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Religious Conversion| 'Their Intent Behind Charitable Works Is Dubious': Allahabad HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To 'SHUATS' VC, Director
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday denied anticipatory bail to the Vice Chancellor of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute) (Dr.) Rajendra Bihari Lal and Institute's Director Vinod Bihari Lal in connection with a mass religious conversion case.Noting that they are an influential person and their intent behind...
Payment Towards Employee’s Contribution To Provident Fund After Due Date Is Not Allowable As Deduction: ITAT
The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that payment towards an employee’s contribution to the provident fund after the due date is not allowable as a deduction.The two-member bench of Sandeep Singh Karhail (Judicial Member) and Om Prakash Kant (Accountant Member) has relied on the Supreme Court's decision in the case of Checkmate Services (P.) Ltd. and ruled...
Delhi High Court Directs Police To Ensure Compliance Of Supreme Court's Order On CCTV Cameras In Police Stations
The Delhi Police has informed the Delhi High Court that it is working expeditiously to conclude the tender process for installing CCTV cameras in police stations in the national capital as per directions of the Supreme Court in Paramveer Singh Saini v. Baljit Singh. The Apex Court in Paramveer Singh Saini had directed that CCTV cameras must be installed with a storage period of 18...
Rajasthan High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Lawyers' Strike Over Peer's Murder, Condemns Bar For Obstructing AG's Entry
The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday took suo moto cognizance of strike called by various Bar Associations on account of a lawyer's murder in Jodhpur.The division bench of the Acting Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Vijay Bishnoi said call of strike and abstention from work by anyone including the office bearers of any of the Bar Association is not in accordance with the...
Delhi High Court Allows Extradition of German National For Trial In Child Sexual Abuse Case
The Delhi High Court has upheld an order passed by a Delhi Court recommending the extradition of a German national, who is accused of sexually abusing children.Justice Anish Dayal held that the order passed by the Court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM), recommending extradition of the accused, Bernd Alexander Bruno Wehnelt, to Germany for trial for the offences under the...
Before Resorting To OV R15 CPC, Must Show Defendant's Absent From Residence & No Likelihood Of Being Found: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that before resorting to provisions contained in Order V Rule 15 (Issuance of Summons) of the CPC, it has to be shown that the defendant is absent from his residence at the time when the service of the summons is sought to be effected and there is no likelihood of his being found at the residence within a reasonable time.A...
Centralized Processing Centre Not Authorized To Carry Out Adjustment For Disallowance Of Section 80P Deduction: ITAT
The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that the Centralised Processing Centre (CPC) was not authorized to carry out such adjustments for disallowance of deduction under section 80P of the Income Tax Act.The two-member bench of Pavan Kumar Gadale (Judicial Member) and Om Prakash Kant (Accountant Member) observed that the assessment year 2007-08 occurred prior to...
Delhi High Court Stays Motor Accident Tribunal's Order Directing Digging Of Deceased’s Grave For DNA Test To Verify Legal Heirs
The Delhi High Court has stayed an order passed by Motor Accident Claim Tribunal directing that the grave of a deceased man be dug up to conduct a DNA test for verifying the claim of compensation by various individuals asserting to be his legal heirs. Justice Rekha Palli observed that the Tribunal failed to appreciate that a DNA test cannot be ordered in a routine manner. Reliance was made on...
Amounts Paid By Google India To Google US For Seconded Employees Does Not Come Within ‘FTS’ or ‘FIS’: ITAT
The Banglore Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that amounts paid by Google India to Google US with reference to seconded employees do not come within the fees for technical services (FTS) or fees for included services (FIS) under the Income Tax Act or under the India-US Tax Treaty.The two-member bench of George George K. (Judicial Member) and Padmavathy S....
Expeditiously Appoint ASHA Workers For Chilla Khadar Locality: High Court Directs Delhi Govt
The Delhi High Court has directed the Union of India and Delhi Government to expeditiously conclude the process of appointment of ASHA workers in Chilla Khadar locality on the Yamuna bank. Around 4250 people live there in hutments. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said that the appointment process be concluded as expeditiously as...
Income Tax Demand On OYO For 1,140 Cr: Delhi High Court Directs CIT To Give Personal Hearing
The Delhi High Court has directed the Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) to accord a personal hearing to OYO for the stay on the income tax demand of Rs. 1,140 crores.The division bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju has observed that the CIT has not dealt with its application, which was preferred before him, in respect of the order passed by the Assessing Officer...
Sitting Judge Of Patna High Court, Justice Anil Kumar Upadhyay Passes Away
Sitting Judge of the Patna High Court, Justice Anil Kumar Upadhyay passed away this morning at a private hospital in Chennai. Justice Upadhyay was undergoing treatment for kidney-related issues and other ailments.Justice Upadhyay was elevated as a Judge of the High Court in May 2017 and he was due to retire in December 2024Justice Upadhyay was born on 4th December 1962. His father Late Vidya...