Supreme Court Initiates Enquiry After Petitioner Denies Filing Petition & Claims Ignorance Of Advocates Who Represented Him

The Supreme Court today expressed utter shock in a case where the petitioner, in whose name a special leave petition (criminal) was filed, appeared and told the court that he had not filed the case. Rather, someone had impersonated him and filed it under a conspiracy, he claimed.The matter was first listed on May 17, 2024, when notice was issued by a bench of Justices Trivedi and Pankaj...

Supreme Court Issues Directions For Better Administration Of Gokarna Temple Committee Headed By Justice BN Srikrishna

The Supreme Court on July 29 issued directions to improve the administration of the oversight committee of the Gokarna -Mahabaleshwar temple headed by Retired Justice BN Srikrishna. The Court ordered the grant of a 'casting vote' to Justice Srikrishna for making settled decisions in the running of the temple. The Court had in 2021 handed over the management of Gokarna Mahabaleshwar temple to...

Centre Issues Fresh Notification Regarding Establishment Of GST Appellate Tribunals

The Union Government has issued a fresh notification regarding the constitution of Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunals (GSTAT) across the country. The notification, issued by the Ministry of Finance, will take effect from September 1, 2023, superseding the previous notification regarding GST Appellate Tribunals issued in September last year.The Principal Bench of the GST Appellate...

Is Interest On Solatium Payable From Date Of Land Acquisition Or Date Of 'Sunder' Judgment? Supreme Court Refers To 3-Judge Bench

The Supreme Court recently referred to a three judge bench the question of whether landowners whose land is acquired are entitled to interest on solatium from the date of land acquisition or only from the date when the judgment in Sunder v. Union of India was delivered (19.09.2001).A bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan directed the matter to be placed before a three-judge...

Supreme Court Extends Stay On Premature Release Of Gangster-Turned-Politician Arun Gawli

Today (on July 31), the Supreme Court admitted the appeal filed by the State of Maharashtra challenging premature release of gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, convicted in 2012 under the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 (MCOCA). The Bombay High Court had held that life convicts under the MCOCA are not excluded from the revised remission policy of 2006. The Bench...

Vodafone Idea Not Liable To Deduct TDS On Charges Paid To Non-Resident Telecom Operators : Supreme Court

Dismissing a petition filed by the Income Tax Department, the Supreme Court recently upheld the view that Vodafone Idea is not liable to deduct TDS (tax deducted at source) on interconnectivity usage and bandwidth charges paid to non-resident telecom operators.A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh observed that the case was covered by the 2021 decision in Engineering...

Delhi Coaching Centre Deaths: Court Denies Bail To SUV Driver, Co-Owners Of Basement Where Civil Services Aspirants Drowned

A Delhi Court on Wednesday denied bail to Manoj Kathuria, an SUV driver and businessman by profession, arrested in connection with the deaths of three civil services aspirants who drowned in the basement of an IAS coaching centre in the city's Old Rajinder Nagar area.Judicial Magistrate Vinod Kumar of Tis Hazari Courts also denied bail to four co-owners of the basement, namely Parvinder...

Plea In Supreme Court Against Demolition Of Mosque In Delhi's Mangolpuri

A petition against the demolition of a mosque at Y-Block Mangolpuri in New Delhi has been filed before the Supreme Court. Yesterday, Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice of India for urgent hearing. CJI DY Chandrachud said that the matter would be taken up by a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and R Mahadevan. Following this, when the matter was...

PMLA| Supreme Court Grants Bail To Money Laundering Accused Considering Age & Custody Period

The Supreme Court granted bail to Humayun Merchant, an alleged aide of Iqbal Mirchi (late gangster), in a money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar took into consideration that Merchant is 75 years of age and has already suffered actual incarceration for more than four years and nine months. The trial...

Can CBI Investigate Offences Regarding Foreign Contributions? Supreme Court To Hear Plea Challenging Validity Of S.43 FCRA

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition challenging the constitutional validity of Section 43 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA), which allows central government to appoint any agency, such as CBI, to investigate into matters of foreign contribution.The development comes as a bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Aravind Kumar recently granted leave in a plea filed...

E-Courts Project : Centre Reveals Data Of Funds Utilized By States

During the ongoing monsoon session of the Parliament, the Union Minister of Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal revealed the funds allocated by the Union Government for the e-Courts Mission Mode Project under various heads.About e-courts project The e-courts project is a National eGovernance project for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enablement of the judiciary in India at...

Delhi Court Reserves Judgment On IAS Trainee Puja Khedkar's Anticipatory Bail Plea, Order Likely Tomorrow

A Delhi Court on Wednesday reserved order on the anticipatory bail plea moved by probationer Puja Khedkar accused of “misrepresenting and falsifying facts" in her application for Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination, 2022.Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala of Patiala House Courts is likely to pronounce its verdict tomorrow, at 4 PM.Khedkar...