The High Court of Meghalaya has held that the claim of additional increment in service matters is not a continuing ground and therefore, in cases of long delay in filing a petition, relief cannot be granted on grounds of delays and laches. The Division bench of Chief Justice S. Vaidyanathan and Justice W. Diengdoh were considering the appeal preferred by …
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the ‘compounding fee’ paid for compounding an offence under a Statute, is not in the nature of a tax or duty. The appellant-companies had challenged the Single Judge’s order where it had refused to grant refund of the compounding fee paid by them under Section 48 of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 for …
The Calcutta High Court has held that since the audit proceedings under Section 65 of the CGST Act have already commenced, it is appropriate that the proceedings should be taken to their logical end. The proceedings initiated by the Anti-Evasion and Range Office for the same period will not be continued.The division bench of Justice T.S. In the meantime, the …
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that ruled that training can act as a distinguishing factor to enable Govt to frame a separate seniority list in the same Department and the Government therefore is well within its rights to frame such rule/principle provided that such principle/rule is reasonable, fair and non-discriminatory. The Government, by making DDR …
The Gauhati High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by a student challenging his college policy for allotment of marks to students who were scheduled to appear in the Higher Secondary Final examination, 2021 finding that unless found to be contrary to law, academic experts have the liberty to frame policies in the best interest of students. A Bench comprising …