The Kerala High Court held that tax/ penalty under Section 129(1)(a) or 129(1)(b) of the CGST/ SCGST can be imposed only for violations which may lead to evasion of tax or which was done with the intention to evade or in case of repeated violations.Justice P. Gopinath observed:Read More

The Supreme Court has advised High Courts to exercise caution before quashing non-compoundable cases based on settlement between the victim and the accused. Without ensuring that the settlement is genuine, quashing petitions should not be allowed.Read More

While discussing the 2005 amendments to the Hindu Succession Act, Justice N Seshasayee of the Madras High Court observed that while the amendment ensured that daughter's got a share in the ancestral property, it also took away the quantum of property that would otherwise vest with the widow and the mother of a deceased.Read More

he bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan observed in the judgment  containing directions  against "bulldozer actions", the Supreme Court has warned that officials who carry out illegal demolitions in contravention of the judicial directions will be held liable to restore the properties at their personal cost in addition to pay damages.Read More

ustice Anand Venkatesh observed that to constitute an offence of sexual harassment U/s 354-A(1)(i) of IPC  a man must have committed physical contact and made advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures.Read More

While issuing several guidelines to prevent child marriages, the Supreme Court has elaborately discussed how child marriages violate Constitutional rights. SC  stated that child marriages violate the rights to self-determination, choice, autonomy, sexuality, health and education of both boy and girl Read More

The Court was hearing a suo motu writ petition registered in 2020 based on a letter complaint sent by Manoj Tibrewal Aakash, whose house in District Maharajganj was demolished in 2019.Read More

In the case relating to the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), a 7-judge bench of the Supreme Court (by 4:3 majority), overruled the 1967 judgment in S. Azeez Basha vs. Union Of India to the extent it held that an institution incorporated by a statute cannot claim to be a minority institution.Read More

The court stressed that complications, even unexpected ones, do not necessarily imply that a doctor has failed to perform their duties with due diligence and skillRead More

he bench of comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Ashanuddin Amanullah heard a case where the FIR under Section 353 of IPC (Assault) was registered against the Indian Institute of Astrophysics employee for shouting and threatening the CAT’s staff while inspecting the files of his dismissal from service.Read More