Weapon's Discovery On Disclosure Statement Of Accused Alone Not Enough To Prove Guilt: Allahabad HC Sets Aside Murder-Convict's Life Sentence

The Allahabad High Court has observed the discovery of the material object/crime weapon at the disclosure of the accused is important for the purposes of Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act, but such disclosure alone would not automatically lead to the conclusion that the accused committed the offence.Holding thus, the High Court, on Thursday SET ASIDE the life sentence of a murder-convict in...

Charitable Institution Can't Be Denied Income Tax Exemption For Collecting Service Charges From Its Donors To Defray Administrative Cost: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma has held that charitable institutions cannot be denied income tax exemption for collecting service charges from their donors to defray administrative costs.The appellant/ department has challenged the orders passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in which exemption under Sections 11 and 12 of the Income...

Unbecoming Of A Person Donning Silk To Address Court This Way: MP High Court Calls For 'Strictest' Action Against Senior Counsel

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday voiced its disapproval to an attempt made by Senior Advocate Mrigendra Singh to call for the recusal of the presiding judge (Justice Atul Shridharan) saying that he should rescue himself because of an apparent bias on the Judge's part.In response to the call made by the Senior advocate, the Bench observed that the designation of any Advocate as...

Gujarat High Court Declines Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused Of Forcefully Converting Religion Of 100 Hindus

The Gujarat High Court has rejected anticipatory bail to a man accused of forcefully converting religion of 37 Hindu families and 100 Hindus. It was also alleged that the Applicant lured them by offering financial assistance and converted a house constructed with Government funds to a place of worship — Ibadatgaah."Prima facie from the record produced by the prosecution, it appears...

Trial Courts Cannot Impose Life Imprisonment Till Death Or Without Remission Except In Rape Cases: Calcutta High Court

In a significant ruling, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday issued a directive to trial courts in West Bengal stipulating that a sentence of life imprisonment till death, without any scope of remission, can only be passed in rape cases. A Bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Bivas Pattanayak observed that such a sentence of life imprisonment till one's death can only be...

Khalid Saifi Denied Bail In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case

A Delhi Court on Friday denied bail to United Against Hate member Khalid Saifi in connection with in connection with a case alleging larger conspiracy into the Delhi riots of 2020, involving charges under Indian Penal Code and UAPA.Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat pronounced the order after hearing Senior Advocate Rebecca John and Special Public Prosecutor Amit Prasad. What did...

Registration Under GST ACT Cannot Be Cancelled By Merely Describing The Firm As 'Bogus': Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that registration under GST Act cannot be cancelled by merely describing the firm as 'bogus'. The Single Bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh held that cancellation of GST registration has serious consequences since it takes away the fundamental right of a citizen to engage in business, adding that the revenue authorities have a heavy burden...

Source Of Demonetized Notes Collected By Co-Operative Society Explained, ITAT Quashes Addition Made Under Section 68 Of Income Tax Act

The Bangalore Bench of ITAT has ruled that there is no rationale in the action of the Assessing Officer of making additions to assessee's income under Section 68 of the Income Tax Act on the ground that the assessee has violated RBI notifications. The Single Member Bench of B.R. Baskaran (Accountant Member) held that the Assessee Co-operative Society had explained the nature and source...

Allahabad High Court Sets Out "Exceptions" Where Writ Petition Can Be Maintained Against Orders Passed In Mutation Proceedings

The Allahabad High Court recently set out the exceptions under which a writ petition may be entertained against orders passed in mutation proceedings.Fundamentally, mutation proceedings are summary in nature and are drawn on the basis of possession. Such proceedings do not decide any question of title of the parties over the land involved, in the sense that they neither extinguish nor create...

Kerala High Court Bids Farewell To Justices Sunil Thomas & K. Haripal

The Kerala High Court on Friday bid farewell to two of its judges - Justices Sunil Thomas and K Haripal, before parting for summer vacation. A reference was organized in the court of the Chief Justice for their farewell and the event was live-streamed on YouTube.The farewell commenced with Advocate General Gopalakrishna Kurup K addressing the gathering. He pointed out that the scheduled dates...

Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Removal Of Alleged Anomalies In Centre's 'OROP Policy'

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed seeking directions to the Union Government to implement the recommendation of one-man judicial committee resolving anomalies in the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) to all the pension drawing persons as on July 1, 2014. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice S R Krishna Kumar dismissed the...

'For Award To Become Binding, It Should Be Passed In Compliance With Principles Of Natural Justice': Madhya Pradesh High Court

Setting aside an ex-parte award, the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently held that an award by labour court becomes binding only when it is passed in compliance with the principles of natural justice. Relying on the decision of the Apex Court in Haryana Suraj Malting Limited vs. Phoolchand, Justice Anil Verma observed- Merely because an award had become enforceable,...