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10/05/2024

Hon’ble Supreme Court today granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi Excise Policy case till the end of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections

14/04/2023

Latest Legal Update: 14.04.2023 - Hon’ble Supreme Court directed all State Governments to ensure that mercy petitions in death penalty cases are decided and disposed of at the earliest. The bench comprising Justice MR Shah passed the direction in a plea by State of Maharashtra challenging a judgment of the Bombay High Court in which the High Court commuted the death sentences imposed on the accused to life imprisonment.

Case Details:
Case Name: The State of Maharashtra & Ors. v. Renuka Shinde & Ors.
Case No.: Special Leave Petition (Crl.) No.12674/2022
Coram: Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar

14/04/2023

Latest Legal Update: 14.04.2023 - Hon’ble Supreme Court ruled that Mosquito Mats, Coils and Vaporizers, Mortein Insect Killers, Harpic Toilet Cleaner and Lizol Floor Cleaners, are not be classifiable under Entry 44(5) of the 3rd Schedule to the Kerala VAT Act (KVAT), 2003 as ‘insecticides’.

Case Details:
Case Name: M/s Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd. vs. Commissioner Commercial Taxes & Ors.
Case No.: Civil Appeal No. 1335 of 2010
Coram: Justice MR Shah and Justice Krishna Murari

13/04/2023

Latest Legal Update: 13.04.2023 - Hon’ble Surat Sessions Court Thursday to reserved its verdict in the appeal filed by Congress leader and former Member of Parliament (MP) Rahul Gandhi seeking stay on his conviction by the Magistrate court in the criminal defamation case against him.

Case Details:
Coram: Justice Robin Mogera

13/04/2023

Latest Legal Update: 13.04.2023 - Hon’ble Supreme Court urged all High Courts and tribunals across the country to follow a uniform format for all its orders and judgments and to number the paragraphs in their orders/ judgments

Case Details:
Case Name: B S Hari Commandant vs Union of India and ors
Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 1890 of 2014
Coram: Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah

12/04/2023

Latest Legal Update: 12.04.2023 - Hon’ble Supreme observed that if the State spends some money out of the taxes/revenue collected by it from the citizens for providing some conveniences or facilities to any religious denomination, the same will not be violative of Article 27 of the Constitution of India.

Case Details:
Case Name Moti Lal Yadav vs. State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Culture
Case No.: PIL No. 210/2023
Coram: Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya & Justice Om Prakash Shukla

12/04/2023

Latest Legal Update: 12.04.2023 - Hon’ble Supreme ruled that assessee is not entitled to deduction under Section 80- IB of the Income Tax Act, 1961 on the amount received / profit derived from the Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scheme (DEPB) and the Duty Drawback Schemes.

Case Details:
Case Name M/s. Saraf Exports vs. Commissioner of Income Tax, Jaipur-III
Case No.: Civil Appeal No. 4822/2022
Coram: Justice M R Shah and Justice B V Nagarathna

12/04/2023

Latest Legal Update: 12.04.2023 - Hon’ble Supreme held that an accused cannot claim the benefit of default bail, when he did not challenge the first extension of time granted for investigation and the second extension was granted in his presence and when the chargesheet was subsequently filed within the period of extension.

Case Details:
Case Name: Qamar Ghani Usmani v. The State of Gujarat
Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 1045-1046/2023
Coram: Justice M R Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar

12/04/2023

Latest Legal Update: 12.04.2023 - Hon’ble Supreme held that government employees cannot be denied the annual increment merely because they are to retire on the very next day of earning the increment.

Case Details:
Case Name: The Director (Admn and HR) KPTCL & Others vs CP Mundinamani and others
Case No.: Civil Appeal No. 2471/2023
Coram: Justice M R Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar

11/04/2023

Latest Legal Update: 11.04.2023 - Hon’ble Supreme Court has ruled that under the Income Tax Act, 1961, the domicile or the registration of the company is not at all relevant, and the determinate test is the place where, the sole right to manage the company and the control of the company lies.

Case Details:
Case Name: Mansarovar Commercial Pvt Ltd vs. Commissioner of Income Tax, Delhi
Case No.: Civil Appeal No. 5769/2022
Coram: Justice M R Shah, Justice B V Nagarathna

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11/04/2023

Latest Legal Update: 11.04.2023 - Hon’ble Supreme Court opined that its decision in CBI v. Anupam J. Kulkarni, wherein it was observed that there cannot be police custody beyond 15 days from the date of arrest, requires to be re-considered

Case Details:
Case Name: CBI v. Vikas Mishra @ Vikash Mishra
Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 957 of 2023
Coram: Justice MR Shah and Justice CT Ravikumar

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10/04/2023

Latest Legal Update: 10.04.2023 - Hon’ble Supreme Court constituted a High Powered Committee to oversee the process of verification of the degree certificates of advocates.

The committee will comprises a former Supreme Court judge and two former High Court judges. Senior Advocates Rakesh Dwivedi and Maninder Singh were also named as members of the committee. The Bar Council of India will be at liberty to nominate three members to the committee. The names of the members will be clear once the final order is uploaded.

Case Details:
Case Name: Ajay Shankar Shrivastava v. BCI And Anr.
Case No.: WP(C) No. 82/2023
Coram: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala