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GOA AAR | Alcohol-based hand sanitizers to be taxed @18 % under GST; Classification of goods as essential commodity cannot be a criteria for exemption from GST

Goa Advance Authority Ruling: A Division Bench of J.K. Meena and Sarita S. Gadgil (Members), while addressing an application held that, “mere

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS | For purposes of Major Crimes Act, land reserved for Creek Nation since 19th century remains Native American territory

Supreme Court of the United States of America (SCOTUS): The Supreme Court of the United States, in what is being touted as

Case Briefs High Courts

HP HC | Bail refused on grounds of contraband being of commercial quantity under S. 20 of NDPS Act

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Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS validates promulgation of Rules imposing moral and religious exemptions on providing contraceptive coverage to women by their employers

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Case Briefs High Courts

COVID-19| Delhi HC allows Delhi Govt’s decision to reconstitute SMCs through draw of lots as a stop gap arrangement

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Case Briefs Supreme Court

Notice to Centre on petition seeking payment of maternity benefit to all pregnant and lactating women

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of CJ SA Bobde, and R. S Reddy and AS Bopanna, JJ has issued notice to the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC clarifies law on admissibility of electronic evidence without certificate under Section 65B of Evidence Act, 1872

Supreme Court: In a reference dealing with the interpretation of Section 65B of the Evidence Act, 1872 that deals with admissibility of

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | No coercive action against schools for providing online classes to pupils below Class- II, similarly schools not to take action against parents unwilling to avail online classes

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Ujjal Bhuyan and N.R. Borkar, JJ., has directed State of Maharashtra to not take any coercive

Case Briefs High Courts

Vikas Dubey Case | All HC | PIL for constitution of Judicial Commission to probe alleged police encounter of Vikas Dubey — dismissed fo becoming infructuous

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Pankaj Kumar Jaiswal and Karunesh Singh Pawar, JJ., dismissed a petition filed to seek issuance for

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Govt. Order for payment of full wages during lockdown not applicable where management and workmen were already engaged in industrial adjudication prior to lockdown

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Ujjal Bhuyan and Riyaz I. Chagla, JJ., rejected the relief of payment of full wages to

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Accused alleged to have raped repeatedly a 17 year old victim granted bail in view of confession of “consent” by victim for the act

Bombay High Court: Sandeep K. Shinde, J., granted bail to a person accused for alleged offence of committing rape repeatedly, which turned out

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Remedy regarding service matters for members of All India Services lies only with CAT: Court while dismissing writ petition

Delhi High Court: Jyoti Singh, J., refused to entertain a writ petition filed by a member of All India Services holding that the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

COVID-19| SC disposes of the petition after ICAI postpones CA exams to November 2020

Supreme Court: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has submitted before the Supreme Court that the May cycle exams, slated

Case Briefs High Courts

TN Custodial Deaths | Madras HC appeals to Print, Visual and Social Media not to misinterpret observations made during hearings & not to conduct media trial; CBCID to file a status report in a sealed cover

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and P. Rajamanickam, JJ., while addressing the matter of Custodial Death of “Jayaraj &

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC upholds Travancore royal family’s right in administration of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The bench of UU Lalit and Indu Malhotra, JJ has upheld the rights of the Travancore royal family in the

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Prohibitory order holding admin of social media groups liable, for dissemination of false information, was in force till 8th June, 2020

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of A.A. Sayed and M.S. Karnik, JJ., addressed a Public Interest Litigation, with regard to quashing and

Case Briefs High Courts

M.P. HC | Provisions of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 are applicable only against husband and not in-laws

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Shailendra Shukla, J., while addressing a anticipatory bail application, held that, “…applicability of the provisions of The Muslim Women

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Centre to consider synchronization of work under National Capital Region Planning Board Act, 1985 & National Disaster Management Act, 2005 under a single nodal agency

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and Prateek Jalan, J. requested Centre to consider the grievances with regard to

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

ITAT| Expenses incurred for conducting Puja before transporting goods are deductible

ITAT Kolkata: In a case relating to assessment of income tax of the assessee running transport business involving plying of trucks in

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi HC| Reconstitution of Delhi School Management Committees postponed till next hearing

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