Law on Builder-Buyer Dispute | 9-years delay in delivering possession of apartment: Read NCDRC’s decision on refund and interest
Can Buyer be asked to wait indefinitely for possession of flat even after 9-years of delay?
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Dual Till, Light Touch Regulation and exclusion from liability to pay UDF by transit passenger; Telecom Tribunal’s decision deals a blow to BIAL
Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT): S.K. Singh, Chairperson rejected the claims raised by Bangalore International Airport Pvt. Ltd. (BIAL) whereby
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CESTAT | If two reasonable constructions of a taxing provision are possible, that construction which favours the assessee must be adopted; Appeal allowed
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): P. Dinesha (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed with the point of
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AFT | Where lesser age is recorded in school certificate than the actual age; correct date of birth will be the one recorded by the parents in service records
Armed Forces Tribunal: Resolving a date of birth related controversy, the Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava and Vice Admiral Abhay
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CESTAT | Whether refund claim under R. 5 of CCR can be rejected on the ground that appellant did not debit amount of refund claimed at the time of filing refund claim, but have debited such amount subsequent to the filing of refund claim but before adjudication?
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed bearing the issue as
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AFT | Is hypertension a disability attributable to or aggravated by Military Service? Will Invalidation make one entitled to disability pension? Tribunal decides
Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT): The Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve, Member (A) granted disability
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CAT| When subjective satisfaction of dispensing with the inquiry is not supported by any independent material, dispensing with holding the inquiry would be illegal
“If a preliminary inquiry could be conducted, there may not be any reason as to why formal departmental inquiry could not have been initiated against the delinquent.”
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CESTAT | Whether the services provided by subsidiary company to its parent company in a foreign country could be treated as export of services? Tribunal answers
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) allowed the appeals which were filed against the common Order-in-Appeal
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CESTAT | Amount claimed as refund already debited in Returns, whether there would be entitlement for refund under Rule 5 of CCR, 2004? Tribunal answers
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): P Dinesha (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal in which the Tribunal had to decide
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CBI | Cremation of rights could not burn Justice on pyre | Lambasted UP Police for ‘shoddy investigation’, orders for further investigation
Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI, Ghaziabad- Shivank Singh, Special Judicial Magistrate (CBI), while rejecting the closure report of the CBI, accepted the
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Competition Watchdog | Know why CCI imposed penalties on beer companies: Nation-wide Cartel? Read Full Report
Competition Commission of India (CCI): Noting a nationwide cartel amongst certain Beer companies, Coram of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma,
Continue readingSEBI | Calibrated efforts cancelling out the chance of coincidence of matching trades in illiquid scrip does not go scot free-Restricted from the market for manipulation
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)-Madhabi Puri Buch, Whole Time Member, while exercising powers under Section 19 read with Sections 11(1),
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NCLT | Debt acknowledged in emails, CIRP initiated resultantly-Appoints IRPM and declares moratorium
National Company Law Tribunal, New Delhi Bench, New Delhi –The Coram of P.S.N Prasad, Judicial Member and Narender Kumar Bhola, Technical Member
Continue readingSEBI | GDR| Catches the principal architect in activation & orchestration of the fraudulent scheme –Leaves one being ‘under liquidation’, rest restrained from accessing the market
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)-G Mahalingam, Whole Time Member, restricted the entities from the securities market, involved in the fraudulent
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NCLT | Deducing from the acts and the tactics of the corporate debtor failing the test of legality, initiates CIRP
National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, Mumbai- The Coram of Ashok Kumar Borah, Judicial Member, and Shyam Babu Gautam, Technical Member while
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CBI | Does not find any fault in the coda but questions the agenda | Accepts CBI’s closure report but questions the investigation
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI): Shivank Singh, Special Judicial Magistrate (CBI), while accepting the closure report questioned the delayed investigation by the
Continue readingSEBI | “Pandya ka Sauda” turns out to be the “Aakhri Sauda” for anchor and 5 other entities for the fraudulent trade activity-Ex parte interim order
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Madhabi Puri Bach, Whole Time Member, in its ex-parte interim order restrained the anchor and
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CESTAT | Recourse to revocation should be taken in extreme circumstances only and not in respect of violations for which there are other provisions to deal with them; Tribunal partly allows appeal
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Division Coram of Sulekha Beevi C.S. (Judicial Member) and P. Anjani Kumar (Technical
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SEBI| Monotonous modus operandi, modulated endgame |Issue of GDR, artificial arrangement, supported by the subscribing Company itself-Restrained and to disgorge
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)-G Mahalingam, Whole Time Member, in a detailed 95 paged order, while disposing off the proceedings
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AFT denies grant of any relief to the person invalidated from service due to Alcohol Dependence Syndrome
“All efforts are made by military doctors and the organization to help a soldier who has become a victim of ‘Alcohol Dependence Syndrome’ and only when all efforts fail the soldier is invalided out on ground of ‘Alcohol Dependence Syndrome”.
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