Domestic Violence Act.
Tags : Bombay HC, Domestic Violence Act
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Delhi HC: Filing Complaint with Unrelated Government Office Does Not Constitute Notice(07.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that mere filing of a complaint with an unrelated government office expressing one's grievance does not constitute a not.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 21 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, government office
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ITAT, Bangalore: Agricultural Land Not Converted at Time of Sale Not Included as Capital Gain(11.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has observed that since the agricultural land was not converted at the time of sale, the sale consideration s.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, agricultural land, sale consideration, Income Tax Act, 1961, assessee
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SC: Challenge to Surrogacy Age Limit Can’t be Decided Without Considering Facts of Each Case(31.07.2024)
Supreme Court while hearing pleas regarding challenge to provisions of Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 and the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022, ha.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Age Limit, Surrogacy (Regulation) Act
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SC Asks Centre to Put in Place National Action Plan to Combat Drug Abuse Amongst Children(14.12.2016)
Supreme Court has asked Centre to formulate a National Action Plan to combat drug abuse amongst children.
Tags : Supreme Court, National Action Plan, drug abuse, children
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Gauhati HC: Only Food Inspector Can Investigate Offence Related to Food Items as Per FSS Act(20.06.2022)
Gauhati High Court has held that only a Food Inspector can investigate a commission of offence related to food items as per the Food Safety Standards .....
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Kerala High Court Grants Malayalam Actor Dileep Bail in Actress Abduction Case(03.10.2017)
Kerala High Court has granted bail to Malayalam actor Dileep, accused of masterminding the abduction of an actress.
Tags : Kerala High Court, Dileep, Actress Abduction
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Delhi HC: If Contract Is Extended, It Can’t be Allowed to Reduce Extension Period Retrospectively(09.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has ruled that when the employer has granted an extension of time to the contractor for a specified period, it cannot turn around to .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, extension of time, provisional, contract
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Kar. HC: Non-Signatory Defendants Cannot Be Exposed to Arbitration under Section 8 of A&C Act(29.05.2023)
Karnataka High Court has ruled that the non-signatory defendants cannot be exposed to arbitration under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation .....
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Delhi HC: Scholarship by Hamdard Foundation Eligible for Exemption Under Income Tax Act(12.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has upheld the factual findings that the merit-cum scholarship/financial assistance provided by Hamdard National Foundation was not c.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, factual findings, merit-cum scholarship, financial assistance, Hamdard National Foundation, Section 11 of Income Tax Act, 1961
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Auction purchaser can challenge the action of forfeiting it’s deposit by secured creditor before DRT(27.11.2017)
The present appeal is filed against the final judgment passed by the Delhi High Court whereby the Division Bench of the High Court had dismissed the a.....
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Kerala HC Allows Development of Embryo Kept Frozen by Couple for 8 Years(23.06.2022)
Kerala High Court while allowing development of embryo kept frozen by couple for 8 years has held that Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) A.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021
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All. HC Stays Judgment that Read Down Regulation 40 (?) of U.P Intermediate Education Act(19.07.2023)
Allahabad High Court has stayed operation of May 2023 single judge judgment that read down Regulation 40(?) of Uttar Pradesh Intermediate Education Ac.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Intermediate Education Act, Stayed, Arbitrary
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Tata Motors’ high booking amount for Tata Indica not an unfair trade practice(07.09.2015)
The Court set aside an order of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission finding Tata Motors guilty for charging too high a deposit p.....
Tags : Vehicle, booking amount, unfair trade, practice
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Gujarat HC: Legislature Conferred Precedence of POCSO Act Over SC/ST Act(08.10.2020)
Gujarat High Court has ruled that the comparative analysis of provisions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Precedence of POCSO Act Over SC/ST Act
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Allahabad HC: Court Can Allow Production of Certificate U/S 65-B(4) of IEA at Later Stage of Trial(10.06.2022)
Allahabad High Court has held that trial court has power to allow prosecution to produce the certificates under Section 65-B (4) of the Indian Evidenc.....
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Firm and Decisive Government Action taken to preserve value and assets of IL and FS(01.10.2018)
IL&FS, incorporated in 1987, is a large Systemically Important Non-Deposit Accepting Core Investment Company (CIC-ND-SI). It has numerous infrastructu.....
Tags : Assets, Preservation, Decisive Action
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Delhi High Court Quashes Reassessment Order Issued Without Considering Reply Filed by Assessee(07.06.2022)
Delhi High Court has quashed the reassessment order issued by the department under Section 148A(d) of the Income Tax Act, without considering the repl.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Income Tax Act, 1961, Reassessment
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SC: Cannot Direct Company’s Authorized Signatory to Pay Interim Compensation(26.07.2024)
SC has stated that authorized signatories can bind company through their actions but they do not merge their legal status with that of the company. Th.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Authorized Signatories, S. 143A of NI Act
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Companies Law Committee Submits Report to Government(03.02.2016)
Companies Law Committee, constituted in June 2015 to make recommendations on issues related to implementation of Companies Act, 2013, has submitted it.....
Tags : Companies Law Committee,Companies Act, 2013,
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MP HC Grants Bail to Man Booked Under POCSO Act for Raping 15-Year Old Girl(17.09.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail to a man booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 for allegedly raping a 15-y.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Man Booked Under POCSO Act for Raping 15-Year Old Girl
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Ker. HC: Proceedings Under POCSO Cannot be Quashed on Ground of Settlement between Parties(19.12.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that the legal position is apparent and comprehensive that criminal proceedings involving very serious offences under the P.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Criminal Proceedings, POCSO Act
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CESTAT, Hyderabad: SEZ Act to Have Overriding Effect Over Service Tax Laws(08.09.2021)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Hyderabad has ruled that Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Act, 2005 has an overriding effect o.....
Tags : Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, SEZ Act
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Ker HC: Charge Framed by Court Without Jurisdic. Will Not Affect Evidence Recorded by Special Court(18.10.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that evidence recorded by a Special Court constituted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act), .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Special Court, NDPS Act
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Bombay HC: ‘Schools Are Not Commercial Venture’(06.12.2016)
Bombay High Court, while chiding a Navi Mumbai school for refusing to admit poor students in its pre-primary section under Right of Children to Free a.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Right of Children, RTE Act, Schools
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ITAT: Single Transaction of Buying and Selling of Shares Can’t be Treated as Business Activity(29.09.2021)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Chennai has held that a single transaction of buying and selling of shares cannot be treated as a business acti.....
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SC: Cheque Dishonour Cases Can Only be Compounded With Consent of Complainant(26.08.2024)
Supreme Court has held that Court can compound cheque dishonor cases under Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (N.I. Act) only when th.....
Tags : Supreme Court, S. 147 of NI Act, Cheque Dishonor
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SC: If Construction of Building Essential for Carrying Supplying Services, it Can be Held as a Plant(04.10.2024)
SC has held that if construction of a building was essential for carrying out activity of supplying services such as renting or lease or other transac.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Supplying Services, CGST Act, 2017
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Ministry of Finance Repeals SICA With Effect From Today(01.12.2016)
Ministry of Finance has repealed Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (SICA) with effect from today.
Tags : Ministry of Finance, Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985
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Calcutta HC: Gazetted Officer Who Is Part Of Raid Is Not 'Independent Person'(16.05.2022)
Calcutta High Court has held that a Gazetted Officer who is a member of the raiding party cannot be said to be an independent person. The Court furthe.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Search, Section 50 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act
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P&H HC: 7 Days Period to File Reply of Notice Served Through E-Filing Portal is ‘Unreasonably Short’(23.05.2022)
Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that the period of 7 days, granted to file the reply of the Notice issued under Section 148A of the Income Tax Ac.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Section 148-A, Income-Tax Act, Natural Justice
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Calcutta High Court: Raise Pay of 11 Contractual Teachers(05.07.2019)
Calcutta High Court has directed the state education department to pay at least Rs 14,500 as the the minimum basic pay of assistant teachers to 11 te.....
Tags : Caclutta High Court, Contractual Teachers
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P&H HC: Previous Statement of Witness Should be Put to His Notice if it’s Used For Contradicting Him(31.05.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that if the witness was not confronted with that part of the statement with which the defense wanted to contrad.....
Tags : Punjab & Haryana High Court, Witness, Statement, Evidence Act
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SC Upholds CCI Order Dismissing Complaints Alleging Anti Competitive Practices by Uber, Ola(16.12.2020)
Supreme Court has upheld the order of Competition Commission of India dismissing the complaints alleging cartelization and anti-competitive practices .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Anti Competitive Practices by Uber, Ola
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Cal. HC: Deactivating Aadhaar Cards Might have the Consequence of Terminating Indian Citizenship(05.10.2023)
Calcutta High Court has held that action of deactivating Aadhaar Cards might have consequence, de facto, of terminating Indian citizenship, since deac.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Aadhaar Cards, Deactivating
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Supreme Court Lifts Curbs on Construction Activities(17.02.2020)
Supreme Court has lifted all restrictions on construction activities in Delhi National Capital Region as air quality has improved.
Tags : Supreme Court, Construction Activities
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Pat. HC: For Initiating Section 145 CrPC Proceeding Magistrate’s Satisfaction is Condition Precedent(24.02.2025)
Patna High Court has observed that condition precedent for initiating proceedings under Section 145 CrPC is the Executive Magistrate’s satisfaction re.....
Tags : Patna High Court, Magistrate’s Satisfaction, Section 145
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Delhi HC: Arbitrator Must Primarily Decide Construction of Terms of Contract(05.02.2025)
Delhi High Court has held that it is primarily for the Arbitrator to decide construction of the terms of the contract unless it is found that such con.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Terms of Contract, Arbitrator
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Acquittal In Criminal Case Insufficient To Infer A Person Possesses Good Character: MP High Court(17.01.2018)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the decision of criminal court on the basis of compromise or an acquittal cannot be treated that a person poss.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Character
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Orissa HC to State: Draw Up 'Comprehensive Action Plan' to Address Issue of Maternal Deaths(04.11.2022)
Orissa High Court while awarding Rs. 10 Lakh compensation to family over woman’s maternal death has directed the State to constitute an Advisory Board.....
Tags : Orissa High Court, Maternal Death, Action Plan
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SC Clarifies: MSME Protection Not Automatic Against SARFAESI(04.08.2025)
Supreme Court ruled that MSMEs cannot automatically claim protection from SARFAESI proceedings unless the framework is proactively invoked by the borr.....
Tags : Supreme Court, SARFAESI Act, MSME, Loan Recovery
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SC rules in Favour of Revenue Department in Reassessment Dispute Case(05.05.2022)
Supreme Court by reversing the high court orders that had quashed income-tax notices under the old reassessment regime has held that notices issued un.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Finance Act, 2021, reassessment, old regime, income-tax notices
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Ker. HC: Sale of Liquor Should Take Place to Attract Section 55(i) of Kerala Abkari Act(18.05.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that illicit sale of liquor should be made to attract offence under section 55(i) of Kerala Abkari Act and stated that mere.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Kerala Abkari Act, Liquor, Sale
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Madras HC Suggests Amending POCSO Act to Exclude Consensual Sex After Age of 16(29.04.2019)
Madras High Court has suggested exclusion of consensual sex after 16 years of age from purview of POCSO Act and also observed that a relationship betw.....
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Delhi HC: Collection of Service Charges from Donors Cannot Be Ground to Deny Tax Exemption(07.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that the collection of service charges by India HIV AIDS Alliance from the donors cannot be treated as a reason to deny .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, service charges, India HIV AIDS Alliance, section 11, Income Tax Act, 1961, section 12
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ITAT, Mumbai: Depreciation Allowable on Marketing Information and Non-Compete Fee(11.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has observed that the depreciation is allowable on intangible assets such as marketing information comprising of.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, depreciation, intangible, marketing information, Commercial information, Customer data, Distribution network, Suppliers contract, Non-compete fees
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Genpact VP's Suicide Case: Allahabad High Court Stays Arrest of Genpact Staff Till March 6(14.01.2019)
Allahabad High Court has granted an interim stay on the arrest of Genpact employees, who have been accused of abetting the suicide of assistant vice-p.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Genpact VP's Suicide Case
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Ker. HC: Fiction Created as Per Section 7E of KLR Act is to Deem a Purchaser as a Tenant(24.07.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that as per Section 7E of Kerala Land Reforms (KLR) Act, 1963, the fiction created is to deem a purchaser as a tenant and t.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Tenant, Kerala Land Reforms Act, Land
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Supreme Court Seeks Alkem Laboratories Response to CCI Plea on Unfair Business Practices(30.09.2016)
Supreme Court has sought response from Alkem on the Competition Commission of India’s plea seeking to impose penalty of over Rs. 74 crore on the compa.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Widow, Unfair Business Practices
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Karnataka HC Refuses to Quash FIR Against Actor Prakash Raj(14.10.2020)
Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a First Information Report lodged against actor Prakash Raj in November 2019, allegedly for violation of the.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Actor Prakash Raj
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Gujarat HC: Scope of Judicial Review is Limited in Contractual Matters Involving Technical Issues(13.06.2022)
Gujarat High Court while refusing to interfere with order of Dispute Resolution Panel, has held that the scope of judicial review in contractual matte.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Contractual Matters, Technical Issues
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Jodhpur Based Court Acquits Salman Khan of All Charges Under Arms Act in Black Buck Poaching Case(18.01.2017)
A Jodhpur based Court has acquitted Bollywood Actor Salman Khan of all charges in Arms Act case against him in alleged poaching of two black bucks, af.....
Tags : Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jodhpur district, Salman Khan, Arms Act, Black Buck Poaching
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Settlement of Export/ Import transactions in currencies without direct exchange rate(04.02.2016)
The Reserve Bank of India has permitted AD Category-I banks to settle import and export transactions where invoicing is in a freely convertible curren.....
Tags : Export, import, transaction, direct exchange rate
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Kerala HC Disposes Of PIL Seeking Directions to Take Action for Proper Solid Waste Management(24.09.2021)
Kerala High Court has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the concerned authorities to initiate immediate action for .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Action for Proper Solid Waste Management
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SC: Bank is Responsible to Safeguard Customers against Fraudulent Transactions(07.01.2025)
SC has stated that it is the responsibility of the bank to safeguard customers from unauthorized and fraudulent transactions and the Bank should remai.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Fraudulent Transactions, Safeguard Customers
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Del. HC: Heavy Reliance on Sale Deed to Establish Agricultural Character of Land Would Be Misplaced(11.11.2024)
Del. HC has held that sale deed primarily reflects transaction between parties and terms of sale, but it does not, in itself, verify the land's classi.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Sale Deed, Agricultural Character
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Kerala High Court: Banks Cannot Make Customer Pay for Fraudulent Online Transaction(18.10.2019)
Kerala High Court has held that banks cannot recover the money withdrawn through fraudulent online transactions from cash credit and overdraft account.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Online Transaction
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Madhya Pradesh HC: Contractual Employees Also Entitled To Benefits Under Maternity Benefits Act(01.05.2017)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that maternity leave should be granted to contractual employees, at par with regular employees.
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CESTAT, Ahmedabad: No Service Tax Payable on Job of Manufacturing Plastic Jars, Containers(03.01.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad has held that no service tax is payable on the job of manufacturing Plastic Jar.....
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Delhi HC: Separate Pleas by Husband & Wife Cannot be Converted into Mutual Consent Divorce Petition(26.09.2025)
Delhi High Court ruled that separate divorce petitions filed by a husband and wife cannot be converted into a single petition for mutual consent divor.....
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Bombay HC: Mere Repayment of Loan Amount ‘No Ground’ For Quashing Cheating Case(29.03.2017)
Bombay High Court has held that re-payment of loan amount will not have any adverse effect on a criminal prosecution and observed that offences involv.....
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Gujarat HC: HR Plates, MS Flats, MS Coils, Etc. Used for Manufacturing Ships, Considered as ‘Inputs’(18.02.2020)
Gujarat High Court has held that the HR Plates, MS Flats, MS Coils, Wire Ropes, Rails, Welding Electrode which are used in the fabrication of cranes a.....
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Bom. HC: Termination of Contract without Giving Reasons is Arbitrary and Unreasonable(27.02.2025)
Bom. HC while setting aside a notice issued by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) terminating a tender contract for appointm.....
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SC: Magistrate Can Order Registration of FIR for Offences Under Mines And Minerals Act(04.12.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that the bar under Section 22 of the Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act) is not attracted when.....
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Bom. HC: Authority Processing Duty Credit Scrip Application is the Adjudicating Authority for Appeals(13.12.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that authority processing applications for duty credit scrip entitlement shall be the 'adjudicating authority' for appeals .....
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Supreme Court Directs Govt to Set Up Body to Deal With Complaints About TV Contents(13.01.2017)
Supreme Court has asked Government to set up, streamline and publicize a complaint redressal mechanism under Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Ac.....
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Madras HC Directs Centre to Strictly Follow Provisions of Official Languages Act, 1963(13.09.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the Centre to strictly follow the provisions of the Official Languages Act, 1963 while emphasizing that once a represen.....
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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutional Validity of UP Madarsa Education Act, 2004(05.11.2024)
SC while setting aside Allahabad High Court’s judgement that struck down the UP Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, has upheld the constitutional va.....
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SC Upholds Constitutional Validity of Provisions of Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporation Act(25.02.2021)
Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 5(3) (iii)(a) and Section 29A of the Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 194.....
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SC: ‘Manufacturing Process’ Includes Washing & Dry Cleaning of Clothes(04.03.2025)
SC has observed that ‘Manufacturing process’ means any process for washing or cleaning for its use, sale, transport, delivery or disposal. The linen d.....
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J&K HC Pulls Up Investigating Agencies for Delay in Action in Serious Cases(23.10.2020)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has pulled up the investigating agencies in the Union Territory for "sleeping over" criminal cases registered years ago, .....
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Kar. HC: Under DV Act, Question of Awarding Maintenance Till Marriage of Daughters Doesn’t Arise(05.09.2023)
Karnataka High Court has held that under the provisions of Domestic Violence Act, question of awarding maintenance till marriage of the daughters does.....
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SC: Can Grant Permanent Alimony Even if Marriage Void Under Hindu Marriage Act(13.02.2025)
SC has held that a spouse whose marriage has been declared void under Section 11 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955(HMA) is entitled to seek permanent al.....
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SC: EPF Act Can be Applied Even to Factories Not Engaged in Schedule 1 Industries(10.11.2023)
SC while deciding the issue of applicability of EPF Act, 1952 has held that as per Clause (b) of Section 1(3), EPF Act is applicable to all establishm.....
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ITAT: Notice Issued U/S 271 IT Act Must Record the Specific Ground on Which it Initiated(01.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Amritsar Bench has held that unambiguous statement in notice can strike off penalty imposed u/s 271 of the Incom.....
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Del. HC: Loans and Advances by NOIDA are Not Commercial Activities, Hence Eligible for Exemption(15.07.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that loans and advances extended by the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) do not come within the ambit of c.....
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Kerala HC Says Police Can Take Action Against Students Who Disrupt Classes(06.01.2016)
Kerala High Court has allowed police to take action against students who disrupt classes in colleges and universities in the name of strikes.
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Karnataka HC Directs State to Take Action Against Illegal Building Permissions Granted(08.09.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to take action against persons in authority, who granted "illegal permissions" in respect of va.....
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Ker HC: Charge Framed by Court Without Jurisdic. Will Not Affect Evidence Recorded by Special Court(18.10.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that evidence recorded by a Special Court constituted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act), .....
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CCI Rejects Anti-competitive Practices Complaints Against DLF(07.12.2016)
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has rejected a complaint of anti-competitive practices against DLF pertaining to 1995-96 period saying competiti.....
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Karnataka HC Restrains Aditya Birla from Manufacture of Sanitary Undergarment(29.09.2021)
Karnataka High Court has made absolute, an ex-parte temporary injunction restraining Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited from manufacturing/ selli.....
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Delhi HC: Failure to Frame Counter Claim Despite Pleadings is Patently Illegal(20.08.2025)
Delhi High Court has held that once a counter claim with basis and computation is pleaded in the Reply, refusal to frame it as an issue renders the ar.....
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Madras HC Directs Authorities to Permit Interaction Between Advocates and Inmates(28.05.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the authorities at all correctional homes to permit interaction between advocates representing the inmates and the rele.....
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Gujarat HC: No Show Cause Notice Issued Along With Draft Assessment Order u/s 144B(04.04.2022)
Gujarat High has observed that the issuance of a show cause notice along with the draft assessment order is absolutely important before passing an ord.....
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Madras HC Dismisses Plea for Total Prohibition of Manaufacture, Sale & Consumption of Alcohol(06.05.2020)
Madras High Court has refused to entertain Writ Petitions seeking absolute ban on manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol in the State of Tamil N.....
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ITAT, Mumbai: Data Retrieved From Pen Drive Can’t be Sole Evidence For Re-Assessment(28.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has held that the data retrieved from the pen drive seized during the search can’t be a sole basis for re-assess.....
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Supreme Court Junks Plea Seeking to Stop Use of Helmets for Motorbike(22.03.2017)
Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL seeking directions to Government to stop use of helmets for motorcycle riders under Motor Vehicles Act.
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Kerala Court: Expelling Members for Marrying Outside Community Violates Article 25(19.09.2022)
Kerala Court has held that endogamy within Knanaya Catholic Community is not essential religious practice and therefore expulsion of Knanaya Catholic .....
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J&K HC: Fact that Civil Remedy is Available for Breach of Contract No Ground to Quash Cr. Proceeding(11.04.2025)
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has stated that the mere fact that complaint relates to a commercial transaction or breach of contract, for whic.....
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MCOCA Court Convicts Abu Jundal in Aurangabad Arms Haul Case(28.07.2016)
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) Court, Mumbai, has held Abu Jundal (a key plotter of the 26/11 terror attacks) and others, guilty i.....
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Kerala High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail to 2 Men Accused of Attacking Sabarimala Activist(05.03.2021)
Kerala High Court has allowed pre-arrest bail to two persons accused of being part of a group that sprayed 'chemical' spray on activist Bindu Ammini w.....
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SC Directs Status Quo in Plea Against HP HC Ruling on Government’s Power to Regularise Encroachments(22.09.2025)
Supreme Court ordered status quo in a petition challenging the Himachal Pradesh High Court’s decision that declared Section 163-A of the Himachal Prad.....
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Kerala HC: Non Wearing of Helmet Can’t be Ground to Fix Contributory Negligence(15.02.2016)
Kerala High Court has held that non-wearing of helmet, though an offence under the relevant provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, could not be taken a.....
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Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021 Comes Into Force from September 24(27.09.2021)
Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021, has come into force with effect from 24th September 2021. The amendment inter alia modifies Se.....
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Uttarakhand High Court Orders Complete Ban on Mining Activities in Bageshwar District(08.01.2025)
Uttarakhand High Court while hearing a Public Interest Litigation on alleged illegal mining activities in Bageshwar district, has directed complete ba.....
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Delhi HC: No Distinct Status for Rifle Association Members Under Arms Act(02.08.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that a member of a Rifles' Association or Club cannot hold more than two firearms by claiming exemption under Section 3(2) o.....
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Bom. HC: Daughter Will Not Have Right to Inherit Father’s Property, if He Died Prior to 1956 Act(14.11.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that if the father has died before the enforcement of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 then the daughter will not have any ri.....
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BCI to SC: Practicing Advocates Cannot Simultaneously Work as Full Time Journalists(17.12.2024)
Bar Council of India has informed the Supreme Court that practicing advocates cannot simultaneously work as full time journalists as there are rules t.....
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Firm exercising characteristics of power against one player due to contractual relationship between the two, cannot be interpreted to imply that, it would be able to do so on a broader level(23.11.2017)
Present matter concerns two interlocutory applications, an amendment application and an exception application, arising from a private complaint referr.....
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NHRC Issues Notice to Four States Citing Adverse Impact on Industries, Transportation(15.09.2021)
National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to four states, calling upon them to submit their respective Action Taken Reports with regard to th.....
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SC: Officers of DRI are ‘Proper Officers’ for Purpose of Section 28 of Customs Act(08.11.2024)
SC has held that the officers of DRI, Commissioners of Customs-Preventive, Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence, and Commissioners of Ce.....
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Bombay HC Rejects Vijay Mallya’s Plea Seeking Stay on FEOA Proceedings Against Him(23.11.2018)
Bombay High Court has dismissed Vijay Mallya’s appeal, wherein he had pleaded for stay on the proceedings under Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEOA.....
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Madras HC: Municipalities Can't Engage Manual Scavengers Through Private Contractors(23.08.2022)
Madras High Court has held that if any municipality was seen to engage in the practice of manual scavenging, even through private contractors, the Com.....
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Supreme Court Directs Protesting Doctors in State of West Bengal to Return to Work(10.09.2024)
Supreme Court has directed the doctors in West Bengal, protesting against the rape and murder of a doctor at the RG Kar Medical College Hospital, to r.....
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President Gives Assent to Law to Protect Unauthorised Colonies, Slums in Delhi(02.01.2018)
The President of India has given assent to National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Act which intends to prote.....
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Allahabad HC: No Conviction Under SC/ST Act if Offence Not Committed on Ground of Victim's Caste(29.07.2022)
Allahabad High Court has held that to prosecute a person for an offence committed under Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act, there must be evidence that .....
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HP HC: No Application of Section 29A of A&C Act on Proceedings Commencing before 2015 Amendment Act(08.11.2024)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has affirmed that Section 29A of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 shall not apply on arbitration proceedings that co.....
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Gauhati HC Issues Directions for Registration of Muslim Marriages Only by Licenced Registrars(27.11.2018)
Gauhati High Court has issued directions in order to ensure that only those who are duly authorised by the government under the Assam Moslem Marriages.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Assam Moslem Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935, Registration of Muslim Marriages Only by Licenced Registrars
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SC Declares Section 3(2) of Benami Transactions Prohibition Act as Unconstitutional(23.08.2022)
Supreme Court has held that Section 3(2) of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act 1988 as unconstitutional on the ground of being manifestly arbit.....
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MP HC: MP Municipalities (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2024 has Retroactive Operation(10.09.2024)
MP HC has held that MP Municipalities (2nd Amendment) Ordinance, 2024 has retroactive operation & would apply to cases, where although no confidence m.....
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Delhi HC: Claims Raised Before Arbitral Tribunal Cannot be Rejected if Not Mentioned in Notice(13.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that it is not necessary that a notice issued under Section 21 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 should quantify.....
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SC: Self-Serving Statements on Income will not be Enough to Prove Readiness and Willingness(19.09.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that self serving statements on income without any proof of financial resources will not be enough to prove that Plaintiff .....
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Ker. HC: Unexplained Delay in Issuing Detention Order is Ground for Quashing(02.06.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that as per the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 2007, a detention order issued against a person can be quas.....
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Gauhati High Court Orders Release of Akhil Gogoi Detained Under NSA(22.12.2017)
Gauhati High Court has ordered release of peasant leader Akhil Gogoi who was detained under the National Security Act, 1980.
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Del HC Sets Aside Arrest Warrant Issued in a Maintenance Case Against Man with Bipolar Disorder(18.07.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that Section 105 of Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 is mandatory in nature, has set aside an arrest warrant issued in a m.....
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Allahabad HC Upholds Constitutional Validity of Appeal Provision under SC/ST Amendment Act(11.10.2018)
Allahabad High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 14A (2) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015, which make.....
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SC: Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code Will Prevail Over The Customs Act(26.08.2022)
Supreme Court had held that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) will prevail over the Customs Act and that the customs authority can only determi.....
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SC: Can’t Reject Election Petition at Threshold When there is Compliance of Provisions of RP Act(16.09.2024)
Supreme Court has held that an Election Petition should not be rejected at the very threshold when it discloses a cause of action and there is substan.....
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Transaction which is recorded in defiance of prohibitory order shall have to be branded as illegal, if not void(10.03.2017)
In facts of present case, Petitioner is objecting to decision rendered by Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal. Petitioner is purchaser of flat. The flat.....
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SC: False Declaration Regarding Assets of Candidate, Spouse/Dependents Constitutes Corrupt Practice(15.09.2022)
Supreme Court has held that a false declaration with regard to the assets of a candidate, his/her spouse or dependents, constitutes corrupt practice i.....
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Centre Notifies Effective Date of Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025(09.04.2025)
Central Government has notified that 8th April, 2025 shall be the date from which provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 shall come into force.
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Madras HC Dismisses “Beedi” Manufacturers’ Appeal(28.07.2016)
Madras HC has dismissed a batch of writ appeals filed by Beedi manufacturers, including with regard to a dispute over payment of wages less than that .....
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CCI Finds All-India Film Employees Confederation, Affiliates Guilty of Anti-Competitive Practices(03.11.2017)
Competition Commission of India has held All-India Film Employees Confederation (AIFEC), Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) & its affi.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Vires of Civil Defence Act 1968(05.10.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on a petition challenging the vires of the Civil Defence Act, 1968, insofar as it allegedly gives unchecked power t.....
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MP HC: Transferring Accused Merely Because ICC Proceedings are Pending is Unjustified(05.09.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court while quashing transfer order against accused under POSH Act, has observed that transferring an accused merely on account of.....
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SC: Court May Award Interest Higher than 6% in Commercial Transactions(02.04.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that in a commercial transaction, in absence of an agreement between the parties regarding the rate of interest on delayed .....
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Exclusion of "DBS Bank Ltd" from the Second Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934(16.04.2019)
Consequent upon setting up of 'DBS Bank India Limited' as a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of 'DBS Bank Ltd', it has been decided to exclude 'DBS Bank Ltd' f.....
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Mad. HC: If Parties are in Agreement, Formal Contract Signature by Other Party Not Necessary(31.07.2024)
Madras High Court has held that if it is proved that parties are in agreement, a formal contract signature by other party is not necessary in order to.....
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Bombay High Court Rejects Habeas Corpus Plea By Chhagan Bhujbal(14.12.2016)
Bombay High Court has dismissed Habeas Corpus plea filed by Former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal alleging that his arrest by Enfor.....
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ITAT: Short Term Capital cannot be carried forward as it has not been claimed through a Return filed(21.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai Bench has held that short term capital cannot be carried forward as it has not been claimed through a ret.....
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Del. HC: Detailed Reasons Not to be Given by Arbitrator When Granting Request to Summon Witnesses(15.07.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that for granting the request to summon a witness under section 27(1) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the arb.....
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Bombay HC Rejects Furlough Plea of Yakub Memon's Sister-in-law Rubina Memon(22.12.2016)
Bombay HC has refused to grant furlough leave to Rubina Memon who has been convicted and sentenced to suffer life imprisonment under Terrorist and Dis.....
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SC Asks Madras HC to Decide Constitutional Validity of Section 40(a)(iib) of Income Tax Act(26.11.2020)
Supreme Court has directed the Madras High Court to decide the constitutional validity of Section 40(a)(iib) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
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All. HC: Petit. Seeking in Person Appearance Can File Petitions from District Courts’ e-Sewa Kendras(12.08.2024)
The Registrar of Central Public Information Officer, Allahabad High Court , in a reply to an application filed under the Right To Information Act, 200.....
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President Gives Assent to Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Amendment) Act, 2016, Along with Other Two(01.08.2016)
President has given assent to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016, the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Act, 2016 and t.....
Tags : President, the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016, the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Act, 2016 , the Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Amendment) Act, 2016
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Calcutta High Court Directs Administration to Issue Protective Orders Retraining All Illegal Activiti(08.03.2021)
Calcutta High Court has directed the local administration to issue protective orders retraining all illegal activities in Sundarbans, observing that t.....
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SC: Complaint under Section 138 NI Act Not Maintainable if Demand Notice Lacks Exact Amount(22.09.2025)
Supreme Court reiterated that a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act must have a demand notice specifying the exact cheque am.....
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Orissa HC: Directors Liable under S.138 NI Act Despite Company’s Insolvency(16.10.2025)
Orissa High Court held that company directors cannot escape liability for cheque dishonour under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 m.....
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Allahabad High Court Stays Recovery Notice to Man Accused of Damage to Public Property(14.02.2020)
Allahabad High Court has stayed the recovery notice issued to a Kanpur man accused of destroying public property during the anti- Citizenship Amendmen.....
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SC: No Entitlement on Job Contractors to Pension for Pre-Regularisation Period(24.02.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that there is a clear distinction between the employees who are in work-charged establishment vis-à-vis those who are in jo.....
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NCLAT: ED Cannot Keep Attached Assets After Resolution Plan Approval(16.10.2025)
NCLAT held that asset attachments by the Enforcement Directorate under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) cease once a resolution plan is appro.....
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SC: Complaint u/s 138 NI Act Cannot be Quashed When Disputed Question of Facts are Involved(12.02.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that a cheque bounce complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 cannot be quashed when disputed qu.....
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SC: In Domestic Violence Act Proceedings, Physical Presence of Parties Not Necessary(24.02.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that as the proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 are quasi-criminal in nature, thus, .....
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Unauthorised Bulk Possession of Manufactured Drugs Triable Under NDPS Act As Well: SC(04.12.2018)
Supreme Court has held that persons who are found in bulk possession of manufactured drugs without any valid authorization can be tried under the Narc.....
