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Can TCS collected from sale of scrap be included in the assessable value for charging Excise Duty? CESTAT answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The coram of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and Raju (Technical Member) allowed an appeal

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court remarks transgenders are already part of most backward classes; Dismisses plea seeking separate reservations for them in government jobs

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of Munishwar Nath Bhandari and N Mala JJ. dismissed the plea seeking direction to

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Civil Court versus Writ Court: Breaking down the scope of jurisdiction in execution/registration of documents matters

Supreme Court: The bench of Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian*, JJ has lucidly explained the law on the jurisdiction in case of

Case Briefs High Courts

Gujarat High Court | Municipality has power to retire a municipal servant at any time on or after he attains the age of 55 years on giving him three months notice

Gujarat High Court: Biren Vaishnav, J. allowed petitions which were filed challenging the awards of the Labour Court ordering reinstatement

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Kneeling at the football field after games to offer a quiet personal prayer: whether such observances are protected under the US Constitution’s First Amendment? SCOTUS answers

Supreme Court of The United States: While deliberating upon the instant matter, wherein the petitioner lost his job as a high school

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court| Slow pace of trial defeating the very purpose of POCSO Act; Court of Sessions to submit report of pending cases, number of Special Courts

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. while adjudicating a bail application which dealt with an unfortunate incident of a girl

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Armed Forces Tribunal| A Cadet is akin to a probationer; can be discharged by employer if not meeting the medical standards required for military service

Armed Forces Tribunal (Lucknow Bench): The Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava, Member (J) and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve, Member

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SEBI fines Rs. 7 crores on NSE and nearly 35 crores on guilty officials and stockbrokers in Dark Fibre Case

Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Dark Fibre/Leased Line connectivity allowed to certain Stock Brokers, the Adjudicating Officer In the matter relating

Case Briefs High Courts

Self-respect marriages can be performed only between two Hindus; Madras High Court upholds denial of marriage registration of an inter faith couple

Madras High Court: G R Swaminathan J. dismissed the petition of an inter-faith couple seeking registration of their self-respect marriage on the

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court restrains infringement of broadcasting rights of ‘Sony Ten Network’; Interim directions issued

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Narula, J. issued interim directions for protecting the rights of the plaintiff company ‘Sony Ten Network'

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court| Nature of activities conducted by BCCI are commercial in nature, liable to pay employees contribution under ESI Act, 1948

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. dismissed an appeal which was filed by Board of Control for Cricket of India (‘BCCI’), being

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether the workwoman employed in Beedi manufacturing process is covered under the purview of Employees’ Compensation Act? Telangana High Court answers

Telangana High Court: M Laxman, J. allowed the appeal and remanded the matter for adjudication on merits and held that

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Man rapes and murders a 7-year-old physically and mentally challenged girl; kills fellow inmate after conviction. SC confirms death sentence

“We could only wonder what more of criminal activity would qualify as blemish, if not the involvement and conviction in a case of murder of a fellow jail inmate!”

Case Briefs High Courts

‘High-time to revisit S.126 of Representation of People Act’ ; Gauhati High Court dismisses proceedings against Assam CM for violating Model Code of Conduct

Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumari Phookan J. dismissed the criminal proceedings against Chief Minister of Assam, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma for violating

Case Briefs High Courts

Can waitlist candidates be considered for filling up vacancies caused by resignation of the selected/appointed candidates? J&K and Ladakh HC answers

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: On the issue of whether wait list candidates can be considered for filling up vacancies

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court | Parity can only be persuasive in nature and cannot be binding; Bail orders not to be given without assigning any reasons

Allahabad High Court: While dismissing the bail application in case registered under Section 302, 120-B Penal Code, 1860, Sameer Jain, J. held

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court| Can pre-arrest bail be granted to accused sitting abroad? Co-equal bench doubts order in Vijay Babu’s case; Larger Bench to decide

Kerala High Court: While adjudicating a question of law as to whether pre-arrest bail can be granted to an accused while he

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court | Criminal proceedings cannot be proceeded with if accused was exonerated in departmental proceedings based on identical/similar charges

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of S.B. Shukre and G. A. Sanap, JJ. allowed an application setting aside an FIR for

Case Briefs High Courts

Meghalaya High Court| Minimum 7 days time to be provided to respond to the reassessment notice under S. 148 of IT Act, 1961

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ. and W. Diengdoh, J. disposed of a petition holding that the assessee

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court | Friendship with the person of fairer sex, does not confer a licence upon a man to force himself upon her; Anticipatory bail application, rejected

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J. rejected an anticipatory bail application which was filed apprehending arrest for the offences punishable under Sections