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Supreme Court Refuses To Review Order Upholding Applicability Of TDS On Salaries Of Christian Nuns & Priests
The Supreme Court has rejected the review petitions filed against its earlier order upholding application of the Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) on the salaries given to nuns and priests of the Catholic Church who are working as teachers in aided institutions.Bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna ,Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra dismissed the review petitions and passed the following order...
Gauhati High Court Bar Association Asks Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma To Reconsider Resignation From Bar Body
The Gauhati High Court Bar Association (GHCBA) on Thursday (May 1) wrote to the Assam Chief Minister (CM) Himanta Biswa Sarma requesting him to reconsider and withdraw his resignation from membership of GHCBA in the larger interest of the institution and the legal fraternity.The bar body's response comes after the Chief Minister wrote to the President GHCBA on Wednesday resigning from...
RP Act | Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With HC View That S.81 Limitation Can't Be Satisfied By Presenting Defective Election Petition
In an election dispute, the Supreme Court today upheld a view taken by the Gujarat High Court that mere "presentation" of a defective election petition, without removal of defects within the limitation period of 45 days, is not satisfactory compliance of Section 81 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order in a...
Supreme Court Mandates Its Prior Permission For Tree Felling Within 5 Kms Of Taj Mahal, No Blanket Exemption For Private Land
The Supreme Court has held that its 2015 direction requiring prior permission of the Court for tree felling in Taj Trapezium Zone will continue to apply for felling of any tree within aerial distance of 5 kms of Taj Mahal. A bench of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order in the MC Mehta case concerning tree cutting and other environment issues in the protected...
Delhi Court Issues Notice To Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi In National Herald Money Laundering Case
A Delhi Court on Friday issued notice to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald money laundering case.Special Judge (PC Act) Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Courts passed the order. Earlier this month, ED filed the prosecution complaint against the Gandhis in the case. The fresh prosecution complaint has been filed under sections 44 and 45 of Prevention of...
Supreme Court Disposes Plea Against Pragya Singh Thakur's Bail, Notes NIA Court Has Reserved Judgment In 2008 Malegaon Blasts Case
The Supreme Court today (May 2) disposed of a Special Leave Petition filed in 2017 by Nisar Ahmed Haji Sayed Bilal, father of one of the blast victims, challenging the Bombay High Court Judgment granting bail to Pragya Singh Chandrapal Singh Thakur alias Sadhvi alias Swami Purnchet Anand Giri, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon Blasts.Before a bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish...
Complaint Filed In UP Court Against Folk Singer Neha Singh Rathore For Social Media Posts On Pahalgam Terror Attack
A criminal complaint has been filed before a Court in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya District against Folk singer Neha Singh Rathore over her alleged 'seditious' posts on social media concerning the recent Pahalgam terror attack. The complaint, filed under Section 210 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) by one Shivendra Singh, through Advocate Martand Pratap Singh, claims that...
Plea Filed In Supreme Court Against Blocking Of YouTube News Channel '4 PM'; Validity Of IT Blocking Rules Also Challenged
Journalist Sanjay Sharma has moved the Supreme Court against the blocking of his YouTube news channel '4PM' on purported grounds of 'national security' and 'public order'. Among other things, he has sought urgent restoration of access to his platform and challenged the vires of IT Blocking Rules, 2009.Terming the blocking action "arbitrary and unconstitutional", Sharma, the Editor-in-Chief of...
Supreme Court Reserves Judgment On Death Row Convict's Plea To Apply 'Manoj' Judgment
The Supreme Court today(May 1) reserved judgment in a writ petition seeking to determine whether the benefit of the 2022 Manoj judgment would apply to the present petitioner on the death row.The present petitioner is on death row for raping and murdering a 4 years old child. A writ petition has been filed for the Court to determine if the subsequent judgment in Manoj, wherein practical...
If Doctors Are Mandated To Prescribe Only Generic Drugs, Issue Of Pharma Companies Bribing Will Be Resolved, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today orally remarked that the issue of pharmaceutical companies allegedly bribing doctors toprescribe excessive or irrational drugs and push for high-cost overpriced brands would be resolved if there was a statutory mandate for doctors to prescribe generic medicines. A bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Sandeep Mehta was hearing a petition...
Supreme Court Stays Bombay HC Order That Sentenced Woman For Contempt Over 'Dog Mafia' Comment Against Judges
The Supreme Court has stayed the Bombay High Court order which convicted a woman for contempt of Court, and sentenced her to 1-week simple imprisonment, over her “dog mafia” remark against the Supreme Court and the High Court/their judges.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and KV Viswanathan passed the order, issuing notice on the woman's plea against the High Court decision. To recap,...