Residential Accommodation For Nuns & Hostels For Students Can Claim Property Tax Exemption U/s 3(1)(b) of the Kerala Building Tax Act: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that residential accommodation for nuns and hostel accommodations for students which are attached to various educational institutions can claim property tax exemption under Section 3(1)(b) of the Kerala Building Tax Act, 1975."If nuns are living in a neighbouring building to a convent only so that they may receive religious instruction there, or if students are living in...

Rajasthan High Court Grants More Time To Centre To Respond On Plea For Issuance Of Temporary Ration Cards, Extension Of Visas For Pakistan Minority Migrants

The Rajasthan High Court has granted three weeks' time to the Central Government to file its reply on grievances raised by Pakistan Minority Migrants regarding non-issuance of ration card and extension of period of VISA. The Division Bench comprising Justice Sangeet Lodha and Justice Rameshwar Vyas noted that the Additional Advocate General has already filed a counter affidavit on...

"Cruel, Unjust": Nurses Association Moves Kerala High Court Assailing Salary Cuts, Delays In Disbursement Of Allowances

The Kerala High Court has issued notice to the Kerala State Government, the State Director of the National Health Mission, and the Malappuram District Programme Manager of Aarogyakeralam, Malappuram Medical College and the Indian Nursing Council upon a legal challenge to an order prescribing that the monthly salary of staff nurses be confined to the number of days worked in a month.Justice...

University Agreed To Give 30% Concession: Madras High Court Disposes Plea By Students Of School Of Excellence In Law

The Madras High Court has disposed of a PIL filed by over 90 students of the School of Excellence in Law, affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, challenging levy of fees for certain unutilized facilities in the academic year 2020-21, when academic learning was restricted to online classrooms, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A Single Bench of Justice B. Pugalendhi...

Delhi High Court Grants Centre Further 4 Weeks' To Respond To Plea Against WhatsApp's Privacy Policy

Refusing to issue notice on Advocate Chaitanya Rohilla's petition against WhatsApp's new privacy policy, a single judge bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva of the Delhi High Court today gave the Central Government 4 weeks' time to respond to the petition and adjourned the case to Apr 19. The counsel for the petitioner, Adv Manohar Lal pointed out that the Delhi High Court has also...

'Will You Marry Her?' Supreme Court Asks Man Accused Of Raping Minor; Grants Him Protection From Arrest

The Supreme Court on Monday asked a 23-year old man, who stands accused of raping a minor girl when she was aged around 16 years, whether he will marry her.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India was hearing a special leave petition filed by the man, who is now a government servant in Maharashtra, against an order of the Bombay High Court(Aurangabad Bench) which cancelled his...

Rape Victim's Identity Shouldn't Be Indicated Unless Such Disclosure Becomes Imperative For Which Reasons Are To Be Given: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court recently directed all courts subordinate to ensure that the identity of the rape victim is not indicated in Orders/Judgment, unless such disclosure becomes imperative, for the reasons recorded in writing by the special courts. The Bench of Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh was hearing a criminal appeal (For grant of Regular Bail) related to offences punishable...

Can Sex Between People Living As Husband And Wife Be Called Rape? SC Asks While Giving Relief To Rape Accused

"When two people are living as husband and wife, however brutal the husband is, can the act of sexual intercourse between them be called rape?", asked Chief Justice of India SA Bobde in a matter pertaining to the quashing of an FIR alleging rape due to false promise of marriage. The petitioner approached the Supreme Court saying that he and the woman had been living together and...

Contract Is Void If Prohibited By Statute Under A Penalty Even If It Does Not Expressly Declare It Void: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that a contract is void if prohibited by a statute under a penalty, even without express declaration that the contract is void.The bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Indu Malhotra and Ajay Rastogi observed that the condition predicated in Section 31 of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973, of obtaining "previous" general or special permission of...

Mumbai Court Issues Bailable Warrant To Kangana Ranaut In Javed Akhtar's Defamation Case

A Metropolitan Magistrates Court, in Andheri, has issued a bailable warrant against actor Kangana Ranaut in the criminal defamation case filed against her by veteran lyricist, Javed Akhtar, after she failed to appear in court. Akhtar had filed a private complaint in November through advocate Jai Bharadwaj against Ranaut under sections 499 and 500 (defamation) of the Indian Penal...

Supreme Court To Hear Gautam Navlakha's Plea Against Bombay High Court's Order Denying Him Bail In Bhima Koregaon Case On March 3

Activist and Journalist Gautam Navlakha who is an accused in the Elgar Parishad – Maoist links case has moved the Supreme Court challenging Bombay High Court's recent order rejecting his bail application. A three-judge Bench of Justices UU Lalit, Indira Banerjee and KM Joseph is scheduled to hear his plea on Wednesday, 3rd March 2021. Navlakha's plea before the top Court comes after...

"We Are Not Concerned With Further Developments, We Will Consider Whether Appeal Will Lie To DB Against SB Order?" SC On WB Coal Scam Probe

On the CBI's request, the Supreme Court on Monday adjourned to March 10 the hearing on the challenge to the order of the Calcutta High Court whereby it allowed CBI to investigate a case pertaining to illegal mining and transportation of coal through Railways in West Bengal, without the State's consent.Appearing before the bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, SG Tushar Mehta had sought...