NRI's Entitled To Benefits Provided To 'Eligible Passengers' Under 2016 Baggage Rules: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a non-resident Indian is fully entitled to the benefit provided to an “eligible passenger” under the Baggage Rules, 2016 for the purposes of Customs on arrival to India.Eligible passenger was defined by the Finance Ministry via a Notification dated June 30, 2017, to mean a passenger of Indian origin or a passenger holding a valid Indian passport, coming...

Trial Courts Must Be Cautious While Granting Permission To IO For Invoking Charges On Organised Crime U/S 111 BNS Against Accused: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has said that trial courts are required to be more cautious while permitting the Investigation Officer to invoke the offence punishable under Section 111 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023.For context Section 111 of BNS pertains to Organised crime (1) Any continuing unlawful activity including kidnapping, robbery, vehicle theft, extortion, land grabbing,...

Tender Floated To Procure Equipment For Hybrid Hearing Infrastructure In District Courts: Delhi Govt Informs High Court

The Delhi Government on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that tender has been floated yesterday for procurement of equipments for providing hybrid hearings infrastructure in all district courts in the national capital.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela directed that an affidavit be filed by a competent authority of Public...

Love & Affection 'Implied Condition' When Senior Citizen Transfers Property, Doesn't Need Express Mention In Settlement Deed: Madras HC

The Madras High Court has recently observed that under the Senior Citizens Act, love and affection is an implied condition under Section 23(1) of the Act and it is not necessary to have an explicit mention of the same in the settlement deed. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekaran noted that the Act was meant to safeguard the security and dignity of the...

High Court Pulls Up Delhi Govt Over Lack Of Efforts To Ensure Finances For Construction Of Residential Flats For Judges

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Delhi Government for lack of efforts to ensure finances for pending project of construction of residential flats for judicial officers of the district judiciary in the national capital. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela reminded the Delhi Government that providing adequate...

Leave Encashment Is A Constitutional Property Right; It Cannot Be Denied Without Specific Statutory Authority: Karnataka HC

Karnataka High Court: A single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna declared that an employee dismissed from service is entitled to leave encashment, as it constitutes a property right under Article 300A of the Constitution. The court held that the Karnataka Gramina Bank refusing to pay leave encashment to a dismissed employee was illegal. It emphasized that once earned, terminal...

'Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt' Is A Principle Of Criminal Law, Not Applicable To Tax Law: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that the principle of 'proof beyond reasonable doubt' cannot be made applicable to Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 which enables an assessing officer to open an assessment if he has 'reason to believe' that an assessee's income escaped assessment.A division bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed,...

Bombay HC Asks Family Court To Decide Mutual Divorce Plea Of Yuzvendra Chahal & Dhanashree Verma Tomorrow, Waives Cooling Off Period

In a relief for Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Family Court at Bandra, Mumbai to decide the divorce petition filed by him and his estranged wife Dhanashree Verma, latest by Thursday itself, since he will be busy with the upcoming Indian Premiere League (IPL) from March 22.Single-judge Justice Madhav Jamdar allowed the petition filed by...

Karnataka High Court Stays Election To Tumakuru District Advocates Association As Women Members Seek Implementation Of 33% Reservation

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday stayed till March 21 elections to the Tumakuru District Advocates Association, which is scheduled on April 5. Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the interim order while hearing a petition filed by women advocates of the Bar association, challenging an endorsement rejecting their representation seeking 33% reservation in the total existing posts at the...

Unilateral And Retrospective Enhancement Of Rent Is Unjust, Not Permissible Under Law: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that a party cannot be permitted to unilaterally and retrospectively alter the rent amount fixed with the tenant.Justice MA Chowdhary held that it was not permissible for the respondent to revise the rent twice in the same year. The court said that notice requiring the petitioner to pay the revised rent increasing it to 100% was not permissible and...

'All Speculation, No Concrete Material': Delhi High Court On PIL For CBI Probe Into Corruption Via Electoral Bonds

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday orally remarked that the allegations raised in the PIL seeking a court monitored CBI probe into the instances of “quid pro quo and corruption” by way of donations made through electoral bonds by individuals or companies to various political parties were “all speculation” and were based on “no concrete material”. A division bench comprising...

Separate Identification Parade Not Required If Accused Is Identified In Court By Prosecution Witnesses: Andhra Pradesh High Court Reiterates

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has reiterated that if an accused person is identified by the prosecution witnesses before the Court, no separate identification parade is required.Justice V. Srinivas made the observation while partly allowing a man's Criminal Revision plea challenging his conviction for causing death by negligence (under Section 304-A IPC) and one year sentence along with fine....