S.153A Income Tax Act| Can Assessments Be Reopened If No Incriminating Material Is Found During Search? Supreme Court Starts Hearing

The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced hearing on whether in an assessment under section 153A of the Income Tax Act, besides the incriminating material found during search, such materials which the Assessing Officer has on hand and the third party records available can be relied on to assess total income, or whether the assessment has to confined only to the incriminating material...

Delhi High Court Orders Damodar Valley Corporation To Pay ₹75,000 To RTI Applicant, Sets Aside CIC's 'Sweeping Observations'

Setting aside the observations made by Central Information Commission (CIC) against Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and the costs imposed by the statutory body against its CPIO in a RTI case related to workplace sexual harassment, the Delhi High Court has directed the Public Sector Undertaking to pay a cost of Rs 75,000 to the RTI applicant in view of the long-drawn battle he had...

BREAKING | Siddique Kappan Walks Out Of Jail On Bail After Over Two Years Of Incarceration

Over 1 month after he was granted bail by the Allahabad High Court in connection with a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case, Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan today walked out of jail after spending over 2 years in jail.A Sessions Court in Lucknow yesterday signed orders to release him on Bail after accepting his bail bonds.He was arrested along with three others in Mathura on...

We Have No User Data Except Name & Phone Number; We Don't Process Personal Sensitive Data : WhatsApp Tells Supreme Court

On Wednesday, WhatsApp infomed the Supreme Court that by policy it does not process sensitive personal data of its users.A Constitution Bench bench comprising Justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar was hearing the petitions which were filed challenging the 2016 privacy policy of WhatsApp. The case was referred to the Constitution Bench in 2017.On...

'Ban BBC's Operations In India' : Hindu Sena President's Plea In Supreme Court After Documentary On Narendra Modi

A PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking imposition of complete ban on the British Broadcasting Corporation and BBC India from operating in the territory of India.The petition, filed through Advocate, Barun Kumar Sinha, also seeks directions to the NIA to initiate investigation against the ‘anti-India and anti-Indian Government reporting/documentary films/short films including...

Tribunals Have Become Haven For Retired Judges & Bureaucrats;They Must Have Specialists As Members : Supreme Court Judge

Supreme Court Judge Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul on Wednesday orally observed that the Tribunals in the country should have experts in the respective fields as members. "I have no hesitation in saying, there's a saying that it's become a haven for retired bureaucrats and judges. Tribunals must be with specialists. For eg. in Tax tribunals, you pick up specialists. Similarly, armed...

498A IPC: Cruelty Case Can Be Quashed By High Court Under Section 482 CrPC Even After Conviction: Bombay High Court

There is no embargo on quashing a case emanating from a matrimonial dispute even after conviction when an appeal is pending, the Bombay High Court said while quashing a domestic violence case filed by the wife against her husband and in-laws. The accused in the case had been convicted by the trial court in March 2021. A division bench of Justices Anuja Prabhudessai and RM...

FIR Registered Against Kerala HC Lawyer On Allegations Of Collecting Money In The Name Of Bribing Judges

The Ernakulam Central Police Station registered First Information Report (FIR) against the President of the Kerala High Court Advocates Association, Advocate Saiby Jose Kidangoor, in respect of allegations against him pertaining to taking money from clients in the name of bribing judges. Offences under Section 7(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Section 420 of the Indian Penal...

Madras High Court Seeks Govt's Response On Plea Seeking Gender Neutral Toilets Across State

The Madras High Court has directed the State to respond to a plea seeking gender neutral public toilets across educational institutes, at bus stops, railway stations, airports and such other public places. The bench of Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy directed the State counsel to seek instructions and respond to the petition in a week.The court was hearing a...

‘Police Completed Investigation In Hush Hush Manner’: Orissa High Court Orders Crime Branch To Probe RTI Activist's 'Murder'

The Orissa High Court has ordered a de novo investigation by the Crime Branch into the alleged murder of an RTI activist in 2020. While expressing displeasure over the investigation done by the police, Dr. Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi said: “It transpires that the police has not given the proper thought to the video clips and the culprits therein. Indeed, the police has completed...

Bharat Biotech’s Allegations Against Me, Thakur Foundation Are False And Defamatory: Prashant Reddy To Delhi High Court

Lawyer and author of ‘The Truth Pill’, Prashant Reddy T. has told the Delhi High Court that allegations made by Bharat Biotech against him and Thakur Foundation, during a recent hearing of his petitions seeking information on COVID-19 vaccines under Right to Information Act, are “false, defamatory and vexatious.”Reddy had moved three petitions challenging the orders passed by...

Cannot Direct State To Consider Degree Holders For Junior Engineer Posts When Recruitment Rules Say Only Diploma Holders Eligible: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court refused to direct the State to consider degree holders in Civil Engineering as eligible for the post of Junior Engineer in the Water Resources Department as the recruitment rules only provide for diploma in Civil Engineering or equivalent qualification.Acting Chief Justice S. V. Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep V. Marne dismissed a writ petition filed by 610...