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The Tribunal stated that no court has held that prohibited goods were to be released for re-export without payment of redemption fine. Such a stance would encourage importers smuggling/making improper import of goods, to take a chance with the law and if caught, request for re-export without a fine.

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The Tribunal stated that there is no such condition in the Technology License Agreement which provides that royalty payment is a pre-condition for sale/import of raw materials and there is no evidence to establish how the royalty payment is linked to the import of raw materials.

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National Green Tribunal
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Amazon’s fulfilment centre at Bilaspur, Haryana accommodates employees, third party workforce, venders and other visitors. The domestic waste water is treated in Sewage Treatment Plant (40 KLD) and HSPCB found that collected water samples from the STP, did not meet the requisite criteria.

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National Green Tribunal
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The National Green Tribunal constituted a committee comprising of senior scientists from the State and Central Pollution Control Boards, a representative not below the rank of Additional District Magistrate, and the Executive Officer of Panihati Municipality.

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National Green Tribunal
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The CPCB’s guidelines mandated certain measures for setting up new petrol pumps to mitigate their adverse environmental effects, including maintaining a minimum distance of 50 meters from schools, hospitals, and residential areas, etc..

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“It is a well settled principle in the law that the taxing statute needs to be construed strictly according to the words phrases used in the statute; there can be no other interpretation when literal interpretation is unambiguous.”

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The Tribunal opined that once the coal companies have charged sales tax/VAT at the appropriate rate on the sale of coal to appellant and in turn, appellant has charged sales tax/VAT to the consumers of coal, the transaction is one of sale/purchase and not of rendering service.

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DCDRC finds Matrimony.Com Ltd. liable for deficiency in service for failing to deliver video album of a marriage reception held in 2017
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While cleaning the room during check-out, the caretaker of the resort pulled the sheets from the bed on which the complainant’s 6-month-old child was sleeping wrapped in a blanket. As a result, the child fell on the floor and suffered injuries.

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