Vikas Dubey Encounter: Supreme Court Directs State Of UP To Take Action On Recommendations Of Inquiry Commission

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to take action on the recommendations made in the report submitted by a three-member inquiry commission headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice (Retd) B S Chauhan to probe into the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey.For ensuring the availability of the report in the public domain, the bench of Chief Justice of India NV...

Courts Today- A Daily Round Up Of Important Legal Developments- 22.7.2022

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Best Bakery Case: Accused Alleges Tutoring Of Witnesses By Teesta Setalvad, Seeks Transfer Of Trial

One of the two accused facing trial in Mumbai in the second part of the Best Bakery case of Gujarat has alleged tutoring of witnesses in the trial and sought transfer of the case to some other Additional Sessions Judge. The plea filed by Harshad Solanki before the Principal Sessions Judge Vrushali Joshi alleges that the existing trial judge had not taken cognisance of his...

1989 Nusli Wadia Murder Conspiracy: Court Seeks CBI's Reply On Accused's Plea To Summon Mukesh Ambani As Witness

Ivan Sequeira, one of the accused in the 1989 case of a murder attempt on industrialist Nusli Wadia, the then chairman of Bombay Dyeing, has sought for industrialist Mukesh Ambani to be summoned as a witness in the case.According to police, Sequeira was assigned the task of firing at Wadia. The court has sought the CBI's response to the plea by July 28. Late Kirti Ambani, a...

Gauhati High Court Grants Bail To College Student Booked Under UAPA For Allegedly Writing Pro-ULFAI Post On Facebook

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday granted bail to a college student (Borshahsri Buragohain/Borshahari Buragohain) who has been accused of writing a Facebook post allegedly supporting a banned terrorist organization United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I).The bench of Justice Ajit Borthakur granted her bail by observing that further continuation of her detention may not be...

ITAT Appointments : Supreme Court Asks Centre To Produce Files Submitted Before SCSC With New Inputs

The Supreme Court on Friday sought from the Central Government the files produced before the Search-cum-Selection Committee(SCSC) with new inputs in relation to certain persons considered for appointment as members of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal(ITAT).The bench comprising Justice Chandrachud and Justice AS Bopanna was considering a contempt petition filed by the Advocate...

Courts Can Exercise Judicial Review In Contractual Matters Only If Malafide/ Arbitrariness Is Shown: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court recently observed that judicial review by the Court in contractual matters is very limited and unless malafides and arbitrariness was shown, the Court could not interfere with the administrative action. The observation came from Justice G. Radha Rani in a writ petition challenging the action of the 2nd respondent in not permitting the petitioner to participate...

Trust Property Cannot Be Alienated Unless It Is For Benefit Of Trust And/Or Its Beneficiaries: Supreme Court

" The Trustees are not expected to deal with the Trust property, as if it is their private property."

CBIC Clarifies On Concessional BCD Rate On Import Of Parts Used In Manufacturing LCD/LED TV Panels

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued a clarification on the concessional Basic Custom Duty (BCD) rate on parts used in the manufacturing of Liquid Crystal Device (LCD) and Light Emitting Diode (LED) TV panels. S. Nos. 515A and 515B of notification No. 50/2017-Customs dated June 30, 2017 provides for a concessional BCD rate of 5% for specified...

[Privacy Policy] CCI Can't Investigate Facebook Merely Because It Owns Whatsapp: Meta Tells Delhi High Court

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, on Friday told the Delhi High Court that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) cannot investigate it in a 'creeping fashion' in relation to the WhatsApp's new privacy policy. The submissions were made before a division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad in the appeals filed by WhatsApp and its parent...

No Section 40(a)(ia) Disallowance In Case Of Short Deduction Of TDS: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that no disallowance under Section 40 (a)(ia) of the Income Tax Act is called for in the case of a short deduction of TDS and the correct course of action would have been to invoke Section 201 of the Income Tax Act. The division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora has observed that disallowance under section 40A(2)(b) has...

'Ferocious & Aggressive Lions' : Two Lawyers Move Supreme Court Against National Emblem Installed Atop New Parliament Building

Two lawyers have moved the Supreme Court against the lion sculpture installed on the top of the new Parliament building under construction as part of the Central Vista Project, alleging that "visible changes: have been made in the approved design of the official emblem.As per the petition filed by two Advocates-on-Record, Mr. Aldanish Rein and Mr. Ramesh Kumar Mishra, the new emblem...