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2020 Bengaluru Riots: Supreme Court Denies Bail To Accused, Directs Karnataka Govt To Establish Additional NIA Court For UAPA Offences
The Supreme Court today(February 13) declined to grant bail to Shabbar Khan, charge-sheeted in a Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 case related to the riots which happened in Bengaluru on August 11, 2020. The riots reportedly happened over a Facebook post where derogatory comments were allegedly made about Prophet Muhammad.In the present case, the allegation against the petitioner...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To SP Leader Mohammad Azam Khan And His Son In Stolen Machinery Case
The Supreme Court on February 10 granted bail to Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan, a former member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Rampur and his son Mohammed Abdullah Azam Khan, former member of the Legislative Assembly from Suar constituency in the stolen machinery case. A Special Leave Petition was filed by them challenging the January 29 order of the Allahabad...
Supreme Court Seeks Maharashtra Govt's Response On Whether Sahara's Versova Plot Is Within Mangrove Forest
While hearing the SEBI v. Sahara matter, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 12) issued notice to the Department of Forest and Urban Development and the Chief Secretary, State of Maharashtra to give clarity on whether developing Sahara's Vervosa Plot to pay back its creditors would end up intruding into reserved mangrove forest area. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna, Justices MM Sundresh...
'Mystery' : Supreme Court Puzzled Over Anonymous Filings In Chhatisgarh NAN Scam Case; ED, Accused & State Deny Filing
While hearing the ED's plea for cancellation of bail to the accused in the Chhattisgarh NAN Scam, the Supreme Court expressed concern over certain 'confidential notes' filed anonymously in a sealed cover before the bench. The Court directed the Registrar(Judicial) to inspect, along with the Advocates from both sides.The bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuuyan was hearing a...
Judicial Officers' Pension | 'Centre's Unified Pension Scheme Will Solve Issues', AG Tells Supreme Court
In the All India Judges Association case, pertaining to pension-related issues of judicial officers, Attorney General R Venkataramani told the Supreme Court today that the Centre has recently notified a Unified Pension Scheme, which would take care of the concerns of all employees - including judicial officers.Taking into account the same, a bench of Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih posted...
1984 Anti Sikh Riots: Delhi Court Convicts Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar In Murder Case
A Delhi Court on Wednesday convicted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in connection with murder of a man and his son residing in West Delhi area during the 1984 Anti Sikh riots.Special judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Courts will hear the arguments on sentencing on February 18. Charges in the murder case were framed against Kumar in 2021. This is the second conviction of Kumar in relation...
New Income Tax Bill 2025: Concept Of "Tax Year" To Be Introduced Instead Of "Assessment Year", "Financial Year" To Remain Unchanged
The new Income Tax bill is set to introduce the concept of 'Tax Year'. This will replace the current concept of assessment year (or previous year) from the Income Tax Act. The "tax year" has been defined as follows:3. (1) For the purposes of this Act, “tax year” means the twelve months period of the financial year commencing on the 1st April.(2) In the case of a business or profession...
Shelters For Urban Homeless: Supreme Court Seeks Details Of Centre's New Urban Poverty Alleviation Mission
In the PIL seeking adequate shelters for homeless persons, the Supreme Court today asked Union of India to verify statistics relied upon by the petitioners as well as to seek relevant information from all states/Union Territories so that the issue can be considered on a pan-India basis.Insofar as it was informed that the Union is in process of finalizing a New Mission on Urban...
'No Question Of Discrimination In Education' : Supreme Court In PIL Seeking Govt School Admission For Rohingya Kids In Delhi
In the PIL seeking government benefits and school admissions for Rohingya refugees, the Supreme Court today said that education shall be provided to all children without discrimination, but first the status of residence of the Rohingya families needs to be ascertained.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh was dealing with a public interest litigation initiated for grant of...
Telangana Legal Services Authority Conducts 3-Day Mediation Training Camp To Train Volunteers, Conduct Mediation At Community Level
With an intention of setting up community mediation centres in Hyderabad district, the Telangana State Legal Services Authority under the aegis of NALSA, conducted a 3-day mediation training program between February 9-11.The program was inaugurated by Telangana High Court's Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul on February 9 in Secunderabad, Hyderabad. The Acting Chief gave the example of...