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Delhi HC Upholds DRDO Decision to Bar Entities With Pending Criminal Cases from Defence Contracts(12.08.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that DRDO’s policy decision requiring the bidders for defence contracts to submit an undertaking that there is no ongoing en.....
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Supreme Court: CAQM to Hold Meeting on Proposed Action on Stubble Burning(04.02.2025)
Supreme Court has directed the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to conduct meeting with States of Punjab, Haryana and U.P on the proposed .....
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SC: Dominant Intention to be Looked Into to Decide Whether Transaction Was Commercial(27.08.2024)
Supreme Court has stated that it is the dominant intention of the transaction that is to be looked into to find out if it had any nexus with some kind.....
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Mad. HC: Can Attach Properties Purchased Prior to Offence if Criminal Activity Held Outside Country(04.10.2024)
Madras High Court has observed that in respect of properties purchased prior to scheduled offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 s.....
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CIVIL - SC Warns Haryana on Damage to Aravalli Range(11.03.2019)
Supreme Court has warned Haryana Government that it will be in "trouble" if it will do "anything" with Aravalli hills or forest area by passing amendm.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Punjab Land Preservation Act (PLPA), 1900, Aravalli Range
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SC: Party Having No Privity of Contract with Service Provider Can’t be Called ‘Consumer’ under CP Act(24.03.2025)
Supreme Court has held that a party cannot be called a consumer under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 if there is no privity of contract with servic.....
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Regularisation Obtained by Misrepresenting Facts can't be Sustained: SC(16.04.2019)
Supreme Court has held in a case that appointment of Chowkidar on regular basis was invalid and also observed that an order of regularisation obtained.....
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Karnataka High Court Upheld Notification levying Excise Duty On Tobacco Products(10.01.2022)
Karnataka High Court has upheld the notification levying Central Excise Duty on tobacco and tobacco products issued by the Union of India. The court o.....
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ITAT Disallows IT Deduction U/S 80IA as Income From Eligible Unit Not Shown in Gross Total Income(08.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Cuttack bench has disallowed deduction under Section 80IA of Income-Tax Act, 1961 since income from eligible uni.....
Tags : ITAT, Income-Tax Act, Deduction
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RBI Updates Norms of Fema(05.02.2016)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI), with an aim to promote ease of doing business, has come out with nine updated rules under the Foreign Exchange Management.....
Tags : Reserve Bank of India , oreign Exchange Management Act (Fema), 1999
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Allahabad HC Refuses to Quash FIR Registered Under UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955(20.09.2021)
Allahabad High Court has refused to quash an FIR registered under the U.P. Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955 against 7 persons, booked under Secti.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, FIR Registered Under UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955
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SC: Under Arbitr. Act, 1940 Period of Objection Starts from the Day Objector becomes Aware of Award(06.01.2025)
Supreme Court has held that under the Arbitration Act, 1940, the period for filing objection commences from the date the objector is aware of the exis.....
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President Gives Assent to Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017(04.01.2018)
President of India has given assent to Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 which seeks to strengthen corporate governance standards, initiate strict actio.....
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Delhi HC Quashes FIR Against US Citizen Carrying Cartridge at IGI Airport(01.08.2022)
Delhi High Court while quashing FIR registered against US citizen found in possession of live ammunition at Delhi Airport, has held that conscious pos.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Arms Act, Conscious Possession
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SC Restrains Govt from Taking Coercive Action Against Employers for Not Paying Salaries(18.05.2020)
Supreme Court has restrained the Government from taking coercive action against employers who don’t pay workers their entire salary during the lockdow.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Coercive Action Against Employers
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Delhi HC: Breach of Contract u/s 74 Not Applicable at Pre-Formation Stage(07.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has admitted a writ petition that seeks refund of bid security paid by Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) and has dismissed the all.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, bid security, Indian Hotels Company Limited, pre-formation stage, breach of contract
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Delhi HC: Sufficiency or Correctness of Material Need not be Considered During Issue of Notice(12.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that the sufficiency or correctness of the material is not a thing to be considered at the stage of issue of notice unde.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961
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Del. HC: Arbitral Tribunal Awarding Damages for Loss of Profit is Illegal if it Contradicts Contract(02.08.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that if the Arbitral Tribunal decides to award damages for loss of profit, such decision shall be vitiated by patent illegal.....
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Kerala High Court: 'Criminal Accusation' No Grounds of Disqualification For Official Receivers(04.12.2017)
Kerala High Court, while dealing with a challenge made to the appointment of Part Time Official Receivers under the Insolvency Act, 1955, has held tha.....
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Patna HC to GST Dept.: Submit Report on Action Against Smuggling & Liquor Manufacture(23.06.2022)
Patna High Court has directed the GST department, Police and Chief Secretary of the State to file a detailed report on the steps taken for the effecti.....
Tags : Patna High Court, Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, Smuggling
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Central Government Employees Need to Declare Assets by April 15(04.04.2016)
All central government employees have been asked to mandatorily file details of their assets and liabilities, including those of their spouse and depe.....
Tags : Central Government Employees, Lokpal Act
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SC Refuses to Entertain Plea Seeking Enquiry Into Violence During Farmers’ Tractor Rally(03.02.2021)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a batch of petitions which sought enquiry into the violence during farmers' tractor rally held in the national .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Farmers’ Tractor Rally
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SC Reserves Judgment on Pleas Challenging Centre’s Order Allowing Ex-Post Facto Clearance(04.04.2025)
Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on pleas challenging notifications issued by the Central Government that allowed ex-post facto clearance for m.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Ex-Post Facto, Mining Projects
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Supreme Court: Farmer Entering into Buyback Transaction with Seed Company is 'Consumer'(11.03.2020)
Supreme Court has held that a farm is a 'consumer' for filing complaints under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 even when he has entered into a buyba.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Farmers, Buyback Transaction
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Del. HC: SFIO Not Barred from Investigating Offence Under IPC(26.12.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that a conjoint reading of Sections 4(1) & 154 of CrPC and Sections 212 & 219 of Companies Act, 2013, it cannot be said that.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Serious Fraud Investigation Office, CrPC, Companies Act
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Delhi HC: Landlord Not Required to Reveal Business Details for Eviction(10.10.2025)
Delhi High Court held that in today’s dynamic economy, a landlord seeking eviction under Section 14(1)(e) of the Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958 for bona.....
Tags : Landlord, Business Details, Eviction, Delhi Rent Control Act
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Del. HC: Court is Seeing Increasing Abuse/Misuse of the RTI Act(20.12.2023)
Delhi High Court has observed that Right to Information Act was enacted to provide secure access to information to every citizen, to prevent corruptio.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Right to Information Act, Misuse
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Kerala HC: Assessee Allowed to Challenge Section 68 Cash Credit Addition in Remand Proceedings(09.10.2025)
Kerala High Court ruled that an assessee can challenge cash credit additions under Section 68 of the Income Tax Act during remand proceedings, and the.....
Tags : Assessee, Income Tax Act, Remand Proceedings
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CRIMINAL - Confession in Police Custody Made in Immediate Presence of Executive Magistrate Admissible: P&H HC(22.03.2019)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the expression 'Magistrate' appearing in Section 26 of the Evidence Act would include Executive Magistrate.....
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SC Orders Removal of Business Activities in 500 Meter Radius of Taj Mahal(27.09.2022)
Supreme Court has issued a direction to the Agra Development Authority to immediately halt all commercial activities which come within the radius of 5.....
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Apparel Manufacturer Moves NCLT against Zomato Over Non-Payment of Dues(18.03.2025)
Food delivery giant Zomato is facing an insolvency plea filed by Nona Lifestyle, a B2B apparel manufacturer over non-payment of dues upto ?1,64,83,194.....
Tags : Apparel Manufacturer, Zomato, Insolvency Plea
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SC: Reference to Factual Aspects in Second Appeal Not to Mean Evidence Appreciated(03.09.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that merely because the High Court, while considering a second appeal, refers to certain factual aspects in the case to rai.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Reference to Factual Aspects
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SC: Settlement Between Union & Employer Wouldn’t Override Model Standing Orders(26.07.2023)
Supreme Court has held that employer and employee union cannot enter into a contract overriding the statutory contract embodied in the certified Stand.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Employee Union. Contract, Model Standing Orders
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Madras HC: Amendment to Additional Sales Tax Act Unconstitutional(03.10.2016)
Madras HC has declared unconstitutional inclusion of Explanation V to Section 2(1)(aa) of TN Additional Sales Tax Act, 1970, in 2002 to levy additiona.....
Tags : Madras HC , TN Additional Sales Tax Act, works contractors
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Supreme Court Issues Notice on Plea Against Continued Use of 66A Information Technology Act(02.08.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice to States, Union Territories and Registrar of High Courts in plea filed by Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) se.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Continued Use of 66A Information Technology Act
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Kar HC: Educational Institutions Must Recognize & Reconsider Malady of Harsh Disciplinary Actions(28.06.2023)
Karnataka High Court while observing that harsh discipline is closely linked to internalizing mental problems of a child and lowering the child’s cogn.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Educational Institutions, Harsh Disciplinary Actions
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Delhi HC: Hindu Marriage Is Sacrament, Not A Contract(30.01.2017)
Delhi HC, while rejecting plea of a woman to be declared as legally wedded wife of a government servant, now deceased, so that she can get a job on co.....
Tags : Delhi HC, Hindu Marriage, Contract
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Kar. HC: Minimum Sentence U/S 135 of Electricity Act Can’t be Less Than 3 Times the Financial Gain(14.08.2023)
Karnataka High Court has observed that minimum sentence under Section 135 of the Electricity Act, 2003 for the first conviction cannot be less than th.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Minimum Sentence, Electricity Act
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RTI Not Applicable to Religious Institutions Not Funded by Government: T & AP HC(10.12.2018)
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that religious institutions like temples, churches, mosques, which are not financed/funded by the gov.....
Tags : Telangana & Andhra Pradesh High Court, Right to Information Act, 2005
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SC Dismisses Plea Challenging Provision Allowing Use of EVMs(16.08.2022)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain a plea challenging the constitutional validity of Section 61A of the Representation of the People Act which per.....
Tags : Supreme Court, EVM, Representation of the People Act
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SC Dismissed Public Interest Litigation Challenging Validity of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961(04.02.2025)
Supreme Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) that challenged the validity of Sections 2, 3, 4 and 8A of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Public Interest Litigation, Dowry Prohibition Act
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Delhi HC Expresses Concern Over Builders Resorting to Dilatory Tactics, Defrauding Homebuyers(03.11.2022)
Delhi High Court while highlighting issued faced by various homebuyers has stated that it is an unfortunate trend that builders often resort to dilato.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Homebuyers, Dilatory Tactics
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Rajasthan HC: School Certificate Alone Not Proof of Victim's Age(04.08.2025)
Rajasthan High Court held that a school-issued certificate, unsupported by other proof, is insufficient to determine the age of a kidnapped victim, un.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Age Determination, Indian Evidence Act, Section 35
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CIVIL - Prosecution Under Customs Act Not Barred in Regard to Art Treasures: SC(28.02.2019)
Supreme Court has held that prosecution under Sections 132 and 135(1)(a) of the Customs Act, 1962, is not barred in regard to the antiquities or art t.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Customs Act, Antiquities, Art Treasures.
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All. HC: UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act Doesn't Bar Transportation of Beef(24.11.2023)
Allahabad High Court has held that restriction placed under Section 5A of U.P Cow Slaughter Act is only in respect of transportation of cow, bull or b.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Cow Slaughter Act, Beef
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Supreme Court: Centre & States to Take Steps to Implement NCAHP Act, 2021(13.08.2024)
Supreme Court has directed the Centre to conduct a meeting with all the State Secretaries of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, to come out wi.....
Tags : Supreme Court, NCAHP Act, State Secretaries
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Govt Increases Wage Ceiling Under Payment of Wages Act From 18,000 To 24,000(31.08.2017)
Ministry of Labour and Employment has specified Rupees Twenty Four Thousand per month as the wages under sub-section (6) of section 1 of the Payment o.....
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P&H HC: Small Distance is Not a Reason to Transfer Matrimonial Suit(06.06.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that distance of sixty kilometers is small and therefore not an overwhelming reason for the Court to order the .....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Transfer, Hindu Marriage Act
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Bombay High Court: Section 23 of MCS Act Promotes Open Membership(17.07.2024)
Bombay High Court has observed that Section 23 of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 (MCS Act) promotes concept of open membership and b.....
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JKL HC: Subjective Satisfaction of Detaining Authority Doesn’t Deprive Court to Review its Orders(25.08.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that although subjective satisfaction cannot be interfered normally by the court but at the same time.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Detaining Authority, Subjective Satisfaction
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Company Court to not wield power at winding-up under SARFAESI(29.12.2015)
Provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 in respect of dues of workmen and their protection are incorporated under the Securitisation Act, 2002 and legal.....
Tags : Sarfaesi, companies act, conditions, secured asset
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Four Central Legislation Receives Presidential Assent(09.01.2018)
Indian Forest (Amendment) Act, 2017; Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2017; Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act, 2017 & Repealing and Ame.....
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Madras HC: Education Not Commercial Activity, Collection of Capitation Fee for Admission Illegal(01.11.2022)
Madras High Court while deprecating practice of receiving capitation fee for admissions, has held that education can never be a commercial activity an.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Capitation Fees, Commercial Activity
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Rajasthan HC: Prior Sanction No Shield Against Strong Prima Facie Evidence(04.08.2025)
Rajasthan High Court ruled that prior sanction under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 isn't a blanket protection when electronic .....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Prevention of Corruption Act, Section 17A
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CIVIL - Participation of Public in Temple Rituals is Important to Determine Nature of Temple(28.02.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that participation of members of the public in Darshan in temple and in daily acts of worship or in celebrations is one of .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Private/Public Character of Temple
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SC: Contractual Expressions Must be Understood as Intended by Parties to Contract(21.11.2022)
Supreme Court has held that process of interpretation, though the exclusive domain of the Court, inheres the duty to decipher the meaning attributed .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Contract, Interpretation
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S. 138 NI Act: Complainant Bound to Explain His Financial Capacity When Questioned by Accused: SC(10.04.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that a complainant in a cheque bounce case is bound to explain his financial capacity, when the same is questioned by the a.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act
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ITAT, Mumbai: Architect Fee Paid in Connection with Transfer of Development Rights Allowable(11.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has observed that the architect fee paid by the assessee regarding the transfer of development rights are allowa.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, architect fee, assesse, section 48 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, capital gain
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SC to Centre: Have Any Schemes Been Formulated for Rehabilitation of Manual Scavengers?(14.07.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that age of consent necessarily has to be distinguished from the age of marriage as sexual acts do not happen only in the c.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Consent, Marriage, Sexual Acts
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Punjab and Haryana HC: Pre-Deposit Under VAT Not Mandatory in Punjab(24.12.2015)
Punjab and Haryana HC has ruled that condition of 25% pre-deposit before filing of appeal under the Punjab VAT Act would not be mandatory.
Tags : Punjab and Haryana HC , Punjab VAT Act
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ITAT: Non-Issue of Proper Show Cause Notice Can be Fatal to Proceedings Under Income Tax Act(13.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Ahmedabad bench has held that non-issue of proper show-cause notice can be fatal to the proceedings under the In.....
Tags : ITAT, Income-Tax Act, Show Cause Notice
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Allahabad HC: In Consensual Relationships, POCSO Act Being Misused Against Teenagers(05.07.2024)
Allahabad High Court has observed that while the POCSO Act’s primary objective is to protect children under the age of majority from sexual exploitati.....
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BHC: Wife Entitled to Relief under DV Act Even After Divorce if She Continues to Cohabit with Spouse(07.11.2019)
Bombay High Court (BHC) has ruled that ten years after the decree of divorce has been passed wife is entitled to reliefs under the Protection of Women.....
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Kerala High Court Stays Government Orders for Regularizing Temporary/Contract Employees(05.03.2021)
Kerala High Court has directed a halt on the Government Order regularising the services of those who completed ten years of service in semi-government.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Regularizing Temporary/Contract Employees
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Raj HC: No Penalty on Assessee u/s 270A IT Act, Once Deduction Claim for Education Cess is Withdrawn(05.01.2024)
Rajasthan High Court has held that no penalty shall be imposed on the Assessee under Section 270A of Income-Tax Act, 1961, once the deduction claim fo.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Education Cess, Deduction Claim, Income-Tax Act
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J&K&L HC: Properly Addressed and Sent Notice Deemed Served Under General Clauses Act(13.10.2025)
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court upheld the dismissal of a BSF constable, reiterating that under Section 27 of the General Clauses Act, 1897, a n.....
Tags : Notice, General Clauses Act, Addressee
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SC: Members of RPF Can Seek Benefit Under Employees Compensation Act(03.10.2023)
Supreme Court has held that an officer of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) can seek compensation under Employees Compensation Act, 1923 even though .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Railway Protection Force, Employees Compensation Act, 1923
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Delhi HC Interprets Amended Provisions of Arbitration Act(09.01.2017)
Delhi High Court has said that changes made in 2015 to Arbitration Act, under which there is no automatic stay on an award being challenged, would not.....
Tags : Delhi High Court , Arbitration Act, amendment
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ITAT: Domestic Transaction from a Related Party is Not a Specified Domestic Transaction(10.08.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai Bench has held that a domestic transaction from a related party is not a specified domestic transaction u.....
Tags : ITAT, Income-Tax, domestic Transaction
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TRAI releases Report on Activities for the period 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2019(13.08.2020)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released the Report on Activities for the period 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2019. The Re.....
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ITAT: Salary Reimbursement based on Cost to Cost Cannot Attract TDS Liability u/s 195(09.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has ruled that Tax Deduction at Source is not applicable to reimbursement of salary based on the cost to cost.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Section 195, Income Tax Act,1961, Tax Deduction at Source
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NHRC Issues Notice to Centre Over Anti-Labour Practices at a Warehouse of a Multi-National Company(20.06.2024)
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to Centre over anti-labour practices at one of the ware-houses of a multi-national company.....
Tags : NHRC, Anti-Labour Practices, Multi-National Company
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Madras HC Stays Notification Providing for Grant of Post Facto Clearance of Projects(03.05.2021)
Madras High Court has granted a stay on the operation of an office memorandum issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change which p.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Post Facto Clearance of Projects
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Delhi High Court: UNHCR Refugee Card Not a Substitute for Valid Visa(30.09.2025)
Delhi High Court observed that certification by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) does not serve as a valid substitute for a v.....
Tags : United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Visa, Foreigners Act
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Evidence Needed for Conviction Under SC/ST Act: Hyderabad High Court(09.04.2018)
Hyderabad High Court has observed that Courts will not punish those who are accused u/s 3(1)(x) of SC/ST Act, 1989 in absence of any evidence of alleg.....
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Delhi HC Refuses to Hear Petitions Against ‘Aaj Tak’ for Alleged Mis-reporting of Tractor Rally(01.03.2021)
Delhi High Court has said that it will not hear the petitions seeking action against 'Aaj Tak' news channel over alleged mis-reporting of the tractor .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Mis-reporting of Tractor Rally
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Delhi HC: Impermissible to Award Less Than Minimum Prescribed Sentence Under Wildlife Protection Act(06.03.2025)
Delhi High Court has stated that it is impermissible to award less than minimum prescribed sentence under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 as granting a .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Minimum Prescribed Sentence, Wildlife Protection Act
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Gujarat HC: Solitary Offence Under Prohibition Act No Ground for Preventive Detention Under PASA(26.08.2021)
Gujarat High Court has held that just because a solitary offence has been registered against the appellant-detenu under the Gujarat Prohibition Act, 1.....
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Del. HC: Legislative Intent of 2018 Amendment of SRA was Towards Stronger Enforcement of Contracts(06.09.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that intent behind 2018 Amendment of Specific Relief Act was to introduce more certainty in enforcement of contracts,.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Specific Relief, Enforcement of Contract
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Bombay HC Suggests Centre to Allow Cops to Lodge Complaints Under Environment Laws(28.12.2016)
Bombay High Court has directed Union Government to consider allowing police officers to lodge complaints for offences under Environmental Protection A.....
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Madras HC Directs State to Take Action Against Noise Pollution, Building Violations(01.11.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the State authorities to take appropriate actions to ensure that noise pollution or violations of building rules on acc.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Action Against Noise Pollution, Building Violations
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CAS: Indian Wrestler Vinesh Phogat Did Not Commit any Indiscretion in Paris Olympics, 2024(20.08.2024)
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has refused Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s plea of a silver medal in Paris Olympics, 2024 after she was disquali.....
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State Governments have power to levy sales tax on value of material in execution of the works contract(28.08.2017)
In facts of present case, in the year 1954, the State Government of Rajasthan enacted Rajasthan Sales Tax Act in order to tax the sales and purchase o.....
Tags : Works contract, Exemption, Entitlement
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ITAT: Section 147 of IT Act is not an Alternative to Section 263 of IT Act(06.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi bench while quashing Assessment Order under Section 147 of Income-Tax Act, 1961 without Jurisdiction has h.....
Tags : ITAT, Income-Tax Act, 1961, Alternative
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Order Holding that Watching Child Porn Isn’t an Offence, Recalled by Karnataka HC(22.07.2024)
Karnataka High Court has recalled the order in which it was held that watching child pornography online is not an offence under Section 67B of the Inf.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, S. 67B of IT Act, Child Pornography
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JKL HC: Jugglery, Manipulation has No Place in Equitable and Prerogative Jurisdiction(05.04.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court while upholding single judge order imposing 1 Lakh penalty on petitioner for suppressing facts and misleading .....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Manipulation, Suppressing Facts
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Bombay HC Rules ‘Chief Information Commissioner May Transfer Information Commissioner under RTI Act’(25.10.2016)
Bombay High Court has held that State Chief Information Commissioner has powers under Right to Information Act (RTI) to transfer State Information Com.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Right to Information Act , Information Commissioner
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ITAT: Refund of Sewage Tax Constitute ‘Business Income’(23.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai bench has held that the refund of sewage tax would be assessed as business income as the same was earlier.....
Tags : ITAT, Sewage Tax, Income-Tax Act, 1961
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Ker HC: Onus to Bring Statement Within Ambit of Sec. 32(1) of IEA is on Party Who Wishes to Avail it(31.05.2024)
Ker HC has observed that provisions of Section 32(1) of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 are in nature of an exception and onus of establishing the circumsta.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Indian Evidence Act, Exceptions
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No Application Can Be Filed Against Taking ‘Symbolic Possession’ Before DRT: Allahabad HC(15.02.2018)
Allahabad High Court has held that taking “symbolic possession” or issuance of possession notice, meeting with any resistance, cannot be treated as “m.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, SARFAESI Act
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Madras HC: Amendment to TN Motor Vehicles Act Unconstitutional(06.04.2016)
Madras High Court has declared that the amendment made to Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act,1974, by the government, which imposed a tax on omni .....
Tags : Madras High Court, Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Taxation Act,1974
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AAR, Telangana: ITC Can be Availed on GST Charged by Contractor Supplying Service of Works(14.12.2021)
Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), Telangana has ruled that input tax credit can be availed on goods and services tax (GST) charged by contractor supp.....
Tags : Authority of Advance Ruling, GST Charged by Contractor Supplying Service of Works
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SC: Once Limitation Act applies, all its provisions will Apply to the proceedings under Public Premis(07.04.2025)
SC has observed that a party cannot argue that only section 3 of Limitation Act along with the limitation provided under Limitation Act will apply and.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Limitation Act, Public Premises Act
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ITAT, Cochin Denies Tax Exemption to Trust on Micro Finance Activity(12.03.2020)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Cochin has held that micro finance activity cannot be treated as charitable in nature for the purpose of allowin.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Micro Finance Activity
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All. HC: Consequential Proceedings Automatically Fails if Initiation of Proceedings Itself is Bad(26.12.2023)
Allahabad High Court while dealing with recovery without show cause notice under the Excise Act, has held that once the initiation of the proceedings .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Consequential Proceedings, Excise Act
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Supreme Court: DRT Must Decide Securitisation Applications Within Statutory Timeline(13.10.2025)
Supreme Court reprimanded the Debt Recovery Tribunal, Dehradun, for not deciding a bank’s securitisation application within the statutory timeline pre.....
Tags : Debt Recovery Tribunal, Timeline, SARFAESI Act
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Del. HC: For Filing Additional WS After, Comm. Court Act Doesn't Prevent Appl. of Order 8 Rule 9 CPC(13.01.2025)
Delhi HC has stated that there is nothing in the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 to suggest that the provisions of Rule 9 of Order VIII CPC shall not be a.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Written Statement, Commercial Courts Act
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SC: Intent of S.50 is to Inform Suspect of Option to be Taken to Officer Other Than Search Party(09.12.2024)
The Supreme Court has observed that the intent behind Section 50 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is to ensure that the person ab.....
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Bombay High Court Refuses Interim Stay on Amendment to Trees Act(24.04.2018)
Bombay High Court has refused to grant an interim stay on a recent amendment that allowed chiefs of civic bodies in Maharashtra to decide applications.....
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Del. HC: Remedy of Arbitration Not Excluded from U.P Regulation of Cold Storages Act(13.10.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that Uttar Pradesh Regulations of Cold Storage Act 1976 does not provide any special right, remedy or procedure that cannot .....
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Karnataka High Court: 25% Reservation Applies To Both Entry Levels Under RTE(26.04.2017)
Karnataka High Court has held that reservation to the extent of at least 25 per cent under RTE Act applies to both entry levels, if the school is impa.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court , RTE Act
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Supreme Court Issues Notice on PIL Challenging Provisions of Places of Worship Act(12.03.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice to the Home Ministry, Ministry of Law and Ministry of Culture on a Public Interest Litigation filed by BJP leader Ashw.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991
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SC: Customs Duty to be Paid by Owner Even When Confiscated Goods are Redeemed by Paying Fine(24.07.2024)
Supreme Court has held that the owner of goods has a liability to pay customs duty, even after confiscated goods are redeemed after payment of fine un.....
Tags : Supreme Court, S. 125 of Customs Act, Confiscated Goods, Customs Duty
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SC Asks for Counter Affidavit in Plea Challenging Tribunal Reforms Act 2021(16.09.2021)
Supreme Court has asked the Central Government to file its counter-affidavit in the petitions challenging the Tribunals Reforms Act 2021 in the writ p.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Tribunal Reforms Act 2021
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Bom. HC: State Under Obligation to Realize Excise Duty Illegally Collected by Wine Manufacturers(17.12.2024)
Bom. HC has observed that the State is under legal obligation and mandate of the Hon'ble Supreme Court to realize the excise duty which has been illeg.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Excise Duty, Wine Manufacturers
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Delhi HC Refuses to Quash FIR Against French Tourist Over Bullets in Bag(16.01.2017)
Delhi High Court has refused to quash FIR under Arms Act against of a French tourist going to Goa via Delhi and Mumbai, after three live cartridges we.....
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Gauhati HC: Section 29 and 30 POCSO Act Doesn’t Relieve Prosecution of Burden to Prove Case(15.09.2021)
Gauhati High Court has observed that Section 29 & 30 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 doesn't actually relieve the prosecu.....
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SC: Limitation Period of 2 Years to be Applicable on Dues Incurred after Enforcement of 2003 Act(07.11.2024)
Supreme Court has held that the limitation period of two years prescribed for recovery of dues under Section 56 of the Electricity Act, 2003 would app.....
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Cal. HC: Argument of Implied Repeal of Section 272/273 IPC via FSS Act is Not Justified(03.08.2023)
Calcutta High Court has held that though a separate, specific, distinct procedure has been laid down in FSS Act 2006 to initiate/launch a proceeding a.....
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IT Rules Amendment 2023: Bombay High Court Strikes Down Amendment on Fact Check Units(20.09.2024)
Bom. HC has struck down IT Rules Amendment 2023 that authorized the Central Government to establish Fact Check Units for identification of false or fa.....
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Supreme Court: Mens Rea Not Required for Levy of Penalty u/s 43A Competition Act(19.04.2018)
Supreme Court has observed that the imposition of penalty u/s 43A of Competition Act is on account of breach of a civil obligation, and the proceeding.....
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SC Closes Pending Cases Against 'Adipurush' Movie(10.10.2023)
Supreme Court has closed the proceedings pending before different high Courts related to ’Adipursh’ movie and observed that that all the proceedings a.....
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India Gets Landmark HIV Act Granting Equal Rights to Patients(25.04.2017)
HIV Act, 2017 that seeks to prohibits discrimination against persons with HIV and AIDS has received President assent on April 20, 2017.
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SC: Statement of Accused Not Substantive Evidence of Defence to Rebut Presumption u/s 139 NI Act(10.03.2021)
Supreme Court has stated that the statement of the accused recorded under Section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is not a substantive evi.....
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SC: Legal Heirs of Deceased Convicted under Section 138 of NI Act Can Challenge Conviction(24.09.2019)
Supreme Court has held that legal heirs of a deceased convicted under Section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act (NI Act) have right to challenge the co.....
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Bom HC: Strata of Society Relevant While Deciding Cruelty by Wife Making Unsubstantiated Allegations(14.09.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that while considering the conduct of wife making unsubstantiated allegations, in context of ‘cruelty’ as contemplated unde.....
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Supreme Court Issues Directions for Effective Compliance of POSH Act, 2013(04.12.2024)
Supreme Court after observing serious lapses in the implementation of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) .....
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Supreme Court Seeks High Courts' Response on 'Draft Rules of Criminal Practice'(28.10.2020)
Supreme Court has during the suo moto proceedings related to inadequacies and inefficiencies in the criminal trial system, sought the response of all .....
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All. HC: Can’t Refuse Anticipatory Bail Merely Over Non-Payment of Money Under a Contract(03.08.2023)
Allahabad High Court while observing that it is becoming a general practice to set criminal law into motion for putting pressure on parties to commerc.....
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IT Rules Amendment 2023: Bombay High Court Strikes Down Amendment on Fact Check Units(20.09.2024)
Bom. HC has struck down IT Rules Amendment 2023 that authorized the Central Government to establish Fact Check Units for identification of false or fa.....
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Ker HC: Can’t Seize Vehicle on Mere Apprehension that it may be used for Smuggling(26.07.2023)
Kerala High Court has observed that under Section 115 of Customs Act, 1962, a vehicle can be seized by customs if it was actually used or is being use.....
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NGT not empowered to adjudicate upon vires or validity of any enactment(28.09.2016)
By instant writ petition, Petitioners sought a declaration that Rule 17 of Biological Diversity Rules, 2004 does not apply to Indian entities or body .....
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Madras HC Refuses to Redact Name of Person from Court Records Who was Acquitted of All Charges(03.08.2021)
Madras High Court has refused to redact the name of a person from court records, who was acquitted of all criminal charges levelled against him, while.....
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US Supreme Court Rules Against Affirmative Actions in College Admission Process(30.06.2023)
United States Supreme Court has struck down affirmative action policies in student admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of Nor.....
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Supreme Court: Properly Implement 'Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act' Within 3 Months(29.01.2018)
Supreme Court has granted three months’ time to all States and Union Territories to implement the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016, the am.....
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JKL HC: Failure of Employer to Assign Work Would be Deemed Retrenchment(16.08.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that in case the employer fails to issue termination order against the employee, the subsequent failu.....
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Del. HC: Detailed Reasons Not to be Given by Arbitrator When Granting Request to Summon Witnesses(15.07.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that for granting the request to summon a witness under section 27(1) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the arb.....
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Bombay HC Issues Guidelines for Claims Settlement Under Motor Vehicles Act(22.12.2016)
Bombay High Court has issued several guidelines regarding disposal of claims for accidents under Motor Vehicles Act by Motor Accident Tribunals in Sta.....
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Allahabad HC Calls Upon Transport Commissioner in Plea for Compliance of Motor Vehicles Act(25.11.2020)
Allahabad High Court has called upon the Transport Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh to respond on the issue with regard to compliance of the mandatory prov.....
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Del. HC: Can Invoke Offence of Penetrative Sexual Assault Under POCSO Act Against Women(12.08.2024)
Del. HC has held that the word ‘he’ appearing in section 3 of the POCSCO Act, 2012, cannot be given a restrictive meaning that it refers only to a ‘ma.....
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Preventive detention order can be passed if activities of the detenue are dangerous to the maintenance of public order(21.08.2017)
By way of present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioner prays to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropri.....
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DGFT Notifies New RoDTEP Schedule to Align with Finance Act, 2022(03.06.2022)
Director-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has notified a new Refund of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (“RoDTEP”) schedule Appendix 4R consequent.....
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Madras HC: Teachers Who Unqualified TET Cannot Continue Service in Schools(08.04.2022)
Madras High Court has observed that it is compulsory for the teachers, who did not possess the minimum qualification of pass in Teacher Eligibility Te.....
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ITAT, Delhi Deletes Penalty Against Lahmeyer Holding GambH(12.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal , Delhi has granted relief to Lahmeyer holding that the penalty cannot be levied based on fact that the assessee under s.....
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Gujarat High Court: SC/ST Act Meant to Confer Dignity,Will not Change with Migration to Another State(19.09.2019)
Gujarat High Court has ruled that a crime against a person belonging to SC/ST community in other State and not in Gujarat invite provisions of the Sch.....
