Varanasi Court To Hear Suit Seeking Right For Hindus To Worship Deities Reportedly Found Inside Gyanvapi Mosque On July 8

The Varanasi Fast Track Court will hear on July 8 a fresh suit filed by Hindu parties seeking permission to worship the deities (Shiva Linga) reportedly found in the Gyanvapi Masjid.The Court has sought the response of the Masjid Committee to the new suit. On May 25, this suit was transferred to the fast track court.Today, the case was transferred from Civil Judge - Senior Division to Civil...

Karnataka HC Directs Police To Investigate Allegations Of Unnatural Sex Leveled Against IIT'ian Husband By Wife Also Pursuing Doctorate At IIT

The Karnataka High Court has directed the police to investigate alleged charges of performing unnatural sex, levelled against a husband by his estranged wife. A single judge bench allowed the petition filed by the wife seeking further investigation on her complaint after the police filed a chargesheet against the husband only under section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code and dropped...

"It's A Shameful Situation": Delhi High Court Directs SDMC To Expeditiously Carry Out Road Repair Works Near Kotla Mubarakpur Area

The Delhi High Court has expressed dissatisfaction at the road conditions in city's Kotla Mubarakpur area, and has directed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to expedite the work of laying fresh surface on existing roads so that the residents of the area are able to commute on these roads without any difficulty. On a perusal of the photographs presented by the Petitioner in...

Gauri Lankesh Murder Trial: Bengaluru Court To Conduct Day To Day Hearing For A Week Every Month, First Session From July 4

A special court hearing the alleged murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh has said that it would hear the case on a day to day basis for a week every month as per the convenience of the parties. The next session of the trial would be between 4th to 8th of July 2022. A Session court judge in its order said, "After having a case management hearing, both the sides agree that the trial...

Onus To Prove Identity, Creditworthiness And Genuineness Of Transaction Lies On Assessee: Pune ITAT

The Pune Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), consisting of Partha Artha Sarathi Chaudhury (Judicial Member) and Inturi Rama Rao (Accountant Member), has ruled that the onus to prove identity, creditworthiness, and genuineness of a transaction lies with the assessee. The assessing officer found that during the year under consideration, the share capital of the company...

Right To Nutritious Food Under Article 21: Karnataka High Court Directs State Govt To Forthwith Implement ICDS Scheme

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to forthwith take necessary steps to implement the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS Scheme) in the state. Otherwise, the Court observed that the fundamental right to nutritious food of 50 lakhs beneficiaries in Karnataka, particularly of pregnant women, lactating mothers and children, stand violated. A...

[Gyanvapi] Lord Vishweshwara Through Next Friend Move Varanasi Court Seeking Impleadment In Suit By Hindu Worshippers

In the suit filed by five Hindu women (plaintiffs) over the Gyanvapi Mosque-Kashi Vishwanath temple dispute seeking the right to worship inside the masjid premises, an impleadment application has been moved by Lord Vishveshwara through next friend Advocate Vijay Shankar Rastogi.The suit is presently being heard by District Judge Dr. Ajay Krishna Vishwesha on the question of...

Restoration Applications Are To Be Dealt With Liberally, Right To Represent One's Cause Before Court Is A Fundamental Right: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the restoration applications are to be dealt with liberally as the right to represent one's cause before a Court is a fundamental right.Justice C Hari Shankar was dealing with a plea challenging an order passed by the Senior Civil Judge which had dismissed a restoration application filed by the petitioner. The petitioner contended, in the...

Action Of Recovery By Income Tax Dept. Was Without Jurisdiction: Rajasthan High Court Imposes Cost Of Rs. 50,000 On The Dept.

The Rajasthan High Court has imposed a cost of Rs.50,000 on the Income Tax department as the action of recovery was without jurisdiction. The division bench of Justice Prakash Gupta and Justice Sameer Jain has directed the Assessing Officer to issue a refund to the assessee along with interest as specified in law. The department was directed to adjust an excess of 20% of the...

S.207 CrPC | Can't Supply Documents To Accused If There Is Risk Of Disclosure Of Minor Victim's Identity, Can Only Permit Inspection: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court while enumerating upon the scope of Section 207 of the CrPC which allows documents relied upon by the prosecution to be supplied to an accused, underscored that when there is a possibility of disclosure of identity of a minor victim of sexual offences then instead of supplying it would be expedient to allow the accused or his lawyer to inspect the said...

Offences Under Drugs & Cosmetics Act & Medical Practitioner Act Can't By Itself Bring Detenu Under Gujarat Prevention Of Anti-Social Activities Act: High Court

The Gujarat High Court while allowing the petition against the order of detention of the Petitioner has held that offences under Section 27 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Sections 30 and 35 of the Gujarat Medical Practitioner Act by itself cannot bring the detenu within the fold of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act, 1985. The detenu had contested that...

High-Pitched, Unreasonable Reassessment Orders, Allahabad High Court Directs The Authorities To Take Action

The Allahabad High Court has directed the centre and the tax department to take action against officials for issuing high-pitched and unreasonable reassessment orders.The division bench of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani and Justice Jayant Banerji has observed that the centre should ensure to establish a monitoring cell at the level of government or CBDT within a month if it has not...