Union of India Vs Rakesh Malhotra & Anr. (Supreme Court) The rationale for constituting a Task Force at a national level is to facilitate a public health response to the pandemic based on scientific and specialised domain We expect that the leading experts in the country shall associate with the work of the Task Force […]
CASE ANALYSIS PILCOM v. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (C.I.T.) A.I.R. 2020 S.C. 204 Bench: Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Vineet Saran SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CASE: With an increase in various International Sporting events such as the Indian Premier League (IPL), Pro Kabaddi, Indian Super League (ISL), etc, which are been held in India, the […]
The provisions of the West Bengal (Regulation of Promotion of Construction and Transfer by Promoters) Act, 1993 (WB 1993) Act impliedly stood repealed upon the enactment of the RERA in 2016, in accordance with Sections 88 and 89 read with Article 254(1) of the Constitution. As a consequence of the declaration by this Court of the invalidity of the provisions of West Bengal Housing Industry Regulation Act, 2017 (WB-HIRA, 2017), there should be no revival of the provisions of the WB 1993 Act, since it would stand impliedly repealed upon the enactment of the RERA.
Indian School, Jodhpur & Anr. Vs State of Rajasthan & Ors. (Supreme Court) Ordinarily, we would have thought it appropriate to relegate the parties before the Regulatory Authority to refix the school fees for the academic year 2020-21 after taking into account all aspects of the matter including the advantage gained by the school Management […]
Jharkhand State Electricity Board Vs Ramkrishna Forging Limited (Supreme Court of India) It is noteworthy that the Jharkhand State Electricity Board (‘the Board’) is a monopoly supplier of electricity which has laid down its own terms and conditions, regarding which the consumer has no say or choice but to sign on the dotted lines, if […]
In Re Distribution of Essential Supplies And Services During Pandemic (Supreme Court of India) In light of the continuing surge of infections in the second wave of the pandemic, we direct the Central Government and State Governments to put on record the efforts taken to curb the spread of the virus and the measures that they […]
CIT Vs Reliance Energy Ltd. (Supreme Court) We have considered the submissions on behalf of the Revenue as it has a bearing on the interpretation of sub-section (1) of Section 80-IA of the Act. We hold that the scope of sub-section (5) of Section 80-IA of the Act is limited to determination of quantum of […]
In Re Cognizance For Extension of Limitation Vs XXXX (Supreme Court of India) FULL TEXT OF THE SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT/ORDER This Court took suo motu cognizance of the situation arising out of the challenge faced by the country on account of COVID-19 Virus and resultant difficulties that could be faced by the litigants across the […]
The power under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure may not be available to the Court to countenance the breach of a statuary provision under Sections 14 and 17 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).
e direct that notices be issued to the Union Government, the State Governments/Union Territories and the parties, who appeared to have approached the High Courts to show cause why uniform orders be not passed by this Court in relation to a) Supply of oxygen; b) Supply of essential drugs; c) Method and manner of vaccination; and d) Declaration of lockdown.
