Exemption Of Newspaper’s Income Utilised For Charity: Supreme Court Remands The Matter To AO

The Supreme Court has remanded the appeal in respect of the exemption of newspaper income used for charity.The division bench of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice Dipankar Datta has relied on the decision of CIT vs. Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority and remitted the matter to the AO for fresh consideration of the nature of receipts in the hands of the assessee, which is engaged,...

Fair Criticism Of Government Is Every Journalist's Right, It Is Not Sedition : Former CJI UU Lalit

Former Chief Justice of India UU Lalit said that fair criticism of the government will not amount to sedition. “Fair criticism is the right of every individual, it is the cherished right of every journalist. I have every right to comment upon the policies and acts of the government. If I do that, then it is not sedition...Section 124A [of the Indian Penal Code for sedition] has always been...

Data Shows Over 7 Lakh Cases Pending Due To Non Availability Of Counsel In Bihar; Patna High Court Calls Figures Alarming, Seeks Verified Data

The Patna High Court on Friday issued a slew of directions while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) dealing with the issue of effective implementation of Chapter XXI-A of the Cr.P.C that pertains to the disposal of the criminal cases through ‘plea bargaining’. The division bench of the Acting Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh and Justice Partha Sarthy directed the...

24 Years After Forced Eviction By MoD's Badami Bagh Cantonment Board In Kashmir, High Court Awards 10 Lakh Compensation To Allottee

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Friday awarded Rs 10 Lakh compensation to a person, who was evicted from his shop-cum-residential premise in 1998 by Ministry Of Defence's Badamibagh Cantonment Board without following the due course of law as prescribed under the Public Premises (Eviction of Un-authorized Occupants) Act, 1971The compensation came to be granted by Justice Sanjay...

Judge Recuses Himself From Hearing Jamia Violence Case Citing ‘Personal Reasons’, Days After Discharging Sharjeel Imam, Others

Days after discharging Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha and eight others in a 2019 Jamia violence case, the trial court judge has recused himself from hearing a similar case pertaining to the violence citing “personal reasons.”Additional Sessions Judge Arul Varma of Saket Courts has been hearing the cases connected to the violence that occured in 2019 near Jamia Millia...

Supreme Court Imposes Rs 50000 Cost On Uttar Pradesh Govt For Filing Frivolous Appeal Challenging Gratuity To Deceased Employee

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, imposed a cost of INR 50,000 on the State of Uttar Pradesh for filing a frivolous appeal pertaining to payment of death-cum-retirement gratuity to the wife of a deceased professor.A Bench comprising Justice M.R. Shah and Justice B.V. Raganathna deplored the practice of filing frivolous appeals by State Governments before the Apex Court. “We deprecate the...

NCLT Invites Applications For Law Research Associates At Various Benches

The National Company Law Tribunal has issued a notification dated 19.01.2023, inviting applications for the position of Law Research Associate at various benches of NCLT. At present the vacancies are for NCLT Jaipur, Guwahati, Kolkata, Kochi, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Allahabad, Indore, Amravati and Cuttack...

Challenge To Cooperative Society's Membership Can Only Be Raised Before Cooperative Court, Not State: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently held that grant of membership of a cooperative society to any person can be challenged only by filing a dispute before the co-operative court under Section 91 of the Maharashtra Co-Operative Societies Act, 1960.Justice Arun R. Pednekar of the Aurangabad bench observed that such a challenge does not lie under section 79A as State cannot pass any direction in...

Section 23 NDPS Act Not Attracted Where Alleged 'Transshipment' Does Not Relate To Import Or Export Of Drugs: Calcutta High Court

The Circuit Bench of Calcutta High Court at Jalpaiguri on Tuesday quashed the proceedings under Section 23 of NDPS Act against an accused on the ground that the FIR did not disclose any accusation of any import, export or transshipment of any contraband.While quashing the proceedings pending before the trial court, Justice Rai Chattopadhyay held:“The FIR indeed does not disclose allegation...

Authorised Dealer Not Liable To Pay Service Tax On Incentives Out Of Dealership Agreement: CESTAT

The Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the authorized dealer was not liable to pay service tax on various incentives that it received from Tata as per the dealership agreement.The two-member bench of Justice Dilip Gupta (President) and P.V. Subba Rao (Technical Member) has observed that as per the dealership agreement, the appellant...

State, District Associations Of AKFI Must Comply With ‘Age And Tenure Restrictions’ Under Sports Code, Failure May Entail Disaffiliation: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that State and District Kabaddi Associations must comply with “age and tenure restrictions” imposed by National Sports Code for continue to be members of Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI), failure of which may entail their disaffiliation.Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva held that “age and tenure restrictions” on members of the Governing Body imposed...

‘Judge Expected To Apply Mind, Pass Speaking Order’: Bombay HC Directs Subordinate Courts To Desist From Using Rubber Stamps For Deciding Bail Pleas

Observing bail has to be granted or rejected by a speaking order, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has directed the subordinate Courts to desist from using rubber stamps to decide bail applications.A bail order produced before a bench of Justice Vinay Joshi and Justice Valmiki Menezes reflected it had been "rendered on a rubber stamp with blank spaces" in which the Magistrate had filled...