GUWAHATI, India, June 25 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on May 25: 1. Heard Mr. A. Sattar, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner. Mr. R. Ali, the learned counsel appears on behalf of the respondents. 2. The present proceedings has been filed by invoking the revisional jurisdiction of this Court under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (for short, "the Code") challenging the judgment and decree dated 23.04.2018 passed in Title Appeal No. 21/2...
GUWAHATI, India, June 25 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on May 25: 1. Heard Mr. K.N. Balgopal, learned Advocate General, Nagaland, assisted by Ms. T. Khro, learned Additional Advocate General and Ms. M. Kechi, learned Additional Advocate General for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. S. Dutta, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. A. Biswas for the respondent Nos. 1 to 13; Mr. A. Das, learned counsel for the proforma respondent No. 14 and Ms. P. Chetri, learned counsel for the p...
GUWAHATI, India, June 25 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on May 25: 1. Heard Mr. K.N. Balgopal, learned Advocate General, Nagaland, assisted by Ms. T. Khro, learned Additional Advocate General and Ms. M. Kechi, learned Additional Advocate General for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. A. Das, learned counsel for the respondent No. 1 and Ms. P. Chetri, learned counsel for the proforma respondent No. 2. 2. This revision petition, under Section 115 of the CPC, read with Article 227...
GANGTOK, India, June 25 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on June 10: 1. The Assistant Commissioner, Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) and Central Excise, Gangtok Division, Gangtok, Sikkim, vide Order dated 08-02-2022, rejected the refund application filed by the Petitioners, claiming unutilized Input Tax Credit (ITC), lying in Electronic Credit Ledger amounting to rs 4,37,61,402/- (Rupees four crores, thirty seven lakhs, sixty one thousand, four hundred and two) only...
GANGTOK, India, June 25 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on June 9: 1. Whether the Appellant committed the murder of the victim, his grandmother, is the question that craves determination in the instant matter 2. The Court of the Learned Sessions Judge, Special Division-I, Gangtok District, Sikkim, vide the impugned Judgment and Order on Sentence, both dated 30-08-2024, in Sessions Trial Case No.01 of 2023 (State of Sikkim vs. Navin alias Nar Bahadur Baraily), convicted...
GANGTOK, India, June 25 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on June 9: 1. The Appellant, a 31 year old married man, was alleged to have committed the offence of penetrative sexual assault and impregnated the female child, said to be 15 years at the time of the offence. 2. The Court of the Learned Special Judge (POCSO Act, 2012), Gangtok, Sikkim, vide the impugned Judgment, dated 21-12- 2023, in ST (POCSO) Case No.07 of 2021, having examined the entire evidence furnished by...
GANGTOK, India, June 25 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on June 9: The appellant was convicted and sentenced under section 3(b) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short, the POCSO Act) punishable under section 4 thereof. He was not punished for the same offence under section 9(l) and 9(m) punishable under section 10 of the POCSO Act and under section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short, the IPC). The appellant was acquitted for t...
GANGTOK, India, June 25 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on June 6: Two (2) arbitration petitions were filed before this Court by M/s JRA Infrastructure Ltd.. Arb. P. No. 01 of 2025, being an application under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 whereas Arb. P. No. 02 of 2025 was filed invoking section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Both the arbitration petitions (along with one interlocutory application filed by the respondent Unio...
GANGTOK, India, June 25 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on June 6: Two (2) arbitration petitions were filed before this Court by M/s JRA Infrastructure Ltd.. Arb. P. No. 01 of 2025, being an application under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 whereas Arb. P. No. 02 of 2025 was filed invoking section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. Both the arbitration petitions (along with one interlocutory application filed by the respondent Unio...
GANGTOK, India, June 25 -- Sikkim High Court issued the following judgment/order on June 6: 1. Words, denigrating the Respondent and maligning his character were allegedly employed by the Petitioner, when he was the Finance Minister of the concerned State, in his address to the Press, post his participation in the GST Council meeting, held on 19- 12-2019. The Respondent was aggrieved by the slanderous statement, which thereby gave rise to a Complaint under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Pr...