Residential accommodation for nuns and hostels for students which were attached to various educational institutions could claim property tax exemption under Kerala Building Tax Act, 1975.
Asha John Divianathan Vs. Vikram Malhotra & Ors. (Supreme Court) Transaction entered into by a foreign citizen of ‘Indian origin’, to deal with real estate in India on certain conditions – transaction (specified in Section 31 of Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973) entered into in contravention of that provision is void or is only voidable […]
Uber BV And Others Vs Aslam And Others (Supreme Court of UK) The central question on this appeal is whether an employment tribunal was entitled to find that drivers whose work is arranged through Uber’s smartphone application (the Uber app) work for Uber under workers’ contracts and so qualify for the national minimum wage, paid […]
Supreme Court mandates strict procedures for bank lockers. Ensure compliance, notify changes, maintain records. Judgment details in Amitabha Dasgupta case.
Unitech Limited & Ors. Vs Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) & Ors. (Supreme Court) Article 23.1 of the Development Agreement in the present case mandates the parties to resolve their disputes through an arbitration. However, the presence of an arbitration clause within a contract between a state instrumentality and a private party has not […]
Kotak Mahindra Bank Pvt. Limited Vs Ambuj A. Kasliwal & Ors (Supreme Court) The extracted portion indicates that the High Court has proceeded at a tangent while adverting to the aspect of recovery made towards the loan amount from the land acquisition compensation payable to respondent No.3. The conclusion appears to be that the receipt […]
Union of India & Ors. Vs National Engineering Co. (Supreme Court of India) The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Union of India & Ors. v. M/s National Engineering Co. [Special Leave Petition (Civil) Diary No(s). 2701/2021, dated February 15, 2021] directed Union of India (the Petitioner) to file an affidavit within 4 weeks, answering […]
Sudipta Chakrobarty & ANR. Vs Ranaghat S.D. Hospital & ORS. (Supreme Court) It is Common knowledge that some Courts/ Tribunals/ Officers have a practice to pass operative part of the order but give a reasoned/detailed order stating reasons much later sometimes even months later. The Apex Court recently on February 15, 2021 in the case […]
C.C.E. And S.T. Vs Bilfinder Neo Structo Contruction Ltd. (Supreme Court) 1. There is a delay of 536 days in filing the appeal against the order of the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal. Repeatedly, it has come to the notice of this Court that appeals in revenue matters involving indirect taxation are being […]
M/s. Kalamani Tex & Anr Vs P. Balasubramanian (Supreme Court of India) Section 118 and Section 139 of Negotiable Instruments Act mandates that once the signature(s) of an accused on the cheque/negotiable instrument are established, then these ‘reverse onus’ clauses become operative. In such a situation, the obligation shifts upon the accused to discharge the […]
