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Public Servants Should Not Use Mobile Phones During Office Hours For Personal Use: Madras High Court Orders Govt To Frame Regulations
Madras High Court has criticised the public servants who utilise mobile phones and cameras during office hours unnecessarily and directed the Government authorities to frame regulations in line with the Tamil Nadu Government Servants' Conduct Rules, 1973.Justice S.M Subramaniam of the Madurai Bench was hearing a plea made by a Superintendent in the Tiruchirapalli Regional Workshop (Health)...
Why Bombay High Court Refused To Release Nawab Malik On Interim Bail?
In its detailed order refusing interim release of Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik, the Bombay High Court observed that prima facie claiming that a property is untainted would amount to an offence under section 3 of the PMLA 2002. The court passed the order on Malik's habeas corpus petition seeking interim reliefs of "immediate release" in a money laundering case...
NEET-PG | 'Such Clamour For Admission Yet Seats Going Vacant, Students Forced To Go To Places Like Ukraine': Delhi HC In Plea To Relax Cut-Off Percentile
The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear a petition filed by three MBBS graduates, seeking relaxation in the cut-off percentile prescribed this year by the Medical Council of India for admissions to medical colleges through NEET-PG.The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla will hear the case on March 23. The mop-up counselling round is set to wind up on...
Can A Chartered Accountant Be Barred From Practice Based On Criminal Antecedents?: Delhi High Court Admits Appeal
The Delhi High Court today admitted an appeal against a single judge order holding that a person, being a Chartered Accountant, when convicted for commission of an offence involving 'moral turpitude', shall be liable to be removed from membership of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla issued notice on...
Justice Ajay Tewari Of Punjab And Haryana High Court Resigns
Justice Ajay Tewari of Punjab and Haryana High Court has resigned from his office. He was due to retire on April 6, 2022. He is the second seniormost judge of the High court after Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha.Justice Tewari is a third-generation lawyer, he passed LL.B. From P.U. in 1982 and did LL.M. From Punjabi University in 1984. He practiced for 26 Years before being elevated to the...
Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case: Court Defers Order On Khalid Saifi's Bail Plea To March 24
A Delhi Court on Tuesday deferred orders on the bail plea moved by 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 will now be pronouncing the order on March 24. The Court had reserved the order last month...
"Extra-Judicial Confession Not Corroborated": Allahabad High Court Upholds Acquittal Of Murder-Robbery Accused
The Allahabad High Court recently upheld the acquittal of a Murder-Robbery accused as it noted that the alleged extrajudicial confession made by all the accused persons was highly unnatural and the same was not corroborated by any other evidence.Essentially, the Bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Birla and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi was hearing an appeal filed by the informant of the case (US/ 372...
GST ITC Not Allowable to BMW On Demo Car Or Vehicle: AAAR
The Haryana Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR) bench consisting of Amit Kumar Aggarwal and Anil Kumar Jain ruled that the Input Tax Credit (ITC) is not allowable on demo cars/vehicles.BMW/Appellant has been registered in GST at Gurugram as a State administered taxpayer for running a training centre for the training of Engineers and Marketing professionals etc. They get...
'Completely Frivolous': Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Probe Into AAP's Alleged Links With Banned Khalistani Organisation
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a public interest litigation, seeking a High Level Inquiry against the allegations of links between banned Khalistani organisation 'Sikhs for Justice' and Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).The plea also sought to bar the party from contesting elections until the enquiry is completed and to temporarily suspend its membership from...
Nimisha Priya Case | Will Appeal Against Death Penalty In Yemen, Not Participate In Negotiations With Victim's Family: Centre To Delhi High Court
The Centre has informed the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that it will take appropriate steps to institute an appeal before the next appellate forum challenging the death penalty awarded to Nimisha Priya, an Indian woman who was convicted by a Yemen court for killing a local in 2017. Anurag Ahluwalia appearing for the Centre, on instructions, apprised Justice Yashwant Varma that the Government...
Calcutta High Court Directs Police To Ensure Presence Of Lawyer Who Allegedly Misled Court To Secure Client's Bail, Fled Upon Confrontation
In an unprecedented development, the Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the concerned police authorities to ensure the presence of a lawyer who had allegedly tried to mislead the Court while seeking bail for an accused.Such an order was issued after the lawyer had left the Court premises during recess and had failed to appear before the Court post recess to continue with his...
Refusal To Fill Consent Form To Obtain Information About Swiss Bank Account, Delhi High Court Upholds Penalty
The Delhi High Court has upheld the penalty issued under the Income Tax ActIncome Tax Act, 1961 upon an assessee who had failed to fill the consent-cum-waiver form to enable the tax authorities to obtain information about the alleged Swiss Bank accounts held by it. The Bench, consisting of Justices Manmohan and Sudhir Kumar Jain, has held that even if the Assessee had no connection with...