SUPREME COURT 

Supreme Court to hear plea on menstrual leaves for female students, working women next week (15 FEB 2023)

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, will be considering a plea on seeking direction to state governments to frame rules for menstrual pain leaves for female students and working women on February 24.

Advocate Vishal Tiwari mentioned the plea for an urgent hearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, who agreed for it to be listed.

DETAILS : Supreme Court to hear plea on menstrual leaves for female students, working women next week (msn.com)

KARNATAKA HIGH COURT 

Cashback and gift vouchers will not attract GST, rules Karnataka High Court (15 FEB 2023)

A bench of Justices P S Dinesh Kumar and Shivashankare Gowda gave the ruling on January 16 while hearing a petition filed by Premier Sales Promotion, which procures vouchers and supplies them to clients at their face value. The clients issue them to their employees as incentives.

The petitioner, however, argued in the court that the vouchers were in the form of a prepaid payment instrument, where the goods and service are not specified. They will remain so only until they are presented for redemption and represent an “actionable claim”, which does not come under the umbrella of goods and services under the Act, the petitioner further argued.

NEWS REPORT : Cashback and gift vouchers will not attract GST, rules Karnataka High Court | Cities News,The Indian Express

NCLAT 

CCI's Android abuse order suffers from 'confirmation bias', Google alleges at NCLAT hearing (15 FEB 2023)

According to Google, the CCI’s order failed to demonstrate how the Android ecosystem causes harm to equipment manufacturers in the Indian ecosystem. The order is entirely based on a speculation that that the company will abuse its dominant position, it added.

The CCI order against Google was issued in October 2022, when the regulator held the company responsible for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in the Android mobile device ecosystem. It levied a penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore.

DETAILS : CCI's Android abuse order suffers from 'confirmation bias', Google alleges at NCLAT hearing (moneycontrol.com)

NEWS AT GLANCE

  • Government approves strengthening cooperative movement through two lakh multipurpose Primary Agricultural Credit Societies in each uncovered Panchayat.  
  • Centre allocates four thousand 800 crore rupees to Vibrant Villages Programme for Financial Years 2022-23 to 2025-26.  
  • Cabinet approves construction of Shinku La Tunnel to provide all-weather connectivity in Ladakh.

WORD OF THE DAY 

Trial in absentia is a criminal proceeding in a court of law in which the person who is subject to it is not physically present at those proceedings. In absentia is Latin for "in (the) absence".

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