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Validity of State rule providing for cancellation of Form C declaration — The power to prescribe the form of declaration (Form C) required under Section 8(4) of the CST Act, and the particulars to be contained therein, is conferred upon the Central Government under Section 13(1)(d) — The Central Government exercised this power by framing the Central Sales Tax (Registration and Turnover) Rules, 1957, which prescribe Form C (Rule 12(1)) but do not contain any provision empowering any authority to cancel such a declaration once issued. Cancellation of Bail — Factors for Consideration — Child Trafficking — Appeals preferred by victims (kith and kin of trafficked children) assailing High Court orders granting bail to accused involved in a large-scale, organized, interstate child trafficking racket — The offences alleged involve kidnapping, buying, and selling of minor children primarily from impoverished backgrounds, punishable under Ss. 363, 311 & 370(5) IPC —High Court’s approach found to be callous, overlooking critical aspects including the organized nature of the crime and the subsequent absconding of several accused post-bail, thereby jeopardizing the trial. A buyer’s continuous readiness and willingness to perform their part of an Agreement to Sell, a prerequisite for seeking specific performance, is negated by their conduct of accepting and encashing a substantial portion of the refunded earnest money/advance The 18-month Diploma in Elementary Education (D. El. Ed.) programme conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) through Open Distance Learning (ODL) mode, pursuant to the NCTE Recognition Order dated 22.09.2017, was a specific, one-time measure necessitated by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2017 The statutory limitation period for filing an appeal before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) under Section 61(2) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) is thirty days, commencing from the date of pronouncement of the order by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) — The NCLAT possesses discretion to condone delay for a further period not exceeding fifteen days, upon satisfaction of sufficient cause

Transfer of Property—Part Performance—Mere expiry of the period of limitation for a suit for specific performance may not be a bar for a person in possession of an immovable property in part performance of a contract to assert the shield of Section 53A of T.P. Act

2017(3) Law Herald (P&H) 2065 (SC) : 2017 LawHerald.Org 1133            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before                      The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dipak Misra                     The Hon’ble Mr. Justice…

Copyright–The judgments of the Apex court would be in the public domain and its reproduction or publication would not infringe the copyright–The reproduction or publication of the judgments by any number of persons would not be infringement of a copyright of the first owner namely, the Government, unless it is prohibited. Copyright–Judgments of Court–Whether the inputs put by the appellants in the copy-edited judgments published in their journal ‘SCC’ touch the standard of creativity required for the copyright, discussed.

2008(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 179 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.N. Agrawal The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.P. Naolekar Civil Appeal No. 6472 of 2004…

Rent Law–Eviction Proceedings–Joint Family Property–Filing of eviction suit by a junior member of the HUF–Maintainability of. Rent–Increase of–Landlord can issue a notice under section 6A of the Act for increase of rent when the petition for eviction of the tenancy was pending before the Rent Controller and where there had been an order to the tenant for deposit of rent on a month to month basis u/s 15 of the Act.

2008(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 166 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tarun Chatterjee The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.Sathasivam Civil Appeal No. 5761 of 2007 M/s…

Service Matters

Subsistence Allowance–Non payment of–It must be shown that because of non-payment of subsistence allowance during the period of suspension the employee was not in a position to participate in the proceedings or that any other prejudice in effectively defending the proceedings was caused to him.

2008(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 161 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Harjit Singh Bedi  Appeal (civil) 587 of 2005…

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