Author: Bhagyashri Vijaykumar Neware

According to the Odisha Entry Tax Act of 1999, the Odisha High Court has been added to the list of “tobacco and tobacco products” as a “bidi.” Case Title: M/s. Patel Brothers & Co., Sambalpur v. State of Odisha Case No.: STREV No. 29 of 2012 Coram: Dr. S. Muralidhar, CJ & Radha Krishna Pattanaik, J. Order Authored By: Dr. S. Muralidhar, CJ. Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr. S. Lal, Advocate Order Dated: 5/07/2022 Counsel for the Respondent: Mr. S. Mishra, Senior Standing Counsel Citation: 2022 (Ori) 113 The Odisha High Court ruled that ‘bidi’ falls under the definition of…

According to the Odisha Entry Tax Act of 1999, the Orissa High Court has been added to the list of “tobacco and tobacco products” as a “bidi.” Case Title: M/s. Patel Brothers & Co., Sambalpur v. the State of Odisha Case No.: STREV No. 29 of 2012 Coram: Dr. S. Muralidhar, CJ & Radha Krishna Pattanaik, J. Order Authored By: Dr. S. Muralidhar, CJ. Order Dated: 5th July 2022 Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr. S. Lal, Advocate Counsel for the Respondent: Mr. S. Mishra, Senior Standing Counsel Citation: 2022 (Ori) 113 The Odisha High Court ruled that ‘bidi’ falls under…

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) brought attention to a serious illegality committed by Andhra Pradesh, and the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that money intended for disaster relief cannot be diverted by states to other accounts. The Supreme Court noted on Monday that money from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) cannot be diverted or used for any other purpose and that it would be appropriate to return the diverted amount to the SDRF while hearing a petition alleging that the State of Andhra Pradesh had transferred funds from the SDRF, from which ex-gratia compensation is being paid to…

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) brought attention to a serious illegality committed by Andhra Pradesh, and the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that money intended for disaster relief cannot be diverted by states to other accounts. The Supreme Court noted on Monday that money from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) cannot be diverted or used for any other purpose and that it would be appropriate to return the diverted amount to the SDRF while hearing a petition alleging that the State of Andhra Pradesh had transferred funds from the SDRF, from which ex-gratia compensation is being paid to…