Aadhaar-PAN Linking Mandatory; To Be Completed By March 31, Says CBDT

The Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) yesterday issued a press release stating that "Aadhaar-PAN linking is mandatory now which has to be completed by March 31, 2019 by the PAN holders requiring filing of Income Tax Return". This is in view of the Supreme Court upholding Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which required the linking of PAN with Aadhaar. Procedure for...

Meghalaya HC Unhappy With Airlines For 'False' Statements On Umroi Airport Issues [Read Order]

The Meghalaya High Court on Friday expressed its disquiet and stopped short of ordering proceedings for perjury against official of Airlines for citing "false" visibility issues as a reason for not operating their flights from Umroi airport and even suggesting that roads are more preferred way of travelling to Shillong than air travel. A bench headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Yaqoob...

Pulwama Terror Attack: PIL In HC Seeks CRPF Jawans To Be Referred To As 'Martyred' And Not 'Killed' Or 'Died'

A petition was moved in the Delhi High Court on Friday seeking direction to the print and electronic media to use respectful words for the martyrdom of CRPF jawans while reporting on the Pulwama terror attack and refer to the soldiers as "martyred" rather than "killed" or "died". The PIL has been filed by advocate Abhishek Kumar Choudhary, who objected to newspapers reports using the...

IBC Overrides PMLA; No Attachment Possible Under PMLA During Insolvency Process : NCLT [Read Order]

The Adjudicating Authority under PMLA does not have jurisdiction to attach the properties of the Corporate Debtor undergoing Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process

J&K HC Upholds PM's Employment Package(2009) For Kashmiri Pandits Living In The Valley [Read Judgment]

"The class identified under the impugned SRO is a community of Kashmiri Pandits, who did not migrate in the wake of turmoil in the Valley and stayed back despite adverse conditions perceivably prevailing for their community."

SC Collegium Rejects Names Of 3 Judicial Officers & One Lawyer From 3 HCs [Read Resolutions]

In its resolutions dated February 12, the Supreme Court collegium has remitted the candidature of three Judicial Officers and one lawyer, to the respective high court collegiums.The collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, Justice AK Sikri and Justice SA Bobde passed resolutions with regard to the following three high courts:Calcutta High CourtThe recommendation for...

SC Collegium Recommends Elevation Of 10 Lawyers And One Judicial Officer As Allahabad HC Judges [Read Resolutions]

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the elevation of 10 advocates and 1 judicial officer as judges of Allahabad High Court.The names of recommended lawyers are :Vipin Chandra Dixit,Ramanand Pandey Shekhar Kumar Yadav, Ravi Nath Tilhari, Deepak Verma, Gautam Chaudhary, Manish Kumar, Vivek Ratan Agrawal, Samit Gopal,Alok Kumar YadavAlso, the Collegium comprising Chief Justice Ranjan...

SC Collegium Re-iterates Recommendation To Elevate Adv PV Kunhikrishnan As Kerala HC Judge

Supreme Court collegium on February 12 has resolved to re-iterate its recommendation to elevate Advocate PV Kunhikrishnan as Judge of Kerala High Court.The collegium considered the following names for the elevation to Kerala High Court on Feb 12. 1. Shri P.V. Kunhikrishnan, 2. Shri S. Ramesh, 3. Shri Viju Abraham, and 4. Shri George Varghese. Collegium decided to send back the names of...

Child Welfare Committee Cannot Usurp Family Court's Jurisdiction In Pending Child Custody Matters: Karnataka HC [Read Judgment]

“In the fact situation of the case, even if the Committee was of the opinion that the child was in need of care and protection, it ought to have referred the matter for consideration before the Family Court where the issue with regard to the custody of the minor was pending consideration.”

Existence Of Parity Between Two Allowances For Several Years Does Not Mean It Should Continue In Future Also: SC [Read Judgment]

"It is an undisputed fact that parity had existed between the two allowances for 25 years, but that does not mean that such action of the Government can be taken to mean that the Government should continue such parity in the future also."

Contempt Action Sought Against Kerala Businessman For Remarks Against Sitting Judge

Two petitions seeking sanction to initiate criminal contempt against Kerala businessman Kochouseph Chittilappilly have been filed before the Advocate General of Kerala under Section 15(2) of the Contempt of Courts Action.The petitions filed by S Aswaumar and advocate B H Manzoor allege that Chittilappilly wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of High Court against Justice Devan Ramchandran, who...

Even A Lady IPS Officer Not Safe: Madras HC Directs Installation Of CCTV Cameras In All Govt Offices To Prevent Sexual Harassment

The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) to look into the sexual harassment allegations against S. Murugan, joint director of the Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption, on a complaint filed by a woman IPS officer.Justice SM Subramaniam confirmed the constitution of the ICC under Section 4 of The Sexual Harassment of Women at...