Home Highlights August 2017 Year 2017 This

You may also like:

1. The case pertains to the applicability of Section 56(2)(x) of the Income Tax Act on the conversion of tenancy rights into ownership rights by a protected tenant. The key...

2. Bail application for money laundering offense granted considering long incarceration exceeding substantial part of prescribed sentence, applicant's advanced age and...

3. Seeking to quash the demand notice for arrears of unpaid electricity charges, the court examined the scope of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and the potential...

4. The doctrine of abuse of rights is founded upon the notion that a party may have a valid right, including a procedural right, and yet exercise it in an abnormal,...

5. The court granted regular bail to the accused in a money laundering case, considering the prolonged incarceration, the likelihood of delay in trial, and the...

6. Whether there is any fundamental right of privacy under the Indian Constitution - Held Yes - An invasion of life or personal liberty must meet the three-fold requirement - SC

7. Income accrued in India - royalty and Fees for Technical Services - literary work - The grant of license to use the software cannot be construed as granting a right to...

8. Oppression and Mismanagement - Issue of Right Shares - subsequent Rights Issue during the pendency of 1st Rights Issue - gross under-subscription of the rights issue -...

9. Levy of GST on Transfer Fee - Assignment of leasehold rights on land - The activity of assignment is in the nature of agreeing to transfer one’s leasehold rights. It...

10. Settlement of cases - Period of limitation for rectification of mistake - if any right has been conferred by the Legislature, it equally has the right to take it away or...

11. Right to claim refund is a vested right and that even if it is held to be an existing right and not vested right, such a right cannot be taken away unless it is taken...

12. Taxability of compensation for giving-up of the litigation for land - right to sue - there could not be any transfer of a "right to sue" under Indian Law and any capital...

13. Deed of pledge of shares - voting right - The express terms of the Deed of Pledge will prevail - In the present case the use of the pledged goods will include exercise...

14. Dishonor of Cheque - Principles of natural justice - The right to cross-examination is a part of right to fair trial, which, every person has in the spirit of the right...

15. Recovery of dues against customs duty - Preferential right of secured creditors over hypothecated movable property - The provision of Section 142A of the Customs Act,...