'Govt Needs Revenue To Carry Out Relief Work For Poor In These Difficult Times': CBDT Declines Further Extension Of Due Dates For Filing ITRs

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Monday declined all representations seeking further extension of due dates for filing of Audit Reports and Income Tax Returns for the Assessment Year 2020-21. "Filing of tax returns/audit reports are essential part of the obligations of assessee and cannot be delayed indefinitely. Many functions of the Income-tax Department start only after...

LIFE Mission Case Suggests Involvement Of High Officials; But Criminal Liability Can't Be Extended To Political Executive : Kerala HC Rejects Challenge Against CBI Probe

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petitions filed by the CEO of Life Mission Project of Kerala Government and Santhosh Eappen, the MD of the contractor company, challenging the CBI investigation into the case related to alleged corruption and FCRA violations in the construction of apartments for the homeless at Wadakkanchery as part of the LIFE Mission project.The Court however...

Allahabad High Court Inaugurates Law Museum, Archives; Installs Escalators At Premises

The Allahabad High Court on Saturday inaugurated a "Law Museum and Archives" Wing, to preserve historical documents and artifacts relating to the Indian judicial system. The wing was virtually inaugurated by Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ashok Bhushan, who was also the one to lay its foundation in September 2019."Law museum and archives shall be able to present our historical and...

Bombay High Court Issues Notice On Plea For Directions To NCLAT For Enabling E-Filing & Doing Away With Physical Filing

The Bombay High Court on Monday issued notice to the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on a petition filed by an Advocate seeking directions for doing away with physical filing of proceedings and enabling e-filing before NCLAT instead, so that lawyers outside Delhi are not disadvantaged.Division bench of Justice AA Sayed and Justice...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Bengali Film Producer Srikant Mohta Accused In 1400 Crore Chit Fund Scam

After rejection of three successive bail applications by the Orissa High Court, the Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Bengali film producer Srikant Mohhta, who was arrested by CBI in January 2019 for his alleged complicity in a chit fund scam case. The bench headed by Justice D. Y. Chandrachud was hearing Mohta's SLP against the December 1, 2020 decision of the High Court denying him...

"Power To Attach Bank Account Can Only Be Exercised In Compliance With Statutory Power": Delhi High Court Quashes GST Authority Order

Delhi High Court has held that power to attach a Bank Account can only be exercised in strict compliance with statutory power. A Single-Judge Bench of Justice Prateek Jalan was presiding over a challenge to the order of the GST Authority pertaining to Provincial Attachment wherein the Petitioner's bank account had been attached by the Authority under Section 83 of the Goods and...

Incorporation Of One-sided And Unreasonable Clauses In Apartment Buyer's Agreement Constitutes An 'Unfair Trade Practice': Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the incorporation of one-sided and unreasonable clauses in the Apartment Buyer's Agreement constitutes an unfair trade practice under Section 2(1)(r) of the Consumer Protection Act.The bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee observed that the Developer cannot compel the apartment buyers to be bound by the one-sided...

'Farmers Happy With Laws; Wrong Perception Created By Non-Farmer Elements' : Centre's Affidavit In SC On Farmers Protests

In the counter-affidavit filed in the Supreme Court in the case concerning farmers protests, the Central Government has claimed that farmers are happy with the contentious farm laws which have sparked protests.The Centre has told the Court that its Preliminary Affidavit is for the purpose of "dispelling the erroneous notion that the protestors have peddled" regarding the absence of...

Torture Of Convict : Unhappy With DIG's Enquiry; Attempt To Protect Prison Officials, Says Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Monday expressed dissatisfaction at the enquiry report submitted by the DIG Prisons regarding the torture of Tittu Jerome, a convict serving life term in the Kevin murder case, in Central Prison, Poojappura."We are unhappy at the manner in which enquiry report has been submitted by the DIG, who has been authorized by the DGP", observed a bench comprising Justices K...

Delhi Government Agrees Before Delhi High Court To Issue Guidelines For Nursery Admissions For 2021-22

Responding to a public interest litigation filed before the Delhi High Court, seeking exemption from admission into nursery classes for the academic year of 2021-22, the Delhi Government today submitted that it would frame guidelines in this regard.Justice Prateek Jalan has disposed of the matter without expressing any opinion on merits. Moved by petitioner, Rajat Vats, the plea...

New BCI Rules Abolishing 1 Year LL.M Courses In India Challenged In Before The Supreme Court

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the recent notification of the Bar Council of India to abolish one year LLM courses in India. Tamanna Chandan, the petitioner, a law student has challenged the new Bar Council of India Legal Education (Post Graduate, Doctoral, Executive, Vocational, Clinical and other Continuing Education) Rules, 2020 as being in violation of...

"Charity Beyond Law Is Cruelty To Others": Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea For 16 Grace Marks For Admission To IGNOU's BSc Course

Observing that, "Charity outside the law is cruelty to others," a Division judge bench of the Delhi High Court led by Chief Justice DN Patel, today rejected a plea by a female BSc aspirant of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) seeking 16 grace marks for admission into the open university's BSc (Biology) degree course. The petitioner had preferred a Letters...