[Income Tax] Assessing Officer Not Only An Adjudicator But Also An Investigator, Cannot Remain Oblivious To Claim Without Enquiry: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court stated that the Income Tax Commissioner can exercise Revisional Jurisdiction under Section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The Division Bench of Justices A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Easwaran S. observed that “The role of the assessing officer under the Income Tax Act, 1961 is not only that of an adjudicator but also of an investigator and he cannot...

Bombay HC Disposes PIL Seeking Oral Exams For Students With Learning Disability, After State Submits That Its Policy Provides For Writers

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (January 22) disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought to permit students with dysgraphia, a learning disability, to give oral examinations for their board examinations.The PIL was filed by an NGO, Shubhamkaroti Charitable Trust and a teacher soguht to make arrangements for oral examinations for students suffering from dysgraphia, which makes...

Show Steps Taken To Prevent Encroachment In Reserve Forest: Andhra Pradesh HC To Principal Chief Conservator Of Forest, Nellore Collector

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (January 22) has directed the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Guntur District along with District Collector, Nellore District to file a counter showing the steps taken to prevent illegal encroachment in the reserve forest land.A division bench of Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Ravi Cheemalapati passed the order in a Public...

Kerala HC Dismisses Appeal Against Integrity Certificate Granted To SP Who Probed Walayar Rape-Death Case, Says Selection Committee Can Evaluate

The Kerala High Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the mother of two girls–who were allegedly raped and killed in Walayar in 2017–against the Integrity Certificate issued by the State to Superintendent of Police MJ Sojan, who probed the case. The certificate is a requirement for considering his candidacy for conferring an officer with IPS cadre. It is the mother's case that the...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Four Additional Judges At Telangana High Court, Two At Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Central government today notified the appointment of four additional judges at the Telangana High Court and two at the Andhra Pradesh High Court.The list of judicial officers elevated to the position is as follows:Telangana HC-(i) Smt. Renuka Yara,(ii) Shri Narsing Rao Nandikonda,(iii) Smt. Tirumala Devi Eada @ Thirupathamma K., and(iv) Shri Madhusudhan Rao Bobbili Ramaiah.Andhra Pradesh...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On PIL For OBC Admissions In Jamia's Residential Coaching Academy

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea seeking a direction on the University Grant Commission (UGC) to frame guidelines to enable Jamia Millia Islamia to give admissions to OBC (Non-creamy layer) students in its Residential Coaching Academy for preparation of civil services from its next session. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and...

Karnataka HC Asks Maharashtra Ekikarana Samiti To Respond To PIL For Banning Observation Of 'Black Day' On November 1

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (January 22) asked the State and Maharashtra Ekikarana Samiti (MES) to file their response to a public interest litigation plea seeking a direction to restrain MES from observing or publicizing black day on Kannada Rajyotsava (November 1) in Belagavi or any other Kannada speaking region.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice M I Arun...

Actions Not Malicious: Allahabad HC Grants Relief To Addl Private Secretary Sacked For Unintentionally Forwarding WhatsApp Message Against CM

The Allahabad High Court had quashed the termination order of Additional Private Secretary in the State Secretariat of Uttar Pradesh, who was sacked for allegedly forwarding a WhatsApp message which is stated to have contained objectionable remarks concerning the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of the state. The order was quashed on grounds of lack of evidence to establish intention...

Punjab & Haryana HC Dismisses Alleged Gangster's Plea For Immunity Under Extradition Act, Says He Was Arrested 2 Yrs After Arrival In India

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to grant immunity under the Extradition Act, 1962 to an alleged “notorious gangster” Sukhpreet Singh Dhaliwal (Budda) finding that he was arrested at IGI airport (New Delhi) after Armenia authorities had released him.As per Section 21 of the Extradition Act, Whenever any person accused or convicted of an offence, which, if committed in...

Claim Of Title To Property U/S 19 Of Specific Relief Act Must Be Continuing Claim, Running Through Concentric Circles Of Relationships: Telangana HC

The Telangana High Court has held that when enforcement of a contract is sought under section 19 of the Specific Relief Act, the claimant needs to establish a concentric circle of relationships with the contracting parties to the contract.The order was passed by a Division Bench comprising Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya and Justice M.G. Priyadarshini in an Appeal Suit challenging the dismissal...

"Probe Was Conducted By Central Agency": CBI Approaches Calcutta HC Challenging State's Appeal Seeking Death Penalty For RG Kar Convict

The Central Bureau of Investigation has approached the Calcutta High Court challenging the state's appeal against the life sentence imposed on RG Kar rape-murder convict Sanjoy Roy. The state had approached the High Court seeking the death penalty for the convict.The plea for admitting the appeal was being heard by a division bench of Justices Debangsu Basak and Md Shabbar...

Merely Because 16-Yr-Old Sexual Abuse Survivor Smokes Not Ground To Say He Is Of Deviant Character: Kerala HC Upholds Conviction U/S 377 IPC

The Kerala High Court while dismissing the appeals of two men who were convicted and sentenced to three year imprisonment for committing an offence under Section 377 of IPC for sexually abusing a minor boy, observed that the victim's testimony cannot be termed as deviant or unreliable merely because he smoked. The allegation against the accused men was that they took a 16-year-old boy in...