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The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, P.S. Narasimha and J.B. Pardiwala on Monday said that they will not accept the submission made in a sealed cover as it is against transparency and remarked that they wish to end this practice. The court was hearing the case of One Rank One Pension where the court had asked in the previous hearing to get a roadmap of payment of arrears from the government. The same was being submitted in a sealed cover to which the court observed the aforementioned.
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The Bar Council Of India has now opened up the Indian Legal arena to foreign lawyers and foreign law firms as they will now be able to practice foreign laws, international arbitration matters and more under the Bar Council Of India Rules For Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms In India, 2022.
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The National Green Tribunal bench comprising Adarsh Kumar Goel as Chairperson, Sudhir Agarwal as Judicial Member and A. Senthil Vel as expert member recently came down heavily on Kochi Municipal Corporation for continuously neglecting it’s duties and awarded an environment compensation of Rs.100 crores under section 15 of NGT Act against the corporation which is to be deposited within one month for necessary remediation measures including dealing with the public health issues of the victims.
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The Madras High Court bench comprising Justice S.M. Subramaniam upheld the order of an expert committee saying that the movie “I” cannot be granted entertainment tax exemption as the name does not fit into the parameters set for having a Tamil name which is the criteria for exemption.
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The Gujarat High Court bench comprising Justices N.V. Anjaria and Niral R. Mehta sets aside the assessment order levying heavy penalty on the assessee without giving him an opportunity of hearing. The high court was hearing a batch of petitions challenging those orders.
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The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Sanjay Karol recently directed a man accused of murder to be released as it was observed that chain of circumstances has not been established and the guilt has not been proved beyond reasonable doubt.
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The Supreme Court constitutional bench comprising the Chief Justice Of India DY Chandrachud and Justices M.R. Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and P.S. Narasimha on Thursday reserved their judgement in the rift between the factions of Eknath Shinde And Uddhav Thackeray which led to the controversial political crisis of Maharashtra in 2022 which later led the change in the state government.
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The Delhi High Court bench comprising Justice Anup Jairam Bhambani heard a petition under Section 418 of Cr.P.C. challenging the order of the trial court. The bench will consider the applicability of section 219 Cr.P.C. on combining several cheques in the same complaint under section 138 of NIA. The trial court had dismissed the complainant’s application under section 219 Cr.P.C. read with Section 322 Cr.P.C.
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The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and C.T. Ravikumar bserved that subsequent purchaser has no locus to challenge the acquisition of land and this becomes particularly essential when the original owners did not challenge the acquisition at all.
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The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and C.T. Ravikumar held that in order to claim ITC (Input Tax Credit) a dealer has to prove the genuineness of the transactions and prove the actual movement of goods and details as per section 70 of Karnataka Value Added Tax Act 2003 Need to be furnished.
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