GST Council decision relating to changes in “law and procedure”
The 35th GST Council Meeting was held on 21-06-2019 under the chairmanship of Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This
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Nirmala Sitharaman appointed as India’s Governor on — Board of Governors of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
F.No. 16/06/2019-OMI—Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance, Government of India, has been appointed as India’s Governor on the Board of Governors of
Continue readingOri HC | Party to arbitration agreement not entitled to pre reference and pendente lite interest, in absence of provision regarding the same in arbitration agreement
Orissa High Court: Biswanath Rath, J. dismissed an arbitration appeal filed under Section 37(1) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The
Continue readingKar HC | Mysore Race Club not to be dispossessed of its land till the application for renewal is considered
Karnataka High Court: Alok Aradhe, J. disposed of the present writ petition directing the competent authority of the State Government to decide
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[Breaking] CJI Ranjan Gogoi writes to PM Modi for — Initiating Impeachment Motion against Allahabad HC Judge –Justice Narayan Shukla
Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in regard to initiating the impeachment motion for removal
Continue readingKer HC | Workers who have worked for decades uninterruptedly without any break are entitled to regularization of services
Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of V. Chitambaresh and Ashok Menon, JJ. set aside the order of Kerala Administrative Tribunal (KAT)
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NCDRC | Law of limitation has to be applied with all its rigor even though it may harshly affect a particular party
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi: C. Viswanath (Presiding Member) dismissed a revision petition as the petitioner was not able to
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UK | Libel action against a newspaper filed only on the basis of an article’s headline – not maintainable: ‘Bane and antidote’ must be taken together
High Court of Justice Queen’s Bench Division Media and Communications List: Warby, J. dismissed a claim for initiating action for libel against
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Bom HC | “Accepting compromise in case of heinous crimes may result in cynical disregard of law”; compromise in case registered for attempt to murder rejected
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of T.V. Nalawade and K.K. Sonawane, JJ. refused to exercise jurisdiction under Section 482 CrPC in favour
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NHRC issues notice to Union Health Ministry and States/Uts over deplorable health infrastructure in the country
Expressing serious concerns about the deplorable public health infrastructure in the country, the National Human Rights Commission, India has today taken suo
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NHRC calls for the status of investigation by CBI into criminal cases filed against members of human rights organization- “Lawyers Collective”
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has received a communication from Shri Henri Tiphagne, a human rights activist associated with Human
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Bom HC | Acid Attack Case: Attacker’s conviction upheld but death penalty commuted holding him to be of young age and not beyond reformation
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of B.P. Dharmadhikari and Prakash D. Naik, JJ. allowed an appeal by a convict who was
Continue readingUtt HC | Power under S. 482 CrPC should not be exercised to stifle legitimate trial and in cases where facts are hazy; criminal application dismissed
Uttaranchal High Court: N.S. Dhanik, J. contemplated a criminal application for quashing of the FIR filed against the applicant-husband by his wife
Continue readingJhar HC | Art. 14 does not envisage negative equality; wrong benefits conferred upon someone inadvertently not to be a ground to grant similar relief to others
Jharkhand High Court: The instant writ petition entertained by Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. was filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of
Continue readingP&H HC | No primacy to matriculation certificate for proof of date of birth after enforcement of JJ Act, 2015
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Rajbir Sehrawat, J. dismissed the appeal on the ground that the decision taken by the lower court
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Revised Guidelines for Compounding of Offences under Direct Tax Laws, 2019 — Notified
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued the revised guidelines for compounding of offences under the Direct Tax Laws, 2019. The
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SL CoA | Public authority vested with discretion cannot act in total disregard of the purpose for which such discretion is vested in it
Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: M.M.A. Gaffoor, J. allowed a land owner’s application seeking mandamus for
Continue readingPat HC | Prisoners Act: State government may grant parole only after receiving recommendation from the District Parole Board
Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, CJ and Anjana Mishra, J. denied dismissed a petition filed for consideration
Continue readingAll HC | Administration of Allahabad University directed to come up with plan to stop criminal activities spurring in campus
Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Govind Mathur, CJ and Saurabh Shaym Shamshery, J. ordered the administration of Allahabad University to
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Bom HC | “Impermissible and unacceptable to condemn advocates behind their back”; practice adopted by litigants applying for condonation of delay deprecated
Bombay High Court: V.M. Deshpande, J. deprecated the practice adopted by litigants while filing applications for condonation of delay whereby they make allegations
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