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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

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

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

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

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

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

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Can services rendered by a “Consulting Engineer” prior to 2005 Amendment to the Finance Act be subjected to service tax?

Supreme Court settled the issue of whether “body corporate” is excluded from the definition of “consulting engineer” under Section 65(31) of the Finance Act, 1994 prior to the amendment in 2005.

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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

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Abu Salem can’t be kept behind bars for more than 25 years, holds Supreme Court. Here’s why

Supreme Court: In a big development, the bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul* and MM Sundresh, JJ has directed that the infamous gangster/terrorist

Case Briefs High Courts

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

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

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

Case Briefs High Courts

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

Case Briefs High Courts

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

Case Briefs High Courts

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

Case Briefs High Courts

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

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Four months in prison; Rs. 2000 fine for Vijay Mallya for contempt; US$40 million to be deposited by him and beneficiaries at 8% interest per annum

Supreme Court observed that Vijay Mallya “never showed any remorse nor tendered any apology for his conduct” of transferring a huge sum of US$40 million to his children instead of repaying his debt of more than Rs. 9000 crores to the banks.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

DCDRC directs Facebook to run online scam related awareness advertisements on various media platforms in order to neutralize the effect of misleading ads on its page

“In today’s modern world of virtual life, most of the people are familiar with mobile technology which comes with great responsibility”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Madhya Pradesh High Court lambasts police force for blatant callousness and failure in tracing an 11-year-old missing minor girl

Madhya Pradesh High Court: The Division Bench of Rohit Arya and Milind Ramesh Phadke, JJ. took strong exception to the functioning of

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

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

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

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

Explained| Can services rendered by a “Consulting Engineer” prior to 2005 Amendment to the Finance Act be subjected to service tax?

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

Abu Salem can’t be kept behind bars for more than 25 years, holds Supreme Court. Here’s why

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

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

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

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

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

Four months in prison; Rs. 2000 fine for Vijay Mallya for contempt; US$40 million to be deposited by him and beneficiaries at 8% interest per annum

Can Court direct a husband to surrender as a condition for pre-arrest bail of his wife? Supreme Court decides

Gujarat High Court denies bail to a 66 year old over recovery of poppy straw in commercial quantity from his property

NCLT| Auction purchaser responsible for claims/ liabilities/ obligations of Corporate Debtor

Supreme Court cannot entertain territorial jurisdiction related pleas under Section 25 of CPC

Madhya Pradesh High Court lambasts police force for blatant callousness and failure in tracing an 11-year-old missing minor girl