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Delhi HC to BCI: Foreign Nationals Also Entitled To Seek Enrolment(31.05.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that foreign nationals are not per se barred from being considered for enrolment on a State roll under Section 24 of .....
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Panchayat Members Can't Insist Upon Encroaching on Govt Land : Bombay HC(21.12.2017)
Bombay High Court has held that no member of a village panchayat can insist upon encroaching on government land and have immunity from disqualificatio.....
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Rajya Sabha Passes the ‘Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024’(06.12.2024)
Rajya Sabha has passed the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 that seeks to replace the Aircraft Act, 1934. The bill aims at elevating safety standards,.....
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SC: All Investigative Powers Vested in Officer Vested in Officers Designated Under NDPS Act(30.10.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that all the investigative powers vested in an officer in charge of a police station under the Code of Criminal Procedure, .....
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SC: Not Mandatory to File Accident Claim Before MACT of Area Where Accident Occurred(04.08.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that it is not mandatory to file motor accident claims before MACT having jurisdiction over area where accident occurred.....
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SC: Government is Under Obligation to Impart Sex Education & Awareness about POCSO Act(24.09.2024)
SC has held that the obligation of the appropriate government and the commission under Section(s) 43 and 44 of the POCSO respectively, does not end at.....
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Supreme Court: Ex Post Facto Notice is Not Contemplated u/s S. 6(2) of Competition Act(20.04.2018)
Supreme Court has observed that ex post facto notice is not contemplated under the provisions of section 6(2) of the Competition Act and the same wou.....
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Kar. HC: PoC Act Provides Two Fold Protection to Public Servants(11.10.2023)
Karnataka High Court has held that PoC Act has conferred a two-fold protection to public servants for offences under the Act; firstly, a prior approva.....
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Gauhati HC: Second Marriage Contracted by Muslim Man with Hindu Woman is Void(13.09.2021)
Gauhati High Court has observed that section 4 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 does not save a second marriage contracted by a Muslim male with a Hi.....
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Del. HC: Can’t Award Compensation for Breach of Contract in Absence of Legal Injury(24.10.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that in case of breach of contract, if there is absence of legal injury then no compensation can be awarded for such breach.
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Madras HC: Sales Tax is Leviable on Sale of REP License(17.10.2017)
Madras High Court has upheld the levy of sales tax on sale of REP license under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act.
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Supreme Court Stays TV Actor Chahatt Khanna's Ex-husband Farhan Mirza's Arrest(01.10.2021)
Supreme Court has granted protection from arrest to TV Actress Chahat Khanna's husband Farhan Shahrukh Mirza in relation to the FIR registered accusin.....
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AP HC: Condition to Deposit Min. 20% Fine May be Relaxed by Court if Exceptional Case Made Out(30.08.2024)
AP HC has held that, Appellate Court will be justified in imposing condition of deposit as provided in S. 148 of N.I Act, 1881. However, in a case, wh.....
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Ker. HC: Physical Contact as Part of Resistance Can’t be Called Explicit Sexual Overture(11.10.2024)
Kerala High Court has held that physical contact as part of resistance could not be held as the one which advanced unwelcome and explicit sexual overt.....
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Karnataka HC: Abuses Hurled in Basement Which was Not in Public View is Not Offence(22.06.2022)
Karnataka High Court while quashing proceedings under Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015, has he.....
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Karnataka High Court Restrains Police from Taking Coercive Action Against Them Till Nov 9(28.10.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to not take any coercive steps against Bhavit Sheth and Harsh Jain, the Founders and Directors .....
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Del. HC: Withholding Names of Institutes or Universities Attended by Current Employees is Justified(14.08.2024)
Del. HC has held that Central Information Commissioner’s decision to withhold the names of institutes or universities attended by current employees is.....
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Supreme Court: Employees Personal Info Exempt from Disclosure Under RTI Act(04.09.2017)
Supreme Court has held that service details of employees fall within the ambit of ‘personal information’ u/s 8(1)(j) of Right to Information Act, and .....
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Alignment of Appendix 4R with the Finance Act, 2022 with effect from 01.05.2022(01.06.2022)
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with Para 1.02 of the Foreign Trade .....
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J&K HC: Award Passed under MSME Act Can’t be Challenged before HC(13.02.2025)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that a party cannot challenge an award passed under the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 .....
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# GST Changes Applicable From 01.01.2021: Amendment to Composition Scheme Under CGST Act(29.12.2020)
Finance Act, 2020 has amended Section 10(2) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 to provide that a registered person seeking to pay the tax.....
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Delhi HC: Merely Because Complainant Married to Accused Does Not Entail Quashing of Rape, POCSO FIR(10.11.2023)
Delhi High Court has observed that merely because the complainant married the accused does not entail quashing of an FIR registered against him for th.....
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Gujarat High Court Orders Investigation By ACP in Negligence Case During Cataract Surgeries(15.02.2017)
Gujarat High Court has directed Government to transfer to an ACP-rank officer the probe in a case, where four persons lost their eyesight after underg.....
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Consumer Court, Thrissur Orders Manufacturer and Endorser of Hair Cream to Pay Compensation(05.01.2021)
District Consumer Redressal Forum, Thrissur, ordered the manufacturers of 'Dhathri Hair Cream' and film actor Anoop Menon, the celebrity who endorsed .....
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Views on Reforms in the Sex Education Policy(26.05.2025)
Supreme Court while hearing a matter relating to conviction of a man under the POCSO Act, 2012, has sought Central Government’s views on reforms in th.....
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Del. HC: Application for Drawing Sample U/S 52A of NDPS Act Should Be Made Within 72 Hours(19.05.2023)
Delhi High Court has observed that application for drawing sample of drug or psychotropic substance under Section 52A of NDPS Act must be made within .....
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Categorizing Unskilled Employees As Semi-Skilled on Basis of Their Experience is Ultra Vires: SC(02.05.2019)
Supreme Court has held that categorization of unskilled employees as semiskilled and semi-skilled as skilled on the basis of their experience in the n.....
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Supreme Court: Mere Amalgamation Would Not invalidate Income Tax Proceedings(07.04.2022)
Supreme Court has held that whether corporate death of amalgamating entity upon amalgamation invalidates an order of assessment issued under the Incom.....
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Delhi HC: Exemption Cannot be Denied to Charitable Entity for Advertising Scholarship(12.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that the exemption under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 can’t be denied to a charitable entity merely becaus.....
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MP HC: Police Officers Have to Follow Direction of Joining Music Band Practice(02.08.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court while hearing a matter where police constables were suspended for refusing to join Police Department's music band, has asked.....
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7th Pay Commission: Pay Hike for 3610+ Judges of SC & HCs Approved(29.11.2017)
7th Pay Commission: Pay Hike for 3610+ Judges of SC & HCs Approved
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SC: No Priority For Workers' Dues After Liquidation of Company Under IBC(03.05.2023)
Supreme Court while holding that workers' dues will not get preferential payment in the event a company undergoes liquidation as per the provisions of.....
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SC: Action Instituted u/s 31 Specific Relief Act is Arbitrable as It is Not Action in Rem(21.08.2020)
Supreme Court has held that an action instituted under section 31 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 is not an action in rem, but an action in personam,.....
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ITAT Deletes Addition u/s 68 of IT Act, Says Firm not Taxable for Capital introduced by Partner(09.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chennai has observed that the Firm cannot be made taxable for the capital introduced by the Partner as section 68 of th.....
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Tel. HC: While Releasing Amount Under S. 19 of MSME Act, Reasons Must be Assigned by Courts(24.06.2024)
Telangana High Court has held that, reasons must be assigned by the court while releasing the amount under Section 19 of the Micro, Small and Medium E.....
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SC: Need to Review Provisions of Advocates Act(07.07.2016)
SC has called for an “urgent” review of provisions of Advocates Act to tighten regulatory mechanism for legal profession to check indiscipline among l.....
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SC Seeks Details of Public Funding and Aid Given to COVID Vaccine Manufacturers(04.05.2021)
Supreme Court has sought from the Central Government the details of public funding and aid given to COVID vaccine manufacturers Bharat Biotech and Ser.....
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ITAT, Pune: Capital Gain Exemption u/s 54F for Purchase of Office Premises not available(08.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Pune has observed that the capital gain exemption under section 54F of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is not available in the.....
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SC Says, Our View Not Enough to Render Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004 Invalid(10.03.2016)
Supreme Court has clarified that its ruling on the Presidential Reference on validity of Punjab Termination of Agreements Act, 2004, would not render .....
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CUSTOMS - Prosecution Under Customs Act Not Barred in Regard to Art Treasures: SC(28.02.2019)
Supreme Court has held that prosecution under Sections 132 and 135(1)(a) of the Customs Act, 1962, is not barred in regard to the antiquities or art t.....
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MP HC Issues Guidelines on S.14 Appln Filed by Secured Creditors under SARFAESI Act(27.11.2023)
Madhya Pradesh High Court while observing that inaction of DM/ADM/ CJMs has resulted in secured creditors rushing to High Court, leading to opening of.....
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Sec. 138 NI Act: Complainant Bound to Explain His Financial Capacity When Questioned by Accused: SC(10.04.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that a complainant in a cheque bounce case is bound to explain his financial capacity, when the same is questioned by the a.....
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All. HC: Merely Liking a Message Will Not Attract Penalty U/S 67 of IT Act(20.10.2023)
Allahabad High Court while observing that Section 67 Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 is for obscene material and not for other provocative mater.....
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NCLAT: NCLT/NCLAT Cannot Adjudicate Employment Contract Disputes Under IBC(09.05.2025)
NCLAT bench of New Delhi has held that under IBC, 2016 National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) or the NCLAT cannot adjudicate a dispute arising from an e.....
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LCI 274th Report: Not Necessary to Make Any Amendment to Contempt of Court Act(19.04.2018)
Law Commission of India has submitted the 274th report titled “Review Of Contempt Of Court Act 1971 (Limited To S.2 Of The Act)” to the Ministry of La.....
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Status of March 31, 2024 for Government transactions through integration with e-Kuber(03.10.2023)
1. The 'e-Kuber' which is the Core Banking Solution platform of RBI for Government and other payments does not process any Government transactions on .....
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Allahabad High Court Issues Directions For Dealing With Grievances Under NFSA(25.04.2017)
Allahabad High Court has directed UP Government to appoint District Grievance Redressal Officers within a month for expeditious and effective resoluti.....
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CIVIL - SC Strikes Down Rs. 6,300-cr Food Contracts(11.03.2019)
Supreme Court (SC) has struck down tenders worth Rs 6,300 crore issued in 2016 by the Maharashtra women and child development department for supplying.....
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Ori. HC: Although Limitation Act is Not Strictly Applicable to a Writ Petition, But the Principles Ap(21.03.2025)
Ori. High Court has observed that although the Limitation Act, 1963 is not strictly applicable to a writ petition, but the principles apply. Delay or .....
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SC: Word ‘Payable’ In Section 40(A) (ia) of Income Tax Act Also Covers Amount Already 'Paid'(04.05.2017)
Supreme Court has held that though the word used in Section 40(a)(ia) of Income Tax Act, is ‘payable’, it would also cover situations where amount i.....
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Bombay HC: Aggrieved Person Under DV Act Must be Alive at Time of Filing Petition(10.01.2022)
Bombay High Court has ruled that an aggrieved person, as defined under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (DV Act), 2005 must be alive.....
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Delhi HC: Using Another's Registered Trademark as Trade Name Constitutes Infringement(29.09.2025)
Delhi High Court clarified that under Section 29(5) of the Trade Marks Act, using a registered trademark as a trade name constitutes infringement, emp.....
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Kerala HC Moots for Unified Legislation for Medical Practitioners in State(04.04.2018)
Kerala High Court has observed that the state government has been alarmingly lethargic in taking steps for a unified legislation for medical practitio.....
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Punjab & Haryana HC Terms Ad Hocism Arrangement in Educational Institutions a Disease(02.01.2017)
Punjab and Haryana High Court, miffed over ad hocism and contractual arrangements in educational institutions across Haryana, has said such appointmen.....
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Telangana HC: Consensual Physical Acts Can’t be Taken as Defense if Girl is Below 18 Years of Age(18.07.2022)
Telangana High Court has held that the defense that acts of physical relationship was consensual between the accused and victim girl cannot be conside.....
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Del. HC: While Granting Approval, Merely Appending Word ‘Approved’ by PCCIT Not Sufficient(21.08.2024)
Del. HC has observed that mere appending of the word “approved” by the PCCIT while granting approval under Section 151 of IT Act to the re-opening und.....
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P&H HC: If Jurisdic. AO Issues Notice u/s 148 of IT Act, Object of Faceless Assessment Gets Defeated(23.07.2024)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that after introduction of faceless assessment scheme, a notice under Section 148 of Income Tax Act, 1961 canno.....
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AAAR: Number of Tasks Entrusted Through Single Contract Would Not Constitute ‘Composite Supply’(16.09.2021)
Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR), Karnataka has ruled that the number of tasks entrusted through a single contract would not constitute ‘c.....
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Gau. HC: MACT Order Dismissing Claim for Being Barred u/s 166(3) of MV Act Set Aside(16.12.2024)
Gau. HC has set aside an order passed by MACT which dismissed a claim petition for being barred by limitation under Section 166(3) of MV Act on the gr.....
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Delhi HC: Appl. Against Order Rejecting Waiver of Interest Would Fall Under Direct Tax (VSV) Act(01.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that an application under the Companies Act against the order rejecting the application for waiver of interest would fall wi.....
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Supreme Court Explains When Does Plaintiff’s Right to Sue Accrues in Civil Cases(10.01.2025)
Supreme Court has explained that in a civil case, right to sue arises when there is a cause of action that justifies legal action and there has been a.....
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PMLA Appellate Authority: IBC Prevails Over Prevention of Money Laundering Act(24.09.2019)
In an important decision, the Appellate Authority of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 has upheld the prevalence of the Insolvency and Bank.....
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J&K&L HC: Dealer/ Distributor Not Liable if he Acquires Drug from a Licensed Manufacturer(05.08.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a person, other than a manufacturer of a drug, cannot be held liable for contravention of Sectio.....
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SC to States/UTs: File Status Report on Suggestions for Proper Implementation of DV Act(03.12.2024)
The Supreme Court has directed the States and Union Territories to file a status report in response to the suggestions given by an NGO for the effecti.....
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Gujarat HC Raps State Government for Invoking PASA Act on Basis of Religious Sentiments(27.10.2020)
Gujarat High Court has rapped the State Government for making religious sentiments the basis for invoking Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, 19.....
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Delhi HC: Under Arbitration Act, Date of Receipt of Corrected Award Would be Taken as Disposal Date(13.01.2025)
Delhi High Court has held that under Section 34(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 the date of receipt of corrected award would be taken.....
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Grantee cannot acquire more rights than those afforded by the grantor(04.11.2020)
Present appeal is directed against an order of the High Court, which upheld the exception raised by the Respondent, Tip Trans Resources (Pty) Ltd. (Ti.....
Tags : Contract, Rights, Entitlement
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SC: Continuous Working on Contractual Basis Doesn’t Created Any Legal Right for Regularization(19.09.2023)
Supreme Court has held that continuous working in an institute on contractual basis does not create any legal right in their favour to be absorbed or .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Contractual Basis, Regularization
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Ker. HC: Limitation Act Doesn’t Stipulate Time for Victim to File Appeal U/S 372 CrPC(13.10.2023)
Kerala High Court while relying on judgment in Sobhanakumari K. vs. Santhosh (MANU/KE/2167/2017), has held that here is no time period stipulated unde.....
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Supreme Court: Non-voluntary Confession Cannot Form Basis of Conviction(28.04.2017)
Supreme Court, while setting aside conviction of accused in Hindu Munnani Activist murder case, has observed that confessions of accused are involunta.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Hindu Munnani Activist
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P&H HC Declines Protection to Couples in "Contractual Live-In-Relationship"(12.03.2021)
Punjab & Haryana High Court has declined protection to a couple, registering its disapproval of 'new concept of contractual Live-In-Relation' backed b.....
Tags : Punjab & Haryana High Court, "Contractual Live-In-Relationship"
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Calcutta HC: Application u/s 9 Of A&C Act Can be Filed Where Part of Cause of Action has Arisen(14.10.2020)
Calcutta High Court has observed that an application under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 can be filed where a part of the ca.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Application u/s 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
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Ker HC: Eagerness to Maintain Secrecy Relevant for Considering Reasonable Grounds U/S 37 of NDPS Act(04.09.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that eagerness to maintain secrecy is relevant for considering 'reasonable grounds' as provided under section 37 of NDPS Ac.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, NDPS Act, Secrecy
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Gujarat High Court: Police is Not there to Conciliate Matters(11.02.2025)
Gujarat High Court while hearing a matter concerning alleged fraudulent transactions over sale of two plots where police allegedly asked the parties t.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Conciliate Matters, Fraudulent Transactions
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Rules in Amended Finance Act 2017 on Tribunals(13.11.2019)
Supreme Court has struck down rules in the amended Finance Act, 2017 on Tribunals and has directed the Government to reformulate fresh norms with resp.....
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Kar. HC: Media Must Comply With Cable TV Act While Carrying Out Sting Operations(08.11.2023)
Karnataka High Court while observing that sting operations are healthy; but they should be ‘healthy sting operations’ i.e. in accordance with law, has.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Sting Operations, Cable TV Act
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Calcutta High Court: Court Cannot Re-appreciate Evidence Under Guise of Patent Illegality(09.09.2024)
Calcutta High Court has held that evidence cannot be re-appreciated by the Court under the guise of patent illegality as per the proviso to Section 34.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Evidence, S. 34(2-A) of A&C Act
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SC Junks Pleas Challenging Validity of Goa Land Act(30.03.2016)
Supreme Court has junked petitions challenging validity of amendments made in 114-year-old Land Acquisition Act to save a portion of a five-star resor.....
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Delhi HC Rejects PIL Seeking Release of Persons "Illegally" Detained During Farmers' Tractor Rally(03.02.2021)
Delhi High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition filed by a law graduate seeking release of participants of farmers tractor .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Release of Participants of Farmers Tractor Rally
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Rajya Sabha Passes Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025(04.04.2025)
Rajya Sabha has passed the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 a day after it was passed by the Lok Sabha. The bill was passed with 128 votes favouring and 95 .....
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Punjab & Haryana HC: Mere 'Apprehension' of Malpractice Not Sufficient to Investigate University(04.03.2020)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a Petition filed by a student levelling allegations of malpractice in the evaluation of examination by Kur.....
Tags : Punjab & Haryana High Court, 'Apprehension' of Malpractice
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Ker. HC: S.5 of Limitation Act Not Applicable to Condone Delay in Filing Plea u/s 34 of A&C Act(22.12.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that Section 5 of the Limitation Act has no application to condone delay in filing a petition for setting aside an arbitral.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Limitation Act, Condone, Delay, Arbitration
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Bombay HC: Obscene Acts In Private Place Not Offence(21.03.2016)
Bombay HC, while quashing a case against 13 men who were arrested for allegedly indulging in obscene acts with women in a flat, has said any such acti.....
Tags : Bombay HC, Obscene Acts
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RBI releases "Statistical Tables Relating to Banks in India: 2019-2020"(29.12.2020)
The Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled 'Statistical Tables Relating to Banks in India: 2019-20' covering the activities of scheduled c.....
Tags : Statistical Tables, Activities, Commercial banks
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Delhi HC: Trademark Rights Do Not Arise in Abstract but Through Tangible Trading(22.05.2025)
Delhi High Court has observed that trademark rights do not arise in abstract or, the law does not confer proprietary rights in a vacuum rather, those .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Commercial Activities, Trademark Rights
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Bombay HC Put Stay on Retrospective Roll-Out of New Bonus Payment Act(15.06.2016)
Bombay High Court has stayed the retrospective implementation of the recently amended Payment of Bonus Act in an ad interim verdict passed on 13th Jun.....
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Delhi High Court: Facilitating Land and Other Related Activities to Attract Service Tax(27.02.2020)
Delhi High Court has held that the changeability of the activity on facilitating land and other related activities to attract service tax under the he.....
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Karnataka High Court: Husband Can Initiate Proceedings Under DV Act Against Wife(26.04.2017)
Karnataka High Court has held that any person, whether male or female, aggrieved and alleging violation of provisions of Domestic Violence Act, can in.....
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Meghalaya HC: Petition u/s 482 CrPC Challenging Domestic Violence Act Proceedings Maintainable(10.03.2021)
Meghalaya High Court has held that petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 before it challenging Domestic Violence Act, 200.....
Tags : Meghalaya High Court, Domestic Violence Act Proceedings
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Supreme Court: No Additional Post-Award Interest if Award Fixes Interest Rate until Payment(25.09.2025)
Supreme Court held that if an arbitral award sets a composite interest rate covering the entire period from cause of action to payment, the award hold.....
Tags : Award, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, Interest
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Bombay HC: Can’t Allow a Person to Perform Illegal Act by Seeking Defence of Illiteracy(27.02.2025)
Bombay High Court while dismissing a man’s plea seeking compensation from Municipal Corporation for demolishing his "unauthorised" structure, has obse.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Illiteracy, Illegal Act
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SC: To Claim Right U/S 14 Hindu Succession Act, Woman Must Have Possession of Property(29.08.2023)
Supreme Court has held that the essential ingredient of Section 14(1) of Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is possession over the property and therefore in o.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Hindu Succession Act, Woman, Possession
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SC: No Requirement of President’s Assent in Repealing Act Merely because Original Act got Assent(10.02.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that a repeal statute does not recreate the legal framework anew but rather extinguishes the earlier Act's operative provis.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Repealing Act, President’s Assent
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Gauhati HC: Providing SIM Card for Anti-National Activities Amounts to Providing Logistics Support(15.05.2023)
Gauhati High Court while denying bail to an accused under UAPA, has held that providing a SIM card to an “illegal Bangladeshi national for carrying ou.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Anti-National Activities, Bail, Logistic Support
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Government Notifies Real Estate Regulatory Act for Five Union Territories(02.11.2016)
Government has notified Final Rules to implement Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 for five Union Territories, that aims to bring tra.....
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Madhya Pradesh HC: Court Has Jurisdiction U/S 11 A&C Act to Appoint New Arbitrator(04.05.2022)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that once the appointment of arbitrator is void ab initio and the arbitrator is barred by virtue of Section 12 (5) .....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Section 12 (5), void ab initio
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J&K&L HC: Allotment Under Evacuees Property Act Doesn’t Confer Title or Interest(16.05.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court while observing that allotment is mere license, which is revocable by concerned authorities, has held that all.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Evacuees Property Act, Title, Interest
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Negotiable Instrument (Amendment) Act 2015 Comes into Force with Retrospective Effect(30.12.2015)
Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act 2015 has came in to force with retrospective effect. Amendment shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1.....
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NCLT: Issue of Post Dated Cheques is Not Unqualified Admission of Debt(15.06.2022)
National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Allahabad Bench has held that issuance of post dated cheques cannot be taken to be unqualified admission of debt.....
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CBDT Issues Guidelines on 1% TDS on Virtual Digital Assets from 1st July(23.06.2022)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued guidelines to levy one percent TDS on the virtual digital assets under Section 194S of the Income Tax .....
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Calcutta HC: Secured Creditor Cannot Invoke S. 14 of SARFAESI Act After Sale of Secured Asset(04.09.2017)
Calcutta High Court has ruled that a secured creditor cannot maintain an application u/s 14 of Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets a.....
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ITAT: Revisional Jurisdiction Can be Invoked for Lack of Enquiry by Assessing Officer(06.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai bench has held that lack of enquiry by the assessing officer invokes the jurisdiction of Principle Commis.....
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Central Government exempts specified goods from the whole of goods and service tax compensation cess leviable under Customs Tariff Act(12.07.2024)
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) read with sub-section (12) of section 3, of.....
Tags : Special Economic Zone, Goods and Services Tax, Customs Tariff Act
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SC Suggests Amendments to Sections 11(7), 37 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act(09.03.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that the amendments to Section 11(7) and 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 might be necessary so that the or.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Amendments to Arbitration and Conciliation Act
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Ker. HC Grants Bail to Youth Accused of Intimidating Minor, Noting Probe Completion despite Past Case(23.09.2025)
Kerala HC granted bail to a man accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, and SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 198.....
Tags : Bail, Accused, Minor, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act
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Finance Bill, 2016 Receives Presidential Assent(16.05.2016)
The Finance Bill, 2016 has been enacted as The Finance Act No. 28 of 2016, by receiving Presidential assent as on 14 May 2016.
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Bombay HC Asks Centre to Submit Procedure in Application Against Unlawful Activities of Organization(17.02.2020)
Bombay High Court has asked the Centre to submit on record the procedure followed in deciding an application seeking a ban on an organisation for indu.....
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Bom. HC: Promise of Marriage for Sexual Relations is Misconception of Fact Vitiating Girl’s Consent(25.02.2025)
Bombay HC has stated that where promise to marry is false and intention of maker at the time of making promise itself was not to abide by it but to de.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Promise of Marriage, Misconception of Fact
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All. HC: Relationship Between Logic and Experience Important in the Context of Invoking Precedents(28.08.2023)
Delhi High Court has directed Delhi Government to provide infrastructure and financial assistance for procuring essential electronic gadgets for condu.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court has observed that to decide a case with similar facts and circumstances, relationship between logic and experience is important in the context of invoking precedents, and they must not be applied mechanically.
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UNHCR Notes Charges of Sedition Against Journalists and Activists as Departure from Human Rights(01.03.2021)
United Nations High Commissioner of Rights has stated that the charges of sedition against journalists and activists for reporting or commenting on th.....
Tags : United Nations High Commissioner of Rights, Charges of Sedition Against Journalists and Activists
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Supreme Court Expresses Concerns about Vacancy of Judges in District Judiciary(05.03.2025)
Supreme Court while hearing proceedings initiated in relation to addressing the systematic flaws under the POCSO Act, 2012 has expressed concerns abou.....
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Gujarat High Court Refuses to Hear Plea Challenging Validity of S.14 SARFAESI Act(25.08.2021)
Gujarat High Court has refused to entertain a plea challenging the vires of Section 14 of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets an.....
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SC Explains Factors to be Considered While Deciding Legality of Preventive Detention(06.09.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that there has been growing trend of passing orders of preventive detention at the ‘drop of a hat’ without considering l.....
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Ker. HC: Party in Possession of Properties Failing to Disclose it Throws Light on Suppression of Fact(13.02.2025)
Ker HC has held that when a party in possession of movable/s and immovable property/ies fails to disclose its details the same would throw light on th.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Possession of Properties, Suppression of Facts
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Delhi High Court Issues Notice to Centre Over Green Nod for Central Visa(25.02.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Centre and the Central Public Works Department asking them to respond to the plea seeking that no environme.....
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Ker. HC: Admission of Confession Made to Police Can Vitiate Trial(27.10.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that admission of confessions of accused made to police under Section 25 and Section 26 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 can vi.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Confession, Evidence Act, Trial
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SC: Suits Instituted Without Complying S. 12A of CC Act Prior to 20.08.2022 to be Kept in Abeyance(16.05.2025)
Supreme Court has clarified that in suits instituted without complying with Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 prior to 20.08.2022 which a.....
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Government of India makes Amendments in Small Savings Act(13.02.2018)
The Government gives highest priority to the interest of small savers, especially savings for the benefit of girl child, the senior citizens and the r.....
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CESTAT, Chennai: No Service Tax Leviable on Goods Component of Composite Works Contract(19.11.2021)
Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Chennai has held that no service tax is leviable on goods component of composite works c.....
Tags : Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Service Tax Leviable on Goods Component of Composite Works Contract
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Mumbai Commission Holds Reliance Retail Liable for Defective AC Replacement Failure(20.08.2025)
South Mumbai District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held the Reliance Retail liable for deficiency in service after it failed to replace .....
Tags : Consumer Protection Act, Reliance Retail, Mumbai Commission, Defective AC
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All. HC: No Period of Limitation in Suit for Declaration of Matrimonial Status of Parties(16.09.2024)
Allahabad High Court has held that it is abundantly clear that no period of limitation is prescribed for a Suit or proceeding for declaration of matri.....
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Annual Closing of Government Accounts - Transactions of Central / State Governments - Special Measures for the Current Financial Year(16.03.2017)
The Government of India has desired that all government transactions with banks must be accounted for within the same financial year and has requested.....
Tags : Transaction, Accounts, Closing
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Delhi HC Stays Trial Court Order Recommending SHO's Suspension Over Poor Conduct In POCSO Case(16.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has stayed a Trial Court order recommending suspension of SHO of Kalkaji Police Station and also calling for strict disciplinary acti.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, POCSO, Disciplinary Action
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SC: Cannot Grant Bail for Offence under Sec. 447 of Companies Act Without Fulfilling Twin Conditions(11.04.2025)
Supreme Court has held that Courts cannot grant bail for offences under Section 447 of the Companies Act 2013 unless twin conditions given under Secti.....
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All. HC: First Wife Can File Appln U/S 11 of HMA to Declare Husband's 2nd Marriage as Null and Void(01.08.2023)
Allahabad High Court has held that first wife is entitled to file a case under sections 11 & 17 of the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA), 1955, for declaring h.....
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SC: View that Delay Beyond 120 Days In Appeal u/s 37 Can’t Be Condoned, May Require Reconsideration(19.09.2024)
Supreme Court has held that the view that delay beyond the period of 120 days in preferring an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Concilia.....
Tags : Supreme Court, S. 37 of A&C Act, 120 Days
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LCI 266th Report: Panel Moots For Banning Strikes by Lawyers, Calls For Amending Advocates Act(27.03.2017)
Law Commission of India (LCI) in its 266th Report has recommended to Centre to amend law to ban strikes by lawyers which had reached "terrifying propo.....
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Del. HC: Fresh Air is Lifeline, However Socio-Cultural Activities are Equally Essential(05.10.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that while it needs no reiteration that fresh air, oxygen and healthy environment is the lifeline for survival of individual.....
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SC: 5 States File Applications Showing Support to Waqf Amendment Act 2025(15.04.2025)
In petitions challenging the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, the States of Assam, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Maharashtra have filed interventi.....
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Secured Creditors' Dues Take Priority Over Govt Claims: Allahabad HC on SARFAESI & RDB Acts(17.10.2025)
Allahabad High Court held that under Section 26-E of the SARFAESI Act, 2002 and Section 31B of the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993, the due.....
Tags : Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, Secured Creditors, Government
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Supreme Court: Offence u/s 138 of NI Act is Person Specific(31.08.2017)
Supreme Court has said that the offence u/s 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act is person specific. It was also clarified that the general concept under.....
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Delhi HC Seeks Consolidated List of All Pending and Adjourned Cases U/S 138 of NI Act(03.06.2022)
Delhi High Court has sought from the Principal District and Sessions Judge (Headquarters) a consolidated list of all cases pending or adjourned under .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Negotiable Instruments Act, Proclaimed Offenders
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Ker. HC: Sexual Intercourse Which is Not the Outcome of Misconception of Fact is Not Rape(17.07.2024)
Kerala High Court while considering quashment of a criminal proceeding initiated against a man for raping a woman, has observed that if the materials .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Misconception of Fact, Sexual Relationship
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Magistrate can Pass Residence Order in DV Act with Regard to Property Situated Outside State: J&K HC(04.02.2019)
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that a Magistrate can pass 'Residence order' under Domestic Violence Act even with regard to property situated o.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Domestic Violence Act
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SC Lays Down Factor to be Considered While Relying on Dying Declarations(25.08.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that it is unsafe to record the conviction on the basis of a dying declaration alone in the cases where suspicion is rai.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Dying Declarations, Factor
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Bom HC: Non-Disposal of Registration Application in 6 Months Would Not Result in Deemed Registration(24.10.2024)
Bombay High Court has clarified that non-disposal of application for registration by granting or refusing registration, before the expiry of six month.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Income Tax Act, Registration
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Tamil Nadu Government Notifies Acts on Basis of ‘Deemed Assent’ of Governor(15.04.2025)
Tamil Nadu Government has notified ten State Acts on the basis of a judgment of Supreme Court that declared the laws as “deemed to have been assented.....
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Patna HC: JJ Act is Based on the Belief that Children are the Future of the Society(16.05.2025)
Patna High Court has observed that the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 is based on our belief that children are the futur.....
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Non-Examination of 'Best Witness' Not Fatal in MACT Cases: SC(15.02.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that non examination of 'best witness' in Motor Accident Claim cases is not fatal and said that approach in examining evide.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Non-Examination of 'Best Witness', MACT Cases
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Madras HC Grants Bail Murder Accused in Cashew Factory Worker's Death Case(22.11.2021)
Madras High Court has granted bail to murder accused T.R.V. S Ramesh, DMK MP from Cuddalore, upon satisfaction that a substantial portion of the polic.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Cashew Factory Worker's Death Case
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Manipur HC: State Establishments Must Record Transgender Person’s New Name & Gender in Documents(20.08.2025)
Manipur HC ruled that under Transgender Persons Act, 2019, all state bodies must update official documents with transgender person's new name & gender.....
