Procedural Lapse Archives

Rajasthan High Court quashes Revenue Court’s order due to procedural lapse; calls for establishing Administrative Judicial Academy for legal training in Revenue Courts

“An independent and efficient judiciary is the bedrock of any democracy. In India, the increasing complexity of legal disputes burgeoning caseloads and evolving dimensions of justice delivery have necessitated continuous judicial education.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab and Haryana HC acquits doctors in 19-year-old PCPNDT case due to procedural lapse

“When the Court decides that the interpretation given to a particular provision earlier was not legal, it declares the law as it stood right from the beginning of its promulgation.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Custody of accused without providing judgment copy deems violation of Statutory and Constitutional Rights: Delhi High Court

The Principal District and Sessions Judges of all the Districts Courts in Delhi are requested to sensitize the presiding judicial officers to pronounce their judgments on conviction only when they are ready for pronouncement and, in case where they are convicting the accused and taking the accused into custody, immediately supply a copy thereof, free of cost, to the accused for the accused to avail of the remedies available to them in accordance with law.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CESTAT | Procedural lapse is condonable and denial of substantive right is unjustified; Tribunal allows appeal under R. 6 (3A) (ii) of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004

Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of Sulekha Beevi (Judicial Member) and P. Anjani Kumar (Technical Member) allowed