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April 15, 2026

Revenue Can't Cite Pending Litigation to Justify One Year of Adjudication Inaction: Karnataka High Court

By: sayum

"Non-adjudication for a period exceeding one year is wholly unjustifiable", Karnataka High Court has delivered a sharp rebuke to Customs authorities who sat on a seizure of imported betel nuts...

April 15, 2026

Government Can Resume Leased Land For Public Purpose; 'Substantial Compliance' Of 60-Day Notice Sufficient: Kerala High Court

By: sayum

"The very purpose of stipulating 60 days' notice to the lessee under the Government is to enable it to relocate... When that purpose is amply served, the situation is governed...

April 14, 2026

Administrative Transfer Causing Revenue Loss Defies Court Process: Calcutta High Court Strikes Down Ferry Ghat Handover

By: sayum

"The transfer made during pendency of the writ petition is an effort to circumvent the Court proceedings and amounts to defiance of the order of the Court and therefore, cannot...

April 14, 2026

Reference Court Cannot Set Aside Collector's Award Or Remand Matter For Fresh Determination: Allahabad High Court

By: sayum

"Act does not vest the Reference Court with the power to set aside the award of the Collector and remand back the matter for determining the compensation afresh." Allahabad High...

April 14, 2026

Interest Earned On Funds Temporarily Parked Pending Project Deployment Cannot Be Taxed As 'Income From Other Sources': Delhi High Court

By: sayum

"The funds are inextricably linked to the setting up of the business of the assessee, and as such, would be covered by the judgment of the Supreme Court in Bokaro...

April 14, 2026

Mere Discrepancy In Date Of Birth Across Certificates Doesn't Amount To Fraud If No Undue Advantage Is Derived: Allahabad High Court

By: sayum

"A mere discrepancy, bereft of any attendant element of deceit, cannot, by any judicially accepted standard, be elevated to the pedestal of fraud or wilful misrepresentation." Allahabad High Court, in...

April 14, 2026

Electricity Act Appellate Authority Is A Quasi-Judicial Body Subject To High Court’s Supervisory Jurisdiction: Madhya Pradesh High Court

By: sayum

"Any authority constituted by the statute and is deciding the dispute as per the provisions of the rules made thereunder is a quasi judicial authority and the decisions of the...

April 14, 2026

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Convicted Ex-Jharkhand Minister Facing Overlapping Prosecutions From Split Chargesheets

By: sayum

"Sentence awarded to the appellant in the other case involving allegations of acquisition of disproportionate assets, having been suspended by this Court, we are inclined to grant bail to the...

April 14, 2026

Overlapping Split Chargesheets May Raise Double Jeopardy Concerns, Supreme Court Notes While Granting Bail To Former Jharkhand Minister

By: sayum

"A fervent contention has been raised on behalf of the appellant that two separate prosecutions were impermissible because the allegations in both the cases are overlapping. This aspect of the...

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