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UP Court Acquits SP Leader Azam Khan In Hate Speech Case Which Led To His Disqualification As An MLA
A Court in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district today ACQUITTED Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in the 2019 hate speech case which led to his disqualification, last year. With this, Additional District and Sessions Judge Amitveer Singh set aside an October 2022 order passed by a special MP/MLA court in Rampur convicting and sentencing him to three years in jail. He was found guilty of...
'Aurangzeb Wasn't Cruel, Didn't Demolish Vishwanath Temple, No Shiva Linga Found In Gyanvapi Mosque': Masjid Committee In Varanasi Court
"Neither Mughal emperor Aurangzeb was cruel, nor did he demolish any Lord Adi Vishweshwar Temple in Varanasi," submitted Gyanvapi Mosque Committee before the Varanasi Court on May 22 by filing an application opposing Hindu Worshippers' Plea filed last week seeking ASI Survey of Mosque premises.In its objection to the ASI Survey of the premises, the Masjid Committee (Anjuman Intezamia...
Allegation Of Fraud In Appointment Of IRP As RP Is No Ground For Rejection Of Resolution Plan Under Section 30(2)(e): NCLT Mumbai
The National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, comprising Shri Kuldip Kumar Kareer (Judicial Member) and Shri Shyam Babu Gautam (Technical Member), while adjudicating an application under Section 60(5) of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC, 2016”) in Mr. Amit Sangal vs Prince MFG Industries Private Limited has held that the ground that the IRP had filed false and...
Justice S Vaidyanathan Appointed As Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court
The Union Government has notified the appointment of Justice S Vaidyanathan as the next Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court pursuant to the retirement of Justice T Raja, who is currently holding office of Acting Chief Justice. Justice Raja retires today. A notification in this regard issued on May 24 reads as under:"In exercise of the power conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution...
ITAT Allows Income Tax Deduction On Effluent Water Treatment
The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has allowed the income tax deduction on effluent water treatment.The bench of Amit Shukla (Judicial Member) and Gagan Goyal (Accountant Member) has observed that effluent water treatment can be considered a water treatment plant eligible under Section 80IA of the Income Tax Act.The appellant/assessee is in the business of...
CBDT Notifies The Procedure To Compute ‘Net Winnings’ From Online Games
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified the Income Tax (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2023.The Board has notified a new Rule 133, which prescribes a manner for computing "net winnings" from online games under sections 115 BBJ and 194BA of the Income Tax Act, 1961.It was clarified that whenever there is payment to the user in kind or in cash, or partly in kind and partly in cash, which...
IBC Amendment Prescribing Minimum Number Of Homebuyers Applicable To All Company Petitions Pending For Final Admission: NCLT Mumbai
The National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, comprising Shri H.V. Subba Rao (Judicial Member) and Smt. Anu Jagmohan Singh (Technical Member), while adjudicating an application under Section 7 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC, 2016”) in S. Ramasubramonian vs Shree Sukhakarta Developers Private Limited has held that the IBC amendment prescribing the minimum number...
Litigant Has No Right To Ask NCLT Member To Recuse Himself From Hearing : NCLAT Delhi
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (“NCLAT”), Principal Bench, comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan (Chairperson) and Shri Naresh Salecha (Technical Member), while adjudicating an appeal filed in Ishrat Ali v The Cosmos Cooperative Bank Ltd. & Anr., has held that a litigant has no right under Rule 62 of NCLT Rules, 2016 to seek recusal of a NCLT Member from hearing...
Sex Work Not An Offence, Detention Of An Adult Sex Worker For No Reason Infringes Fundamental Rights Under Article 19: Mumbai Court
Indulging in sex work is itself not an offence but prostitution in a public place can be an offence, a Sessions Court observed while ordering the release of a 34-year-old alleged sex worker from a shelter home.Additional Sessions Judge CV Patil set aside a magistrate’s order to detain the woman at the Navjeevan Mahila Vastigriha, Deonar for one year for her care and protection considering...
Awdhesh Rai Murder Case Against Ex-UP MLA Mukhtar Ansari: Arguments Concluded, Varanasi Court To Pronounce Judgment On June 5
The Judgment in the 31-year-old Awadhesh Rai murder case, in which former UP MLA Mukhtar Ansari is the prime accused, will be delivered by Special Judge (MP/MLA) Avneesh Gautam on June 5. The Court concluded the hearing in the matter after arguments in the case were completed on May 19. On May 22, Advocate Srinath Tripathi, appearing on behalf of Ansari, filed 31 page written arguments before...
Rahul Gandhi Moves Delhi Court Seeking No Objection For Issuance Of Fresh Passport
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has moved a Delhi Court seeking no objection for issuance of fresh ordinary passport to him, after he surrendered his diplomatic passport on being disqualified as a Member of Parliament. The application has been moved by Gandhi in the National Herald case filed by former MP Subramanian Swamy against him in Rouse Avenue Courts. He, along with his mother Sonia...
Rejection Of Application Under SVLDR Scheme Without A Hearing Is Violative Of Principles Of Natural Justice: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the summary rejection of the application under the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 (SVLDR Scheme) without affording the opportunity to be heard would violate the principles of natural justice.The bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Mahajan has observed that in terms of the SVLDR Scheme, the petitioner would be entitled to...