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Exclusion of Lockdown Period- SC cannot issue any direction to RBI

June 8, 2020 1608 Views 0 comment Print

Harsh Nitin Gokhale Vs Reserve Bank of India & Ors (Supreme Court) In the present case, writ petition file seeking relief to exclude the time period of lockdown for calculating the limitation for presentation of cheque/demand draft within 3 months as per policy decision of RBI. Supreme Court states that they cannot issue any direction […]

SC explains distinction between ‘retirement of a partner’ & ‘dissolution of a partnership firm

June 5, 2020 15009 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme court held that there is a clear distinction between ‘retirement of a partner’ and ‘dissolution of a partnership firm’. On retirement of the partner, the reconstituted firm continues and the retiring partner is to be paid his dues in terms of Section 37 of the Partnership Act.

Reimbursement of sales tax levied on taxable turnover of works contracts was allowable to contractor company

June 5, 2020 1968 Views 0 comment Print

he claim of the contractor company for reimbursement of the amount of sales tax levied on the taxable turnover of the works contracts executed by it, i.e., with reference to the expression ‘completed item of work’ in the said Clause 45.2 and with reference to the stipulations contained in Clauses 13.3 of ITB and 45.1 of GCC, were wholly untenable and appellant and its contracting offices were under obligation to honour the claim so made by the contractor company.

Reopening of portal for Transitional Credit | Dismisses SLP filed by Dept. | SC Not inclined to interfere ;

June 3, 2020 7329 Views 1 comment Print

CHOGORI INDIA RETAIL LTD Vs UOI-SLP Before Supreme Court on GST Transitional Credit issue : With a view to challenge the above order passed by the Hon’ble Delhi High Court, revenue filled a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against the same before the apex court.

SC explains Scope of Challenge against Enforcement of Award under Section 48(1)(B)

June 2, 2020 3018 Views 0 comment Print

The Court herein has settled that when the party has been given enough opportunity accorded to them and has failed to take advantage of the same during the arbitral proceedings, it cannot later go on to say that fair hearing was not given to the party.

Subsequent property purchaser liable for Electricity dues of earlier owner: SC

June 1, 2020 9855 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited & Anr. Vs. Srigdhaa Beverages (Supreme Court) 1. M/s. SB Beverages, owner of a piece of land, failed to repay a loan to Syndicate Bank (creditor). 2. To this measure, on 25.05.2017 the Bank (secured creditor) brought the property to auction under the SARFAESI Act. 3. The land […]

SC takes Suo moto cognisance of problems faced by migrants

May 26, 2020 1293 Views 1 comment Print

In re Problems and Miseries of Migrant Labourers (Supreme Court) We take suo motu cognizance of problems and miseries of migrant labourers who had been stranded in different parts of the country. The newspaper reports and the media reports have been continuously showing the unfortuanate and miserable conditions of migrant labourers walking on-foot and cycles […]

SARFAESI Act applicable to even Cooperative Banks: SC

May 25, 2020 15333 Views 0 comment Print

Pandurang Ganpati Chaugule Vs Vishwasrao Patil Murgud Sahakari (Supreme Court) (1) (a) The co-operative banks registered under the State legislation and multi-State level co-operative societies registered under the MSCS Act, 2002 with respect to ‘banking’ are governed by the legislation relatable to Entry 45 of List I of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of […]

Can Set Aside Domestic Award, If Irrational And Perverse: SC

May 22, 2020 2136 Views 0 comment Print

An arbitral tribunal must decide in accordance with the terms of the contract, but if an arbitrator construes a term of the contract in a reasonable manner, it will not mean that the award can be set aside on this ground. Construction of the terms of a contract is primarily for an arbitrator to decide unless the arbitrator construes the contract in such a way that it could be said to be something that no fair minded or reasonable person could do.

A court can set aside award only on the grounds provided in the Act: SC

May 11, 2020 2757 Views 0 comment Print

South East Asia Marine Engineering and Construction Ltd. Vs Oil India Ltd. (Supreme Court) It is a settled position that a Court can set aside the award only on the grounds as provided in the Arbitration Act as interpreted by the Courts. Recently, this Court in Dyna Technologies Pvt. Ltd. v. Crompton Greaves Ltd. [2019 […]

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