Tags : Manipur High Court, Transgender Persons Act 2019, Name Change
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Karnataka HC: Provisions of KPIDFE Act Cannot be Initiated After Insolvency Proceeding Initiated(31.05.2021)
Karnataka High Court has said that the provisions of the Karnataka Protection of Interest of Depositors in Financial Establishment (KPIDFE) Act, 2004,.....
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SC Recalls Judgement Holding 2018 Amendment to SRA to be Applicable Prospectively(11.11.2024)
Supreme Court while exercising its review jurisdiction, has recalled its 2022 judgement in which it was held that the amendment to the Specific Relief.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Specific Relief Act, Review Jurisdiction
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Acquired Land can’t be Restored to Owner Due to Non-Utilisation: Allahabad HC(03.12.2018)
Allahabad High Court has ruled that land acquired under the National Highways Act, 1956 cannot be restored to its former owners despite its non-utilis.....
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Guj. HC: Licensing Authority Can’t Discriminate Among Co-Accused Persons in Renewal of Arms Licenses(25.08.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that a licensing authority under the Arms Act cannot discriminate between two co-accused persons by renewing the license o.....
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Ker. HC: Foreign Travellers Overstaying After Expiry of Docs. Can’t be Treated as Infiltrators(12.09.2024)
Kerala High Court has observed that foreign nationals who entered India with valid documents and continued to stay even after expiry of such documents.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Foreign Nationals, Foreigners Act
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Bombay High Court Scraps 97 of 99 Allotments Under Urban Land Ceiling Norms(16.03.2017)
Bombay High Court has scrapped 97 of 99 allotments made between 1990 and 2007 of land declared surplus under Urban Land Ceiling Act (ULCA) in Nagpur.
Tags : Bombay High Court, Urban Land Ceiling Act
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Del. HC: Judicial Review of Govt Contracts Permitted If Illegality in Decision Making Process Exists(06.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that scope of judicial review in matters of government contracts is limited and can only be exercised if there is patent unr.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Government Contract, Illegality
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SC: No Provision Under Registration Act, 1908 Allows Authority to Ascertain if Vendor has Title(08.04.2025)
SC has observed that no provision under the Registration Act, 1908 confers power on any authority to refuse registration of a transfer document on the.....
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SC: People Unaware that Age of Consent for Sexual Intercourse has been Raised from 16 to 18 Years(09.07.2024)
Supreme Court while dismissing the Madhya Pradesh government’s appeal against the acquittal of the accused under the POCSO Act, has observed that awar.....
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Gauhati HC Seeks Govt's Response on Plea for Effective Implementation of Right to Education Act(20.11.2020)
Gauhati High Court has sought a response from the Assam government in a plea seeking effective implementation of Section 12(1)(c) of the Right to Educ.....
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SC: Attempting to Overtake Vehicle Can’t be Said to be an Act of Rashness(09.08.2024)
Supreme Court while deciding an appeal for claim of compensation for accident, under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, has observed that merely because a .....
Tags : Supreme Court, MV Act, Overtake, Negligence
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Not Necessary to Appoint Prosecutor of Victim's Choice Under SC/ST Act: Delhi HC(28.01.2019)
Delhi High Court has held that it is not necessary for the Magistrate to appoint an advocate of the victim's choice to act as the public prosecutor un.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Not Necessary to Appoint Prosecutor of Victim's Choice Under SC/ST Act
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Guidelines under Clause (10D) of Section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961(16.08.2023)
1. Clause (10D) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) provides for income-tax exemption on any sum received under a life insurance polic.....
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Kerala HC: Marriages Under Special Marriage Act Can be Registered Through Video Conference(07.09.2021)
Kerala High Court has ruled that considering the technological advancements in place, marriages under the Special Marriage Act (SMA), 1954 can be regi.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Marriages Under Special Marriage Act
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Bom. HC: MSMED Act Does Not Provide Mechanism for Challenging Award Passed Under Section 18(18.10.2024)
Bombay High Court has held that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED Act) does not provide any mechanism for challenging t.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, MSMED Act, Section 18
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Del. HC Restrains Battery Manufacturer from Using Images of Shikhar Dhawan(20.01.2025)
Delhi High Court has restrained DB Dixon Battery Private Limited, a battery manufacturer entity from using the pictures of cricketer Shikhar Dhawan to.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Battery Manufacturer, Shikhar Dhawan
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Punjab and Haryana HC: Specifying Rights of Accused under NDPS Act Mandatory Requirement(08.11.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that a notice under Section 50 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 should specify what .....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Rights of Accused under NDPS Act
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SC: It is a Pleader’s Duty to Apprise the Court and Other Parties of his Client’s Death(16.07.2025)
SC has observed that Under Rule 10A of Order XXII, the duty of a pleader to apprise the court as well as the other parties to the suit, of the death o.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Wrongful Act, Rule 10A
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SC: Negligent Driver’s Legal Heirs are Not Entitled to Compensation under MV Act(03.07.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that legal heirs of a deceased person who was driving the vehicle negligently cannot claim compensation under the Motor Veh.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Legal Heirs, Motor Vehicle Act
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CIC: Non-traceability of File No Excuse to Deny Information Under RTI(24.04.2017)
Central Information Commission has held that when information is being sought by applicant, non-traceability of file cannot be used as an excuse to de.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Prevention of Corruption Act
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Madras High Court Restrains Coercive Action Against Digital Media Platforms Under IBDF(08.12.2021)
Madras High Court has restrained the Central Government from taking any coercive action under the Information Technology Rules 2021, against digital m.....
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SC: Dispute regarding Discharge of Contract is Arbitrable as per Arbitration Agreement(22.07.2024)
SC has observed that once contract has been discharged by performance, no right to seek performance, or to perform any obligation remains under it but.....
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Allahabad High Court Stays Hiring of Contractual Employees by State Government(25.11.2019)
Allahabad High Court has restrained the State Government from engaging service providers to provide contractual employees against regular sectioned po.....
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SC Lays Down Factors to be Considered While Deciding Grant of Remission to Convict(28.08.2023)
Supreme Court has laid down various factors which must be taken into account by the government while deciding the grant of remission to convicts as pe.....
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President Assents Sugar Cess (Amendment) Act, 2015(13.01.2016)
President has given his assent to Sugar Cess (Amendment) Act, 2015.
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Delhi HC Seeks Response on Plea Challenging Provisions of Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993(13.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has sought response of the Centre on a plea challenging provisions of Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993 regarding appointmen.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Provisions of Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993
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J&K HC: Certificate of Insurance under MV Act Includes a Cover Note(24.10.2024)
J&K HC has observed that Section 145(b) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 prescribes that 'Certificate of Insurance' means a certificate and includes a .....
Tags : J&K High Court, MV Act, Cover Note
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Supreme Court Issues Notice in Plea Challenging Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition Laws Act, 2019(22.12.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice to the Tamil Nadu Government in a plea seeking declaration of the Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition Laws (Revival of Operati.....
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Maras HC: TN Law Regulating Online Games Won't Apply To Games of Skill Like Poker & Rummy(10.11.2023)
Madras HC while upholding the validity of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act 2022 has observed that the .....
Tags : Madras HC, Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act 2022
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Allahabad High Court Cancels Auction Sale Initiated Under SARFAESI Act As Debtor Was Not Informed(14.02.2017)
Allahabad High Court has quashed proceedings initiated post notice under Section 13(4) of SARFAESI Act, 2002 as said notice was issued without duly in.....
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Karnataka High Court Declares Parliamentary Secretaries Act as Unconstitutional(05.01.2021)
Karnataka High Court has struck down the Karnataka Parliamentary Secretaries Salaries, Allowances and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1963 as void ab in.....
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NCLAT: Only RP Allowed to File Application for Avoidance of Preferential Transactions(23.05.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that only a Resolution Professional (RP) can file an application for avoidance of preferential transactions under Secti.....
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CBDT Notifies Tax Exemption to Startups from 'Rigour' of Section 56(2)(viib) of Income Tax Act(20.06.2016)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified tax exemption on investments above fair market rate for startups. The exemption is provided to start.....
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Mere Financial Assistance to Buy Property can't be Termed Benami Transaction: SC(10.04.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that mere financial assistance to buy a property cannot be the sole determinative factor/circumstance to hold the transacti.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Benami Transactions
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All. HC: Accused Charged Under Both SC/ST Act and POCSO Entitled to Take Recourse Under POCSO(17.10.2023)
Allahabad High Court has held that where an accused has been charged under the SC/ST Act and the POCSO Act, a Special Court under the POCSO Act, would.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Anticipatory Bail, SC/ST Act, POCSO
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SC: To Enforce Firecrackers' Ban, NCR States to Issue Directions Under S.5 Environment Protection Act(07.05.2025)
Supreme Court while hearing a matter concerning air pollution in Delhi NCR, has directed the states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Haryana to issue d.....
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Reducing documentary requirements for hedging transactions(07.04.2016)
The Reserve Bank of India released proposals to ease documentation requirements on residents for hedging currency risk arising out of trade transactio.....
Tags : hedging risk, derivate contracts, documentary evidence
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Supreme Court Rejects Aadhaar Review Plea in 4:1 Verdict(21.01.2021)
Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking re-examination of its 2018 verdict by which the Aadhaar Act, 2016 was declared valid and constitutional.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Validity of Aadhar Act, 2016
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Lok Sabha Passes Benami Transactions Amendment Bill(28.07.2016)
Lok Sabha has passed the Benami Transactions Amendment Bill with the new legislation having provisions for confiscating 'benami' (proxy) assets.
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Supreme Court Urges Centre to Create Additional Courts for Section 138 NI Act(05.03.2021)
Supreme Court has urged the Central Government to consider the establishment of additional courts to deal with the "grotesque" problem of pendency of .....
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Ker HC: If 1st Detention Order Passed Before 31.12.2014, it Won’t be Considered for Subsequent Order(05.01.2024)
Kerala High Court while observing that S.12 of Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 2007 and 2014 amendment would operate only prospectivel.....
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Bombay HC: Assessment Beyond DRP Directions & S.144C(13) Timeline is Invalid(15.10.2025)
Bombay HC held that the Deputy Commissioner cannot go beyond the directions of the dispute resolution panel (DRP), and any assessment completed beyond.....
Tags : Assessment, Dispute Resolution Panel, Income Tax Act
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Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea to Quash Notices to Recover Public Loss from Anti-CAA Protesters(12.02.2020)
Allahabad High Court has dismissed a Petition challenging notices issued by the District Administration of State of Uttar Pradesh to recover damages f.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Damages for Loss of Public Property, Anti- Citizenship Amendment Act Protests
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P&H HC: 25% Seats to be Reserved for Weaker Section to Ensure Free Education under RTE Act(20.02.2025)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed reservation of 25% seats for weaker section of the society in private unaided schools in Punjab covered und.....
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Ker. HC: Can Register Marriage Under Foreign Marriage Act Only if One of the Parties is an Indian Cit(03.02.2025)
Ker. HC has observed that on comparison of the provisions of Special Marriage Act and Foreign Marriage Act, it is apparent that a marriage between par.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Special Marriage Act, Foreign Marriage Act
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Bombay HC Refuses to Withdraw Restraint on Cutting Off Trees For Metro 3(13.02.2017)
Bombay High Court has said that it would not withdraw restraint on cutting off trees for metro-3 line unless authorities convince bench that they have.....
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SC: Merely Having Explicit Clause Not Sufficient to Make Time Essence of The Contract(15.11.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that merely having an explicit clause may not be sufficient to make time the essence of the contract. The contractual claus.....
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Calcutta HC: Compromise Scheme Under Companies Act Overrides SARFAESI(01.08.2025)
Calcutta High Court ruled that once a scheme of compromise or arrangement is sanctioned by a company court, it cannot be frustrated by invoking the SA.....
Tags : Companies Act, SARFAESI Act, Compromise Scheme, Creditor Rights, Corporate Restructuring
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CIVIL - Participation of Public Temple Rituals is Important to Determine Private/Public Character of Temple:(28.02.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that the participation of the members of the public in the Darshan in the temple and in the daily acts of worship or in the.....
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Supreme Court: Assignment of Interest is not Valid because it was not Clearly Prohibited in Contract(27.11.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that assignment of contractual interest cannot be held to be valid merely because there is no clear bar against assignabili.....
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SC: Employer Can’t Cite Suppression of Material Facts to Deny Appointment When Query Asked was Vague(28.08.2023)
Supreme Court has held that when the information sought by employer was vague and the candidate didn’t specifically disclose information which was req.....
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CCI Issues Combination Regulations to Streamline Norms for M&A Filings(13.01.2016)
Competition Commission of India (Procedure in regard to the transaction of business relating to combinations) Amendment Regulations, 2016, has been no.....
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Telangana HC: Presumption u/s 139 NI Act is Unsustainable if Failure to Show Debt Transaction(13.09.2021)
Telangana High Court has observed that presumption under Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 is unsustainable if there is a failure to.....
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SC: Accused Liable to Provide Explanation When Offence is Committed Within Privacy of their House(28.10.2024)
The Supreme Court has observed that failure of accused to offer explanation can be treated as an adverse circumstance against them as per Section 106 .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Indian Evidence Act, 1872, adverse circumstance
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DIRECT TAXATION - Addition for Unexplained Share Capital and Share Premium Can’t be Made Prior to 2013 Amendment: ITAT(27.03.2019)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that addition in respect of share capital and premium by treating the same as unexplained cannot be made.....
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Bom. HC: Epilepsy Not a Ground to Seek Divorce(27.09.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that the condition of “epilepsy” is neither an incurable disease nor can it be considered a mental disorder or a psychopath.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Epilepsy, Divorce, Hindu Marriage Act
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Asian Paints’ Home Solution tie-in arrangements with painters okayed(27.01.2016)
The Competition Commission of India dismissed a complaint alleging anti-competitive activities by Asian Paints. The complainant was displeased with th.....
Tags : Asian paints, home services, sub-contract
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Kar. HC: Attacking Police With Petrol Bottles Amounts to Terrorist Act Under UAPA(09.08.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that use of petrol bottles while attacking police personnel and police stations by accused persons during the Bengaluru .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, UAPA, Petrol Bottle, Terrorist Act
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Top Pvt Banks Slap Charges on Cash Transactions, Caps Free Transactions(02.03.2017)
Banks including HDFC, ICICI, Axis began charging a minimum amount of Rs 150 per transaction for cash deposits and withdrawals beyond four free transac.....
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OHCHR Urges Indian Government to Release Bhima Koregaon Activists(25.01.2021)
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of the United Nations has urged the Indian government to release the activists who are in pri.....
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Bom. HC: Advance to Shareholder Not Used for Company’s Business Will be Treated as Deemed Dividend(18.08.2025)
Bombay HC has ruled that advances given by a company to a shareholder, if not proven to be used for the company’s business, will be treated as deemed .....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Income Tax Act, Section 2(22)(e), Deemed Dividend, Shareholder Advance
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Delhi High Court: SEBI's Insider Trading Probe Info is Exempt from Disclosure under RTI Act(19.09.2025)
Delhi HC has ruled that details of SEBI’s internal investigation are exempt from disclosure under the Right to Information Act, 2005. A division bench.....
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Enforcement date of Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019(25.07.2019)
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019 (14 of 2019), the Central Gove.....
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Andhra Pradesh HC: Notice Issue for Hearing is a Statutory Requirement under GST(04.04.2022)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that issuing notice for hearing is a statutory requirement under Section 75(4) of Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 b.....
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Del. HC: Election Expenditure Not Property Maintained Doesn’t Constitute ‘Corrupt Practice’(07.02.2025)
Delhi High Court while dismissing an election petition, has held that a candidate failing to maintain proper accounts of election expenditure or inacc.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Corrupt Practice, Election Petition
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Supreme Court Bans Transportation of Extracted Coal Lying at Various Sites in Meghalaya(16.01.2019)
Supreme Court has banned the transportation of extracted coal lying at various sites in Meghalaya which has had no success in rescuing 15 miners trapp.....
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SC to Centre and States: Fill Vacancies in Information Commissions(31.10.2023)
Supreme Court while directing Central and State Governments to fill the vacancies in the Information Commissions, has observed that failure to do so d.....
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SC: Can Infer Creation of Trust from Circumstances when No Formal Recognition Given to Society(06.08.2025)
SC has observed that when no formal recognition has been given to the society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, the creation of a trust can .....
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Karnataka HC : Landowners Will Get Benefits Under New Law(11.03.2016)
Karnataka HC has said that compensation and rehabilitation benefits will be available to land-losers as per new Land Acquisition Act of 2013 if acquis.....
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CONSTITUTION - Delhi HC Dismisses PIL Challenging Amendments to PMLA Through Finance Act(28.02.2019)
Delhi High Court has dismissed the PIL filed by Congress Leader Jairam Ramesh challenging the amendments to Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 t.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, Finance Acts of 2015, 2016 and 2018
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SC Refers to Larger Bench Conflicting Interpretation Surrounding Sections 14(1) & 14(2) of HSA(11.12.2024)
Supreme Court while dealing with conflicting interpretation surrounding Sections 14(1) & 14(2) of Hindu Succession Act, 1956, has referred the matter .....
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Delhi High Court Grants Bail to Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain in the PMLA Case(30.10.2024)
Delhi High Court has allowed bail application of Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain in the money laundering case involving AAP leader Satyendra Jain on the .....
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CCI Finds All-Kerala Chemist & Druggist Association Guilty Of Anti-Competitive Practices(03.11.2017)
Competition Commission of India has held the All Kerala Chemist and Druggist Association (AKCDA) and its district units in Thrissur and Kasaragod to b.....
Tags : Competition Commission of India, Anti-Competitive Practices
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Delhi HC Directs Centre For Filling Up Of Vacancies In Adjudicating Authority Under PMLA(04.10.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the Centre for filling up the vacancy positions for members in the Adjudicating Authority under the Prevention of Money .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Prevention of Money Laundering Act
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SC: Execution Court Can Entertain Application u/s 28 of Specific Relief Act(05.09.2024)
SC has held that an application under Section 28 of Specific Relief Act, 1963 either for rescission of contract or for extension of time, can be enter.....
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Del. HC: Provisions of Guardians and Wards Act Can’t Curtail Right of Appeal Under Family Courts Act(17.10.2024)
Delhi High Court has stated that the provisions of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 could not curtail the right of appeal available to an individual .....
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Madras High Court Strikes Down Section 32(2) Of Benami Transaction Act as Unconstitutional(05.04.2022)
Madras High Court has declared that Section 32(2) of the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988 as unconstitutional and directed the go.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Section 32(2) of the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988, unconstitutional.
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SC: HC May Decline to Entertain Writ Petition Which Raises Complex Questions of Facts(08.05.2020)
Supreme Court has stated that the High Court may decline to entertain a Writ Petition when it raises complex questions of facts.
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SC: No Deemed Registration in Case of Non-deciding of S. 12AA Application(28.04.2022)
Supreme Court has observed that there cannot be a deemed registration in case of non-deciding of an application filed under section 12AA (2) of the In.....
Tags : Supreme Court, section 12AA (2), Income Tax Act, 1961, deemed registration
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Madras High Court: Right to Education and RPWD Act not applicable to Sainik Schools(25.09.2025)
Madras High Court recently ruled that the Right to Education Act and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act do not apply to Sainik Schools, as th.....
Tags : Right to Education, RPWD Act, Sainik Schools
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Delhi HC: In Disputes Relating to MSME Parties, MSMED Act Will Prevail Over Arbitration Act(27.02.2025)
Delhi High Court has observed that in disputes pertaining to a party which is an MSME, MSMED Act, 2006 governing a very specific nature of disputes co.....
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SC: Insurance Co. Not Liable if Claimant Was Travelling In Un-Insured Trailer(31.08.2023)
Supreme Court has held that liability cannot be fastened on the Insurance Company when the claimant was travelling in the trailer which was not insure.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Insurance Company, Tractor, Liability
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Mad. HC: Can’t Bar Court from Entertaining more than One Application u/s 29A of A&C Act(10.02.2025)
Madras High Court has held that Courts are not prohibited from entertaining more than one application under Section 29A of the Arbitration and Concili.....
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Private Hospitals are Covered Under Payment of Gratuity Act : Kerala HC(23.01.2019)
Kerala High Court has held that private hospitals are covered under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.
Tags : Kerala High Court, Payment of Gratuity Act
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JH HC: Accused Must be Granted Time to Show Mitigating Factors in Hearing Related to Death Penalty(02.11.2023)
Jharkhand High Court has held that in every case where the statute provides death penalty the Court must adjourn “further” hearing on sentence after c.....
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CIC Seeks Reply from MP, MLA as to Why They Should Not be Declared "Public Authority"(17.03.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued show cause notices to a BJP MP and a Nagaland MLA, in separate cases, seeking their explanation why th.....
Tags : Central Information Commission , RTI Act
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SC Recommends Appellate Tribunal for Tariff Authority for Major Ports; Remits Dispute to TAMP(18.08.2025)
SC has set aside an arbitrator’s award and Orissa HC’s ruling on tariff fixation by Paradip Port Authority, holding that only Tariff Authority for Maj.....
Tags : Supreme Court, TAMP, Tribunal, Ports, Tariff, Arbitration, Major Port Trusts Act
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SC: Execution of Arbitral Award Cannot be Stalled Just Because Section 37 Appeal is Pending(18.09.2025)
Supreme Court held that execution of an arbitral award cannot be delayed merely because an appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation.....
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Delhi High Court Holds That Assessee Is Eligible For Immunity and Tax Payer Should Be Incentivised(01.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has ruled that the action of income tax authorities to deny the benefit of immunity from penalty under Section 270AA of Income Tax Ac.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Section 270AA of Income Tax Act, 1961, Section 270A, Tax Payer
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Bombay HC: Boarding in Crowded Mumbai Local Train is Calculated Risk; Not Criminal Act(27.04.2022)
Bombay High Court has ruled that boarding a crowded train for a Mumbaikar was a calculated risk and not a criminal act and directed the railways to pa.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, calculated risk, criminal act, Rs. 3 lakh, septuagenarian
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SC: Healthcare Services Covered Under Consumer Protection law(02.05.2022)
Supreme Court has said that doctors and healthcare services are not barred from the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act of 2019 and termed the concer.....
Tags : Supreme Court , healthcare services , Consumer Protection Act of 2019 , Public Interest Litigation
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DIRECT TAXATION - Salary Recd. By Missionaries/Nuns Subject To TDS Under Section 192 of IT Act: Madras HC(25.03.2019)
Madras High Court has ruled that Canon Law does not bind Income Tax Act and so salaries received by missionaries and nuns of Catholic Church for teach.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Tax Deduction at Source, Section 192 of the Act
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SC: Confessional Statement Recorded U/S 67 of NDPS Act Not Admissible(25.09.2023)
Supreme Court has held that officer having powers under Section 53 of NDPS Act is a police officer and therefore confessional statement recorded under.....
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Ker. HC: Can’t Say Sexual Abuse Survivor is of Deviant Character Merely because he Smokes(23.01.2025)
Kerala High Court while upholding the conviction of accused under Section 377 of IPC for sexually abusing a minor boy, has observed that merely becaus.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Deviant Character, Sexual Abuse Survivor
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Budget: Incentives for Start-Ups, Tax-Neutral Treatment for LLPs, Low Corporate Tax for Manufactures(01.03.2016)
For start-ups, 100 % deduction of profits for 3 out of 5 years will be allowed for units set up over April 2016-March 2019. But, MAT will apply. Tax-n.....
Tags : Budget, start-ups, LLPs, new manufacturers
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Delhi High Court Asks CMMs to Ensure Prompt Uploading of Orders Passed U/S 14 of SARFAESI Act(09.11.2021)
Delhi High Court has asked all the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates in city courts to ensure that the orders passed by them under Section 14 of the Secu.....
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Ker HC: Debt Created by Cash Above Rs.20,000 in Violation of IT Act Isn’t “Legally Enforceable Debt”(28.07.2025)
Kerala High Court has observed that debt created by a cash transaction above Rs.20,000/- in violation of the provisions of Income-Tax Act, 1961 is not.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Cash Transaction, Legally Enforceable Debt
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Ker. HC: Second Opinion to Determine Authenticity of Disability Certificate Can be Sought by MACT(16.07.2024)
Ker. HC has observed that MACT cannot sit as mute spectators while considering claims and are expected to take a pro-active role in decision making pr.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, MACT, Disability Certificate, Second Opinion
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Violation of Mandatory Formalities Under NDPS Act 'Reasonable Ground' to Grant Bail: Kerala HC(04.02.2019)
Kerala High Court has held that violation of mandatory formalities under NDPS Act, including search procedure under Section 50 of Act, constitute "rea.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, NDPS Act
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Del. HC: Importation of Gold is a Prohibited Item Under Section 2(33) of Customs Act(22.08.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that importation of gold is a prohibited item under Section 2(33) of Customs Act; and that redemption in case of importation.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Gold, Customs Act
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SC to Trial Court: Prevent Court-Hunting Tactics Adopted by Accused in Serious Crimes(11.01.2016)
Supreme Court, in order to prevent court-hunting tactics being adopted by the accused in serious crimes, has said trial courts should not allow the ac.....
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SC: High Courts Can Exercise Limited Factual Review Under Section 103 CPC(10.09.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that High Courts are empowered to exercise limited factual review under Section 103 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. T.....
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SC Reserves Judgement on Striking Down UP Madarsa Education Act, 2004(23.10.2024)
SC while reserving judgement on petitions filed against judgment of the Allahabad High Court striking down 'Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education A.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Allahabad High Court, Madarsa Education Act
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SC Allows 2022 MP Civil Judge Recruitment Without 3-Year Practice Or 70% LL.B Marks Criteria(23.09.2025)
Supreme Court held that the 2022 Civil Judge (Junior Division) recruitment in Madhya Pradesh will proceed under the un-amended rules. It ruled that th.....
Tags : MP Civil Judge, Practice, Recruitment
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UBS AG no longer a banking company(19.05.2016)
The Reserve Bank of India notified USB AG, the Swiss multinational financial services firm, to have ceased being a ‘banking company’ under the Banking.....
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SC: High Courts Not Precluded from Entertaining Writ Petitions Even if Disputed Questions of Facts(17.02.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that a High Court is not precluded from entertaining a writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1949 e.....
Tags : Supreme Court, High Courts Jurisdiction Where Disputed Questions of Fact
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Del. HC: Court’s Approach While Dealing with Candidates under RPwD Act Must be Different(25.02.2025)
Delhi HC has stated that the approach of a Court, while dealing with candidates who fall within the parameters of the RPWD Act has to be qualitatively.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, RPwD Act, Reasonable Accommodation
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SC Issues Notices to 5 States on Amendments in 2013 Land Acquisition Act(11.12.2018)
Supreme Court has issued a notice in a writ petition challenging certain amendments made by state governments to the Right to fair Compensation and Tr.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Amendments in 2013 Land Acquisition Act
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Rajasthan HC: Appeals u/s 58 RERA Act to be Filed with Court Fees(13.04.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has held that where there is no specific provision for payment of Court fees on appeals under Section 58 of the Real Estate Regul.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Real Estate Regulatory Authority Act, 2016, Rule 37, Section 58
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Gauhati High Court Orders Release of Akhil Gogoi Detained Under NSA(22.12.2017)
Gauhati High Court has ordered release of peasant leader Akhil Gogoi who was detained under the National Security Act, 1980.
Tags : Gauhati High Court, National Security Act
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SC: IBC Overrides Provisions of Electricity Act, 2003(18.07.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that Section 238 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) override provisions of the Electricity Act, 2003, has held that.....
Tags : Supreme Court, IBC, Electricity Act, Secured Creditors
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MACT not conferred with power to review its own order on merits(25.08.2015)
The Court dismissed a petition calling for a correction of an error by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in passing an order on the basis that the dr.....
Tags : Mact, substantive review, order
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Supreme Court Upholds Validity of Provisions of TN VAT Act, 2006(20.08.2019)
Supreme Court of India has upheld the decision of the High Court of Judicature at Madras and has rejected a batch of writ petitions which challenged t.....
Tags : Supreme Court, TN Vat Act, 2006
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All. HC: Accused Charged Under Both SC/ST Act and POCSO Entitled to Take Recourse Under POCSO(17.10.2023)
Allahabad High Court has held that where an accused has been charged under the SC/ST Act and the POCSO Act, a Special Court under the POCSO Act, would.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Anticipatory Bail, SC/ST Act, POCSO
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HP HC: MNREGA Workers Don’t Fall Under the Category of Employees under Employee's Compensation Act(06.05.2025)
HP HC has observed that once it is clear that MNREGA worker is not covered under the definition of Employee's Compensation Act, 1923 there is no right.....
Tags : HP High Court, MNREGA Worker, Employee's Compensation Act
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SC Allows Centre to Withdraw Plea to Restrain Farmers' Tractor Rally on Republic Day(20.01.2021)
Supreme Court has allowed the Delhi police to withdraw its application seeking for an injunction against the tractor rally proposed to be carried out .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Tractor Rally
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SC on WBPT Act: Tenant Not Protected from Eviction If Rent Not Paid Within 30 Days(18.08.2025)
SC has held that tenants can't claim protection under Section 7 of the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 if they fail to deposit admitted rent an.....
Tags : Supreme Court, WBPT Act, Rent Default, Tenant Eviction, Limitation Act, Section 7
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J&K&L HC: Dealership & Lease Agreements Are Separate Contracts and Disputes Must Be Filed Separately(17.09.2025)
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court reiterated that a dealership agreement and a lease agreement are independent and distinct contracts. The Court h.....
Tags : Dealership Agreement, Lease Agreement, Contracts
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Even Unregistered Partnership Firm Can Maintain ‘Cheque Bounce’ Complaint: HP High Court(17.09.2018)
Himachal Pradesh HC has held that even an unregistered partnership firm can maintain acheque bounce complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Inst.....
Tags : Himachal Pradesh High Court, Partnership Firm, Negotiable Instruments Act
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Mad. HC: “Sexual Harassment” as Seen from PoSH Act Gives Significance to the Act than the Intention(24.01.2025)
Mad. HC has stated that definition of sexual harassment as seen from PoSH Act has given significance to the act than the intention. It is the fundamen.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Sexual Harassment, PoSH Act
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NGT Notices 13 Cement Manufacturers(02.03.2016)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to 13 cement manufacturers on a petition that said they were violating the tribunal’s earlier order o.....
Tags : National Green Tribunal , Cement Manufacturers
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Central Government Amends GFRs Permitting Payment of 75% Arbitral Amount to Contractors(10.11.2021)
Central Government has amended the General Financial Rules, 2017 (GFRs), followed by the government departments and agencies, to give effect to a Cabi.....
Tags : Central Government, Payment of Arbitral Award to Contractors
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SC: Employee Compensation Act Covers Fatal Accident During Work Commute(30.07.2025)
SC has interpreted phrase “accident arising out of and in the course of his employment” occurring in Section 3 of EC Act, 1923 to include accident occ.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Employee Compensation Act, Work Commute
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RIGHT TO INFORMATION - EVMs are 'Information' Under RTI Act: CIC(25.02.2019)
Central Information Commission has ruled that an Electronic Voting Machine is “information” under Right to Information Act and can be demanded by an a.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, RTI Act, Electronic Voting Machine
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Karnataka HC: Can't Pass Blanket Orders to Protect Doctors from Acts of Violence(02.12.2021)
Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by one Dr Vinod G Kulkarni, seeking directions to authorities to protect doctors/medical practitio.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Acts of Violence by Relatives of Patients
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Supreme Court Issues Summons on Kerala's Suit Against Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019(05.02.2020)
Supreme Court Registry has issued summons to the Union of India on the suit filed by the State of Kerala challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, 20.....
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P&H HC: Search of Pvt. Conveyance in Public Place Requires Compliance of S 41(1) & 42(2) of NDPS Act(27.03.2025)
P&H High Court has observed that where secret information is received in terms of Section 42 of the NDPS Act, then the search of a private conveyance .....
Tags : P&H High Court, Public Place, NDPS Act
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RERA Doesn’t Bar Homebuyers Complaint Under Consumer Protection Act Against Builder: NCDRC(18.04.2019)
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held that Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) does not bar filing of.....
Tags : NCDR, Homebuyers, Consumer Protection Act, RERA
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All. HC in Gyanvapi-Kashi Title Dispute Case: Civil Suits Not Barred by Places of Worship Act(19.12.2023)
Allahabad High Court has ruled in Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi land title dispute cases that civil suits filed by Hindu worshippers are not barred by the.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Gyanvapi-Kashi Title Dispute, Places of Worship Act
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Kerala HC: Spouse’s Ill Treatment of Children is Cruelty under Section 10(1) Divorce Act(08.10.2025)
Kerala High Court held that ill-treatment of children by a spouse amounts to mental cruelty towards the other spouse and qualifies as valid grounds fo.....
