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Whether ocean freight charges can be collected, subject to levy of Service Tax? CESTAT answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Division Coram of Sulekha Beevi C.S. (Judicial Member) and P. Anjani Kumar (Technical

Case Briefs High Courts

Rajasthan High Court| Trial Court required to prima-facie ascertain the relevancy of the proposed witnesses while deciding application under Order XVI R 1 and 2 CPC

Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta, J. considered the stamp vendor and Sub Registrar as relevant witnesses in a case where

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AAR | No GST on Solid Waste Management contracts; Bio-CNG not exempted

Tamil Nadu Authority for Advance Ruling: T.G. Venkatesh, Additional Commissioner of GST & Central Excise, and K. Latha, Joint Commissioner

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Delhi High Court| Non-consideration of the grounds raised in a pre-grant opposition while granting patent per se constitutes violation of principles of natural justice

Delhi High Court: Jyoti Singh, J. in a case where patent was granted without delving and dealing with the grounds raised in

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Delhi High Court grants permanent injunction against Facebake or Facecake from using the well known trademark Facebook

Delhi High Court: Navin Chawla J. restrains Facebake and Facecake based in Bangalore which sells confectionary items like cakes etc.

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Punjab & Haryana HC| Relief to actress Kangna Ranaut in ‘Shaheen Bagh Dadi’ defamation case; Trial Court directed to adjourn the matter

Punjab and Haryana High Court: While deciding the instant petition revolving around alleged defamatory tweets concerning the respondent by Bollywood actress Kangna

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Allahabad High Court | High Court can grant transit anticipatory bail in a case registered outside its jurisdiction

Allahabad High Court: Siddharth, J. allowed an application for anticipatory bail filed on behalf of applicants in relation to an FIR registered

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NCLT| When can a liquidator in a liquidation process be replaced?

National Company Law Tribunal, Chennai: The Bench of S. Ramathilagam, J., Judicial Member, and Anil Kumar B, Technical Member held that the

Legislation Updates Notifications

RBI issues guidelines on International Trade Settlement in Indian Rupees

On 11-07-2022, Reserve Bank of India has issued guidelines on International Trade Settlement in Indian Rupees to promote growth of

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab and Haryana High Court dismisses review application for lack of any error found apparent on the face of record; cannot be disguised as appeal for re- hearing

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Fateh Deep Singh, J., dismissed a review application on the ground that no mistake or error was

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NCLAT | Can a Resolution Professional “freeze” the Bank Accounts of Corporate Debtor?

National Company Law Appellant Tribunal, Chennai: The Bench of M.V. Venugopal, J. Judicial Member, and Kanthi Narahari, Technical Member has held that

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District Consumer Forum| Deficient rendering of service proves costly for BYJU’s app; Provider directed to compensate and refund the aggrieved party

Bengaluru Rural and Urban 1st Additional District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum: While deciding the instant complaint raising the issue of

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Delhi High Court dismisses application by Jamia Milia Islamia seeking release of funds from UGC to pay outstanding dues to professor

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Satish Chandra Sharma and Subramonium Prasad, JJ. dismissed an application filed by Jamia Milia Islamia

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Does empty packaging drums of cenvatable input attract payment of excise duty or cenvat credit? CESTAT answers

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): While dealing with an issue relating to payment of 6% on empty packaging drums

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Delhi High Court: Delhi police well within jurisdiction to issue show cause to restaurant serving alcohol beyond permissible limits; Writ petition not maintainable

Delhi High Court: Jasmeet Singh, J. did not interfere with the impugned show cause notice issued by Delhi Police to a restaurant

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Karnataka High Court | Writ petition by XIAOMI India premature when alternate remedy available under S. 37 FEMA, 1999 left unattended

Karnataka High Court: S G Pandit, J. declared the present writ petition filed by XIAOMI India under Article 226 of

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Remunerations of Executive Officers in Arbitration Council decide vide Arbitration Council of India (Terms and conditions and salary and allowances payable to Chairperson and Members) Rules, 2022

On 9-7-2022, Central Government notified Arbitration Council of India (Terms and conditions and salary and allowances payable to Chairperson and Members) Rules,

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Rajasthan High Court | No award can be remitted to the arbitrator where there are no findings in the contentious issues of the award

Rajasthan High Court: Ashok Kumar Gaur, J. found that the writ petition by the petitioner lacks merit and dismissed it

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Does incessantly filing complaints for tarnishing one’s reputation amount to mental cruelty? Punjab & Haryana High Court answers

Punjab & Haryana High Court: While deciding an appeal arising from a divorce petition, the bench of Ritu Bahri, J. and Meenakshi

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Meity issues Draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

On 6-7-2022, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology published draft amendment rules to amend the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media