Direct UP Cops To Prepare True Site Map, Take Picture Of Crime Spot With Smart Phones During Probe: Allahabad HC To DGP

The Allahabad High Court recently directed the Director General of Police, U.P., to issue necessary directions to the Investigating officers regarding preparation of true site plan/map with dimensions in the correct manner and also to take photographs of the spot with smart phones.The Bench of Justice Rajeev Singh issued this order while allowing the bail plea of a gang rape accused as it...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Hiding Religious Identity From Prosecutrix & Committing Rape Under False Pretext Of Marriage

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore Bench recently granted bail to one Tousif Khan, accused of developing relationship with a woman by lying to her about his religious identity and thereby committing rape under a false pretext of marriage. The Court noted that the Prosecutrix was apparently a major at the time of the incident and from her statements, the probability of her being a...

'Reasons To Believe' Ought To Spell Out All Reasons, Grounds For Reopening Income Tax Assessment: Bombay High Court Comes Down Heavily On Income Tax Dept

The Bombay High Court has come down heavily on the Income Tax Department for not being transparent with tax payers in sharing the requested information basis of reopening action.The division bench of Justice N.J.Jamadar and Justice K.R.Shriram relied on the judgement of the Delhi High Court in case of Sabh Infrastructure Ltd. vs. Assistant Commission of Income Tax wherein the guidelines...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging 'Age Criteria' For Appointment Of DMRC Managing Director

The Delhi High Court today issued notice on a PIL filed by Advocate Aswhini Kumar Upadhyay, challenging the age criteria for appointment of Managing Director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, has fixed the case for hearing on April 29.The plea primarily challenges a notification dated February 10, 2022, issued by...

Relief To HDFC Bank: Bombay High Court Quashes Reassessment Notice As Jurisdictional Condition Not Satisfied

In a major relief to the HDFC Bank, the Bombay High Court has quashed the reassessment notice as the jurisdictional condition for invoking the power under section 147 of the Income Tax Act was not satisfied.The division bench of Justice N.J.Jamadar and Justice K.R.Shriram has observed that once, it is held that the jurisdictional condition for invoking the power under section 147 is...

Employee Contribution To PF/ESI Before ITR Filing Eligible For Income Tax Deduction: ITAT

The Banglore Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has ruled that an Employee contribution to Provident Fund (PF)/ Employee State Insurance (ESI) before ITR filing is eligible for income tax deduction. The single member bench of Vice President, N.V.Vasudevan in the light of the decision of the Karnataka High Court in the case of M/s Essae Teraoka (P.) Ltd vs DCIT observed...

"Despotic Exercise Of Power": Manipur High Court Raps Commandant General Of Home Guards For Recommending Arbitrary Promotions

The Manipur High Court came down heavily upon an arbitrary and irrational promotion of a 'Company Commander' to the post of 'Battalion Commander' in the Manipur Home Guards, ignoring the officers who were senior to him. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice M.V. Muralidaran criticised the lackadaisical manner in which the Commandant General of Home Guards...

Orissa High Court Monthly Digest: Citations 1-17

Nominal Index: Bonod Bihari Sethy v. State of Odisha, 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 1Dara Singh @ Rabindra Kumar Pal v. State of Orissa, 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 2Chinmay Mohanty & Anr. v. Bar Council of India & Anr., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 3Ashok Kumar Agarwala v. Registrar General of Orissa High Court & Ors., 2022 LiveLaw (Ori) 4Surendra Kumar Sahoo v. State of Odisha, 2022 LiveLaw...

Registrar Co-Operative Society Exercising Power Of Election Tribunal Cannot Issue Interim Direction Of Any Nature: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The High Court of Madhya Pradesh recently held that the Registrar Co-operative Society exercising power of the election tribunal cannot pass an interim order to restrain newly elected members of a society from executing their duties. The division bench of Chief Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice Dinesh Kumar Paliwal was dealing with a writ appeal preferred by the Appellant against...

Titles Like 'Raja' Can't Be Used In Courts, Public Offices Etc As They Are Prohibited Under Articles 14, 18 & 363A Of Constitution : Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, has held that the use of salutations and titles such as "Raja", "Nawab" and "Rajkumar" in constitutional courts, all other Courts, tribunals, public offices of the State etc. is prohibited in terms of Articles 14, 18 and 363A of the Constitution of India. The court ordered that the said restriction will also apply in the public domain as well...

Can Husband Be Prosecuted Under Section 377 IPC When Section 375 IPC Exempts Marital Sex? Delhi High Court To Consider

The Delhi High Court has delinked from a batch of pleas seeking criminalisation of marital rape, a plea seeking to declare that a husband cannot be prosecuted for the offence of unnatural sex with his wife under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, when exception 2 to Section 375 gives exception to marital sex from the offence of rape.A division bench comprising of Justice Rajiv Shakdher...

How Much Liquor Can An Individual Store At Home In Delhi? High Court Answers

The Delhi High Court has affirmed that an individual, aged above 25 years, can possess 9 litres of Indian Liquor and Foreign Liquor, i.e., whisky, vodka, gin and rum, and 18 litres of beer, wine and alcopop.The observation was made by Justice Subramonium Prasad while adjudicating upon a petition for quashing of the FIR registered against a Delhi resident, for illicit liquor storage at...