Tags : Spouse, Cruelty, Divorce Act
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Allahabad HC: Mandatory for Seller to Download E-Way Bill Once Goods Put in Transit(10.03.2025)
Allahabad High Court has held that it is mandatory on the part of the seller to download the e-way bill once the goods are put in transit. Subsequent .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, E-Way Bill, GST Act
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SC: Offences Under Kerala Police Act Not Substantive(10.11.2022)
Supreme Court has held that offences under the Kerala Police Act are not substantive offences and thus the election of a person cannot be voided merel.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Police Act, Election
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Manipur HC Quashes Detention of Manipur Journalist's Under NSA for Facebook Posts Against PM & CM(09.04.2019)
Manipur High Court has released Manipur journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem, who was detained under the National Security Act on November 27, 2018 for m.....
Tags : Manipur High Court, Kishorchandra Wangkhem, National Security Act
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Delhi HC: Existing Panel of Delhi Govt. Can’t Continue to Function Under Mental Healthcare Act(06.10.2022)
Delhi High Court while rejecting Delhi Government stand that State Authority for Mental Health Services can continue to function as it is under Mental.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Mental Healthcare Act, Authority
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NCLAT: If there is Existence of Arbitration Clause NCLT Can’t Adjudicate Disputed Contractual Claims(05.05.2025)
NCLAT Chennai bench has observed that NCLT is not the appropriate forum to adjudicate a disputed contractual claim if there is existence of an arbitra.....
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Allahabad HC Seeks Response on Compensation of Trees Cut for Road Development Activities(20.01.2021)
Allahabad High Court has sought the responses of the Uttar Pradesh Government and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on a Public Interest.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Road Development Activities
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SC Orders District-Wise Survey to Ensure POSH Act Compliance by Employers(13.08.2025)
The Supreme Court has directed all States and UTs to conduct a district-wise survey within 6 weeks to ensure compliance with the POSH Act, especially .....
Tags : POSH Act, Internal Committee, Supreme Court, Labour Commissioner, District Officer, Workplace Harassment, Compliance Survey, NALSA, SheBox
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Delhi HC: If Use of Smoke Cannister a Terrorist Act then Every Holi & IPL Match Will Attract UAPA(25.04.2025)
Delhi High Court while hearing bail plea of accused in 2023 Parliament security breach case, has remarked that if use of smoke canister comes under th.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Parliament Security Breach, Terrorist Act
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CESTAT: No Vivisection in Service and Material Components of Contract is Composite Works Contract(16.01.2020)
Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal Hyderabad has held that where a contract cannot be vivisection between service component and mater.....
Tags : Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Composite Works Contract
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All. HC: MSMED Act Overrides Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996(13.12.2023)
Allahabad High Court while observing that private agreement can’t obliterate statutory provisions, has held that once statutory mechanism under Sectio.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, MSMED Act, Arbitration
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SC raps States for Not Appealing Acquittals in PC-PNDT Cases Calls It a Cover-Up for Poor Prosecution(10.09.2025)
Supreme Court questioned why States fail to appeal acquittals in Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act. It cited Rule 18A.....
Tags : Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, Prosecution, Acquittal
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SC Reserves Verdict on Cauvery Appeals(20.10.2016)
Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on nature of awards being given by Water Tribunals set up under Inter-state River Disputes Act, 1956, and its .....
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Kerala HC: No Illegality in Invoking LARR Act for Land Acquisition(30.03.2022)
Kerala High Court has reiterated that the State government was reasonable in acquiring land in furtherance of its K-Rail SilverLine Project by invokin.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, K-Rail SilverLine Project, Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
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Constitution (105th Amendment) Act Has Come In Force From 15th August, 2021(04.10.2021)
The Constitution (One Hundred and Fifth Amendment) Act, 2021, which restores the power of the State Governments and Union Territories to identify and .....
Tags : Constitution (105th Amendment) Act, Enforcement
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SC to State Govts.: Implement S 136A of MV Act for Electronic Monitoring & Enforcement of Road Safety(03.09.2024)
SC has issued directions to all state governments to take immediate steps to implement Section 136A of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (MV Act), which provid.....
Tags : Sureme Court, Section 136A of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
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SC: Starting Point of Limitation Commences from the Date the Defendant's Possession Becomes Adverse(16.10.2024)
Supreme Court has held that in terms of Article 65 of the Limitation Act, 1963 the starting point of limitation would not commence from the date when .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Limitation Act, Right of Ownership
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SC Dismisses Mother's Plea to Evict Son from Ancestral Home under Senior Citizens Act(28.03.2025)
SC while observing that eviction of children is not mandatory in every case, stated that provisions of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior C.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Eviction, Senior Citizens Act
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Amend Employees State Insurance Act to Cover Internal Injuries: Madras HC(18.04.2019)
Madras High Court has recommended that Centre should amend the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948, to cover internal injuries suffered by employees.
Tags : Madras High court, Employees State Insurance Act, Internal Injuries
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SC: FSS Act Will Prevail Over Food Adulteration Act to the Extent They're Inconsistent(20.12.2023)
Supreme Court has held that in case where an offence is punishable under both Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006 and Prevention of Food Adulter.....
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Committee recommends modifications to Specific Relief Act 1963(20.06.2016)
An Expert Committee set up to bring changes in specific performance trends submitted its report proposing amendments to the Specific Relief Act 1963.<.....
Tags : Specific relief, damages, public contracts
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SC: Disciplinary Action Against Employee for Conviction in Criminal Case Not Barred(02.03.2020)
Supreme Court has reiterated that disciplinary action against an employee for conviction in a criminal case is not barred due to the suspension of sen.....
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SC: Violence During Protests Against Waqf Amendment Act is Disturbing(17.04.2025)
Supreme Court while hearing petitions on constitutionality of the Waqf(Amendment) Act, 2025, has stated that the violence taking place during protests.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Waqf Amendment Act, Constitutionality
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Exercise of power under Section 7 and 8 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 by the State Governments and the Union territory Administrations in relation to SIMI(14.02.2019)
Whereas, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967), .....
Tags : Power, Enactment, SIMI
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ITAT Delhi Allows Addition Since Share Transactions are Sham Transactions to evade Tax(27.06.2019)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has allowed an addition by finding that the share transaction leading to long term capital gain were actually sha.....
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ITAT, Kolkata: Adjudicating Authorities Cannot Grant Approval U/S 10(23C) With Retrospective Effect(27.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Kolkata has ruled that the adjudicating authorities under the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot grant approval under section .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Income Tax Act, 1961, section 10(23C), retrospective
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SC to States: Comply With the Provisions of Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act 2016(18.07.2023)
Supreme Court has directed States to comply with the provisions of the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 before September 30, 2023, and to a.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act, Appointment
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No Bar for Developer for Specific Performance of Development Agreement in Sec.14(3)(c) SR Act : SC(10.10.2018)
Supreme Court has held that Section 14(3)(c) of Special Relief Act does not bar a developer from seeking specific performance of development agreement.....
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Rajasthan HC: Concrete Action Plan is Required From State to Curb Child Labour Activities(08.06.2022)
Rajasthan High Court while hearing PIL to institutionalise effective machinery and mechanism for rescue and post rescue rehabilitation of all child la.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Child Labour, Action Plan
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MP HC: Party Required to Lay Factual Foundation for Getting Benefit of Section 65 of Evidence Act(26.07.2024)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that it is well settled principle of law that when a photocopy of the document is produced, then in order to ge.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Factual Foundation, S. 65 of IEA, Secondary Evidence
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Punjab and Haryana HC: Foreign Nationals are Covered Under Senior Citizens Act(03.02.2016)
Punjab and Haryana HC has ruled that foreign citizens living in India are also covered under Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Ac.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana HC , Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, foreign citizens
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Essential Defence Services Act, 2021(17.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Centre and the Defence Ministry on a plea challenging vires of certain the Essential Defence Services Act 2.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Essential Defence Services Act, 2021
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ITAT: TDS Not Applicable to Commission to Credit Card Company Under Section 194H of IT Act(09.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi bench has held that TDS under Section 194H of the Income-Tax (IT) Act, 1961 is not applicable to the amoun.....
Tags : ITAT, Income-Tax Act, Credit Card
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Report of the Companies Law Committee(01.02.2016)
The Companies Law Committee has released its Report on .....
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SC: Successful Allottee or Bidder to Decide on Existing Contracts in Coal Mining Operation(22.09.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that a successful allottee or bidder has complete freedom to decide as to whether he desires to continue or adopt any such .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Contracts in Coal Mining Operation
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SC: Unnecessary to Implead Civil Authority in Bail Applications by Foreigners under Foreigners Act(07.01.2025)
SC has held that it is unnecessary to implead civil authority or Registration Officer in bail applications by foreigners under Foreigners Act, 1946 as.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Civil Authority, Registration Officer, Foreigners Act
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SC: Public Sector Undertakings Can’t Appoint Arbitrators Unilaterally(11.11.2024)
SC has held that Public Sector Undertakings cannot, unilaterally appoint arbitrators for deciding disputes with private contractors. It was further he.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Private Contractors, Public Sector Undertakings
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SC Overrules Mad. HC Judgment Which Declared Self-Respect Marriages are Not Valid Under HMA(29.08.2023)
Supreme Court while overruling Madras HC judgment (MANU/TN/2068/2014) declaring self-marriage system as per Section 7A inserted in Hindu Marriage Act .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Self-Respect Marriages, Hindu Marriage Act
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Gujarat High Court: Offences Under NDPS Act Have a Cascading Effect(07.02.2025)
Gujarat High Court while denying bail to an individual booked under NDPS Act, has observed that these offence have a cascading effect and are in vogue.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Cascading Effect, NDPS Act
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Ker. HC: Appeal u/s 5 of Kerala High Court Act Not Maintainable Before Division Bench(01.11.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that an appeal before division bench under Section 5 of the Kerala High Court Act, 1958 is not maintainable against a singl.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Kerala High Court Act, Appeal, Division Bench
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SC Strikes Down Notification Exempting Projects Like Schools from Obtaining Environmental Clearence(06.08.2025)
Supreme Court has partially struck down Centre’s notification exempting construction projects like industrial sheds, schools, colleges, and hostels fr.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Environmental Clearence, Environmental Impact Assessment
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SC: Rebuttal of Presumption u/s 139 NI Act Can Only be Done After Adducing Evidence(24.02.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that the rebuttal of presumption available under Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 can only be done after.....
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Ker. HC: MSMED Act Superseded All Recovery Proceedings by Virtue of Non-Obstante Clause u/s 24(23.10.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that MSMED Act being a subsequent legislation against the SARFAESI Act, the Parliament has purposefully and knowingly super.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, MSMED Act, SARFAESI
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Supreme Court Rejects Plea Alleging Dilution of Whistleblower Law(16.01.2017)
Supreme Court has refused to examine a petition alleging dilution in Whistleblower Protection Act and seeking interim measures to protect whistleblowe.....
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SC: Bar U/s 9(3) Arbitration Act Not Applicable Before Constitution of Arbitration Tribunal(15.09.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that the bar under Section 9(3) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 operates only when the application under Sect.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bar U/s 9(3) Arbitration Act
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J&K HC: Complainant/Dependent to be Heard if Accused files Bail Application Under SC/ST Act(06.11.2024)
J&K High Court has observed that on filing of a bail application for being released in a case under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act), 1989 the.....
Tags : J&K High Court, Bail Application, SC/ST Act
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Bombay HC: Contract Discharged by Settlement Can’t be Referred to Arbitration(18.08.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that once a settlement is arrived at by the parties, the contract between the parties stands discharged by mutual agreement.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Arbitration, Contract, Settlement
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Kar. HC: Offence Under Widlife Protection Act Shouldn’t be Kept Pending for Very Long(05.09.2024)
Karnataka High Court while dealing with a forest offence committed in the year 2008, has stated that offence under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 s.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Widlife Protection Act, Forest Offence
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Obscene acts in private place not a ‘public offence’(10.03.2016)
Obscene activities in private place not causing disturbance or disruption to others cannot be taken cognisance of by police under Section 294 of the I.....
Tags : obscene act, private place, cognisance
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Karnataka HC: Right to Appeal Under Maintenance Act Conferred on Both Sides(27.08.2021)
Karnataka High Court has said that the right to appeal under Section 16 (1) of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2002 is.....
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Del. HC: Patent Agents Don’t Come Within the Ambit of BCI or Advocates’ Act, 1961(08.09.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that patent agents do not come within the ambit of the Bar Council of India or the Advocates’ Act, 1961, has stated t.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Patent Agents, Advocates’ Act, Regulatory Authority
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Ker. HC: No Bar on Cheque Dishonour Proceedings Due to Moratorium During Insolvency Process(14.02.2025)
Kerala High Court has observed that during the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process there will not be any bar on cheque dishonour proceedings again.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Negotiable Instruments Act, Cheque Dishonour
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# GST Changes Applicable From 01.01.2021: Extension of Government Power Related to Tax Invoice(29.12.2020)
Finance Act, 2020 has amended Section 31(2) of the Central Goods and Service Act, 2017 to grant the power to the Government to specify, with respect t.....
Tags : Finance Act, 2020, Central Goods and Services Act, 2017, Tax Invoice
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Delhi HC: Can Apply 'Family of Marks' Concept to Injunct Specific Marks(04.07.2025)
Delhi High Court has held that even though the concept of a 'family of marks' is not expressly mentioned under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 but the same .....
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Madras High Court Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Constitutional Validity of RP Act(11.01.2021)
Madras High Court has issued notices to the Centre and Election Commission of India (ECI) on a Petition challenging the constitutional validity of Sec.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Constitutional Validity of Representation of Peoples Act, 1951
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Delhi HC: Missing Videograph of Chance Recovery Does Not Invalidate Seizure under NDPS Act(10.10.2025)
Del. HC clarified that failure to videograph or produce CCTV footage of a chance recovery does not invalidate the seizure of alleged contraband. While.....
Tags : Videograph, Recovery, the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
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FAMILY - Kerala HC: Divorce Petition Can Be Filed Through Power Of Attorney(25.03.2019)
Kerala High Court has ruled that a petition seeking divorce under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act can be filed through a power of attorney.
Tags : Kerala High Court, Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, power of attorney
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SC: SARFAESI Doesn’t Give Any License to Bank Officers to Act Against the Scheme of Law(22.09.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that SARFAESI Act was enacted for speedy recovery and for benefitting the public at large, has held that it does not giv.....
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SC/ST Act, 2015 in force from 26 January 2016(18.01.2016)
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has notified 26 January, 2016 as the date on which the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Preve.....
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J&K&L HC: Elaborate Reasons Not Necessary While Issuing Entrustment Orders(08.08.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that merely because elaborate reasons have not been given in entrustment orders passed by Superintend.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Prevention of Corruption Act, Entrustment Orders
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SC: Party Aggrieved by Order of MSEFC can File WP, Refers Question to Larger Bench for Consideration(23.01.2025)
SC has stated that a party that is aggrieved by an order passed by Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council (MSEFC) under S. 18 of MSME Act ca.....
Tags : Supreme Court, MSME Act, Writ Petition
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Chhattisgarh HC: Marriage Expenses Can be Claimed by Unmarried Daughter(01.04.2022)
Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that marriage expenses can be claimed by an unmarried daughter from her parents under the provisions of the Hindu.....
Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, unmarried daughter, marriage expenses
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CESTAT, Delhi: Service Tax Not Payable on Liquidated Damages(26.04.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has observed that service tax is not to be paid on liquidated damages recovered on the failu.....
Tags : Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, service tax, contract
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Delhi HC: Writ Remedy Cannot be Invoked in Tax Matters(02.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that the writ remedy under Article 226 of the Indian Constitution cannot be invoked in tax matters as the Income Tax Act, 19.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, article 226, Indian Constitution, Income Tax Act, 1961
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Kerala HC: Market Value Should Determine Suit Value under Commercial Courts Act, Not Court Fee(26.09.2025)
Kerala High Court held that under Section 12(1)(c) of the Commercial Courts Act, the market value of the property must be the determining factor. The .....
Tags : Market Value, Commercial Courts Act, Suit Value
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Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC Verdict on Levy of Stamp Duty on Advertisement Contracts(28.03.2017)
Supreme Court has stayed Bombay High Court judgment which had dismissed the challenge against levy of stamp duty on contracts entered into by advertis.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Advertisement Contracts, Stamp Duty
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Rajasthan HC Grants Interim Protection to CAA Protesters from Arrests in FIR Alleging Violence(17.02.2020)
Rajasthan High Court has directed the Udaipur Police authorities to not take any "coercive action" against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters .....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Citizenship Amendment Act Protesters
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Bom. HC: Termination of Contract without Giving Reasons is Arbitrary and Unreasonable(27.02.2025)
Bom. HC while setting aside a notice issued by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) terminating a tender contract for appointm.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Termination of Contract, Arbitrary
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Bombay High Court: Fundamental Duty of MACT to Arrive at Conclusion and Award Fair Compensation(14.10.2019)
Bombay High Court has ruled that it is the fundamental duty of Motor Accident Claims Tribunal to arrive at a proper conclusion and award just and fair.....
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Kar. HC: Executive Guidelines Can’t Impose Restriction if Works of Defence Act, 1903 is in Operation(01.09.2023)
Karnataka High Court has held that Executive Guidelines cannot be relied upon by the Union Government to impose restriction as long as the Works of De.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Works of Defence Act, Executive Guidelines
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Madras HC Directs Release of Vehicle as Department Fails to Pass Detention Order(14.10.2022)
Madras High Court has ordered the release of the vehicle as the department has failed to pass the detention order within the period as provided under .....
Tags : Madras High Court, detention, Tamil Nadu Goods and Services Tax Act
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Madras HC: Being an MLA Does Not Warrant Transfer of S.138 NI Act Trial(21.08.2025)
Madras HC refused to transfer a Section 138 NI Act, 1881 trial against a sitting MLA, citing lack of evidence for bias. The Court held that transfer i.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Section 138 NI Act, Judicial Magistrate, Procedural Fairness
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Bombay HC: Threshold of Public Interest Must to Stop Bypassing of Civil Courts(29.03.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that a writ Court should not exercise its powers in contractual matters under Article 226 of the Constitution, unless the s.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Public Interest, Civil Court, Judicial Review, Contractual Obligation
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Gujarat HC: Interest on Delayed Payment of Gratuity Mandatory, Not Discretionary(28.04.2022)
Gujarat High Court has reiterated that there is a plain mandate on the employer under the provisions of Section 7 to the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Section 7, Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, payment of gratuity
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Cal. HC: Statutory Framework under CGST Act Provides Mechanisms to Address Assessee’s Concerns(26.12.2024)
Calcutta HC has observed that the statutory framework under the CGST Act, 2017 provides adequate mechanisms for addressing the Assessee’s concerns, in.....
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Denial of Information For Lack of Aadhaar is a Serious Breach of RTI Act: CIC(03.01.2018)
Central Information Commission has held that denial of information for lack of Aadhaar card will be a serious breach of right, which was guaranteed by.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, RTI Act
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SC: Provisions of Kerala Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1976 Not Repugnant With Central Act(29.07.2022)
Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Sections 4(7), 4(8) and 15 of Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1976 and Section 8A of the Kerala M.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Repugnant, Motor Vehicle Taxation Act
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Madras HC: No Law Which Fixes Number of Persons Who Can Appear for/Accompany a Party to Court(08.11.2024)
Madras High Court while dismissing a petition seeking restriction on number of persons appearing and accompanying a VIP litigant, has stated that ther.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Enactment, Accompany
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SC Issues Notice to Centre on PIL Challenging Prevention of Corruption Act Amendments(27.11.2018)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition filed by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), challenging two amendments to the Prevention .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Prevention of Corruption Act
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Gujarat HC: Revisional Power Can't be Invoked With Unclean Hands(23.08.2022)
Gujarat High Court has upheld the decision of Sessions Court rejecting the complaint under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on the ground that.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, SC/ST Act, Electricity Theft
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Number of transactions, not number of documents for stamp duty(11.08.2015)
In a case where the mortgagor borrowed from 13 banks in one instrument, the agreement fell under Section 5 of the Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958, the Court h.....
Tags : stamp duty, number of transactions, one instrument
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Enforcement Date of Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Act, 2021(19.04.2022)
In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-section (2) of Section 1 of the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Act, 2021 (28 o.....
Tags : Enforcement of Act
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Madras HC: Section 34 Proceedings Are Summary in Nature; Does Not Permit Additional Evidence(29.04.2022)
Madras High Court has ruled that the challenge proceedings under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 are summary in nature, hence.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Section 34, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, arbitral tribunal
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Bom. HC: State Cannot Impose any Condition on the Allotment that May Lead to Loss of the Land(01.11.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that any condition leading to revoking of land allotment which was allotted pursuant to land acquisition by State, would no.....
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Supreme Court: Marriage Contracted During Pendency of Appeal from Divorce Decree Not Void(24.02.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that a marriage contracted during the pendency of an Appeal from a divorce decree is not void ab initio especially when suc.....
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Tel. HC: S.22A of Registration Act Doesn’t Violate Article 300A of Constitution(23.10.2023)
Telangana High Court has held that the action of non-registration of a document under Section 22A of Registration Act, 1908 does not prevent a person .....
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NCLT Delhi: If Contract Prohibits Interest, Operational Creditor Cannot Claim it(13.05.2025)
NCLT New Delhi bench has held that an Operational Creditor cannot claim interest on the amount due if the contract prohibits charging of the interest.
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Enforcement Date of Regional Centre for Biotechnology Act, 2016(28.02.2017)
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Act, 2016 (36 of 2016), the Central Gover.....
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Kerala High Court Grants Bail to Accused Manikandan in Actor Sexual Assault Case(16.11.2021)
Kerala High Court has granted bail to Manikandan, the third accused in the 2017 sensational case relating to the abduction and sexual assault of a Mal.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Actor Sexual Assault Case
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Karnataka HC Seeks Details of Action Taken Against Organisers/Participants of Farmers Tractor Rally(02.02.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to place on record details of action taken against participants/organisers for violating norms .....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Farmers Tractor Rally
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Bom. HC: Can’t Evict Tenants Under Arbitration Act if Occupying Premises Falling under DA(03.04.2025)
Bombay HC has observed that tenants occupying premises that fall under Development Agreement cannot be evicted under Section 9 of the Arbitration and .....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Arbitration Act, Development Agreement
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Madras HC to Suo Motu Test Constitutional Validity of Section 36B of Advocates Act, 1961(02.03.2020)
Madras High Court has decided to suo moto consider the validity of Section 36B of the Advocates Act, 1961, in as much as it stipulates that in case a .....
Tags : Madras High Court, Constitutional Validity of Section 36B of The Advocates Act
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Bom. HC: Appeal u/s 14A of SC/ST Act not Allowed When Case is Under Both SC/ST Act and POCSO(21.12.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that in a case involving offenses under both, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 198.....
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Delhi HC: Sisters Giving up Property Rights to Brother not Considered a 'Gift' Under Stamp Act(09.10.2025)
Delhi High Court has ruled that when sisters, being co-owners, relinquish their property rights in favour of their brother, who is also a co-owner, th.....
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CRIMINAL - Sec- 138 NI Act: Non-Filing of I-T Returns Doesn't Mean Complainant had No Income Source: MP HC(22.03.2019)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that mere non-filing of Income Tax Return would not automatically dislodge the source of income of the complain.....
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Madras HC Criticizes Practice of Judges Copying Issues/Questions of Law in Case(26.05.2021)
Madras High Court has criticized the practice of Judges copying the issues/ questions of law involved in a case from the pleadings itself, instead of .....
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ITAT, Mumbai: Revisional Jurisdiction Can’t be Invoked , Order of Assessment Without Reasons(04.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai, has observed that the revisional jurisdiction under section 263 of Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be invoked while.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, revisional jurisdiction, Section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, M/s Reliance Payment Solutions Pvt Ltd
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Kerala HC Quashes Decision to Exclude JV of Contractor Accused of 'Palarivattom Flyover Scam'(05.05.2020)
Kerala High Court has reiterated the principle that the blacklisting of a contractor cannot be done without affording an opportunity of prior hearing......
Tags : Kerala High Court, Blacklisting of Contractor
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ITAT, Bangalore: Transactions Between Trust and Trustee Not Covered U/S 269SS of Income Tax Act(28.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has ruled that the managing trustee of the society is not covered by the expression any other persons stirrin.....
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SC: Joint and Several Liability Undertaken in Oral Contract Falls under Arbitration Clause(11.02.2025)
Supreme Court while affirming an arbitral award against a husband, has held that an undertaking of joint and several liability in an oral contract fal.....
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Lok Sabha Passes Bill to Amend Mines, Minerals Act(17.03.2016)
Lok Sabha has passed a bill to amend the Mines and Minerals Act to allow transfer of captive mining leases not granted through auction.
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RBI Extends Availability of Relaxed Terms for Securitisation Transactions by NBFCs to June 30, 2020(02.01.2020)
Reserve Bank of India has extended the availability of relaxed terms for securitisation transactions or sale of assets by non-bank lenders to banks to.....
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Bombay HC: Court Cannot Undertake Independent Assessment of Arbitral Award U/S 37 of A&C Act(04.12.2023)
Bombay HC has held that under Section 37 of Arbitration & Conciliation Act, the challenge must be related to the impugned order passed under Section 3.....
Tags : Bombay HC, Arbitration & Conciliation Act, Section 37, Section 34
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Allahabad HC Directs U.P. DGP to Take Action Against Policemen Involved in Injuring Students(25.02.2020)
Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) to identify and take action against the policemen who were involv.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Action Against Policemen, Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019
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Mad. HC: To Bring an Act as Preparatory Terrorist Act, it Must be Proximate to Intended Result(26.10.2023)
Madras High Court while grating bail to eight members of PFI accused under UAPA for conspiring to commit terrorist act, has held that in order to brin.....
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Bombay High Court: Peaceful Citizenship Amendment Act Opposers Not Traitors, Anti- Nationals(17.02.2020)
Bombay High Court has said in an order challenging the denial of police permission to an agitation against the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 that th.....
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SC: Condition of 'Both Hands Intact' for MBBS Admission of PWDs is Arbitrary(24.02.2025)
SC has observed that the prescription of “both hands intact” for admission of candidates with disabilities to MBBS course is completely antithetical t.....
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SC: Can’t Dismiss Appeals of Accused & Victims under NIA Act on Ground of Delay beyond 90 Days(05.02.2025)
Supreme Court has directed that the appeals preferred by the accused or the victims in matters under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 will .....
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Delhi Court: Possession of Jihadi Literature No Offence Unless Philosophy Executed to Commit Acts(03.11.2022)
Delhi Court has held that mere possession of jihadi literature would not amount to an offence under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act unless there .....
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Rajasthan HC Urges Amendment: Tribal Women Barred from Inheritance Under Hindu Succession Act(04.08.2025)
Rajasthan High Court noted that Section 2(2) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 bars tribal women from claiming ancestral property. The court called fo.....
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CUSTOMS - Prosecution Under Customs Act Not Barred in Regard to Art Treasures: SC(28.02.2019)
Supreme Court has held that prosecution under Sections 132 and 135(1)(a) of the Customs Act, 1962, is not barred in regard to the antiquities or art t.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Customs Act, Antiquities, Art Treasures.
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Madras High Court Quashes Criminal Defamation Case Against DMK Leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi(09.11.2021)
Madras High Court has quashed a criminal defamation case filed against DMK leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, for allegedly levelling unfounded corruption .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Uploading of Orders Passed U/S 14 of SARFAESI Act
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Delhi HC: Receiving Packages without Knowing the Content Doesn’t Satisfy Requirements of NDPS Act(23.07.2025)
Delhi High Court has stated that the act of merely receiving a package, absent any material to suggest that the Applicant was aware of its illicit con.....
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SC Stays Delhi HC Judgment in Indian Radiological & Imaging Association Case(16.03.2018)
Supreme Court has stayed a Delhi HC judgment that held that there are no provisions in Pre-conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, empowerin.....
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SC: Businessmen Will Be Hesitant to Enter Govt Contracts If Undertakings Altered Regularly(01.12.2021)
Supreme Court has cautioned against the public authorities changing the undertakings in government contracts merely due to the change of person in pow.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Alteration of Government Contracts
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U’khand HC Tells Govt to Amend IPC, Frame Rules Under State Police Act 2007(15.05.2018)
Uttarakhand High Court has passed a string of directions, including payment of reasonable travel allowance on date of recording of statement, adequate.....
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Karnataka HC: Provisions of Rent Act Will Not Have Overriding Effect Over Provisions of SARFAESI Act(09.12.2021)
Karnataka High Court has said that a secured creditor has precedence and first charge over the secured assets, under the Securitisation and Reconstruc.....
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Pending Companies Act Matters to be Transferred to NCLT(12.12.2016)
MCA has issued a notification stating that pending proceedings under the Companies Act with a few exceptions shall be transferred from the district an.....
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Kerala HC Disposes Plea Questioning Practices Related To Engaging Foreign Pilots On Contract(30.09.2021)
Kerala High Court has directed a former Indigo Airlines Captain, a Portuguese national who had questioned practices related to engaging foreign pilots.....
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SC: Can’t Assume that Dowry & Gifts Given During Marriage are Entrusted to Parents-in-Law of Bride(30.08.2024)
SC has reiterated the position that giving dowry and traditional presents at the time of the wedding does not raise a presumption that such articles a.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Dowry Prohibition Act, Traditional Presents, Parents In-Law
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Bom. HC: For Exemption Under Notification u/s 15(1) of Bombay Rent Act, Purchase of Goodwill is Must(10.10.2024)
Bombay High Court has observed that in order to obtain the benefit under notification issued by the State Government under Section 15(1) of the Bombay.....
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SC Passes Directions for Effective Implementation of DMR Act(27.03.2025)
Supreme Court has passed directions for the State Government for the effective implementation of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertise.....
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Person Ineligible to be Arbitrator U/S. 12(5) of Arbitration Act can’t Appoint Another Arbitrator: SC(17.04.2019)
Supreme Court has held that the appointment of arbitrator by a person who himself is ineligible to be an arbitrator as per Section 12(5) of Arbitratio.....
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Same Person can’t be Investigating Officer and Complainant in NDPS Cases: Delhi HC(03.12.2018)
Delhi High Court has reiterated that proceedings under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 stand vitiated if the same person acts as .....
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AAR: Go-karts' Are Not Roadworthy, Can't be Registered as Motor Vehicles With RTO(25.08.2022)
Karnataka Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that Go-karts can’t be registered as motor vehicles with RTO and therefore not classifiable as "m.....
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Del. HC: Reopening Assessment on Basis of Estimation Report by DVO isn’t Sustainable(12.09.2024)
Delhi High Court has observed that report/estimate of the Valuation Officer cannot be the sole ground for re-opening assessment under Section 148 of I.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Valuation Officer, S. 148 of IT Act, Estimation Report
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Delhi High Court: 2001 Amendment to NDPS Act Adopts Reformative Approach For Drug Addicts(16.03.2017)
Delhi High Court has observed that 2001 amendment to Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, has adopted a reformative approach towards ad.....
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SC: Delivering Used & Defective Car Against Booking for New Car is Unfair Trade Practice(09.09.2022)
Supreme Court has held that delivering a defective and old model car against a booking for a new car made by a customer who has paid full sale conside.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Unfair Trade Practice, Car Booking
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SC to Decide if Term 'Regulate' in Electricity Act Covers Trade Regulation in Electricity Industry(08.04.2025)
Supreme Court is set to decide whether the word "regulate" under Section 79(1) of the Electricity Act, 2003 is limited to framing of regulations or su.....
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SC: Contempt Actions Against EPFO for Execution of Employees Pension Proportional to Salary Barred(04.03.2021)
Supreme Court has barred all courts from taking up contempt petitions against the Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) and the Central Governm.....
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Del. HC Upholds Validity of Section 115BBE of Income Tax Act(29.12.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that Statutory Acts and their provisions are not to be declared unconstitutional on the fanciful theory that power wo.....
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Bombay HC: Board under Mathadi Act Has No Power to Review its Own Orders(13.10.2025)
Bombay High Court held that the board under the Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal & Other Manual Workers Act, 1969, lacks statutory power to review or reopen.....
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CRIMINAL - Magistrate Can't Release Seized Vehicle, Once Confiscation Proceedings Under Forest Act Initiated:SC(27.03.2019)
Supreme Court has held that a Magistrate has no jurisdiction under Section 451 of the Criminal Procedure to release a seized vehicle, once the Authori.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 451 of the Criminal Procedure, Forest Act
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SC to Centre/States: Ensure the Effective Implementation of HIV Act, 2017(28.09.2023)
Supreme Court while outlining various directives to Central and State Government to ensure effective implementation of HIV Act, 2017, has asked instru.....
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Rajasthan HC: No Appeal Lies Against Issuance of Arms License(10.08.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has held that there is no provision where appeal can be entertained under Section 18 of the Arms Act against an order of issuance.....
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Karnataka HC: Apartment Subjected to Apartment Ownership Act, Ownership Flats Act Won't Apply(28.09.2021)
Karnataka High Court has declared that once an Apartment, Building, Property is subjected to the provisions of Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act (KAOA.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act 1972
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SC: Person Receiving Information of Crime or Detecting the Occurrence, Can Investigate the Same(14.08.2023)
Supreme Court while upholding a conviction under Kerala Abkari Act has held that merely because person receiving the information of the crime or detec.....
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SC: Criminal Cases Having Civil Character Should be Quashed When Parties Resolved Disputes(04.10.2024)
SC has stated that criminal cases having overwhelmingly and predominantly civil character, particularly those arising out of commercial transactions o.....
