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AFT | “Deceased was on advance annual leave when he met with accident” Tribunal denied special family pension to widow of ex-servicemen

Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT): The Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava (Chairperson) and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve (Member) A, heard

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NGT | Control of pollution in marriage halls, banquet halls, party venues: Tribunal directs for compliance of CPCB guidelines in view of Water Act, Air Act and Environment Protection Act

National Green Tribunal (NGT): Full Bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson) and Justice Sheo Kumar Singh (Judicial Member) and Dr Nagin

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NCDRC | If an employee of a stockbroker conducted fraudulent arbitrage operations for personal benefit causing loss to stockbroker company, would that be covered under ‘Fidelity’ clause of an insurance claim? Read on

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): The Division Bench of Justice R.K. Agrawal (President) and Dr S.M. Kantikar (Member) while partly allowing

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SAT | Selling only one share per transactions despite having adequate holding creates false misleading appearance of trading in the securities market and is violative of Regulation 3 and 4 of PFUTP Regulations

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): Justice Tarun Agarwala, Presiding Officer, Dr C.K.G. Nair Member and Justice M.T. Joshi, Judicial Member affirmed the impugned

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CESTAT | Condition of bank guarantee found exorbitant; Tribunal allows appeal reducing amount of the bank guarantee

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

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CESTAT | “At the time of entertaining the refund claim, the issue of admissibility of the CENVAT credit cannot be raised”: Tribunal allows appeal

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Ashok Jindal (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed against the impugned orders

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SAT | Undue delay is a mitigating factor while imposing a penalty under S. 15J of the SEBI Act; Appeal allowed

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): Justice Tarun Agarwala, Presiding Officer, Dr C.K.G. Nair, Member Justice and M.T. Joshi, Judicial Member affirmed the impugned

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SEBI bans Kishor Biyani and other promoters of FRL from securities market; Rs 17.78 crore to be disgorged for the wrongful gains made by them

Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Ananta Barua, (Whole Time Member) found Chairman of Future Group, Kishor Biyani and its other

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NCDRC | ‘CPA is for better consumer protection & speedy dispute redressal’: Costs imposed on HUDA for unnecessarily agitating a non-issue; Recovery to be made from officers responsible

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Dinesh Singh (Presiding Member), dismissed a revision petition filed by Haryana Urban Development Authority. The District

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NCDRC | Will an Insurance Company be obligated to notify the insured in regard to his policy being expired? Read in light of S. 50 of Insurance Act

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): C. Viswanath (Presiding Member) expressed that: Section 50 of the Insurance Act imposes a statutory obligation

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Noticing “unauthorised activities”, SEBI passes ex parte order against National Stock Advisory Research prohibiting its activities in stock market

Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Madhabi Puri Buch, (Whole Time Member) issued ex-parte order against National Stock Advisory Research (NSAR)

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CERC | Whether the procedural delay of 3 days in filing the application for issuance of Renewable Energy Certificates can be condoned; Commission explains

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC): The Coram of P.K. Pujari (Chairperson), I.S. Jha (Member) and Arun Goyal (Member) disposed of a petition

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CCI | Can BCI be covered under the ambit of an ‘enterprise’ under S. 2(h) of Competition Act? Read why it was asserted that BCI misused its dominant position

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The Coram comprising of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Members), considered

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NCDRC | What are the obligations of the insured taking a Marine Insurance Policy? Principle of Utmost Good Faith favours whom? Commission delineates

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Anup K. Thakur (Presiding Member) dismissed a consumer complaint against the insurance company in case of

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CCI | Does integration of Google Meet with Gmail amount to abuse of dominant position by Google under Competition Act? Commission answers

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The Coram of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi (Members) dismissed the

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NCDRC | If there is no express provision in allotment letter and Sale agreement, can allottee be asked to pay pending electricity dues of previous allottee? Commission answers

National Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): C. Viswanath (Presiding Member) addressed an issue wherein an allottee after the purchase of the Shed could

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ITAT | Can enhancement be made when the same was not there in the reasons recorded for reopening the assessment? Tribunal answers

Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi: Dealing with the issue of enhancement by CIT(A) which was never therein the reasons recorded for reopening

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SEBI directs HDFC to deposit Rs 158.68 Crore in Escrow Account in BRH Wealth Kreators case; Penalty of Rs 1 Crore imposed

Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): G. Mahalingam (Whole Time Member) imposed a penalty of Rupees One Crore on HDFC Bank

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NCDRC | Whether a company purchasing commercial space for its office is “consumer” under Consumer Protection Act, 2019? Commission answers

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): Dinesh Singh (Presiding Member), expressed that whether, for a particular purpose, a company is a ‘consumer’,

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NCDRC | Law is settled that illegal and forceful means cannot be adopted by Banks to seize any property

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): C. Viswanath (Presiding Member) expressed that: Law is settled that illegal and forceful means cannot be