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Madras High Court| Proper reasons to be given for rejecting GST Registration Applications; Just writing ‘rejected’ would not suffice

Madras High Court: Anita Sumanth, J. set aside the impugned order which rejected a registration application filed under Section 22

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Passing an order of debarment or blacklisting without prior notice is bad in law; Affects Right to Life

Karnataka High Court: S.G Pandit, J. disposed of the petition leaving respondent-Railway authorities at liberty to take action against the catering services

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Environmental Watchdog | NGT could act upon a letter written to it but cannot be triggered suo motu on learning about an environmental exigency? Supreme Court Verdict

Whether the National Green Tribunal has the power to exercise Suo Motu jurisdiction in discharge of its functions under the NGT Act, 2010?

Case Briefs High Courts

Ori HC | No other authority can sit as an Appellate Authority over the selection made by the selection committee by following due procedure; Petition allowed

Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of Mohammed Rafiq CJ and B. R. Sarangi J., allowed the petition quashing the impugned termination

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Cancellation of UPSC interviews is not to be viewed solitarily as a one-off incident, represents a deeper malaise in selection: Read Verdict on cancellation of UPSC interviews

Delhi High Court: Prathiba M. Singh, J., while addressing the grievance of UPSC aspirants in regard to cancellation of interviews to be held

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Situations where principles of natural justice require an opportunity of hearing, would it mean a mandatory personal hearing? HC explains it’s position in light of SEBI Regulations

Bombay High Court: A Division bench of Nitin Jamdar and Milind Jadhav, JJ., observed that there is no duty on the SEBI Board

Case Briefs High Courts

Bom HC | Pension payable to employees upon superannuation is a ‘property’ under Art. 300-A & fundamental right to livelihood under Art. 21: Pension can’t be deducted without authority of law

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of R.K. Deshpande and N.B. Suryawanshi, JJ., while addressing an issue with regard to the deduction of

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Principle of estoppel to operate when candidate appears at examination without objection and is subsequently found to be unsuccessful

Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. dismissed the petition and no relief given to the petitioners. The facts of the case

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Additional Collector can exercise powers and discharge the duties of a Collector under U.P. Land Revenue Act or any other Act for the time being in force

Allahabad High Court: Dr Y.K. Srivastava, J. while dismissing the petition observed that the assertion made by the petitioner that the proceedings

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras HC | No laws or regulations forbearing unmarried persons of opposite sex to occupy hotel rooms as guests

“Occupation of hotel room by an unmarried couple, will not attract a criminal offence” Unmarried couples sharing hotel room doesn’t attract criminal

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Salary not to be granted for period when rejoining of services was offered by a convicted employee when he was out on bail but was not acquitted

Patna High Court: Madhuresh Prasad, J. disposed of the writ petition on the ground that the petitioner was not incarcerated when joining

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | Developer directed to give compensation in view of “Principles of Natural Justice”; delay of 4 years in refund of ‘booking amount’ on cancellation

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): The Bench comprising of Justice R.K. Agrawal (President) and M. Shreesha (Member) while addressing a complaint

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Principles of natural justice could not be put in a straight jacket formula so as to defeat the larger public interest

Patna High Court: Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J. dismissed the writ application on the grounds that the settled proposition of law was that

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Petition under Art. 226 cannot be entertained where an alternate statutory remedy is available

Rajasthan High Court: Ashok Kumar Gaur, J. dismissed the writ petition filed against the order passed by the Registrar, Cooperative Societies-cum Registrar

Case Briefs High Courts

Kar HC | Non cross-examination of material witnesses is against the principles of audi alteram partem

Karnataka High Court: B.A. Patil, J. while allowing the appeal set aside the Judgment of the trial court with a direction to

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Division Bench upholds Single Bench’s order to allow a student to convert from full-time M.Tech course to part-time course

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of S.R. Brahmbhatt and Dr A.P. Thaker, JJ. did not interfere with the order passed by

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | Mode of service prescribed under R. 7 of SEBI Rules, 1995 not exhaustive; not serving show cause notice violative of principles of natural justice

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