International Taxation – Taxability of Guarantee Charges – Indo-UK DTAA – Income Accruing in India – The appeal involves the issue of whether the guarantee charges received by the appellant, a UK-based company, from its Indian subsidiaries for providing parental corporate guarantees to foreign banks can be taxed in India. The appellant contended that since the source of the...
Transplantation of Human Organs – Mandamus issued – Compliance with Authorisation Committee Procedures and Safeguarding Donors' Rights.
Transplantation of Human Organs – Writ petitions filed seeking mandamus directing the respondents to consider the petitioners' representations for kidney transplantation approval – Petitioners facing renal failure, with...
Transfer of Property Act – Section 44 – Rights of Co-owners and Transferees - Property Law – Second Appeal under Section 100 r/w Order XLII Rule 1 & 2 CPC dismissed – Challenge against the concurrent findings of trial court and 1st appellate court dismissing defendants’ claim over property by adverse possession and confirming mandatory injunction for eviction &nda...
Civil Procedure – Rejection of Plaint – Application under Order VII Rule 11 of CPC – Trial Court dismissed application to reject plaint filed by children of the donor challenging gift deed executed by their father – High Court holds that once the donor had withdrawn his suit challenging the gift deed, his children could not subsequently challenge the same deed – High ...
Service Law – Trifurcation of Directorate General of Security (DGS) – Reorganization and Pay Parity – Petition challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal’s order directing resolution of service condition disparities among ministerial staff post-trifurcation – Tribunal’s directive to devise a package and rectify lacunae affirmed – Relief limited to add...
Civil Procedure – Compensation for Land and Trees – Revision petition by Power Grid Corporation against the order of the District Court awarding enhanced compensation for trees cut and diminution in land value due to the drawing of high tension electric lines – Respondent’s property affected significantly, with trees cut and land rendered less valuable – District Cour...
Protection of Lives and Liberty - Petitioners seek protection in a live-in relationship - Petitioner no. 1 is an adult, and petitioner no. 2 is a minor - No blood relationship between them - Continuous threats received - Representation filed before official respondents - Reference to a similar case involving protection for a minor in a live-in relationship - Petition disposed of in terms of the ju...
Land Acquisition Act, 1894 - Challenge to impugned notifications under Sections 4 and 6 - Acquisition proceedings for public purpose – Petitioners sought quashing of notifications for land acquisition in Sector 57, Gurugram for public purpose – Reliance on Section 24(2) of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. [P...
Service Law - Employee Service – Counting of work-charge service for proficiency step-up – Dispute regarding whether service rendered on work-charge basis prior to regularization should be counted for granting proficiency step-up – Reference to relevant instructions dated 1.12.1988 (Annexure P-1) and clarificatory letter dated 1.9.1989 (Annexure P-2) – Contrasting views in ...
Delay in Filing Written Commercial Suit – Condoning Delay – Defendant's application to condone a delay of more than 120 days in filing a written statement – Defendant's contention that delay should be calculated from the date of receipt of the amended plaint – Court rejects defendant's argument, emphasizing that the defendant failed to file the written statement...