The Government legislated the Negotiable Instrument Act in 1991 making cheque bounce a criminal offence. But the delay in disposal of cases frustrated the very spirit of the NI Act.
National Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs Anjana Shyam & Ors (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court HELD THAT – ‘Insurance company can be made liable only in respect of the number of passengers for whom insurance can be taken under the Motor Vehicles Act and for whom insurance has been taken as a fact and not in […]
Gurmel Singh Vs Branch Manager National Insurance Co. Ltd. (Supreme Court of India) It is common knowledge that the Insurance Companies deny the genuine & lawful claims of the Insured on technical & flimsy grounds. Be it vehicle loss/accidental claims or health insurance claims or theft/fire claims, the insurance companies design ways/devices/ruse to fizzle out from their […]
New Delhi Municipal Council Vs Minosha India Limited (Supreme Court) Facts- The foremost question which falls for determination is that whether Section 60(6) of the IBC gives rise to a new lease of life to a proceeding at the instance of the corporate debtor on the basis of a moratorium which is put in place […]
Section 5(8)(d) includes only a finance or a capital lease, which is deemed, as such, under the Indian Accounting Standards. Section 5(8)(f) is a residuary and catch all provision. A lease, which is not a finance or a capital lease under Section 5(8)(d), may create a financial debt within the meaning of Section 5(8)(f), if, on its terms, the Court concludes that it is a transaction, under which, any amount is raised, having the commercial effect of the borrowing.
In a case where there is a dispute/controversy on the mandate of the arbitrator being terminated on the ground mentioned in section 14(1)(a), such a dispute has to be raised before the “court”, defined under section 2(e) of the Act, 1996 and such a dispute cannot be decided on an application filed under section 11(6) of the Act, 1996.
The brief facts of the case are that during a road rage, Gurnam Singh died in a scuffle and Sidhu & his friend faced charges of culpable homicide. The trial court post trial acquitted both the accused in1999 as it was of the view that the death was not caused by subdural haemorrhage and the deceased suffered sudden cardiac arrest under stress because of which he fell and received two abrasions leading to subdural haemorrhage.
SC held that recommendations of the GST Council are not binding on the Union and States. It held that Recommendations of the GST Council to only have a persuasive value, particularly when interpreted along with the objective of the GST regime to foster cooperative federalism and harmony between the constituent units;
C.C.,C.E. & S.T.-Bangalore Vs Northern Operating Systems Pvt Ltd. (Supreme Court) A co-joint reading of the documents on record show show that the assessee had operational or functional control over the seconded employees; it was potentially liable for the performance of the tasks assigned to them. That it paid (through reimbursement) the amounts equivalent to […]
Gomantak Mazdoor Sangh Vs. State of Goa (Supreme Court) What can be said to be an arithmetical or clerical error has been dealt with and considered by this Court in the case of Master Construction Co. (P) Ltd. (supra). It is observed and held that an arithmetical mistake is a mistake of calculation; a clerical […]
