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FeaturedCalcutta HC rules appeals under repealed FERA retain penal character and may be heard as criminal appeals despite FEMA's enactment.
FeaturedSupreme Court rules RTI Act applies to private cooperative banks where state registrar has oversight and records are accessible to public authority.
FeaturedBombay HC issues contempt notice for enforcing sales tax demand despite unstayed judgment.
FeaturedSupreme Court bars UPPCL from recovering a 15% electricity surcharge after publicly granting exemption.
FeaturedSupreme Court overturned the Orissa High Court's judgment for failing to provide independent judicial reasoning in an IAS selection dispute.
FeaturedSC rules that private cooperative banks fall under RTI Act if their records are accessible to public authorities like Registrars.
FeaturedThe Supreme Court reaffirmed that customs seizures require 'reasonable belief' of contravention, not mere suspicion. The standard is higher than suspicion and must be grounded in credible facts.
FeaturedSupreme Court rules that private cooperative banks’ records under Registrar's control are subject to disclosure under RTI Act, reinforcing transparency.
FeaturedThe Supreme Court has set aside an order by the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) that reversed its own prior decision on a settled legal issue, calling the act a 'gross breach of judicial discipline' and questioning the tribunal's independence.
FeaturedSupreme Court rules that private cooperative banks' records accessible to a public authority fall under RTI Act's ambit.
FeaturedThe Special Additional Facilitation and Enforcement Measures Authority (SAFEMA) held that deposits arising from void Income Declaration Scheme filings are treatable as benami properties.
FeaturedThe Supreme Court Collegium has recommended nine advocates for appointment as judges of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, excluding former Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.
FeaturedThe Supreme Court has referred the long-pending Krishna-Godavari Basin gas migration dispute between Reliance Industries and the Union government to mediation, appointing former SC Judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai as mediator.