Islamophobic Twitter Posts: Telangana High Court Issues Notice To Union Home Secretary In Contempt Plea For Failure To Initiate Criminal Action

The Telangana High Court has issued notice to the Union Home Secretary in a contempt petition filed for alleged willful disobedience of its order directing the Ministry to consider a representation seeking FIR against Twitter and its users, who are spreading communally charged hate messages through the microblogging website.The petitioner, Khaja Aijazuddin is an Advocate who had filed a...

Can Presume Marriage Has Broken Down If Separation Has Continued For Long & One Of Parties Move Divorce Plea: Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab and Haryana High Court observed recently that once the parties have separated and separation has continued for a sufficient length of time and any one of them presents a petition for divorce, it can well be presumed that the marriage has broken down."The consequences of preservation in law of the unworkable marriage which has long ceased to be effective are bound to be a source...

Order Of ITAT Is Based On Evidence, Findings Based On Facts, Madras High Court Dismisses Tax Appeal

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a tax appeal observing that there were no substantial question of law arisen for consideration. The bench of Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Sathya Narayana Prasad were of the opinion that the order passed by the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) which was confirmed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal was based on the evidence adduced before...

High Court Refuses To Appoint Retd Judge To Inquire Into Assault Allegations Levelled By Bombay Presidency Radio Club Against Advocate Ravi Goenka

In a setback for the Bombay Presidency Radio Club Ltd., one of the oldest clubs in the city, the Bombay High Court refused to appoint a new inquiry officer to investigate allegations of assault against club-member and advocate - Ravi Goenka. The club alleged that Goenka assaulted its employees on two occasions in 2018 and 2019 and an inquiry into these serious allegations...

Bailable Offence: Kerala High Court Closes Vijay Babu's Anticipatory Bail Plea In Case For Revealing Identity Of Actress Who Accused Him Of Rape

The Kerala High Court has closed the proceedings in anticipatory bail plea moved by actor-producer Vijay Babu in the case for allegedly revealing on social media, the identity of the actress who has accused him of sexually exploiting her.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas closed the matter upon noting that the actor was booked under bailable offences in that case.As per the de facto complainant,...

Actor Assault Case: Kerala High Court Asks Crime Branch To Explain Significance Of Hash Value Change In Memory Card

The Kerala High Court asked the Crime Branch to explain the significance of a change in the hash value of the memory card in its petition challenging the order of the Ernakulam Additional Special Sessions Court which rejected its petition to forward the memory card allegedly containing the visuals of the crime in the 2017 actor sexual assault case for forensic examination.Justice Bechu...

ITAT Deletes Additions As Assessee Proved Genuineness Of Purchases By Documentary Evidence

The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has deleted the additions on the grounds that the assessee proved the genuineness of the purchases through documentary evidence.The two-member bench of Yogesh Kumar US (Judicial Member) and Pradeep Kumar Khedia (Accountant Member) has excluded the statement of the witness of the department as no opportunity of cross-examination...

'No Material Against Him': Karnataka High Court Quashes POCSO Case Against Bishop

The Karnataka High Court recently quashed the proceedings initiated by a Sessions Court against Reverend Prasanna Kumar Samuel under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012. He is the Bishop of Church of South India (CSI) Karnataka Central Diocese, Bengaluru.The case was registered in 2015 under Sections 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the...

Procedure Relating To Sanction, Post-Audit And Review Of Refund Claims: CBIC Issues Guidelines

The Central Board of Indirect Tax and Customs (CBIC) has issued the procedure relating to sanction, post-audit, and review of refund claims. According to section 107 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, the commissioner may review any decision or order, including an order of refund, with respect to its legality or propriety. The commissioner may direct any officer...

Services Rendered Abroad Amounts to Export Of Services, No GST Applicable: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that GST does not apply to the services rendered abroad as they amount to the export of services. The division bench of Justice S.V. Gangapurwala and Justice M.G. Sewlikar has allowed the GST refund to the petitioner/assessee as the department has failed to establish that the incidence of tax was passed on to the client amounted to unjust...

Motor Accident Death | Kerala High Court Lays Down 'Twin Conditions' To Claim Compensation In Plea Alleging Driver's Negligence

The Kerala High Court has held that in a claim under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act, the petitioners must prove not only the negligence on the part of the driver or rider but also prove that the person alleged to have sustained injuries in a motor accident died in consequence of the accidental injuries. Justice A. Badharudeen added that it is the burden of the petitioners to...

"Fraud On Court": Bombay HC Sets Aside Consent Decree Granting Development Rights For 6K Acres Land In Kanjurmarg Village To Private Firm

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted relief to the Maharashtra government and set aside a consent decree by which a private firm obtained development rights, in October 2020, for over 6,000 acre of land in Kanjurmarg village, including the 102-acre land designated for a Metro car shed.In an interim application filed earlier this year, the State claimed that the private firm, Adarsh...