Income Tax Act | Criminal Complaint For Tax Evasion Filed During Pendency Of Reassessment Proceedings Not Premature: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court recently dismissed a plea for quashing a criminal complaint lodged under Income Tax Act 1961 for alleged tax evasion, moved on the ground that reassessment action was pending and hence the complaint was premature.The bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna cited P. Jayappan vs. S.K. Perumal, First Income Tax Officer [1984] where it was held that pendency of...

[MCOCA] If State Cites Seriousness Of Offence To Oppose Bail, It Must Avoid Delays In Critical Processes Like Appointing Prosecutor: Delhi HC

While dismissing an accused's plea in a MCOCA case, the Delhi High Court has observed that the State must avoid delays in “critical processes” such as appointment of an SPP where it cites seriousness and gravity of alleged offence to oppose a plea. “Thus, if the State‟s contention is that the case is of a serious and grave nature, requiring the Court to adopt a cautious and...

UAPA: Delhi High Court Grants Bail To One, Denies Bail To Other In J&K Terror Funding Case

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to one Syed Ahmad Shakeel and has denied bail to one Shahid Yusuf in relation to an alleged case of terror funding and secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir.A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur observed that Shakeel had already suffered prolonged incarceration of around 6 years and 11 months, without any...

High Court Asks Delhi Police To Explain Calculation Of Amount Imposed On Jailed MP Engineer Rashid To Attend Parliament

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Delhi Police to explain the basis of the calculation of amount imposed on Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid to enable him to attend the Parliament. A Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani was hearing Rashid's plea seeking modification of an order passed by a coordinate bench on March 25 asking him to deposit ₹4 lakh (approx)...

S.37 NDPS Act | Contraband Recovered From Separate Accused Can't Be Collectively Attributed To One Person To Deny Bail: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that when contraband is recovered from multiple accused persons separately, the same cannot be collectively attributed to one of the accused to deny him bail.In the case at hand, though an intermediate quantity of heroin (100 gms) was recovered from the applicant seeking bail in a NDPS case, the prosecution attributed to her solely 1097 grams which was...

Recruitment Of Nursing Officers/ Para-Medical Staff Absolutely Crucial For Health Management In Delhi Govt Hospitals: High Court

Stating that appointment of nursing and para-medical staff is “absolutely crucial for the health management in hospitals in Delhi”, the High Court has ordered the government to undertake the process of recruitment without any impediment.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora ordered, “as and when the results are declared, after completing the...

Retired Judicial Officer Vimal Kumar Yadav Sworn-In As Judge Of Delhi High Court, Strength Rises To 44

Retired judicial officer Vimal Kumar Yadav on Tuesday (August 12) was sworn in as a judge of the Delhi High Court. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya at 10 AM. The judge's appointment was notified by the Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal in a post made on X (formerly Twitter).With the fresh appointment, the strength of judges at the Delhi High...

'Too Little, Too Late': Delhi High Court Grants Relief To Jamia Millia Assistant Professor Terminated Without Proper Hearing

The Delhi High Court has set aside the order of Jamia Millia Islamia University terminating the services of an Assistant Professor for unauthorised absence, who claimed to have discontinued taking classes for a period of time over alleged victimisation by certain other Professors of the varsity.In doing so, Justice Prateek Jalan noted there was “inadequate compliance with the principles...

Delhi High Court Warns Of Criminal Action Against Unauthorised Street Vendors In City's Shalimar Bagh Area

The Delhi High Court recently told the Municipal Corporation of Delhi that merely because it is unable to control unauthorised street vendors and prevent encroachment of public pathways is not grounds to discontinue the weekly market approved by the Town Vending Committee (TVC).A division bench of Justices Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Anish Dayal observed,“Merely because there are 600 vendors...

'Priority Of Use' No Defence Against Trademark Infringement Unless It Predates Both Use & Registration By Plaintiff: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that priority of user is not a defence to an action for infringement of trademark unless the use of such mark by the defendant predates both the user as well as the registration of the asserted mark of the plaintiff.A division bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla observed,“it is only if the defendant has been using the...

Delhi High Court Asks CBI To Probe Alleged 'Extortion Racket' Inside Tihar Jail

The Delhi High Court on Monday told the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register an FIR over the allegations of extortion racket being run inside the Tihar jail involving its officials and inmates. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela perused the status report as well as the preliminary enquiry report of Delhi Government's...

Cash-For-Query Row: Delhi High Court Orders 'Strict Confidentiality' After Mahua Moitra Flags Media Leak Of CBI Report To Lokpal

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra moved the Delhi High Court on Monday against the alleged media leak of the news of CBI submitting its report to Lokpal of India in relation to the alleged cash-for-query scam.Justice Sachin Datta heard the matter today and said that directed that confidentiality shall be “strictly maintained by all the concerned.”“I'll make it clear saying...