Technical Issues In Income Tax Portal: Calcutta High Court Gives Fresh Opportunity To Assessee

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Md. Nizamuddin has directed the assessing officer to do a new assessment proceedings as taxpayers could not furnish answers to the notice due to the technical glitches in the income tax portal. The petitioner/assessee has challenged the assessment order on the ground of violation of the principle of natural justice by not providing the...

18% GST Payable On 'Pattadar Pass Book Cum Title Deed' ; Karnataka High Court Upholds AAR Ruling

The Karnataka High Court bench of Justice S. Sujatha and Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar, while upholding the ruling of the Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR), held that 18% GST is payable on 'pattadar pass book cum title deed'.The petitioner/assessee was engaged in the business of printing books, magazines, calendars, diaries, bank passbooks, bank account opening forms, and various...

Ensure Upcoming PFI March Ignites No Law & Order Problems In Alappuzha: Kerala High Court Directs District Police Chief

The Kerala High Court on Friday directed the District Police Chief of Alappuzha to ensure that no law and order problems surface at the 'Jana Maha Sammelanam' proposed to be conducted by the Popular Front of India (PFI) this Saturday in the district.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan admitted the plea and also directed the 5th respondent Police Chief to consider the representation moved the...

Jharkhand Govt Approaches Supreme Court Apprehending HC Order For CBI Probe Against CM Hemant Soren On Sealed Cover Documents

The State of Jharkhand has approached the Supreme Court apprehending a move by the Jharkhand High Court to order CBI enquiry against Chief Minister Hemant Soren relying upon "sealed cover" documents submitted by the Enforcement Directorate in relation to grant of mining leases.A bench led by Justice UU Lalit on Friday listed the petition before a vacation bench on next Tuesday(May...

Initiation Of Reassessment Proceedings By Income Tax Officer Without Jurisdiction: Delhi High Court Quashes The Proceedings

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma held that since the petitioner jurisdictional Assessing Officer is headquartered in Delhi, the income tax officer from Jaipur had no authority to send a notice proposing the beginning of reassessment proceedings. The petitioner/assessee challenged the order passed by the Income Tax Officer under Section 148A...

Supreme Court Lifts Curbs On Iron Ore Sale From Mines In Karnataka; Allows Export

The Supreme Court on Friday lifted the curbs on sale of iron ore sale in Karnataka and allowed the export of the ore subject to the terms and conditions of the Government of India.The Court allowed the mine operators to sell the already excavated iron ore by entering into direct contracts without resorting to e-auction.A Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice...

Mere Filing Of Curative Petition Is Not A Ground To Stay Proceedings Of Execution Petition: Orissa High Court Affirms

The Orissa High Court has confirmed the judgment of an Executing Court, which held that mere filing of curative petition does not constitute a ground to put a stay on the proceedings of execution petition.In light of the dispute between the parties in the present case, the Petitioners (State) had challenged the award and, thereafter filed an appeal in the Supreme Court. When the civil...

Spouse Sending Vulgar & Defamatory Letters, Levelling Unsubstantiated Allegations Amounts To "Cruelty": Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently dismissed the appeal preferred by a woman, aggrieved by a decree of divorce granted in her husband's favour by a Family Court on grounds of desertion and mental cruelty.While discussing what constitutes "mental cruelty", the division bench comprising Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Ashok Kumar Verma remarked,"Even if husband and wife are staying...

Pegasus : Technical Committee Examining 29 Mobile Phones; Supreme Court Grants 4 More Weeks To Submit Probe Report To Overseeing Judge

The Supreme Court on Friday granted further time to the Court-appointed Technical Committee, probing allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of politicians, journalists, activist etc using the Pegasus spyware, to submit its report to the overseeing judge, former SC judge Justice RV Raveendran.A Bench comprising CJI NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli stated that...

'Only For Ministerial Job': Calcutta HC Dismisses State's Challenge To NHRC Panel Despite Court-Appointed Committee For Post-Poll Violence Victims

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday observed that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has not violated an earlier order of the Court for constitution of a three member committee to look into the complaints of displaced post-poll violence victims in West Bengal by constituting a team of 11 officers to assist in ministerial work. The Court had earlier constituted a three member committee...

Plaintiff Can Take A Plea Of Adverse Possession In A Suit For Declaration Of Title And For Recovery Of Possession: Madras HC

The Madras High Court has held that there is no bar under the Limitation Act on a plaintiff taking the plea of adverse possession in a suit for declaration of title and for the recovery of possession. Justice Teekaa Raman held that the age-old axiomatic of law that the plaintiff cannot raise the plea of adverse possession and that it can only be a defence of the defendant no longer holds...

Given A Chance I Will Be A Lawyer Forever : Justice Nageswara Rao On His Last Day As SC Judge

Justice L Nageswara Rao, on his last working day as a judge of the Supreme Court, said that given a chance, he will prefer to be a lawyer forever."When I was elevated, I had told Justice Gogoi, with whom I used to sit for a while, that I still think as a lawyer and he said you continue to do that, and that will help you to understand lawyers better. Even yesterday, I was thinking about this....