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Bombay High Court Asks State If Mumbai Police Commissioner Will Withdraw Circular Mandating DCP's Nod For Filing POCSO FIRs
The Bombay High Court on Thursday sought to know if the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, would be willing to withdraw the circular mandating the assent of the Assistant and Deputy Commissioner of Police for registration of FIRs under the POCSO Act. A division bench of Justice Mohite Dere and Justice VG Bisht was hearing a challenge to the circular issued on June 6, 2022 with an intent...
'CBI Investigation Unsatisfactory, No Substantial Progress': Calcutta High Court Expresses Displeasure In SSC Recruitment Scam Cases
Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court who has ordered CBI probes in several cases since last November, on Wednesday expressed his displeasure over the progress of investigation by the agency.Justice Gangopadhyay had earlier ordered CBI probe in at least eight cases of alleged illegalities in the appointment of teaching and non-teaching staff by the West Bengal Board of...
Right To Defend Can't Be Illusory: Karnataka HC Orders Evidence Collected Prior To NIA Probe Be Supplied To Accused In 2020 Bangalore Riots Case
The Karnataka High Court has directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to furnish in two weeks time the documents which include statements of witnesses recorded by the local police investigating the DJ Halli riot case of 2020 (before the probe was transferred to NIA), to an accused in the case. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna set aside the order passed by the...
Blatant Violation Of Natural Justice: Gujarat High Court Quashes Order Cancelling Licence Of 'K News Channel'
Citing non-compliance with Section 8 of the Gujarat Cinemas (Regulation) Act, 2004 and violation of principles of natural justice, the Gujarat High Court has quashed and set aside an order passed by the District Magistrate, Ahmedabad cancelling the licence of 'K News Channel'. Section 8 provides that the licence may be revoked in the event of any contravention of the provisions of...
Royalty Income Should Be Excluded From Business Profits For Calculating Deductions U/S 80HHC Of Income Tax Act: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently upheld the decision of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal directing the assessing officer to exclude the royalty income from the business profits for the purpose of calculation of deductions under Section 80HHC of the Income Tax Act. Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad observed that the appellant could not produce concrete...
"He May Have Realised Mistake Within A Short Time, Made Confessional Statement": Meghalaya HC Reduces Rape Convict's Sentence
The Meghalaya High Court recently reduced the sentence imposed on a 27-year-old man who had been convicted of raping a 3.5-year-old girl as the court noted that he had confessed his crime and that he may not have been cruel in dealing with the minor girl and may have realized his mistake within a short time.Reducing his sentence from 20 years' R.I. to 15 years' R.I. together with the fine of...
Non-Service Of Notice On Assessee: ITAT Quashes Reassessment Order
The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has quashed the reassessment order on the grounds that the notice was not served on the assessee. The bench of Challa Nagendra Prasad (Judicial Member) found that the department failed to prove proper service of the reassessment notice on the assessee. The assessee/appellant challenged the order of the CIT (Appeals) on...
Primary Teacher Recruitment Scam: Calcutta High Court Orders CBI To Set Up SIT, Declares Court-Monitored Probe
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to set up a special investigation team (SIT) under the supervision of a Joint Director of its anti-corruption branch to probe alleged irregularities in the recruitment of teachers in state government-sponsored and aided primary schools.The Court also directed that the SIT members cannot be transferred...
RS Polls | Baseless Allegations That Voting Strategy Of An Individual/ Party Is Sold Off Damages Reputation, Encroaches Right To Privacy: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has observed that alleging that the voting strategy of an individual or of a political party or their nominees has been sold off without any foundational basis, deeply causes irreparable harm, loss and damage to the reputation of such an individual or party concerned and clearly encroaches upon the right of privacy.Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta also added that...
Gujarat HC Issues Notice In PIL Filed By Mahatma Gandhi's Great Grandson Against Sabarmati Ashram Revamp Plan
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the State Government and others in public interest litigation (PIL) by Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, who is opposing the Gujarat government's decision to revamp/redevelop the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad at the estimated cost of ₹1,200-crore.The bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J. Shastri...
Prophet Row | Calcutta High Court Asks WB Govt To Assess Ground Situation, Call For Central Forces Before Situation Goes Out Of Control
The Calcutta High Court vide order dated June 15 has reiterated that the State authorities must assess the ground situation and take steps to deploy central paramilitary forces if the need arises before any loss of life or property takes place.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava and Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj was adjudicating upon a batch of Public Interest Litigation...
Official Communication Between Two Public Servants Without It Being Referred To Other Departments Not Defamation: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that a pure official communication between two people, without it being referred to any other department or a quarter, cannot become the ingredient of Section 499 of the IPC. A single judge bench Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by D. Roopa, presently working as Managing Director, Karnataka Handicraft Development Corporation and...