'Closure Of Branch Irrelevant Where Assessee Chooses Determination Of Tax Liability Under Compounding Provision': Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

"Closure of branch is irrelevant where the assessee chooses determination of tax liability on a compounding basis", ruled the Kerala High Court on Friday. The assessee engaged in the business of jewellery had its Head Office at Changanacherry and three branches at Kottayam, Thiruvalla, and Chengannur. From the year 2006-2007 onward the assessee was paying tax under Section 8(f) of the...

[Decongestion Of Prisons] Madras HC Recalls Parole Orders Based On Police Assurance To Provide Quarantine Faculties [Read Order]

The High Court of Madras on Monday recalled the parole orders of 11 convicts who were released from prisons subsequent to the order of a coordinate bench dated March 26, 2020, for decongestion of prisons amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A bench comprising of Dr. Justice Vineet Kothari and Justice R. Suresh Kumar has ordered that the parole stands recalled/ cancelled and the convicted...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of Advocate Savitri Ratho As Judge Of Orissa HC [Read Notification]

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate Savitri Ratho as Judge of the Orissa High Court. The same is pursuant to the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Colelgium in January this year. The Orissa HC Collegium had recommended elevation of Ratho in May last year. However, the SC Collegium had deferred the same vide its resolution dated October...

Centre Notifies The Appointment Of Advocate Javed Iqbal Wani As Judge Of J&K HC [Read Notification]

The Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate Javed Iqbal Wani as a Judge of Common High Court for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh. The same is pursuant to the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium in January this year. The J&K High Court Collegium had recommended elevation of Wani in March last year. However,...

'Completely Unacceptable' : Delhi HC On District Judge's Refusal To Accept Bail Bond On Ground That Softy Copy Of HC Order Wasn't Authenticated

The Delhi High Court has criticized a District Judge for refusing to accept the bail bond of an accused on the ground that the soft copy of the HC bail order produced by him was not authenticated. This came in a plea moved under section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code challenging the order of the District Judge who refused to accept the bail bond of the Appellant on the ground that the...

Plea In Madhya Pradesh HC For Constitution Of Committee To Prevent Communalism Within Police Force [Read Petition]

A petition has been filed before the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking constitution of specialized Committee to address the concern of rising "communalism" within the Police force in the state. The petition, filed by one Deepak Bundela, a practicing Advocate of the High Court, also seeks constitution of a "Police Complaints Authority" in the state. Bundela has moved the High...

'Non-Cooperation During Investigation Is Irrelevant In Plea For Revocation Of Pardon': Delhi HC Dismisses ED's Plea Against Grant Of Pardon To Rajiv Saxena [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has held that the condition of pardon of a court approver- to make "full and true disclosure"- applies to the proceedings before the Court, and do not encompass the proceedings during investigation. "Where the purpose of tendering pardon is obtaining of the evidence of the person, by, and before, the Court, the "full and true disclosure", required to be made...

Hazrat Nizamuddin Village Still Sealed Even After 65 Days Without COVID-19 Cases : Legal Notice To South East Delhi DM

The President of Hazrat Nizamuddin Village RWA has served a legal notice to Smt Harleen Kaur, the South East Delhi District Magistrate (DM), alleging that the officer was arbitrarily keeping the area sealed as a COVID-19 containment zone for over 65 days. The notice alleges that the Hazrat Nizamuddin Village, in the National Capital, has been targeted, in pursuance of a deep...

PIL In Delhi HC Seeks CBI Probe Into Alleged Misappropriation Of Welfare Funds Meant For Building Construction Workers

A PIL has been filed by an NGO before the Delhi High Court seeking CBI probe into an alleged misappropriation of Delhi Cess fund worth crores which is exclusively meant for benefit of the registered building and construction workers in the national capital. The petition has been filed by Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Smriti Sansthan (PDUSS), an NGO, which stated that Delhi Cess fund has...

Special Court Allows ED To Attach All Properties Of Fugitive Diamantaire Nirav Modi Barring Mortgaged Properties

A Special Court in Mumbai on Monday allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to attach properties of fugitive economic offender (FEO) Nirav Modi and to confiscate them, with the exception of those properties mortgaged or hypothecated to parties like Punjab National Bank (PNB). Special Judge, City Civil & Sessions Court VC Barde passed the order while hearing an application filed by ED...

'Inconvenience Suffered By Individuals For Common Good Cannot Be Termed As Violative Of Any Fundamental Rights': Kerala HC [Read Order]

"At times, some inconveniences may have to be suffered by the individuals for the common good and welfare of the public at large and that cannot be termed as violative of any fundamental rights guaranteed to the citizens", observed the Kerala High Court last week. "So much so, the action taken to rectify a defect cannot be said to be mala fide, arbitrary or illegal", said the...

Allahabad HC Extends Interim Orders Passed By It & Courts Subordinate To It Till June 29 [Read Order]

Keeping in view the restrictions on movement of individuals in several areas and non-functioning of courts in containment zones, the Allahabad High Court has further extended all the interim orders passed by it and by the courts subordinate to it, that expired subsequent to March 19, till June 29, 2020. Further, orders of eviction, dispossession or demolition shall remain in abeyance...