Kerala High Court sets aside GST order against Masany Construction Equipment due to a non-speaking order. Directs reconsideration with a fresh hearing.
Kerala High Court held that owners of buildings are liable to pay the annual property tax demanded in the respective demand notices at the revised rates from a period three years prior to the date of demand, after deducting the property tax already paid.
Kerala High Court directs CBI investigation into the allegations of amassment of wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income against Chief Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala.
Kerala High Court held that passing of order and classifying account of petitioner as fraud without following Master Directions on Frauds and without furnishing a copy of the audit report is not tenable in law. Accordingly, writ petition is allowed.
Time for remitting the balance bid amount in an e-auction conducted by the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) could be extended by the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution, in exceptional and appropriate cases.
Therefore, such interest partook the character of the compensation itself. The Court further observed that the statutory obligation to pay compensation for compulsory acquisition was rooted in Article 300A of the Constitution, which safeguarded a citizen’s right to property.
Kerala High Court held that proceedings punishable under section 13(1)(d) r.w.s. 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 not justified since illegal gratification of Rs. 1.5 crore against Intelligence Officer not proved in absence of sufficient evidence.
Kerala High Court rules that once building tax is assessed, the entire amount is payable unless specific amnesty schemes exist; challenges via writ petition are improper if statutory remedies weren’t pursued.
Kerala High Court held that college, managed by an education trust, engaged in supplying food to students through canteen is required to obtain registration under Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003 [KVAT Act]. Thus, writ dismissed accordingly.
Kerala High Court quashes IT assessment for Poonjar Service Co-operative Bank and directs reassessment following Supreme Court’s Mavilayi ruling.