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CRIMINAL - Unnatural Sex, Excess Sexual Act of Husband Not Instigation for Wife's Suicide: Chhattisgarh HC(11.03.2019)
Chhattisgarh High Court, while discharging a man accused of instigating his wife's suicide, has observed that excess sexual acts by a husband and unna.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Unnatural Sex, Excess Sexual Act of Husband, Instigation for suicide,
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SC Issues Notice on PIL Seeking Strict Implementation of RPwD Act in Prisons(20.03.2025)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking strict implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 20.....
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Borrower has No Right of Hearing in Proceedings U/S 14 SARFAESI Act: Karnataka HC(04.12.2018)
Karnataka High Court has held that borrower has no right of hearing in proceedings under Section 14 of the SARFAESI Act and set aside the general dire.....
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Karnataka HC Abolishes Anti-Corruption Bureau and Transfers Cases to Lok Ayukta(12.08.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that State government is not justified in creating Anti-Corruption Bureau by way of an executive order when the field of.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Lokayukta Act
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SC: Incorporation of One-Sided Forfeiture Clause is Unfair Trade Practice(04.02.2025)
Supreme Court has criticized real-estate developers for including one-sided, excessive forfeiture clauses in builder-buyer agreements and stated that .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Unfair Trade Practice, Forfeiture Clause
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Bombay HC Rejects Plea Challenging RTE Norms Prescribing Reservation For EWS(13.02.2017)
Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition challenging Right To Education Act provision that stipulates 25% of seats in schools be allotted to student.....
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Exemption of manufacturing unit engaged in the manufacture or production of Petroleum Crude from the operation of Central Excise Rules, 2017(10.11.2021)
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (2) of rule 9 of the Central Excise Rules, 2017, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereb.....
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Karnataka HC: Woman Manipulating Minor Boy into Penetration Is Sexual Assault(19.08.2025)
Karnataka HC has ruled that a woman inducing a minor boy to penetrate her constitutes penetrative sexual assault under Section 3 POCSO Act, 2012.
Tags : Karnataka High Court, POCSO Act, Sexual Assault
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Rajya Sabha Passes Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019(02.08.2019)
Rajya Sabha has passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019. The Bill gives powers to the Central Government to designate an indi.....
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Jharkhand HC Rejects Plea to Seek Regularization of Persons Engaged Under MNREGA(04.04.2022)
Jharkhand High Court has rejected a writ plea filed by 39 persons working on the sanctioned post of Gram Rojgar Sewak under the Mahatma Gandhi Nationa.....
Tags : Jharkhand High Court, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, Gram Rojgar Sewak, 39 persons, scheme for regularization
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SC: Tax Authorities Can't Give Their Own Interpretations on Perception of Trade Practices(04.05.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that tax Administration Authorities cannot give their own interpretation to legislative provisions on the basis of their ow.....
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Delhi HC Seeks Records From NCB, Customs & DRI in NDPS Cases(28.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, the Narcotics Control Bureau and the Customs Department to put on record a stat.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Narcotics Control Bureau, Customs Department, Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Customs Act, 1962
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SC: Cause of Action to Plaintiff to File Suit Accrues When There is a Threat to Infringe Right(02.03.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that cause of action to a Plaintiff to file a suit accrues when there is a clear and unequivocal threat to infringe a right.....
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UK SC: Trans Women Not Included in Definition of ‘Woman’ under Equality Act, 2010(17.04.2025)
United Kingdom Supreme Court has held that a person with a Gender Recognition Certificate in the female gender does not come within the definition of .....
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Ensure Section 66A of IT Act is Not Invoked, Supreme Court Directs All States and Courts(18.02.2019)
Supreme Court has directed all state governments to remind their respective police departments of its March 24, 2005 order which led to scrapping of S.....
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SC: Acts of Accused Must be Proximate to Occurrence for Conviction Under Section 306 IPC(13.10.2022)
Supreme Court has held that positive action proximate to the time of suicide on the part of the accused which led or compelled the deceased to commit .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Suicide, Proximate Action
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Kerala HC: Capsized Ship’s Owners Allowed Newspaper Publication to Limit Liability(21.08.2025)
Kerala HC allowed owners of capsized ship to publish notices in newspapers under Part XA of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 to limit liability for cla.....
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Delhi HC Grants Permanent Injunction Against Now Banned Club Factory Website(29.03.2022)
Delhi High Court has decided permanent injunction against a China based portal, Club Factory, that was banned amid pandemic by the Indian Government, .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Trademark Infringement, Permanent Injunction, Club Factory
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NCLAT: In Absence of Contractual Clause Interest for Delayed Payments Can’t Form Part of OD(12.05.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that interest on the unilateral invoices for the delayed payment cannot form part of the operational debt in absence of.....
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Supreme Court: Claim Compensation Before MACT Within Reasonable Time(06.03.2017)
Supreme Court has observed that though there is no limitation period to raise a claim for compensation before a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT),.....
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SC: Tenants Ought to be in Actual Possession of Premises to Avail Benefit of Tenants Protection Act(15.11.2021)
Supreme Court has reiterated that the tenants ought to be in actual possession of the premises to avail the benefit of Section 9 of the Tamil Nadu Cit.....
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SC Stays Uttarakhand Govts Notification Restricting Blind Candidates from General Category(19.08.2025)
Supreme Court has stayed a 2018 notification by Uttarakhand Government barring blind and locomotor-disabled candidates from applying in general catego.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Disability Rights, Judicial Services, Rpwd Act, Scribe
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J&K&L High Court: UAPA Provides Full Adjudication; NIA Act Cannot Bypass Its Remedies(22.09.2025)
J&K&L HC held that if a statutory forum exists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, an appellant cannot bypass it by invoking the Hig.....
Tags : Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, National Investigation Agency Act, Adjudication
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Delhi High Court to Govt: Form Action Plan to Make Delhi Crime-Free for Women(01.08.2019)
Delhi High Court has observed while comparing the city to Mumbai where “women can walk freely in the night” then why can’t the Capital be safe for wom.....
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Supreme Court: Procedure to Admit Insufficiently Stamped Instruments Explained(04.09.2024)
Supreme Court by extracting the steps to be followed as per Sections 33, 34, 35, 37, and 39 of the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957, has explained the proced.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Karnataka Stamp Act, Insufficiently Stamped Instruments
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Kerala HC: Person Exhibiting Naked Body to Child Would Attract POCSO Act(16.10.2024)
Kerala High Court has stated that when a person exhibits naked body to a child, the same is an act intending to commit sexual harassment upon a child .....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Naked Body, POCSO Act
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SC Stays Bombay HC Judgment Holding 'Skin to Skin' Contact Necessary for 'Sexual Assault'(27.01.2021)
Supreme Court has stayed a Bombay High Court order acquitting a man accused of child abuse on the grounds that groping a child's breasts without 'skin.....
Tags : Supreme Court, ‘Sexual Assault’ Under POCSO Act
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NCLAT: In absence of privity of contract, application u/s 9 of IBC not maintainable(28.03.2025)
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has observed that where there is no privity of contract or any sort of Debtor-Creditor relationshi.....
Tags : Privity of contract, Maintainability of application, Debtor-Creditor relationship, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
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Notice Demanding Loan Amount Not Invalid if it is Same as Cheque Amount: SC(19.04.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that a demand notice issued under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, claiming 'loan amount', does not become invali.....
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Bom HC: No Appeal Under Commercial Court Act Against Court Order Refusing to Return/Reject a Plaint(20.12.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that the Trial Court’s order refusing to return or reject a plaint is not appealable under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015,.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Commercial Courts Act, Appeal
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Ker. HC: Dependents of Independent Contractor Not Entitled Under Employees Compensation Act(24.11.2023)
Kerala High Court while upholding an order passed by Employees Compensation Commissioner against the dependents of an independent contractor, has held.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Independent Contractor, Employees Compensation
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Delhi HC Asks State to Identify Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(10.04.2019)
Delhi High Court has asked Delhi Government to identify children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), one of the most commo.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Cal. HC: Equating Consensual Sexual Acts with Rape Undermines the Bodily Integrity of Adolescents(19.10.2023)
Calcutta High Court while observing that law’s unintended effect has been the deprivation of liberty of young people in consensual relationships, has .....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Consensual Sexual Acts, Bodily Integrity
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Bombay HC: A Woman Who Says 'No' Means 'No'(08.05.2025)
Bombay HC while upholding the conviction of three men for gang-raping a woman has emphasized that a woman who says 'NO' means 'NO.' There exists no am.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Consent, Immoral Activities
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SC: Private Schools Need Govt.’s Prior Approval to Fire Teachers(18.04.2016)
SC has upheld validity of Section 8(2) of the Delhi School Education Act (DSEA) which requires the managements of the private unaided schools to obtai.....
Tags : SC, Section 8(2) of the Delhi School Education Act (DSEA)
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SC: Section 12(5) Of Arbitration & Conciliation Act is Mandatory & Non- Derogable Provision(22.01.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that the Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 read with the Seventh Schedule, which deals with ineli.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Section 12(5) Of Arbitration & Conciliation Act
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Once Manufacturing Starts, Factories Act Would Apply: Chhattisgarh High Court(19.03.2018)
Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the moment manufacturing process begins in an industry, the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 would be appli.....
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SC Issues Notice on Plea Against NGT Order Stopping Commercial Activities at Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur(02.12.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice in the appeal filed by the Secretary Department Of Archaeology And Museums. State of Rajasthan challenging National Gr.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Stopping Commercial Activities at Nahargarh Fort, Jaipur
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Can’t Arrest Anyone Without Following Just Procedure: Supreme Court(17.05.2018)
Supreme Court, while digging in its heels on its March 20 ruling in which it had barred immediate arrests in cases registered under the SC/ST Preventi.....
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Delhi HC: Underworld Organized Activities and Smuggling of Drugs Due to Addiction(13.12.2021)
Delhi High Court has observed that the underworld-organized activities and clandestine smuggling of drugs are resulting in addiction among the public .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Underworld Organized Activities and Smuggling of Drugs
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Bom HC: Can’t Treat Disclosure as Full if Material Suggests Loan is Nothing but Undisclosed Fund(30.04.2025)
Bombay HC has observed that if there is a prima-facie material suggesting that the transaction of loan is nothing but the undisclosed funds of the Pet.....
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Tel. HC: Apprentice Can be Treated as Workman under the Workmen's Act, 1923(18.12.2023)
Telangana High Court while observing that S.16 of Apprentice Act states that employer is liable to pay compensation for the injuries caused to apprent.....
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SC: Legitimate Disciplinary Action Against Student Does Not Amount to Abetment of Suicide(25.11.2022)
Supreme Court has held that a college's professor and management could not be held liable for abetment of suicide under Section 306 of Indian Penal Co.....
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SC: Only Disclosure Leading to Weapon Recovery Admissible under Section 27 Evidence Act(08.10.2025)
Supreme Court acquitted three accused of murder (Section 302 IPC), observing that the prosecution’s case relied solely on their Section 27 disclosure .....
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Delhi HC: Benchmarking Analysis to be Preceded by Revenue Identifying Existence of a Transaction(10.03.2025)
Delhi HC has observed that the commencement of a benchmarking analysis would have to necessarily be preceded by the Revenue before identifying the exi.....
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Gujarat HC: Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act 2021 Won't Apply to Inter-Faith Marriages(27.08.2021)
Gujarat High Court has passed an interim order stating that the provisions of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021, will not apply to.....
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SC: In case of Unjust Executive Action, Courts must Interfere in Election Process(08.09.2023)
Supreme Court has held that in cases where issues crop up, indicating unjust executive action or an attempt to disturb a level-playing field between c.....
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SC: Amendment to CST Act Ceasing Right of Govt. to Grant Exemption to be Applicable Prospectively(14.02.2025)
Supreme Court has held that the amendment in Section 8(5) of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 that ceased Central Government’s power to grant exemption.....
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P&H HC: Widow’s Remarriage Not a Ground to Deny Compensation Under MV Act(27.11.2023)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that simply because widow of the deceased got re-married, it could not be a reason to deprive of her claim unde.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Compensation, Widow, Motor Vehicle Act
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Delhi HC Declares Section 22(3) of Competition Act Unconstitutional(15.04.2019)
Delhi High Court has declared Section 22(3) of the Competition Act, 2002 as unconstitutional and void.
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All. HC: Assessee Must Prove Transaction Beyond Doubt to Claim ITC(20.10.2023)
Allahabad High Court has held that onus is to be discharged by the assessee to prove and establish beyond doubt the actual transaction and physical mo.....
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Delhi HC: Can Consider Documents Filed with Plaint to Determine ‘Cause of Action’(12.05.2025)
Delhi High Court has observed that documents annexed with a plaint can be considered to determine if the plaint discloses a 'cause of action' for proc.....
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SC: Minor Non-Disclosure of Assets Won’t Invalidate Election(19.08.2025)
Supreme Court has held that failure to disclose assets or income in affidavits is not substantial enough to declare elections void, unless such non-di.....
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Delhi HC: Taking Cognizance of FIR Against a Gang Member is Enough to Apply MCOCA(22.09.2025)
Delhi High Court clarified that the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 can be invoked if a Magistrate takes cognizance of two or more FI.....
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Delhi High Court Explains Presence of Magistrate/GO Necessary for Search Under NDPS Act(31.07.2019)
Delhi High Court has explained the settled position of law that search of an accused under Section 50 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance.....
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Delhi HC: Sibling Not Ipso Facts Disentitled from Claiming Compensation under DVCS(17.06.2025)
Delhi High Court has clarified that under the Delhi Victims Compensation Scheme, 2018 (DVCS), sibling whether married or unmarried or children of such.....
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Government Notifies Remaining Sections of RERA, Act Shall Come into Full Force From May 1, 2017(20.04.2017)
Central Government has issued a notification announcing that sections 3-19, 40, 59-70, 79 and 80 of Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016.....
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SC Issues Notice on Pleas Challenging Section 101A Inserted by Haryana in Land Acquisition Act(19.02.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a batch of writ petitions which challenge Section 101A inserted by Haryana assembly in the Right to Fair Compensati.....
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Allahabad HC: Tender Condition Allowing Restriction Can’t be Considered Arbitrary(21.04.2025)
All. HC has observed that allowing only existing pellet manufacturers having their plant location in NCR region to participate in the tender process i.....
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FAMILY - President Gives Assent to Law which Removes Leprosy as Ground for Divorce(22.02.2019)
President has given assent to a bill, already passed by parliament, removing leprosy as a ground for divorce under five personal laws including the Hi.....
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Kar. HC: Application For Recording Statement Of Accused Can Only be Made Before Sessions Court(21.10.2022)
Karnataka High Court has said that in light of the statutory framework of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, applications for recording statements of.....
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Patna High Court: Claim of Juvenility Can be Raised Before Any Court, at Any Stage(04.08.2025)
Patna HC has observed that the claim of juvenility can be raised before any court, at any stage, even after final disposal of the case and if the cour.....
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CIVIL - Participation of Public Temple Rituals is Important to Determine Private/Public Character of Temple:(28.02.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that the participation of the members of the public in the Darshan in the temple and in the daily acts of worship or in the.....
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SC: Discretion Has No Place in Contractual Matters Unless it is Expressely Incorporated in Contract(21.11.2022)
Supreme Court has held rights and duties of the parties to the contract subsist or perish in terms of the contract itself, and if a party to the contr.....
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Manipur HC Quashes Detention of Manipur Journalist Under NSA for Facebook Posts Against PM & CM(09.04.2019)
Manipur High Court has released Manipur journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem, who was detained under the National Security Act on November 27, 2018 for m.....
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Del. HC Lays Down Factors to be Considered While Dealing With Application for Stay on Eviction Order(10.10.2022)
Delhi High Court has set out the various factors that are necessary to be taken into consideration by the appellate authority under the Senior Citizen.....
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SC: Insurer of Tractor Liable for Passenger’s Death in Trailer Caused Due to Negligence of Tractor(06.05.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that if an accident of uninsured trailer is caused due to its movement with the insured tractor then the insurer shall also.....
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MP HC: Centre to File Response Over Compliance of Public Awareness of POCSO Act in 2 Weeks(01.04.2025)
Madhya Pradesh High Court while hearing a PIL seeking strict compliance of Public Awareness of POCSO Act, 2012 has granted two weeks time to the Centr.....
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Del. HC: Insolvency Professional Doesn’t Fall within Meaning of “Public Servant” under the PC Act(20.12.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that Insolvency Professional does not fall within the meaning of “public servant” as prescribed in any of the clauses of sub.....
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Delhi HC: Age Document under JJ Act Not Final If Its Authenticity is Questionable(09.10.2025)
Delhi High Court held that a document given higher preference for determining a victim’s age under the Juvenile Justice Act cannot be treated as “gosp.....
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CONTRACT - Writ Petitions in Contract Matters Maintainable When There is Arbitrariness By State: SC(22.03.2019)
Supreme Court has reiterated that even in contract matters, a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India can be entertained by the h.....
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Del. HC Allows Unvaccinated Teacher to Resume Duties After AIIMS Says 'At Risk of Allergic Reaction'(26.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has directed a private school in Delhi to allow an unvaccinated teacher to re-join duties after AIIMS concluded that he was at a high.....
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Karnataka HC: Today in the Form of Reels, Unlawful Activities are Glorified(18.03.2025)
Karnataka High Court while hearing a petition file by X Corp seeking protection from any coercive action against the company, has observed that today .....
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Del. HC: For Resolving Complex Disputed Factual Issues, Contempt Proceedings are Inappropriate(12.09.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that for resolving disputed factual issues, initiation of contempt proceedings is not the appropriate forum.
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Centre Re-Promulgates Ordinance on Enemy Property(06.04.2016)
Centre has re-promulgated an ordinance to amend the nearly 50-year-old Enemy Property Act, to guard against claims of succession or transfer of proper.....
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Allahabad High Court Issues Direction to Not File FIR Under Section 66A IT Act(14.12.2021)
Allahabad High Court has issued a direction to all the District Courts in Uttar Pradesh and to the Director-General of Police, Uttar Pradesh that no F.....
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Bombay High Court: One Needs to be Mindful of the Object Behind the Consumer Protection Act(07.04.2025)
Bombay High Court has observed that one needs to be mindful of the object behind the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 that an untrained, unwary consumer .....
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Delhi Court Grants Bail to Man Accused of Attempting to Run Tractor Over Policemen in Tractor Rally(02.03.2021)
Delhi Court has granted bail to one Ashish Kumar in a case related to the violence that broke out during the tractor parade on Republic Day in relatio.....
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Ker. HC: Definition of 'Landslide Prone Area' Can’t be Expanded Without Approval of State Authority(28.12.2023)
Kerala High Court while observing that as per S.31(2) of Disaster Management Act, 2005 State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) must approve plans p.....
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Government Waives Service Tax on Card Transactions of up to Rs 2000(08.12.2016)
Government has exempted card payments up to Rs 2,000 from Service Tax in its efforts to make cashless economy a reality.
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Kerala HC: Interest Under Customs Act Statutory, Cannot Be Waived Unless Authorised By Act(30.09.2021)
Kerala High Court has ruled that a Court cannot waive the payment of interest while exercising its jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution,.....
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Cal. HC: Application u/s 34 of A&C Act Falls Under Entry No. 2(c) of Schedule II of Court Fees Act(29.08.2024)
Cal. HC has held that principal application u/s 34 of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 falls under Entry No. 2(c) of Schedule II of the Court Fe.....
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Ori. HC: Fact-Finding Inquiry Makes it Permissible to Not Give Opportunity of Hearing to Employee(08.10.2024)
Ori. HC while differentiating between fact finding inquiry & disciplinary inquiry, has held that the very nature of fact-finding inquiry makes it perm.....
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Relaxation of additional fees and extension of last date in filing of forms MGT-7 (Annual Return) and AOC-4 (Financial Statement) under the Companies Act, 2013-UT of J&K and UT of Ladakh(31.01.2020)
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In continuation to General Circular No. 15/2019 dated 28-11-2019 and keeping in view of the requests received from various stakeholders.....
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SARFAESI Act is applicable to Cooperative Banks(05.05.2020)
In present case, the question relates to the scope of the legislative field covered by Entry 45 of List I viz. ‘Banking’ and Entry 32 of List II of th.....
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Telangana HC: Railway Not Liable to Compensate if Passenger Dies Due to Own Negligence(28.04.2022)
Telangana High Court has ruled that Railway is not liable to compensate under Section 124A of the Railways Act, 1989 if the passenger died due to own .....
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SC: To Determine Functional Disability Courts Can Deviate from Employees' Compensation Act(01.05.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that in order to determine compensation for functional disability, Court has the power to deviate from the schedule given u.....
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Allahabad HC Bars Amethi Police from Taking Coercive Action Against Interfaith Couple(15.01.2021)
Allahabad High Court has barred Amethi police from taking any coercive action against an interfaith couple in a three-year-old case being investigated.....
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Del HC: Wife's Right to Reside in Shared Household Doesn’t Violate Husband’s Right to Seek Partition(07.08.2025)
Delhi High Court has held that a married woman's right to reside in a shared household under Section 17 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 does not ov.....
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Sale Deed without Payment is Invalid; No Consideration Means Void Sale: Supreme Court(15.09.2025)
SC reaffirms that a sale deed without payment of consideration is void under Section 54 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. Referring to Kewal Kris.....
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Bombay High Court: Person Running Court Canteen is in Temporary Possession of Premises(10.08.2017)
Bombay High Court has observed that a person running a canteen on Court premises is in temporary possession and therefore is not entitled to relief u.....
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J&K&L HC: Courts Cannot Declare Particular Drug as Manufactured Drug or Psychotropic Substance(31.03.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that the Courts cannot declare that a particular drug is a manufactured drug or a psychotropic subst.....
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Delhi HC: Landlord’s Dealings in Other Properties Don’t Affect Right to Evict for Bonafide Need(09.10.2025)
Delhi High Court held that a landlord’s sale, purchase, or lease of other properties does not prevent them from seeking eviction of a tenant under Sec.....
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RIGHT TO INFORMATION - Delhi HC Stays CIC Order Putting EVMs Under RTI(19.03.2019)
Delhi High Court has stayed Central Information Commission order holding that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) fall within the preview of RTI Act.
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SC: Grant of Ex Post Facto Environmental Clearance Permissible in Exceptional Circumstances(23.09.2022)
Supreme Court has held that grant of ex post facto environmental clearance in exceptional cases is not impermissible, and such approvals cannot be dec.....
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J&K High Court: Courts Can’t Compel Employer to Extend Contractual Relationship Once it Ends(12.03.2025)
J&K High Court has observed that Court's role is limited to ensuring that the termination of the contract is done in accordance with the law but it ca.....
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Madras HC: Onus to Prove Genuineness of Transaction Solely Lies on Assessee(01.09.2021)
Madras High Court has held that the onus to prove the genuineness of transaction solely lies on the assessee, mere statutory approvals do not sanctify.....
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Bom. HC: It is time to Bury the Pernicious Practice of Submitting Information ‘in Sealed Cover’(11.09.2023)
Bombay High Court while observing that no litigant can disadvantage the opponent by squirrelling some information into the court record ‘in sealed cov.....
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SC: Joining a Political Party Isn’t a Job, POSH Act Doesn’t Apply to Parties, Upholds HC Ruling(15.09.2025)
SC has rejected plea against Kerala HC order, says POSH Act doesn’t mandate political parties to form internal complaints panels. The Court observed t.....
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Supreme Court Directs Centre to Provide Data on Implementing Child Marriage Prohibition Act(10.08.2017)
Supreme Court has asked Centre to provide data on number of Child Marriage Prohibition Officers, appointed under Child Marriage Prohibition Act, 2006 .....
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ITAT, Delhi: Penalty Notice Issued Without Applying Mind in Stereotyped manner is Not Valid(30.03.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has observed that a penalty notice issued in a stereotyped manner under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act, .....
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Bombay HC: Damages Under MV Act Applicable Only When Injury/Fatality Is Due to Collision(29.06.2017)
Bombay High Court has held that Section 163-A of Motor Vehicles Act is applicable only if injury or fatality is result of collision and a consequence.....
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Telangana HC: Outright Rejection of Stay Application is Not Justified(26.04.2022)
Telangana High Court has held that the appellate and revisional authorities must judiciously implement their discretionary power so as to grant a stay.....
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ITAT, Bangalore: Income Tax Penalty Can’t be Imposed on Expenditure Due to Wrong Professional Advice(29.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has ruled that the income tax penalty under section 271(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be imposed for .....
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CIVIL - Officials Turned Blind Eye to Illegal Acts of Builders: SC(01.03.2019)
Supreme Court has blamed Noida and Greater Noida authorities for creating "havoc" in real estate by turning a blind eye to illegal activities of build.....
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All. HC: S.388 Allows Appeal Against Order of Inferior Court to District Judge(01.12.2023)
Allahabad High Court has held that proviso to Section 388(2) of the Succession Act creates an exception by providing that an appeal from any order of .....
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Allahabad High Court: SC/ST Act Applies if Offence is Public(25.02.2020)
Allahabad High Court has set aside an order of summoning under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (SC/.....
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SC: If Statute Prescribes Lesser Time, Section 5 of Limitation Act Can’t be Invoked(25.10.2023)
Supreme Court has held that if there is a lesser time period specified as limitation in a statute, then the provisions of the Limitation Act, 1963 can.....
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SC: UP Govt. Lays Down Guidelines for Invocation of Gangsters Act(15.05.2025)
Uttar Pradesh government has framed guidelines in relation to invocation of the provisions of Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prev.....
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SC Restrains Tripura Police From Taking Coercive Steps Against 3 Persons Booked Under UAPA(17.11.2021)
Supreme Court has directed Tripura Police that no coercive steps should be taken against 2 lawyers & 1 journalist, who were booked under anti-terror l.....
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Madras HC Denies Interim Relief Against Actor Vijay’s Party Over Flag Design(18.08.2025)
Madras High Court refused to restrain actor Vijay’s party TamilagaVetrriKazhagam from using its flag, rejecting claims of trademark and copyright infr.....
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NCLAT: Debt Can be Proved Through Any Documentary Evidence, No Written Contract Needed.(18.09.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench held that a written contract is not necessary to prove the existence of a legally payable debt. Documentary evidence under Regul.....
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Rajasthan High Court Rules Benami Amendment Act, 2016 Cannot be Enforced Retrospectively(26.07.2019)
Rajasthan High Court has ruled that Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 cannot have retrospective effect. Under the amended law whic.....
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Kerala HC: Non Release of Seized Documents in Supreme Court is Illegal(01.04.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that the income tax department is unauthorized to retain the seizure of title deeds under Section 132 of the Income Tax Act.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, income tax department, title deeds, Section 132 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, Special Leave Petition
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Absence of Witness Signatures on Arrest Memo is Sufficient to Assume Wrongful Detention: Calcutta HC(16.08.2018)
Calcutta High Court has asserted that absence of witness signatures on arrest memo is sufficient to discharge the onus on the accused to establish tha.....
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Supreme Court: Video Evidence Need Not be Played or Transcribed to be Admissible(17.09.2025)
Supreme Court held that a video recording of a contraband seizure is admissible without a transcript, provided a valid electronic certificate under Se.....
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Mere Ownership of Vehicle in Which Prohibited Ammunitions Are Found Won’t Attract Conviction: SC(17.09.2018)
Supreme Court has observed that it is necessary to prove that the accused was in conscious possession at some point in time before the discovery and r.....
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Gujarat HC: Positive Act of Instigation Essential for Conviction u/s 306 IPC(01.04.2022)
Gujarat High Court has observed that devoid of a positive act by the accused to instigate or aid in committing suicide, conviction under Section 306 o.....
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Lok Sabha Passes Amendments to SC/ST Act(07.08.2018)
Lok Sabha has unanimously passed the SC/ST amendment Bill which nullifies requirements imposed by Supreme Court of undertaking preliminary inquiry and.....
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Delhi HC: Stamp Duty Insufficiency on Arbitration Agreement is Jurisdictional Issue U/S 16 A&C Act(26.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has ruled that the sufficiency of the stamp duty on the arbitration agreement is a jurisdictional issue under Section 16 of the Arbit.....
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CESTAT, Mumbai: Sports Boats Come Within Ambit of Inflatable Craft under Customs and Tariffs Act(02.05.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has ruled that sports boats come within the meaning of inflatable craft subsequent to headi.....
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Kerala HC: Tribunal's Power of Maintenance Not Circumscribed to Ordering Monthly Allowance(04.04.2022)
Kerala High Court has observed that the power of the Maintenance Tribunal under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 i.....
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Madras HC Rejects Anticipatory Bail to Tamil Actress for Making Objectionable Remarks Against CM(27.04.2022)
Madras High Court has rejected a plea for anticipatory bail filed by tamil actress Tamilselvi alias Meera Mithun, who was charged for making obscene a.....
Tags : Madras High Court, anticipatory bail, Tamilselvi, tamil actress, Meera Mithun, MK Stalin, Peiya Kaanom
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Delhi HC: ITSC Abolition Doesn’t Void Settlement Pleas Filed Between Feb 1–Mar 31, 2021(08.10.2025)
Delhi High Court held that the Finance Act 2021, which abolished the Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC) retrospectively and introduced the Interi.....
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SC: Accused to be Sentenced with Higher Punishment if Convicted under both POCSO Act & IPC(11.03.2025)
SC has clarified that when a particular act or omission constitutes an offence, both under the POCSO Act, 2012 and IPC, 1860 the offender found guilty.....
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Tokenisation - Card Transactions : Extending the scope of permitted devices(25.08.2021)
1. We invite reference to our circular DPSS.CO.PD No.1463/02.14.003/2018-19 dated January 08, 2019 on "Tokenisation - Card transactions", permitting a.....
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MP HC Clarifies that Hindu Marriage Act Applies to Jain Community(26.03.2025)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has clarified that Jain community would be governed by the provisions of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 even though it is recogniz.....
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Advocate Loses Right to Practice When He Enters into Full Time Salaried Employment: Allahabad HC(17.04.2019)
Allahabad High Court has observed that a person enrolled as an advocate ceases to be one as soon as he/she takes a full time salaried employment even .....
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SC: Contract Can be Concluded Only When All Parties Are in Agreement on All Essential Terms(23.11.2022)
Supreme Court has held that a contract can be said to be concluded only when parties are in agreement on all the essential terms of the contract.
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NCLAT: DRT Recovery Time Counts under Limitation Act Section 14(08.10.2025)
NCLAT ruled that Section 14 of the Limitation Act does not apply to creditors who started recovery proceedings before the Debt Recovery Tribunal under.....
Tags : Recovery of Debt and Bankruptcy Act, Limitation, Debt Recovery Tribunal
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MP HC: Compelling the Wife to Discontinue Her Studies Amounts to Cruelty(10.03.2025)
MP HC has observed that compelling the wife to discontinue her studies is equivalent to destroying her dreams in the beginning of their marital life a.....
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Madras HC Directs to Consider Application Seeking Exemption of Temple from Factories Act(27.08.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the State government to consider an application made by Palani Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple authorities seeking exempti.....
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SC Allows Withdrawal of Petition Challenging Provisions of J&K Reservation Act 2005(29.09.2022)
Supreme Court has allowed withdrawal of a petition seeking to declare certain provisions of Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2005 and related rules .....
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Madras HC: Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 Can Be Applied Retrospectively(06.09.2021)
Madras High Court has opined that in respect of the benami transactions entered into prior to the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 201.....
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SC: Prices under MoU for Inter-Supply of Petroleum Products Don’t Constitute ‘Transaction Value’(22.01.2025)
Supreme Court has held that prices under MoU for inter-supply of petroleum products do not constitute ‘transactional value’ and shall be exempted from.....
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Bombay HC: Lack of Aadhaar Linkage No Reason to Deny Benefits Under Food Security Act(08.11.2021)
Bombay High Court has ordered the Tehsildar of Murbad to distribute supplies to nearly 90 tribals, noting that several tribals were denied supplies un.....
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Del. HC: For Purpose of Maintenance, DV Act Doesn’t Distinguish between First or Subsequent Marriage(16.07.2025)
Delhi HC observed that the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 does not distinguish between a first or subsequent marriage for the purpose of entitlement to m.....
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Delhi HC Directs UP Police to Give Details of Farmer’s Death During Tractor Rally to Delhi Police(05.03.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to handover crucial case material related to the death of a 26-year old farmer, Navreet Singh, .....
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SC: Registered Sale Deed Where Entire Consideration is Paid Would Operate from Date of Execution(04.01.2024)
Supreme Court while observing that as per Section 47 of Registration Act, a registered sale deed where entire consideration is paid would operate from.....
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Del. HC: Director Not Individually Liable for Asset Transfer Without Consideration under S.276 IT Act(13.10.2025)
Delhi High Court held that a corporate director cannot be prosecuted individually for transferring a company asset to a relative, such as a daughter-i.....
