“Law Of Wills”- Questions & Answers By Justice V Ramkumar [Part-VII]

Q.31 What are the requirements to be satisfied for proving due execution of a Will ? Ans. On the question of proof of due execution of a will, the Apex Court in Jaswant Kaur v. Amrit Kaur 1977 (1) SCC 369 = AIR 1977 SC 74 made the following observations in para 10:- “10. There is a long line of decisions bearing on the nature and standard of evidence required to...

YS Vivekananda Reddy Murder | Supreme Court Stays Telangana HC Order Which Limited Gangi Reddy’s Custody Till June 30

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Telangana High Court order which directed that T Gangi Reddy, accused in the YS Vivekananda Reddy murder case, be released on bail from July 1.A vacation bench comprising Justices JK Maheshwari and PS Narasimha stayed the High Court direction till July 14.The direction was passed in a petition filed by Suneetha Nareddy, daughter of YS Vivekananda...

Delhi Court Grants NOC For Issuance Of Fresh Passport To Rahul Gandhi For Three Years

A Delhi Court on Friday granted no objection for issuance of fresh passport to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for a period of three years. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vaibhav Mehta of Rouse Avenue Courts partly allowed Rahul Gandhi’s application seeking no objection for issuance of fresh ordinary passport to him for 10 years, after he surrendered his diplomatic passport on...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Direction That New Parliament Building Be Inaugurated By President

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation seeking a direction that the inauguration of the new Parliament building should be done by the President of India and not the Prime Minister of India.After a vacation bench comprising Justices JK Maheshwari and PS Narasimha expressed disinclination to entertain the PIL filed by Advocate CR Jaya Sukin, the...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's Plea Against Calcutta HC Allowing CBI-ED Probe Against Him In Teacher Recruitment Scam

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a special leave petition filed by Trinamool Congress leader leader and MP Abhishek Banerjee against Calcutta High Court's order dismissing his plea to recall an order passed by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay which allowed the CBI and ED to interrogate him in the West Bengal School Job Scam case. The Court also stayed the direction of the Calcutta...

BREAKING| Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail To AAP Leader Satyender Jain On Medical Grounds For 6 Weeks In Money Laundering Case

The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail on medical grounds to Aam Aadmi Party leader and former cabinet minister in Delhi government Satyendar Jain who has been under custody since May 2022 as an undertrial in a money laundering case. The order was passed by a vacation bench comprising Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice PS Narasimha.The bench granted interim bail for six weeks for Jain...

President Droupadi Murmu Highlights Problem Of Undertrial Persons Languishing In Prisons For Years

President of India Droupadi Murmu has highlighted the issue of persons languishing in prisons for years as undertrials. While speaking about access to justice, President Murmu further spoke about the condition of undertrial prisoners in India, who have been incarcerated for years despite not being adjudged guilty by a court of law. “One of the reasons is that courts here are...

Judicial Officers' Inability To Meet Targets During Initial Years Need Not Be Viewed Seriously : Supreme Court Relaxes ACP Norms For Civil Judges( Jr Div)

"A Civil Judge (Jr Div) is normally in the process of learning the work in his first two years"

Mandatory For Cough Syrups Exporters To Get Samples Tested In Designated Laboratories Prior To Export: DGFT

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has tightened the export policy for cough syrups.The existing export policy for cough syrups is free. However, as per the revised policy, cough syrup shall be permitted to be exported subject to the export sample being tested and the production of a Certificate of Analysis (CoA). CoA issued by any laboratories of the Indian Pharmacopoeia...

CBDT Increases Income Tax Exemption Limit On Leave Encashment For Non-Government Salaried Employees

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has increased the income tax exemption limit on leave encashment for non-government salaried employees.The notification was released by the Board in accordance with the 2023–24 Budget. The tax exemption on leave encashment upon retirement for salaried non-government workers was raised by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman from Rs 3 lakh to Rs...

Additions Can’t Be Made In Absence Of Incriminating Material: ITAT Deletes Income Tax Addition

The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that the additions could not have been made in the absence of any incriminating material.The bench of Kavitha Rajagopal (Judicial Member) and B.R. Baskaran (Accountant Member) observed that the additions made by the Assessing Officer under Section 68 of the Act towards the sale of shares and also estimated...

When Can A Provision Be Held To Be Clarificatory With Retrospective Effect? Supreme Court Explains

The Supreme recently held that for a subsequent order/provision/amendment passed to be considered a clarification to the original provision, it must not expand or alter the scope of the original provision and that the original must be sufficiently vague or ambiguous so as to require such clarification.The Apex Court observed while it was well established that a clarification or an explanation...