Delhi HC Issues Notices To Centre & IT Department In A Petition Filed Challenging 'Faceless Income Tax Appeal Scheme 2020'

The Delhi High Court on Friday (16th October) issued a notice to Union of India and Income Tax Department on a petition challenging the 'Faceless Income Tax Appeal Scheme, 2020'.The Bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Sanjeev Narula was hearing a petition filed seeking a direction to the respondents (Union of India and Income Tax Department) to grant an opportunity of hearing to...

Karnataka HC Asks CBSE To Decide On Students' Representation Seeking Rationalisation Of Class XII Syllabus For Economics & Entrepreneurship

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to in eight weeks time decide and communicate its decision on a representation made by a 17-year-old school student, seeking the board for further rationalization of syllabus, in proportion with reduced learning hours via the online mode. Justice Krishna S Dixit while partly allowing the petition...

Delhi Riots: Delhi HC Grants One More Opportunity To Zee News To Disclose Source Of Alleged Confessional Statement Of An Accused

Delhi High Court has given one more opportunity to Zee News to disclose the source from which the allotted confessional statement of a Delhi riots accused is retrieved. While granting the opportunity, the Single Bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru denied the request for submitting in a sealed cover the name of the journalist who retrieved the said confessional statement. The Bench of...

Plea Moved In Delhi HC By A Student Who Was Denied Admission In Delhi Govt. School On Ground Of His Age [Read Petition]

A Writ Petition has been moved in the Delhi High Court against the action of Delhi Government to refuse the admission of the petitioner (Shekh Habibul) in Class XI in the academic year 2020-21 in a Government School, on the alleged ground that petitioner has crossed the age limit stipulated vide Circular dated 19.09.2016 bearing no. DE. 23(363)/ Sch. Br./2016/1553 (issued by the...

'Approaching A Writ Court For A Moot Court Competition Is A Bit Too Much', Delhi HC Denies Plea Seeking Transparency in NLU-D's Moot Court Competition

Delhi High Court has refused to provide relief in a plea seeking a direction upon the Moot Court Organizing Committee of NLU-D, to release the marks obtained by the Petitioners in the memorial round of the 70th Constitution Day Moot Court Competition. While rejecting the plea, the Single Bench of Justice Jayant Nath noted that the Petitioners are not personally prejudiced and they had...

State/Central Govt Cannot Deny Benefit Or Service To Citizen For Not Downloading Arogya Setu App On Mobile Phone: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court on Monday clarified that in absence of any legislation, neither the State government, Central government or its agencies and instrumentalities can deny any benefit or services to a citizen only on the ground that he has not installed Aarogya setu application on his cell phone. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ashok S Kinagi issued...

'Doctors Not Even Going Near Bodies. Such Shabby, Unscientific Autopsy Reports Will Collapse Criminal Justice In Country': Madras HC Issues Guidelines [Read Order]

Noting that in most of the medico-legal cases, the outcome of the criminal case depends upon the findings in the autopsy certificate and also the Doctor's evidence, the Madras High Court has expressed concern that if the autopsy reports are prepared in a shabby and unscientific manner and without actual performance of autopsies by Doctors, it will lead to collapse of criminal justice...

Manipur State Legal Services Authority Launches Prisoner Database Management Portal

The Prisoner Database Management Portal of Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MASLSA) was launched on October 15 by Mr. Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar, Chief Justice, High Court of Manipur & Patron-in-Chief, MASLSA in the august presence of Mr. Justice Kh. Nobin Singh, Judge High Court of Manipur & Executive Chairman, MASLSA; Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Chief Secretary,...

[Breaking] Kerala HC Directs Customs Not To Arrest M.Sivasankar Till Oct.23 In The Gold Smuggling Case

The Kerala High Court has directed the Customs Department not to arrest the former Principal Secretary to Kerala Chief Minister, M. Sivasankar IAS, till October 23, on which day, it will consider his anticipatory bail applications in cases registered by the Customs Department as well as that by the Enforcement Directorate.Justice Ashok Menon, who heard the plea, also directed the Customs to...

CJI Bobde Inaugurates Tehsil Level Mediation Centres, Community Mediation Programme In MP

The Chief Justice of India recently inaugurated Mediation Centres at two Districts of Madhya Pradesh, raising the total figure to 43 ADR Centres and 44 Mediation Centres at Tehsil level in the state. The Mediation Centres have been set up at Bijawar, District Chhatarpur and Kasrawad, District Mandleshwar. Further, two Community Mediation Centres were also inaugurated, one each of...

Children Attain Maturity Long Before They Turn 'Major': P&H HC Allows 17 Year Old Girl To Stay With Mother Of Boy She Married [Read Order]

Children these days attain both physiological as well as psychological maturity long before they complete the ages of majority fixed for them by the statute long ago, remarked the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a judgment passed last week.Justice Sanjay Kumar observed that it is scientifically recognized fact that girls tend to be more mature than boys of the same age and that is why the age...

Delhi HC Restrains Anurag Srivastava From Publishing Defamatory Content Against 'India Today', Rajdeep Sardesai And Others [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court recently restrained a person named Anurag Srivastava (defendant No. 1) from directly or indirectly publishing, re-publishing, sending or posting any tweet or information either in the electronic form or through internet, email or social media, or any print or communication media whatsoever, the statement or post which is derogatory/defamatory in its contents to the TV...