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DIRECT TAXATION - Manufacture of Herbal Products Eligible for IT Deduction: Madras HC(28.03.2019)
Madras High Court has held that manufacture of the herbal products would be eligible for deduction under Section 80IA of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
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SC: For Appling S.106 of TPA, Tenant Must Prove That Premises was Leased for Manufacturing Purpose(03.10.2023)
Supreme Court has held that in order to attract Section 106 of Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (TPA), which requires 6 months’ notice for termination o.....
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NCLAT: Can’t Use Section 94 of IBC to Hinder Recovery Process under SARFAESI Act(28.04.2025)
NCLAT New Delhi bench has held that Section 94 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 cannot be misused to obstruct legitimate recovery under SAR.....
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SC Issues Notice to Centre on Petition Challenging CAA and National Population Register(20.01.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notices to the Central Government on a Petition challenging the Constitutional Validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 201.....
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SC: Advocates Must Verify Facts from Case Records(18.12.2023)
Supreme Court has observed though it is true that advocates would settle pleadings and argue on instructions given by their clients, however, their du.....
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Supreme Court Stays Key Provisions of Waqf Amendment Act(15.09.2025)
Supreme Court has stayed few sections of Waqf (Amendment) Act, including provisions providing arbitrary powers to Collectors. The Court observed that .....
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Bombay High Court: No Addition Can be Made in Respect of Unutilized Cenvat Credit to Closing Stock(04.08.2017)
Bombay High Court, while upholding Tribunal order deleting addition in respect of unutilized Cenvat credit to closing stock, has held that irrespectiv.....
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P&H HC: Production Of Certificate Not Necessary to Obtain Voice Sample of Accused(30.03.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that while filing an application by the prosecution to obtain the voice sample of the accused for the purposes.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Section 65B(4) of the Evidence Act, voice sample, certificate
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SC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging MHA Notification Extending Compliance Date of FCRA Act(03.09.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a batch of petitions challenging the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India notification dated May 18,.....
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SC: 2014 Judgment Declaring Section 6A of DSPE Act as Unconstitutional has Retrospective Effect(11.09.2023)
Supreme Court has held that declaration made in Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India (MANU/SC/0417/2014), as to the unconstitutionality of Section 6A o.....
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# GST Changes Applicable From 01.01.2021: Schedule II, CGST Act, 2017 Only to Classify Supply(29.12.2020)
Finance Act, 2020 has made a retrospective amendment effective from 01.07.2017 to the effect that the aspect of presence/absence of consideration will.....
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NCLT Kochi: Liability of Personal Guarantor Cannot Exceed Contractual Limit(15.07.2025)
NCLT Kochi has observed that liability of personal guarantor cannot exceed contractual limit and any demand notice exceeding the capped liability shal.....
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Supreme Court Seeks Data from HCs on Pending Sexual Assault Cases Against Minors(13.03.2018)
Supreme Court has directed the Registrar Generals of the High Courts across the country to collect and collate data regarding the pendency of cases of.....
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J&K&L HC Issues Guiding Factor to Magistrates to Pass Conviction Orders Under NI Act(29.11.2021)
Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court has issued certain guiding factors for Magistrates to consider when they pass conviction orders under Section 13.....
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Delhi HC: Challenge against Appointment of Arbitrator Can't Be Under Section 14 of the A&C Act(04.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that Section 14 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) does not provide a separate remedy to the partie.....
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SC: Section 4(5) of Gratuity Act Applies Only When Options for Employee Under the Act(01.05.2020)
Supreme Court has held that Section 4(5) of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 will apply only when there are alternative options for the employee unde.....
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Bombay HC: No Bar on Court Exercising Jurisdiction Even When Application U/S 7 of IBC is Filed(27.04.2022)
Bombay High Court has ruled that since application under Section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is filed, which is pending for consider.....
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Annual Report of TRAI for the year 2015-16(24.04.2017)
The Annual Report of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India for the year 2015-16 detailing activities of the Authority, certified accounts and the audi.....
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CESTAT Grants Partial Relief To Bata On Issue Of Denial Of CENVAT Credit(07.01.2022)
Karnataka High Court upheld the validity of Section 54(3) of the CGST Act refers to the refund of unutilized Input Tax Credit (ITC). The Section is en.....
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Bombay HC: Marriage, Childbirth Not Grounds to Quash POCSO FIR(29.09.2025)
Bombay HC held that if a minor girl falls in love, marries an adult man, and bears his child, it does not negate offences under the Protection Of Chil.....
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Reply on Plea Seeking Implementation of AP Reorganisation Act(03.04.2018)
Supreme Court has sought the Centre’s response on a PIL seeking direction to the government for proper implementation of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisa.....
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Ker. HC: Can’t Reject Plea of Organ Transplantation due to Perception of Commercial Transaction(29.01.2025)
Kerala High Court has observed that each application of organ transplantation has to be carefully considered on its own merits. It cannot be based on .....
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Central Excise (Removal of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable and Other Goods) Rules, 2016(01.03.2016)
The Central Board of Excise and Customs notified Central Excise (Removal of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable and Other .....
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Delhi HC: Practice of Handwritten Clauses In Mediation Settlement Needs To Be Discontinued(10.11.2021)
Delhi High Court has observed that the practice of handwritten clauses in mediation settlements needs to be discontinued forthwith, unless it is count.....
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SC Urges Union to take Action against Laws which are Discriminatory towards Leprosy Affected Persons(31.07.2025)
Supreme Court while urging Centre to take urgent remedial action against laws, rules, regulations, etc. which are discriminatory and/or derogatory tow.....
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CIVIL - SC Agrees to Hear Centre's Application for Stay of Eviction of Forest Dwellers(27.02.2019)
Supreme Court has agreed to hear Centre’s plea seeking a stay on possible eviction of around 11.8 lakh tribals and traditional forest dwellers, whose .....
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Supreme Court Upholds Bond Clause for Recovery of Rupees 2 Lakh in Employment Contract(15.05.2025)
SC while upholding a bond clause in an employment contract that allowed the employer to recover ?2 lakhs from an employee who resigned before the mand.....
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SC Sets Aside Bombay HC’s Judgment Interpreting Touch as Skin-to- Skin Contact Under POCSO Act(18.11.2021)
Supreme Court has set aside a judgment of the Bombay High Court that held that skin-to-skin contact was necessary for the offence of sexual assault un.....
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SC Recommends Statutory Appeal Against DJ’s Compensation Orders(20.08.2025)
Supreme Court has urged the Central Government to create a statutory appeal against District Judge’s compensation orders under Section 16(3) of the In.....
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SC Explains Acquittal Does not Ipso Facto Exonerate Delinquent from Disciplinary Action(05.08.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that acquittal by the Court of competent jurisdiction in a judicial proceeding does not ipso facto absolve the delinquent from.....
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ITAT, Mumbai: Amount Spent on Consumable Items can’t be Claimed as Improvement Cost(04.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has observed that the amount spent on consumable items including sofa, tiles, etc., can’t be claimed as cost .....
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# GST Changes Applicable From 01.01.2021: Extension on Period for Filing of Revocation Application(29.12.2020)
Finance Act, 2020 has amended Section 30(1) of the Central Goods and Service Act, 2017 to provide that on sufficient cause, the Additional/Joint Commi.....
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Kar. HC: Repeal of Section 23 of Hindu Succession Act has Retroactive Effect(20.11.2023)
Karnataka High Court has held that Section 23 of Hindu Succession Act while was repealed by the Amendment Act of 2005, is prospective in operation wit.....
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Inclusion of "Capital Small Finance Bank Limited" in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934(16.02.2017)
We advise that the "Capital Small Finance Bank Limited" has been included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 vide Notificat.....
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NCDRC: Bank Liable for Fraudulent Online Transaction if Account Holder's Fault Not Proved(11.01.2021)
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held that in case of fraudulent transactions leading to withdraw of money from a person's .....
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Delhi HC: Cannot Use Freedom of Speech to Instigate Public to Commit Unlawful Act(13.06.2025)
Delhi High Court has observed that right to freedom of speech and expression cannot be misused under the garb of carrying out rallies wherein, a perso.....
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HP HC: Non-Production of Seal Does Not Vitiate Trial(19.08.2025)
Himachal Pradesh High Court upheld a 4-year NDPS sentence, ruling that non-production of the sealing device doesn’t invalidate the trial. The Court al.....
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Calcutta HC Quashes Re-Assessment Passed Without Application of Mind(04.04.2022)
Calcutta High Court has observed that the re-assessment passed under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 without the application of mind is not su.....
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Telangana HC: Parties Cannot be Referred to Arbitration in Absence of Privity of Contract(28.04.2022)
Telangana High Court has observed that in the absence of a privity of contract parties cannot be referred to arbitration.
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P&H HC Issues Notice on Plea Challenging Haryana Panchayati Raj (Second Amendment) Act(20.01.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notice on a writ petition challenging the vires of the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Second Amendment) Act, 2020, w.....
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Allahabad HC: NCMEI Has Exclusive Power to Grant Minority Status(14.08.2025)
The Allahabad HC has quashed State Government's rejection of Sharda University's minority status in NEET counseling, holding NCMEI alone has authority.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, NCMEI, minority status, Sharda University, 1999 GO, NEET counseling, Section 11 NCMEI Act
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Ker. HC: Violating the Procedure for Sampling Contraband u/s 53A of Abkari Act Vitiates Prosecution(17.09.2025)
Kerala High Court acquitted a man sentenced to four years' rigorous imprisonment for alleged possession and manufacture of arrack, noting the prosecut.....
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Even Unregistered Partnership Firm Can Maintain ‘Cheque Bounce’ Complaint: HP High Court(17.09.2018)
Himachal Pradesh HC has held that even an unregistered partnership firm can maintain acheque bounce complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Inst.....
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Delhi HC Grants Interim Relief to Magic Moments Restraining Use of Mark Evening Moment(01.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has granted interim injunction in favour of liquor brand Magic Moments to restrain another company from selling or manufacturing alco.....
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Rajya Sabha Passes Bill to Restore SC/ST Act(10.08.2018)
Rajya Sabha has passed the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2018, which seeks to overturn a Supreme Cou.....
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CCI: Movie Producers Have Right to Choose Digital Cinema Provider(29.06.2017)
Competition Commission of India has said there was no contravention of S. 3 & 4 of Competition Act on part of producers for entering into an agreement.....
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Delhi HC Directs Revenue to Grant Immunity Under Section 270AA(26.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that the assessee cannot be prejudiced by the inaction of the Assessing Officer, directing the revenue to grant immunity.....
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ITAT, Bangalore: Subsidy Expenditure Does Not Attract TDS Provision(29.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has ruled that subsidy expenditure not attracts Tax Deducted at Source provision and set asides the order dis.....
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Madras HC: Disciplinary Action for Officers Sanctioning Public Buildings on Water Bodies(13.10.2025)
Madras HC directed the State Govt to issue circulars mandating disciplinary action against officers who sanction public buildings on water bodies and .....
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CRIMINAL - Complaint U/s 138 NI Act Maintainable Where Cheque Was Issued in Pursuance of Agreement for Sale: SC(27.03.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is maintainable when there is dishonour of cheques iss.....
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Delhi HC: Mere Consumption of Alcohol Daily Doesn’t Make Person Alcoholic(27.09.2023)
Delhi High Court has observed that merely because a person consumes alcohol daily, doesn’t make him an alcoholic nor does it add up to a bad character.....
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Gauhati HC Stays Operation of Two Amendments to the Nagaland Lokayukta Act(24.01.2025)
Gauhati High Court has stayed operation of two amendments to the Nagaland Lokayukta Act, 2017 providing for a Search Committee for selection of Lokayu.....
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Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, 2016(01.03.2016)
The Central Board of Excise and Customs notified the Customs (Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty for Manufacture of Excisable Goods) Rules, .....
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Bom. HC: Writing Off Bad Debt Can’t be Considered as Asset u/s 153A(1) of IT Act(07.09.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that writing-off of a bad debt cannot fall within the ambit of “income, represented in the form of an asset” under Section .....
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SC: Amendment to CST Act Ceasing Right of Govt. to Grant Exemption to be Applicable Prospectively(14.02.2025)
Supreme Court has held that the amendment in Section 8(5) of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 that ceased State Government’s power to grant exemption f.....
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# GST Changes Applicable From 01.01.2021: Voluntarily Registered Persons Can Opt for Cancellation(29.12.2020)
Finance Act, 2020 has amended Section 29(1) of the Central Goods and Service Act, 2017 to provide that even a registered person who has obtained the r.....
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Ker HC: Detention Order Must Reflect How Public Order Would be Vitiated if the Person isn’t Detained(20.11.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that detention order must reflect how public order would be vitiated if the person concerned is not detained invoking the p.....
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President Assents Law to Pay Wages Via Cheque, E-Transfer(20.02.2017)
President Pranab Mukherjee has given assent to Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017 which enables employers to pay wages to workers through cheque o.....
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P&H HC: Implementing Party Cannot be Liable for Proceedings Under Contempt of Court(11.01.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that an implementing party could not be made liable for proceedings under the Contempt of Court Act, 1971 f.....
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# GST Changes Applicable From 01.01.2021: Penalty for Beneficiaries of Fake Invoicing Introduced(29.12.2020)
Finance Act, 2020 has introduced new sub-section (1A) in Section 122 wherein it has been proposed that a person who retains the benefit of certain tra.....
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Ker HC: Action Must be Taken against Private Nursing Colleges Not Paying Teachers as per Regulations(14.07.2025)
Kerala High Court has observed that, if any private nursing college is not implementing the Indian Nursing Council (Revised Regulations and Curriculum.....
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Compensation in Accident Cases a Right, Not Dole: Supreme Court(08.03.2018)
Supreme Court has ruled that award of compensation is an entitlement under law which must be commensurate with the pain and suffering of those injured.....
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Karnataka HC: Senior Citizens Act Prospective in Nature; Won't Affect Past Transactions(29.11.2021)
Karnataka High Court has reiterated that the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, is prospective in nature and will only .....
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Kar. HC: When Commercial O.S. is for First Time Instituted before Court, Sec. 12A becomes Mandatory(27.06.2025)
Karnataka High Court has observed that when Commercial O.S. is for the first time instituted before the Court, Section 12A under Commercial Courts Act.....
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Karnataka High Court: KIAD Act Must Conform to Provisions of Centre's 2013 Land Acquisition Act(21.04.2017)
Karnataka High Court has ruled that Section 24 of Centre's Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 that deals with compensation, w.....
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ITAT, Bangalore: Digital Data Recovered During Search has Evidentiary Value(27.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has observed that the digital data recovered by the income tax department has evidentiary value during the se.....
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Delhi HC: Terms of Employment Restricting Employee from Getting Employed are Void(27.06.2025)
Delhi High Court has observed that a contract between an employer and employee, imposing a restriction on the employee to get employed after terminati.....
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Rajasthan HC Rules 'Sanction Not Necessary to Order Preliminary Inquiry Against Public Servant'(24.04.2017)
Rajasthan High Court has recently held that there is no requirement of previous sanction under Section 19 of Prevention of Corruption Act for ordering.....
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Bombay High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail to Actor Sahil Khan in Abetment to Suicide Case(08.12.2021)
Bombay High Court has granted pre-arrest bail to actor and fitness entrepreneur Sahil Khan in an abetment to suicide and defamation case.
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SC: Can’t Uphold Disciplinary Action When Employee Acquitted in Criminal Case Over Same Evidence(25.04.2025)
SC has held that when charges, evidence, witnesses, and circumstances in both departmental inquiry and the criminal proceedings are identical or simil.....
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Karnataka High Court Issues Notice on Public Interest Litigation for Judicial Inquiry(15.01.2020)
Karnataka High Court has issued notice to the State Government on a Public Interest Litigation seeking a judicial inquiry by a sitting/retired Judge o.....
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Del. HC: Obtaining of Voice Samples of Accused Must be in Compliance with Telegraph Act(08.12.2023)
Delhi High Court while referring to Supreme Court’s judgment in Ritesh Sinha v. State of Uttar Pradesh (MANU/SC/1023/2019; 2019/INSC/855), has held th.....
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Del. HC: Rule 8 of Chewing Tobacco & Unmanufactured Tobacco Packing Machines Rules is Valid(08.09.2023)
Delhi High Court while upholding the validity of Rule 8 of Chewing Tobacco and Unmanufactured Tobacco Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Col.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Chewing Tobacco, Central Excise Act, Ultra Vires
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# GST Changes Applicable From 01.01.2021: Provisions Related to TDS Certificate Omitted(29.12.2020)
Finance Act, 2020 has omitted the provisions related to the procedural part contained in Section 51 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 de.....
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Allahabad HC: Absence of Activity at Principal Place Doesn’t Imply Invoice to Assessee is Fake(14.07.2025)
Allahabad HC has held that absence of any activity at the principal place of business of the assessee, by itself cannot result in a presumption that t.....
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ED Issues Circular regarding Issuance of Summons to Legal Practitioners/Advocates(23.06.2025)
Enforcement Directorate has issued a circular regarding issuance of summons to advocates for their legal opinions and has stated that no summons shall.....
Tags : Enforcement Directorate, Legal Practitioners, Section 132
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Gujarat High Court Suggests Parents to Approach Govt Receiving Centres For RTE Admissions(21.04.2017)
Gujarat High Court has said that if parents find difficulty in securing admission for children in class I under Right of Children to Free and Compulso.....
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AAR: Activity of Bus Bodybuilding is Supply of Goods and Services Depending on Principal Supply(07.12.2021)
Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), Uttar Pradesh has ruled that activity of bus body building is supply of goods and services depending on the princip.....
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Karnataka HC: Alleged Bribery before Filing Nomination Not ‘Corrupt Practice’(26.08.2025)
Karnataka High Court has ruled that any alleged corrupt act committed by a candidate before their nomination for elections cannot be classified as a c.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, RP Act, Section 123, Corrupt Practice, Pre-Nomination Acts
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Calcutta HC: Discretionary Scope to Stay Award u/s 19 MSME Act Wider Than u/s 36(3) Arbitration Act(30.03.2022)
Calcutta High Court has held that the scope of discretion upon a Court to stay an award or a decree under Section 19 of the Micro, Small and Medium En.....
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HP HC Directs State Not to Take Coercive Action Against Zee News Journalist(07.06.2021)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the State police not to take any coercive action against Zee News Journalist booked for conducting a 'reality.....
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Rajasthan HC: Respondents Have Right to Legal Representation Before Regulatory Authority/ Tribunal(29.04.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has observed that Section 56 of the Rajasthan Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, inasmuch as it excludes right o.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Section 56 of the Rajasthan Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, Appellate Tribunal, Regulatory Authority, adjudicating officer, ultra vires
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Supreme Court Refers Case Seeking Redefinition of 'Industry' to Nine Judge Bench(03.01.2017)
Supreme Court has referred a case seeking to redefine the term ‘industry’ under Industrial Disputes Act (IDA), 1947 to a nine-judge bench.
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ITAT: Forex Transaction to Hedge Foreign Currency Risk is Not Speculative(10.08.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Chandigarh Bench while allowing deduction, has held that the Forex transaction to hedge foreign currency risk is.....
Tags : ITAT, Forex Transaction, Hedge Foreign Currency
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Bom. HC Refers to Larger Bench the Issue Whether Grounds of Arrest Must be Furnished to Accused(03.02.2025)
Bombay High Court has referred to a larger bench the issue, whether grounds of arrest are required to be furnished to the accused in offence under POC.....
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SC: Complaint Filed Under Section 138 NI Act Filed on Behalf of Company Not Liable to be Dismissed(11.11.2021)
Supreme Court has held that a complaint filed on behalf of a company under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 is not liable to be dis.....
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Del. HC: Merely because wife Fails to Provide Date & Time of Torture Doesn’t Mean Case is Baseless(31.07.2025)
Delhi High Court has stated that merely because a wife failed to provide the exact date and time of the alleged tortures does not tantamount to mean t.....
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CRIMINAL - Kerala Actress Abduction Case: Kerala HC Allows Plea to Appoint Woman Judge to Conduct Trial(27.02.2019)
Kerala High Court has allowed plea of an actress, who has filed a sexual assault case in which Malayalam actor Dileep is one of the accused, to appoin.....
Tags : Kerela High Court, Kerala Actress Abduction Case
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J&K&L HC: Satisfaction of Detaining Authority Must be Based on Scrutiny of Police Report(09.11.2022)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that in absence of material supporting allegations or specifying details of incident, it can’t be hel.....
Tags : Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High, Satisfaction, Police Order
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Supreme Court: Second Detention Order Under Bihar Control of Crimes Act Is Conditional(20.04.2017)
Supreme Court has held that a second detention order under Bihar Control of Crimes Act, 1981, can only be passed on fresh grounds that arise after ord.....
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Disha Ravi's Plea Alleging Leakage of Information to Media(19.02.2021)
Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea filed by Activist Disha Ravi seeking to restrain Delhi Police from leaking any investigation material rel.....
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SC Delivers Split Verdict on Disciplinary Action to be Taken Against an Advocate-On-Record(18.04.2025)
Supreme Court has delivered a split verdict on disciplinary action to be taken against an Advocate-on-Record and his assisting Advocate who filed a pe.....
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FAMILY - President Gives Assent to Law Which Removes Leprosy as Ground for Divorce(22.02.2019)
President has given assent to a bill, already passed by parliament, removing leprosy as a ground for divorce under five personal laws including the Hi.....
Tags : President, Leprosy as Ground for Divorce, Hindu Marriage Act
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Kar. HC: Second Award prohibited w.r.t Land Acquired By Notification Issued u/s 3-A & 3-D of NH Act(17.10.2022)
Karnataka High Court while setting aside the second award passed by the competent authority, held that National Highways Act does not provide for issu.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, National Highways Act, land acquired
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SC: Landowner's Preferential Right Must Be Extinguished Before Acquisition(26.08.2025)
Supreme Court has held that under Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, 1971 land cannot be acquired until the owner’s preferential right to submit a Slum Rehab.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Slums Act, Preferential Right, SRA, Land Acquisition
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ITAT, Mumbai: Deemed Dividend Would Not Attract Loans and Advances Out of Commercial Consideration(26.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has observed that the provisions of deemed dividend under Section 2(22)(e) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 would be .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Deemed Dividend, Section 2(22)(e), Income Tax Act, 1961
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ITAT, Delhi: Amendments to Sections 43B and 36(1)(va) IT Act Can’t Have Retrospective Effect(02.05.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has ruled that the amendments to sections 43B and 36(1)(va) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot have retrospective.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, sections 43B, sections 36(1)(va), Income Tax Act, 1961, retrospective effect
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Supreme Court Says Foreign Law Firms Can’t Practice in India(13.03.2018)
Supreme Court has held that foreign law firms cannot practice in the country, but allowed foreign lawyers to visit India on a “fly in and fly out” bas.....
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Karnataka HC Directs State to Ensure Medical Practitioners Nominated to Karnataka Medical Council(30.11.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to ensure that five medical practitioners are nominated to the Karnataka Medical Council only a.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Medical Practitioners Nominated to Karnataka Medical Council
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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) releases 'Report on Activities for the year 2017'(07.05.2018)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released a Report on Activities for the period 1st January, 2017 to 31st December, 2017. The Re.....
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Orissa HC Asks to File Affidavit Specifying Steps to Implement Manual Scavenging Prohibition Act(08.12.2021)
Orissa High Court has asked the State Government to file an affidavit specifying steps it has taken so far to implement the Prohibition of Employment .....
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DIPP Clarifies Copyright Act Applies to Digital Streaming Services(08.09.2016)
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has clarified that all forms of broadcasting including digital music streaming fall under section.....
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CESTAT, Hyderabad: Exported Goods Cannot Be Confiscated Under Section 113 of Customs Act(26.04.2022)
Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Hyderabad has ruled that Section 113 of the Customs Act, 1962 only provides for confiscation of go.....
Tags : Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Section 113 of the Customs Act, 1962, confiscation of goods
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Rajasthan HC: Engagement of Child Not Offence U/S 11 Of Child Marriage Act(29.04.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has observed that Section 11 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 makes it abundantly clear that organizing marriage is.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Section 11, Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, engagement
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Kerala High Court Issues Notice to Centre on Plea Challenging Constitutionality of S.144B of IT Act(06.12.2021)
Kerala High Court has admitted a batch of writ petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Faceless Assessment Procedure under Section 14.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Constitutionality of S.144B of IT Act
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Parties Summoned By CCI DG Have Right To Be Accompanied By Advocates: Delhi High Court(28.05.2018)
Delhi High Court has upheld the right of parties summoned by Director-General (DG) for investigation under the Competition Act to be accompanied by ad.....
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Bombay HC: Woman Who Leaves Matrimonial House Before Divorce Can't Claim Right to Reside in House(03.10.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that a woman, who leaves her matrimonial house before her divorce, cannot later seek right to residence under the Protectio.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Matrimonial House, DV Act
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SC: Once Employee is Regularised, Contractual Service Must Count Towards Pension(01.05.2025)
Supreme Court has held that upon regularization of employee, the Pension Rules become applicable and under Rule 17 of the Central Civil Services (Pens.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Rule 17, Contractual Service, Pension
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Karnataka HC Refuses NHAI Application Tendering Apology for Statement on EPA Act(20.01.2021)
Karnataka High Court has refused to entertain an application filed by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), tendering unconditional apology and.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, National Highways Authority of India, EPA Act
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Delhi HC Seeks Response in Plea Seeking Action Plan to Control Dengue Outbreak(10.11.2021)
Delhi High Court has sought response of the Delhi Government and the North Delhi Municipal Corporation in a plea seeking an action plan to control the.....
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SC Reserves Order on Surrogacy for Couple Who Froze Embryos Before Age Bar in Surrogacy Act(30.07.2025)
Supreme Court has reserved its order on whether a couple who froze embryos before the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 came into effect, can proceed w.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Age Bar, Surrogacy Act
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PROPERTY - Civil Suit for Land that is Subject to Proceedings Under Urban Land Ceiling Act Not Maintainable: SC(27.02.2019)
Supreme Court has held that a Civil Court has no jurisdiction to try civil suit in relation to land which is subject to ceiling proceedings under Urba.....
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Calcutta HC Directs State to Take Proactive Steps to Ensure Implementation of Street Vendors Act(02.12.2021)
Calcutta High Court has observed that there is a duty cast on the State of West Bengal to implement the provisions of the Street Vendors (Protection o.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Implementation of Street Vendors Act
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Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board Pulls Plug on Sterlite Plant(25.05.2018)
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has ordered the closure of the Vedanta-Sterlite copper factory in Thoothukudi.
Tags : Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, Vedanta-Sterlite copper factory, Thoothukudi
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Kar. HC: Advocates Act Confers No Right to Park Vehicle Inside Court Premises(30.09.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that Section 30 of the Advocates' Act only confers the right on the Advocates to practice and it does not confer any rig.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Advocates Act, Parking
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NCLT Mumbai: Guarantor's Liability Can’t Exceed the Limit Given in Contract of Guarantee(01.05.2025)
NCLT Mumbai bench has held that liability of a guarantor cannot exceed the specified limit in the contract of guarantee and the guarantor is bound onl.....
Tags : NCLT Mumbai, Guarantor's Liability, Contract of Guarantee
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Supreme Court Upholds Sections 3, 4 & 10 of IBC Amendment Act 2020(20.01.2021)
Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Sections 3, 4 and 10 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act 2020.
Tags : Supreme Court, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act 2020
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Delhi HC: Income Tax Evasion Complaint Not Premature Despite Pending Reassessment(12.08.2025)
Delhi HC has held that pending reassessment does not bar prosecution under Sections 276-C/277 of the Income Tax Act. The complaint by an authorised of.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Income Tax Act, Tax Evasion, Criminal Prosecution, Neena Bansal Krishna
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SC Rejected Writ Petition Seeking Review of Judgment Upholding WB Madrasah Service Commission Act(16.09.2025)
Supreme Court rejected a writ petition by Contai Rahamania High Madrasah seeking to reconsider its 2020 ruling upholding the West Bengal Madrasah Serv.....
Tags : Writ Petition, Misconceived, West Bengal Madrasah Service Commission Act
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No Routine Arrest Under SC/ST Act If Sentence In Other Sections Is Less Than 7 Years: Allahabad HC(13.09.2018)
Allahabad HC has observed that the police would not make any routine arrest in matters related to the Act where offences under associated sections wer.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, SC/ST Act
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AAR, Maharashtra: Design and Development of Patterns is a Supply of Service(31.03.2022)
Authority of Advance Ruling ( AAR ), Maharashtra has reiterated that the activity of design and development of patterns used for manufacturing of cams.....
Tags : Authority of Advance Ruling, manufacturing camshafts, supply of service
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Karnataka Govt Passes Amendment Act to Provide Horizontal Reservation for Karnataka Students(05.05.2020)
Karnataka Government has given the assent to the National Law School of India (Amendment) Act, 2020, whereby National Law School of India, Bengaluru s.....
Tags : Karnataka Government, National Law School of India (Amendment) Act, 2020
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ITAT, Mumbai: IT Law Doesn't Bar Assessing Officer to go Beyond Reasons Where Re-Assessment Initiated(28.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has observed that there is no bar under the law that the Assessing Officer is entitled to confine assessment on .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Assessing Officer, Income Tax Act, 1961, sections 147, sections 148
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SC: Can’t Reject Plaint as Time Barred When Limitation is Mixed Question of Fact & Law(01.05.2025)
Supreme Court has held that a plaint cannot be rejected on the ground of limitation when the issue of limitation is a mixed question of fact and law a.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Time Barred, Fact & Law
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SC: Issue of Maintaining Law and Order Exclusively Domain of Police(19.01.2021)
Supreme Court has stated in plea by Centre seeking a direction to restrain a proposed Republic Day ‘tractor rally’ in the Capital by farmers, who are .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Tractor Rally in Delhi
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SC: Bar Councils Can't Collect "Optional Fees" During Enrolment(11.08.2025)
The Supreme Court has observed that Section 24(1)(f) of the Advocates Act, 1961specifies the amount that can be charged by the SBCs as an enrolment fe.....
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Gujarat HC: Writ Courts Interfering in Arbitral Procedure Orders Defies A&C Act’s Purpose(15.09.2025)
Gujarat HC ruled that writ courts should interfere in arbitral procedural orders, only if, they are completely perverse, made in bad faith, or in rare.....
Tags : Arbitration & Conciliation Act, Arbitral Procedure, Rarest of Rare
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Calcutta High Court: All Proceedings Under Companies Act 1956 Stands Transferred To NCLT(10.09.2018)
Calcutta High Court has held that HC has lost jurisdiction from 15th December 2016 to entertain all proceedings under Companies Act, 1956 and the same.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, NCLT, Companies Act, 1956
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Telangana HC Grants Interim Relief to Former CM KCR and BRS Leader Harish Rao in Kaleshwaram Case(08.09.2025)
Telangana HC granted interim relief to former CM K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR)and Harish Rao, ordering no coercive action for now in the Kaleshwaram proje.....
Tags : Interim Relief, Corruption, Coercive Action
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CIC: Constitution Club Public Authority under RTI Act(19.10.2016)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that Constitution Club which is a "platform for interaction amongst past and present member of Parliamen.....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Constitution Club,RTI Act
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Chhattisgarh HC: Director Cannot Be Prosecuted u/s 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act(30.03.2022)
Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a director could not be charged under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 without the company be.....
Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, Company
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Bombay HC: Court Can't Grant Interim Relief u/s 9 of A&C Act, If Contract is Determinable(25.04.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that an application for interim relief under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act) in the form .....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Interim Relief u/s 9 of A&C Act
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AP HC: Plea of Alibi Can’t be Taken Into Consideration at Pre-Trial Stage as it’s Disputed(29.04.2022)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed the petition for discharge of accused on his plea that he was not present during the commission of the offence.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, plea of alibi, question of fact, framing of charges
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SC: Cannot Restrict Convicted Persons From Forming Political Parties Solely Due To Disqualification(12.08.2025)
The Supreme Court, while hearing a PIL on banning convicted persons from forming political parties, has observed that losing statutory rights like vot.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Political Parties, Convicted Persons, Representation of People Act, Section 29A, Surya Kant, Joymalya Bagchi
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SC: Non-Production of Contraband Not Fatal If Seizure and Sample-Drawing Follow S.52A of NDPS Act(16.09.2025)
Supreme Court ruled that under the NDPS Act, the prosecution is not defeated if the seized contraband is not produced in court, provided the seizure a.....
Tags : Seizure, Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, Contraband
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Transaction Can’t Be Treated As Bogus Merely Based On Report Of Investigation Wing: ITAT(13.09.2018)
Jaipur bench of ITAT has held that a transaction cannot be treated as bogus only on the basis of the report of Investigation Wing.
Tags : NCLT, Bogus Transactions
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Karnataka HC: Only Indian Citizens Can Start Proceedings Under Senior Citizens Act(31.03.2022)
Karnataka High Court has observed that only Indian Citizens can initiate proceedings under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen A.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen Act, 2007
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CBDT: Property Advance Above Rs. 20,000 Must be Disclosed in Audit Report(05.07.2017)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified that property advance of Rs. 20,000 should be disclosed in audit report u/s 44AB of Income Tax Act.
