No retrospective MAT on FIIs, Govt. accepts Shah panel report and has decided to make appropriate Amendment to the IT Act [Read the Full Report]

Justice A.P. Shah Committee’s recommendation to clarify the Inapplicability of MAT to FIIs/FPIs has been accepted by the government.  It has also been decided that the Income-Tax Act will be appropriately amended. The   final report on applicability of MAT on FIIs/FPIs for the period prior to 01.04.2015 has been submitted by the Committee to the Government on 25.08.2015.To clarify...

Scribes shall not get too close to judges dais; should show restraint while reporting observations: SC

In an unprecedented open court diktat to journalists covering court proceedings, the Supreme Court today asked the scribes not to enter the “well” of the courtroom or stand too close to the dais to hear the proceedings.Justice Ranjan Gogoi also directed legal journalists in the apex court to observe restraint while reporting the exchange between the judges and lawyers.Noting that...

Delhi HC issues notice on Prof. Shamnad Basheer’s PIL on patent working norms

A Delhi High Court Bench comprising Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath has reportedly sought a reply from the Government on Prof. Shamnad Basheer’s PIL regarding patent working norms.The Government had been ordered to file its reply within 4 weeks. The matter is not posted to November 17. Prof. Basheer was represented by his counsels, Abhimanyu Bhandari and Sai Vinod.Prof....

Prof. Shamnad Basheer’s PIL for Permanent CLAT Body will be heard by Justice Thakur Bench on Friday

“Egregious” lapses in conduct of CLAT : Prof. Shamnad Basheer files PIL in SC seeking setting up of a “robust, structured and institutionalized mechanism”Prof. Shamnad Basheer, a legal scholar of repute has filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court seeking the immediate intervention of the Court against the opaque and inefficient implementation of the Common...

Two sisters to be raped as punishment - 100,000 sign petition against it

Two Indian sisters 'sentenced' to be raped and then paraded naked around the streets with their faces blackened, an unelected all-male village council known as a 'panchayat' ordered on 30 July,  as retaliation to their brother eloping with a married girl from the upper-caste Jat community. Read the full story here.The sisters and their family had already fled the village for fear of...

Legal academics faced massive manpower crunch; Arun Jaitley at NLU Delhi Third Annual Convocation

The third Annual Convocation of National Law University, Delhi was held on the 30th August, 2015. Sh. Arun Jaitley, Hon’ble Minister of Finance Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting was the Chief Guest and delivered the Convocation address. Hon’ble Ms. Justice G. Rohini, Chief Justice, Delhi High Court & Chancellor of NLU, Delhi presided over the Convocation and conferred the degrees to 67 successful students of BA.LLB. (Hons.), 21 students of LL.M  &  three Ph.D scholars. ....

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

Live Law reported the following judgments/orders of the Apex Court last week.Ansal Brothers Sentencing modified The Supreme Court modified the sentence ofAnsal Brothers. According to the new order, if SushilAnsal and  GopalAnsal, the accused in the Uphaar Tragedy case, fails to pay Rs. 30 Crores each within three months from today, they will have to  undergo the sentence of...

Centre to crack down on Rape Videos: Supreme Court

The Centre was directed by the Supreme Court to crack down on rape videos those are uploaded on social networking sites, especially those involving children.A bench of Justice MB Lokur and Justice UU Lalit, issuing notice to the Ministries of Information and Broadcasting and Information Technology, said: “The government must crack down on these offenders and take steps to remove...

Patel Quota Agitation: Gujarat High Court slams police, says they transgressed law by committing atrocities on people

The Gujarat High Court on Friday slammed the state police over its handling of the agitation by Patel community members seeking reservation benefits, saying they transgressed the law by committing atrocities on people and told the government that restoration of peace should be on high priority.A two judge bench of the Court comprising of acting Chief Justice Jayant Patel and Justice N V...

CIC directs Tihar Jail to inform about prisoners release [Read the Order]

The Central Information Commission directed the Tihar Jail authorities to give ‘release related’ information to undertrial prisoners to enable them to be released. In a second appeal filed by Ms Divya Iyer, the Information Commissioner Prof M Sridhar Acharyulu stated that it was the constitutional responsibility and statutory obligation of the Governments to review each case of...

Law Commission of India recommends need to Regulate Pet Shops and Dog and Aquarium Fish Breeding [PIB]

Law Commission of India Submits its Report no. 261 on Animal Welfare RegulationsThe Law Commission of India has, on 28th August 2015, i.e. today submitted its Report No. 261 on the “Need to Regulate Pet Shops and Dog and Aquarium Fish Breeding” to the Union Minister of Law and Justice. The report observes that pet shops and breeders violate provisions of animal welfare laws with impunity,...

Supreme Court says public should not be asked to pay toll on NHs in bad shape; reduces the toll of a stretch by 20%

The Supreme Court today brought the pathetic condition of country’s several national highways into sharp focus by questioning the need for public to pay toll tax if the roads are full of potholes, broken and in poor shape.“Why should public pay toll tax if the condition of roads is bad and they are facing problems. Common man cannot be made to punish for the wrongs committed by...