civil writ petition Archives

Sikkim HC orders refund of Rs 4.37 crore unutilized input tax credit to SICPA India (P) on its business closure

The Additional Commissioner of CGST and Central Excise, Siliguri Appeals Commissionerate, vide Order dated 22-3-2023 held that Sections 54(3) and 29 CGST Act do not provide for refund of unutilized ITC in case of closure of business.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Dispensing with inquiry should be an exception and not the rule’; P&H HC grants back wages to police officers who were reinstated after their dismissal

The Court observed that this was not the isolated case where the jurisdictional SSP of State had dispensed with inquiry. As soon as an FIR was registered against the police official, the jurisdictional SSPs opted to dispense with inquiry.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

HC Judges taking up case not assigned by the Chief Justice an act of gross impropriety: Supreme Court

Supreme Court wondered “how a Civil Writ Petition for clubbing First Information Reports could be entertained”.

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | An employee cannot be transferred in the last year of his service, if the department does not have an obvious cause for the same

Rajasthan High Court: Alok Sharma, J. allowed a civil writ petition filed by a person against his transfer order. As a result

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Pat HC | Selection for Angan Bari Sevika based on predominance of caste, without ascertaining number of beneficiaries, defeats the purpose of ICDS Scheme

Patna High Court: The Bench of Madhuresh Prasad, J. dismissed a civil writ petition, challenging cancellation of a lady’s appointment as Angan

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Pat HC | Dismissal from service on perception of irregular appointment unsustainable

Patna High Court: The Bench of Madhuresh Prasad, J. allowed a civil writ petition filed by a constable who was dismissed from