Tags : Central Board of Direct Taxes, Income Tax Act
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Allahabad HC: Non-Reporting of Seizure U/S 102 (3) CrPC Doesn't Make Such Seizure Illegal(26.04.2022)
Allahabad High Court has ruled that non-reporting of the seizure forthwith, under Section 102(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall not ips.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Section 102(3), Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973, ipso facto, seizure
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SC: Market Value of Acquired Land Must be Determined From the Date of Issuance of S. 11 Notification(23.04.2025)
Supreme Court has held that the market value of the acquired land under Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitatio.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Land Acquisition, Section 11 RFCTLARR Act
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Delhi HC Directs Police to Look Into Plea for Opening Road Stretch Closed Due to Anti-CAA Protests(14.01.2020)
Delhi High Court has disposed off a Public Interest Litigation seeking reopening of the Kalindi Kunj - Shaheen Bagh stretch which is currently closed .....
Tags : Delhi high Court, Shaheen Bagh, Citizenship Amendment Act
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Kerala HC: POCSO Act Prevails Over SC/ST Act(27.10.2022)
Kerala High Court has held that Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) prevails over SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, POCSO, SC/ST Act
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Kerala HC Stays Trial against ADGP Ajithkumar in Disproportionate Assets Case(27.08.2025)
Kerala HC has stayed proceedings against ADGP M.R. Ajithkumar in a disproportionate assets case, noting procedural illegality in the Special Judge’s o.....
Tags : Kerala HC, Disproportionate Assets, Vigilance, Prevention of Corruption Act
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Gujarat High Court: Charge Muslims Who Wed Off Minor Girls(25.09.2015)
Gujarat HC has ruled that Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) would prevail over Muslim Personal Law in cases where Muslims marry off their minor.....
Tags : Gujarat HC ,Prohibition of Child Marriage Act
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Madras HC Denies Bail to NRI Company Director Accused of Money Laundering(30.03.2022)
Madras High Court has refused to grant bail to Ahmed A.R Buhari, director and promoter of M/s Coastal Energen Private Limited (CEPL) who was accused u.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Section 3 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, of M/s Coastal Energen Private Limited
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Andhra Pradesh HC: In Contract, Rate of Interest May be customized by Court on Equitable Grounds:(30.03.2022)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has decided that where the rate of interest is fixed in the contract, it would be open to the Court to alter the rate of int.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Interest Rate, Contract
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Delhi HC Directs Centre to Release 14 Crores to Panacea Biotech for Manufacturing Vaccine(07.06.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to release an amount of Rs. 14 Crores along with the interest of 12% to Panacea Biotech for manufacturing Spu.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Panacea Biotech, Manufacturing of Sputnik V Vaccine
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ITAT, Mumbai: No TDS on Payments to Foreign Insurers, Rules(29.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai has observed that any payment prepared by the assessee company to such foreign insurers would not be chargeable .....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Section 195(1), Income Tax Act, 1961, foreign insurers
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SC Issues Notice on Parsi Group's Plea to Allow Last Rites As Per Religious Practices(07.12.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a plea by the Surat Parsi Panchayat Board for a direction to permit it and its members to perform Dokhmenashini/las.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Last Rites As Per Religious Practices
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Patna HC: Can Grant Compensation under RTI Act Only when Applicant Demonstrates Actual Loss(24.04.2025)
Patna High Court while dismissing a petition seeking compensation for delayed information under Section 19(8)(b) of RTI Act, 2005, has observed that c.....
Tags : Patna High Court, RTI Act, Actual Loss
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Delhi Court Asks Delhi Police to Back its Claim Against Bhim Army Chief(15.01.2020)
Delhi Court has asked the Delhi Police to back its claim against the Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad that he indulged in violence during Anti- Ci.....
Tags : Delhi Court, Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019
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SC to Solicitor General: Provide Data on No. of People Benefitted from S.6A of Citizenship Act(06.12.2023)
Supreme Court while hearing pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955, has asked Solicitor General of I.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Citizenship Act, Section 6A, Constitutional Validity
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SC Issues Notice in Plea to Bring Bar Councils under POSH Act(29.08.2025)
Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union of India and the Bar Council of India in a plea seeking extension of protection under the Sexual Harassme.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Bar Councils, POSH Act
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Karnataka HC Notices State Government over Illegal Sand Extraction(17.10.2016)
Karnataka High Court has issued notices to State government and three private contractors on a Public Interest Litigation, which complained about alle.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, illegal sand extraction
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Delay in operationalising Whistle Blowers Protection Act(02.08.2018)
Maintenance of law and order and providing safety and security to all citizens is primarily the subject matter of State Governments concerned.
Tags : Act, Operation, Delay
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Gujarat HC: Relief Can't be Granted as it Amount to Main Relief in Section 9 Arbitration Application(26.04.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that once an application under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 seeking interim measures has been d.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Section 9, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
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Bombay HC: Agreement on Name of Arbitrator Would Not Amount to Waiver of Notice(02.05.2022)
Bombay High Court has observed that simply because the Arbitration agreement provides for the name of the arbitrator, the same would not amount to a w.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Section 21, Arbitration agreement
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Supreme Court Repels Challenge Against Sec. 70 Of IT Act(02.04.2018)
Supreme Court has repelled challenge to the constitutional validity of Section 70 of the Information Technology Act 2000, which gives power to the gov.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Information Technology Act
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Lok Sabha Passes Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021(12.02.2021)
Lok Sabha Passes Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 repealing the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 promulgate.....
Tags : Arbitration Act, Amendment
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J&K HC: Doctrine of ‘No Work No Pay’ Not Applicable if Employee Kept Away Due to Employer’s Act(28.04.2025)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that when an employee is kept away from the work by any act or omission on the part of the employer, .....
Tags : J&K High Court, Employer’s Act, Omission
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Karnataka High Court Imposes Cost on Police Officers for Registering FIR Under Section 66A of IT Act(17.01.2020)
Karnataka High Court has directed two police officers to pay a cost of Rs. 10,000 each for registering a First Information Report under Section 66 (A).....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, First Information Report, Information Technology Act
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Mad HC: Question that Killing of Hindu Religious Leaders Would Constitute Terrorist Act is Debatable(14.12.2023)
Madras High Court has noted that the question as to whether the killing of Hindu religious leaders by itself can constitute a terrorist act is debatab.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Hindu Religious Leaders, Terrorist Act
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Karnataka HC: Possession Warrant of Secured Asset Not Affected By Third-Party Rights(11.09.2025)
Karnataka HC ruled that secured assets under SARFAESI Act are not subject to third-party rights. Claims by third parties cannot be raised before a mag.....
Tags : Possession, Third-Party Rights, SARFAESI Act
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#RERA: 23 States Notify Rules, Six Misses July 31 Deadline(01.08.2017)
The July-31 deadline to register projects under the Real Estate Regulatory Act (RERA) is over, however, six states are yet to notify rules. These incl.....
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AAR, Odisha: Sending of Raw Materials for Manufacture of Industrial Gas Not Job Work(30.03.2022)
Authority for Advance Rulings, Odisha has concluded that IOCL’s sending of raw materials for the manufacture of industrial gas does not qualify job wo.....
Tags : Authority for Advance Ruling, Industrial gas, Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.
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Central Government notifies 'SEEPZ Special Economic Zone Authority' as an Authority constituted under the Special Economic Zone Act, 2005(20.04.2022)
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (46) of section 10 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government hereby notifies for .....
Tags : Special Economic Zone, Income Tax Act
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AP HC: Caste-Based Insult Over Telephone Conversation Not an Offence U/S 3 SC/ ST Act(29.04.2022)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has reiterated that to constitute an offence under Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevent.....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Section 3(1)(x), Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
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Customer due diligence for transactions in virtual currencies(31.05.2021)
1. It has come to our attention through media reports that certain banks/ regulated entities have cautioned their customers against dealing in virtual.....
Tags : Customer, due diligence, Transactions
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Karnataka HC: Arbitration Relating Third Parties and Leading to Other Proceedings Inarbitrary(29.04.2022)
Karnataka High Court has held that reference of a dispute to arbitration cannot be permitted if it would lead to splitting up of the cause of action a.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, cause of action, arbitration
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MP HC: Condition of Living in Separation for One Year Can't be Waived(31.03.2022)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that one year period of living separately is a must for filing of an application for divorce by mutual consent unde.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, mutual consent, divorce, Section 13B(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act
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Madras HC: Any Appointments to 19 Tribunals Under Finance Act Would be Subject to Order in Writ(30.06.2017)
Madras High Court has observed that all appointments to 19 odd tribunals, under purview of impugned Finance Act and Rules, would be subject to final o.....
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SC: Arbitral Tribunal Can Grant Post Award Interest Included in Sum of Award(26.04.2022)
Supreme Court has ruled that the Arbitral Tribunal can grant post-award interest on the sum of the award including the interest component. The Court r.....
Tags : Supreme Court, arbitral tribunal, Section 31(7), Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
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ITAT, Delhi: Revisional Jurisdiction Can be Invoked in Very Gross Case of Inadequacy in Inquiry(29.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi has ruled that the Revisional jurisdiction under section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 can be invoked in a very.....
Tags : Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, revisional jurisdiction, section 263, Income Tax Act, 1961
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Orissa HC Upholds Constitutional Validity of Section 34 RP Act(02.05.2022)
Orissa High Court upheld the Constitutional validity of Section 34 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 that specifies that eligible citizens.....
Tags : Orissa High Court, Section 34, Representation of the People Act, 1951, State Legislative Assembly, Member of Parliament
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CIC: Staff Entitled To Know About Financial Status of Company(25.04.2019)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that employee is entitled to know under Right To Information Act 2005 about the financial status of the .....
Tags : Central Information Commission, Right To Information Act 2005
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SC: Absence of Arbitration Agreement Make Article 137 of Limitation Act Inapplicable to Arbitration(07.04.2022)
Supreme Court has observed that Article 137 of the Limitation Act, 1963 would be inapplicable in arbitration proceedings commenced under Bihar Public .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Article 137 of the Limitation Act, 1963, Bihar Public Works Contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal, arbitration proceedings
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Order of blacklisting can be scrutinized not only on the touchstone of the principles of natural justice but also on the doctrine of proportionality(05.04.2022)
The challenge raised in present writ petition is to the order passed by the Food Corporation of India (FCI) terminating the contract that was issued t.....
Tags : Contract, Termination, Validity
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Delhi HC: No Notice Needed to Search & Seize 'Undisclosed Money' Deposited in 3rd Party A/C(31.05.2017)
Delhi High Court held that ‘Undisclosed Money’ deposited in a third parties’ Bank Account can be subject to search and seizure under Income Tax Act ev.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Undisclosed Money, Income Tax Act
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Supreme Court Elaborates the Difference Between ‘Land’ and ‘Immovable Property’(08.02.2024)
Supreme Court has stated that if provisions of the Punjab Pre-Emption Act, 1913 are read it is abundantly clear that the land and the immovable proper.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Punjab Pre-Emption Act, 1913, Immovable Property
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Calcutta HC: Only Erroneous Actions of RO Interfering with Election Process Amenable to Scrutiny(15.03.2021)
Calcutta High Court has ruled that only such erroneous actions of Returning Officer, which would have the effect of interfering in the free flow of th.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Erroneous Actions of Returning Officer
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Del. HC: Findings of Cruelty Against Wife Cannot be a Base To Deny Maintenance To her Under DV Act(22.01.2024)
Delhi High Court while deciding the revision petition filed by the wife has held that findings of cruelty against a wife in the divorce proceedings by.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Domestic Violence Act, 2005, Maintenance, Divorce Proceedings
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SC: Coal India Ltd. Come Under the Purview of Competition Act, 2002(16.06.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act cannot be reconciled with the Competition Act, has held that Coal India Ltd. would.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Coal India, Competition Act
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Law Commission Releases Report – Revisiting the Law on Prevention of Damage to Public Property(05.02.2024)
The 22nd Law Commission has released a suo-motu Report titled "Revisiting the Law on Prevention of Damage to Public Property” that recommends amendmen.....
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Jharkhand HC: ITC Can be Denied on Inter-State Sale or Transfer of Stock(30.03.2022)
Jharkhand High Court has observed that Input Tax Credit can be denied under Section 18(8)(ix) of the Jharkhand Value Added Tax Act, 2005 on Inter-Stat.....
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Delhi High Court Restrains TRACTOR2TWITTER from Making Defamatory Posts Against AajTak(09.06.2021)
Delhi High Court has restrained TRACTOR2TWITTER, claiming itself to be an online community of persons interested in Farmers Protests, from making defa.....
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SC: Delay in Adjudication of Commercial Disputes Affects Ease of Doing Business(29.04.2022)
Supreme Court has ordered the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court to prepare a roadmap for early disposal of execution petitions under the Arbitrat.....
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Bombay HC Grants Interim Protection to Pankaj Bhujpal(05.08.2016)
Bombay HC has granted interim protection to Pankaj Bhujbal till August 8 against any arrest by the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court.
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SC Issues Notice on Subramanian Swamy's Plea Challenging Provisions of Places of Worship Act(26.03.2021)
Supreme Court has issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging the Constitutional validity of the P.....
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SC: Deemed Income of Homemaker Can’t Be Less Than Daily Wages Prescribed Under Minimum Wages Act(23.02.2024)
Supreme Court while granting compensation of Rs. 6 Lakh for the death of a woman, has held that the deceased was a homemaker, her direct and indirect .....
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SC Stays HC’s Interim Order Staying Assam-Meghalaya Border Pact(09.01.2023)
Supreme Court has stayed interim order passed by Meghalaya High Court which had put stay on the execution of Assam-Meghalaya border pact, which was en.....
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Bombay High Court Upholds States Rule-Making Power Under Criminal Law Amendment Act 1932(14.04.2017)
Bombay High Court has examined whether State retains powers conferred by Section 10 of Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1932 to make certain offences cog.....
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JKL HC: Can’t Proceed With Prosecution Against Partners Without Arraigning Firm as Accused(20.02.2023)
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that existence of Section 66 in the Food Safety and Standard Act 2006 is a clear indicator of the fac.....
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Gauhati HC to State: Take Action Against Schools Not Reserving 25% Seats for Disadvantaged Groups(13.03.2023)
Gauhati High Court while directing State to implement its policy under Right to Education Act regarding admission benefits to children from weaker sec.....
Tags : Gauhati High Court, Admission, RTE Act, Unaided and Non-Minority Institutions
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Disqualified Lawmakers’ House Membership to Be Revived if Conviction is Stayed: SC(27.09.2018)
Supreme Court has affirmed that once the conviction of an MP or MLA has been stayed by the appellate court under section 389 of the CrPC, the disquali.....
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Kar. HC: Revision Petition Against Order Passed u/s 148(3) of NI Act Not Maintainable Before HC(12.03.2024)
Karnataka High Court has held that a revision petition filed for release of interim compensation against an order under Section 148 (3) of the Negotia.....
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NGT Puts Interim Ban on Construction Activities in Delhi, NCR(09.11.2016)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned construction activities for one week in Delhi and National Capital Region.
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Madras HC: Writ Petition is Not Maintainable to Enforce Arbitral Award(18.04.2022)
Madras High Court has observed that a writ petition cannot be filed to enforce an arbitral award when an alternative remedy is available under section.....
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Telangana HC: Power to Grant Stay Under Telangana VAT Act is Discretionary(21.04.2022)
Telangana High Court has observed that the power of the authorities under the Telangana Value Added Tax Act, 2005 is discretionary and the same should.....
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Del. HC: Proceed. Under SARFAESI Act and RDDB Act Can Continue Parallelly as They are Complimentary(18.04.2024)
Delhi HC has held that proceedings under Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002(SARFESI).....
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Delhi HC: Assessment Can’t be Re-Opened Merely by Re-Appreciating the Existing Circumstances(08.11.2017)
Delhi High Court while quashing demand against Airtel has observed that re-assessment under Section 147/148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be made.....
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Rajasthan HC Sets Aside Family Court's Order Refusing To Waive 6 Months Cooling-Off Period(16.05.2022)
Rajasthan High Court held that a family court had committed illegality in rejecting the divorce application for waiving cooling -off six months' perio.....
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Delhi HC: Sex-Determination Based Abortion Perpetuates Gender Inequalities, Misogyny(25.04.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that sex-determination based abortion is a powerful method of perpetuating gender inequalities and is directly relate.....
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RBI Permits Residents to Conduct Foreign Currency-Rupee Swaps Transactions with Multilateral Bodies(06.11.2015)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has permitted domestic entities to conduct foreign currency-rupee swaps with multilateral agencies and allow hedging of lo.....
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Bombay HC to State: Look into Constitution of State Board & Regulatory Authorities for Surrogacy(28.06.2022)
Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Government to expeditiously look into the constitution of regulatory authorities for surrogacy procedur.....
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Central Government Notifies Date for Provisions of Consumer Protection Act to Come Into Force(17.07.2020)
Central Government has issued a notification stating that most of the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 shall come into force on 20th Ju.....
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Bom. HC: Divorcee or a Single Parent Eligible to Adopt as Per Juvenile Justice Act, 2015(13.04.2023)
Bombay High Court while setting aside order disallowing a woman from adopting her sister’s child on ground that she was single working woman, held tha.....
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Madras HC: Engaging Teachers for NPR Work Not Against RTE Act(18.02.2016)
Madras HC has held that engaging school teachers to carry out a door-to-door survey for updating National Population Register (NPR) cannot be construe.....
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AP HC Directs Filing of Counter Affidavit in Plea Challenging Section 12 of APSDC Act 2020(22.10.2021)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the Union of India to file a counter affidavit by November 15 regarding the petitions that challenged Section 1.....
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Ker. HC: Maternity Benefit Act Not Applicable to Private Educational Institutions Before 06.03.2020(07.06.2024)
Kerala HC after noting that a gazette notification was issued by the State Government making the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 applicable to private edu.....
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Ministry of Rural Development Invites Suggestions on Draft Registration Bill, 2025(28.05.2025)
Ministry of Rural Development has invited suggestions on draft Registration Bill, 2025 which aims to align it with a modern, online, paperless and cit.....
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SC: SIT Inquiry Ordered into Vantara Wildlife Centre(26.08.2025)
SC has ordered the constitution of Special Investigation Team, headed by ex-SC Judge Justice J Chelameswar, to investigate Vantara (Greens Zoological .....
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Allahabad HC: Matrimonial Case Cannot Be Transferred On Ground of Distance/ Financial Stress(30.03.2022)
Allahabad High Court has held that once an application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 has been allowed and uninterrupted litigation .....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, Matrimonial Case, Matrimonial Dispute, Transfer Application, Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
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Kerala High Court Extends Interim Orders, Interim Bails, Orders u/s 138 NI Act(04.06.2021)
Kerala High Court has extended the interim orders granted on 19th May, 2021, till 15th June, 2021, including orders relating to Section 138 of the Neg.....
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ITAT, Bangalore: Assessee Couldn’t Submit Evidence for Payment of Brokerage for Sale of Property(29.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore has permitted 1% of the sale consideration as brokerage for the sale of the property since the assessee could.....
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Bombay HC Rules ‘Court Cannot Ignore Illegal Detention’(04.11.2016)
Bombay High Court, while granting bail to a Gondia man arrested for murder and cases under Arms Act and SC/ST Act, has said that court can’t turn Nels.....
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Chhattisgarh HC bars University From Replacing Guest Lecturer Except by Way of Regular Appointment(05.05.2022)
Chhattisgarh High Court has reiterated that because a person is selected as a Guest Lecturer at a college or a University, doesn’t mean that he/she do.....
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Pat. HC: Section 45(5A) of Income Tax Act cannot be Treated as Retrospective(17.05.2023)
Patna High Court has held that Section 45(5A) of Income Tax Act 1961 can’t be treated as retrospective, and stated that there is presumption against r.....
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SC: In Complaint u/s 29 of ID Act Specific Averment Regarding Settlement to be Made(31.07.2024)
Supreme Court has held that in the complaint alleging commission of offence punishable under section 29 of ID Act, 1947, there has to be a specific av.....
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CBDT Issues New Income Tax Reporting Norms for High Value Transactions(04.01.2016)
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified norms under which cash receipts and high value transactions beyond a certain threshold will have to.....
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Bombay HC: Forwarding of Woman's Nude Video is ‘Sexually Explicit Act’ Under IT Act(17.06.2022)
Bombay High Court has in a plea for anticipatory bail held that a man accused of forwarding a married woman's nude video to several people would be an.....
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SC: Fine Imposed on Mercedes Benz for Deficiency of Service & Unfair Trade Practice, Upheld(11.07.2024)
SC has upheld the fine of Rs. 10 Lakhs imposed on Mercedes Benz India Private Limited for deficiency of service and unfair trade practice on the groun.....
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Specified goods when stored in warehouse within ambit of Customs Act, 1962(11.01.2016)
The Ministry of Finance has specified goods that will attract provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 when deposited in a warehouse. The list comprises va.....
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Allahabad HC Seeks Govt Response on Enforcement of Clinical Establishments Act, 2010(25.11.2020)
Allahabad High Court has called upon the State Government to apprise it about steps taken to regulate clinical establishments in the State, in view of.....
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Del HC: While Passing Reassessment Order, Dept. Can’t Take Fresh Grounds Not Disclosed to Taxpayer(12.08.2024)
Delhi High Court while quashing reopening proceedings initiated u/s 148A of Income Tax Act, 1961, has observed that while passing order u/s 148A(d) of.....
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Promotion in a private establishment is a managerial function and cannot be claimed to be a condition of service(21.08.2017)
Instant petition takes an exception to the judgment and order passed by the Industrial Court. By said judgment and order, Industrial Court allowed the.....
Tags : Trade practice, breach, Legality
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ITAT: Disallowance Can’t be Made on Payment to PF and ESI Before Due Date(01.06.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Amritsar Bench has held that disallowance can’t be made on payment to PF and ESI before the due date u/s 139(1) .....
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Supreme Court: There Should be Proactive Participation of Trial Court in Trials(16.07.2024)
SC has observed that the Trial Court is under an obligation not to act as a mere spectator and should proactively participate in the trial proceedings.....
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No Arrest Under Section 91 Finance Act Without Notice and Hearing: SC(01.02.2019)
Supreme Court has upheld the decision of Delhi High Court which held that following the procedure under Section 73A(3) and (4) of the Finance Act 1994.....
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SC: Customs Act Doesn’t Create Statutory First Charge on Customs Dues(22.08.2023)
Supreme Court has held that Customs Act, 1962 does not create a statutory first charge on the customs dues, overriding the charge created in favour of.....
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President Gives Nod to SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act and others(08.01.2016)
President has given nod to Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act; Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Ac.....
Tags : Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act; Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act; Commercial Courts,Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act; Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015
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Karnataka HC Asks Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences to Re-Conduct Practical Exams(09.09.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences to re-conduct the 'Practical Examinations' for eight final year stude.....
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All. HC: Retroactive Application of Rulings to Arbitral Awards Would Create Legal & Procedural Chaos(21.10.2024)
All. HC has observed that if parties were allowed to reopen concluded arbitrations based on new judicial rulings, it would lead to a flood of claims s.....
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RBI Eases Authentication Rules for Online Card Transactions(07.12.2016)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has removed two-factor authentication for online card transactions involving sums up to Rs2,000 in a move aimed at simplif.....
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Calcutta HC Seeks Response on Application of Foreigners Act, 1946 on Religious Minorities(29.09.2021)
Calcutta High Court has sought the State government's stand on the application of the Foreigners Act, 1946 in respect of prosecution of religious mino.....
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HP HC: When S. 29A(4) of A&C Act Applies, Application Under Section 151 of CPC Won’t be Maintainable(28.08.2024)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that when a particular provision exists under Section 29A(4) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 for ex.....
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SC: Government Bodies Expected to Uphold Fairness & Equality While Dealing With Contractual Matters(07.10.2024)
SC has stated that Govt. bodies are expected to uphold fairness, equality & public interest while dealing with contractual matters. Right to equality .....
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AAR, Rajasthan: GST Not Applicable to Labour Contract Services for Construction of Flats Under PMAY(30.01.2020)
Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), Rajasthan has held that Goods and Services Tax (GST) does not apply to labour contract services for the constructio.....
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Delhi HC: Tyres Manufacturer 'Bridgestone' Gets Damages Over Trademark Infringement By Indian Firm(26.03.2025)
Delhi High Court has awarded Rs. 34.41 lakh compensation to automobile tyres manufacturer Bridgestone Corporation for its trademark infringement by In.....
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Mandate of "Ineligible" Arbitrator u/s 12(5) of Arbitration Act terminates automatically: SC(17.04.2019)
Supreme Court held that ineligibility of a person barred from appointment as an arbitrator under Section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.....
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Gujarat High Court: Official Language Of The Court Is English(10.01.2022)
Gujarat High Court has stated that the party cannot insist on addressing the Court in any other language as the language of the Court is English. The .....
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Bombay HC: IBC Proceedings Don't Bar Criminal Case under NI Act Against Directors(07.10.2025)
Bombay High Court has held that prior initiation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) proceedings does not bar criminal prosecution of directors un.....
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Identity of Victim Under POCSO Act Must Not Be Disclosed During Probe: Sikkim HC(09.04.2018)
Sikkim High Court has observed that the Special Court under POCSO Act is also vested with the responsibility of ensuring that identity of the victim-c.....
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SC: Contract is Void if Prohibited by Statute Under a Penalty(01.03.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that a contract is void if prohibited by a statute under a penalty, even without express declaration that the contract is v.....
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Delhi HC: Yamuna Floodplain Area is a Designated Prohibited Activity Zone(06.03.2025)
Del. HC has observed that Yamuna floodplain area is a designated prohibited activity zone and serves as a vital element of the river ecosystem. Encroa.....
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Madras HC Directs Food Safety Department Officials to Come Up With Module for Hygiene Practices(27.08.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the food safety department officials to come up with a module of hygienic practices to be followed by all those involve.....
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All. HC: GST Act is a Complete Code, No Room for Deviation from it(07.09.2023)
Allahabad High Court while observing that GST Act, 2017 is a complete Code in itself, has held that there is no room for deviation from it; the provis.....
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SC Calls for Suggestion in Preventing Suffering of Adolescent Girls in POCSO Cases(14.02.2025)
Ministry of Law and Justice has published the Draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025 for public comments. The bill seeks to amend the Advocates Act, 1.....
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# GST Changes Applicable From 01.01.2021: Time Limit for ITC Availment on Debit Note Amended(29.12.2020)
Finance Act, 2020 has amended Section 16 (4) of the Central Goods and Service Act, 2017, omitting the words “invoice relating to such” and hence the t.....
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P&H High Court Scraps Haryana's Law Mandating 75% Quota in Private Sector(17.11.2023)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has struck down the controversial Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 mandating 75% reservation for r.....
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Gujarat High Court Rejects Plea to Quash OSA Charges For Filming RIL Installation(16.02.2017)
Gujarat High Court has refused to quash charges under Official Secret Act (OSA) against son of Former Minister, for recording and publishing on intern.....
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Bombay HC: Order Under Prevention of Corruption Act to Demonstrate Application of Mind(25.02.2021)
Bombay High Court has ruled that an order granting permission or sanction to prosecute an individual under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 must.....
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Supreme Court Flags Issue of Engaging Contract Staff in Tribunals(04.03.2025)
Supreme Court while hearing petition raising issues regarding pendency vacancies and service conditions in tribunals, has flagged concerns regarding e.....
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Gujarat HC Holds Pleas Challenging Prohibition on Manufacture of Liquor as Maintainable(24.08.2021)
Gujarat High Court has observed that the law prohibiting the use and consumption of intoxicating liquor has never been put to judicial scrutiny before.....
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Guj. HC: Forcing Children Aged Below 3 Yrs to Attend Pre-School is an Illegal Act on Part of Parents(05.09.2023)
Gujarat High Court has held that forcing children to go to a pre-school below the age of 3 years is an 'illegal act' on the part of the parents.
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Bom. HC: Serving Grounds of Arrest to Accused 4 Minutes before Actual Arrest Isn’t Unreasonable(13.02.2025)
Bombay High Court has held that serving grounds of arrest to accused four minutes before actual arrest cannot be considered as unreasonable and do not.....
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Ker. HC: Reservation Under CEI (Reservation & Admission) Act Applies to IIMs(10.11.2023)
Kerala High Court has held that Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode would have to follow the reservation policy stipulated under the Centr.....
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SEBI mulls Brightline Tests for Acquisition of ‘Control’(14.03.2016)
The Securities and Exchange Board of India released a discussion paper .....Tags : Brightline test, control, acquisition contractual
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Delhi HC: Failure to Comply with Section 144C of Income Tax Act Invalidates Assessment Order(04.01.2021)
Delhi High Court has held that the failure of the assessing officer to adhere to the "mandatory requirement" of Section 144C (1) of the Income Tax Act.....
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SC: Restriction u/s 80-IA(9) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is Not on Computing the Total Gross Income(22.05.2025)
Delhi HC has observed that the restriction under sub-section (9) of Section 80-IA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is not on computing the total gross inco.....
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Branded readymade garments become more expensive(14.06.2016)
Affixing a brand name on or relabelling a readymade garment or article with a retail sale price of Rs. 1000 will amount to manufacture and render the .....
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SC Declines Plea Challenging Constitutional Validity of Provisions of CGST Act, 2017(08.01.2021)
Supreme Court has declined to entertain a writ petition challenging constitutional validity of various provisions of the Central Goods Service Tax Act.....
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Supreme Court: Can’t Reject Plaint Merely because One Relief is Barred(27.05.2025)
Supreme Court has observed that a plaint cannot be rejected merely because one of the reliefs sought is barred by law provided that the other reliefs .....
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CCI (Competition Assessment of Economic Legislations and Policies) Guidelines 2016(27.06.2016)
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Union Cabinet Approves Amendments to JJ Act to Give More Power to DMs(18.02.2021)
Union Cabinet has approved amendments to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 to give district magistrates the power to is.....
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SC: Limitation Begins From the Date When the Cause of Action First Accrued(17.04.2025)
SC has observed that it is a complete fallacy to make any distinction between “knowledge” and “full knowledge”. The limitation begins from the date wh.....
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Madhya Pradesh HC Issues Notices to Government Seeking Implementation Status of JJ Act(28.02.2020)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to the Centre and State Government on a plea filed against alleged violation of the Juvenile Justice (Car.....
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SC: If Suits Mention Cash Transactions Above ?2 Lakh, Court Must Report it to IT Department(17.04.2025)
SC has observed that whenever, a suit is filed with a claim that Rs. 2,00,000 and above is paid by cash towards any transaction, courts must intimate .....
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SC: Limitation Period for Drugs & Cosmetics Act Offence Starts from Drug Analyst's Report(21.08.2025)
Supreme Court has ruled that for offences under the Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 punishable up to 3 years, the limitation period starts from publishing.....
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Supreme Court Stays Coercive Action Against Telugu Channels in FIRs for Sedition(31.05.2021)
Supreme Court has stayed coercive action against two Telugu channels - TV5 news and ABN Andhra Jyoti- in the FIRs registered by Andhra Pradesh police .....
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Calcutta HC: Reasons Recorded in 142(1) Notice Not Existing at Issue of Re-Assessment Notice(05.04.2022)
Calcutta High Court has observed that the reasons mentioned in the notice under Section 142(1) and Section 147 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 were not ex.....
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Kerala HC Declares Kerala Tax on Paper Lotteries Act Unconstitutional(11.05.2020)
Kerala High Court has declared that the Kerala Tax on Paper Lotteries Act, 2005 is unconstitutional, observing that the Act was lacking legislative co.....
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Bombay HC: Married Daughter of Deceased Also Entitled To Compensation Under Railways Act(17.10.2022)
Bombay High Court has observed that a married daughter of a victim of a railway accident would also be entitled to compensation under the Railways Act.....
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SC: Consumer Forum Can Enforce Final Orders (2003–2020); Reads ‘Any Order’ in Section 25(1)(25.08.2025)
SC has held that consumer forum can enforce final orders like sale deed execution passed between 2003 to 2020 u/s 25(1) of Consumer Protection Act, 19.....
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Himachal Pradesh HC Issues Notice on Plea Restraining State Government from Paying Income Tax of MLAs(29.03.2022)
Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued a notice to the state government on a plea challenging the provisions of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assem.....
Tags : Himachal Pradesh High Court, State Government, Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Allowances & Pension of Members) Act, 1971, Salaries & Allowances of Ministers (Himachal Pradesh) Act, 2000
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SC Seeks Clarification on Risk and Cost of Manufacture of Covid Vaccines(03.06.2021)
Supreme Court has sought clarification on whether it would be accurate to state that private entities had alone borne the risk and cost of manufacture.....
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ITAT, Jaipur: FDRs Interest Made for Business Purposes Shall be Treated as Business Income(29.04.2022)
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Jaipur has ruled that the interest income received from the Fixed Deposit Receipt made for business purposes and for ge.....
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Kerala HC: Land Used For Cultivating Long Duration Crops Not Ecologically Fragile(28.04.2022)
Kerala High Court has ruled that the land primarily used for the cultivation of crops of long duration can’t be stated as ecologically fragile land un.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, cultivation of crops, Kerala Forest (Vesting and Management of Ecologically Fragile Lands) Act, 2003, ecologically
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