Orissa HC Quashes Criminal Cases Against Lawyers And Cops As They Express Apology [Read Order]

“I, however, request the Orissa High Court Bar Association to take appropriate measures not to jump on unnecessary strike on prima facie picture of a particular incident, without applying wisdom on the entire issue.” As the cops and lawyers expressed their apology for their respective acts, the Orissa High Court has quashed all the FIRs registered against them.Justice CR Dash...

Compensation Received For Sexual Harassment Not Taxable : ITAT Allows Sushmita Sen's Appeal [Read Order]

In relief to actor-model Sushmita Sen, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Mumbai bench held that amount received as compensation for sexual harassment is not liable to be taxed as income or profits and gains of profession under the Income Tax Act, 1961.  Sushmita Sen had filed the appeal against the confirmation of penalty and addition of certain amounts by the Commissioner of Income...

Disclosure of Loan Defaulters' List : CIC Should Ensure Compliance By RBI, Acharyulu Writes To Chief Information Commissioner [Read Letter]

The outgoing Central Information Commissioner Prof.M. Sridhar Acharyulu has written to the Chief Information Commissioner R K Mathur making a fervent plea that CIC should take steps to make the Reserve Bank of India comply with the  orders of CIC to disclose information of willful loan defaulters.The letter comes in the wake of November 16 direction by him to RBI and PMO to disclose...

Nobody, Including Their Parents, Can Interfere If A Boy And Girl (Both Major) Live Together: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

“The Supreme Court in a long line of decisions has settled the law that where a boy and a girl are major and they are living with their free will, then, nobody including their parents, has authority to interfere with their living together.”The Allahabad High Court recently observed that, where a boy and a girl are major and they are living with their free will, then, nobody, including...

Concealing Earlier Marriage While Entering Into Contract Of Marriage Amounts To Fraud By Itself: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

“We don't think it necessary for us to go into the correctness of the said divorce, as concealment of a vital fact for entering into a contract of marriage by itself amounts to fraud and the marriage can be declared as null and void.”The Kerala High Court has observed that concealment of a vital fact about earlier marriage while entering into a contract of marriage by itself amounts to...

Amit Shah Benefitted Politically And Financially From Sohrabuddin Encounter Case, Says Amitabh Thakur, Former Chief Investigating Officer

Amitabh Thakur, former Chief Investigating Officer in the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, Tulsiram Prajapati and the death of Kausar Bi has told the Special CBI Court on Monday that BJP national president Amit Shah and four others benefitted politically as well as financially from the fake encounter case.Amit Shah allegedly benefitted financially as he was paid Rs 70 lakh...

Allahabad HC Quashes Punishment Of UP Govt Employee Found Chewing Tobacco At Work [Read Order]

In the year 2017, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had banned chewing of tobacco on duty.A government employee faced the wrath of the orders in February 2018 when he was inflicted with the punishment of permanent stoppage of two annual increment after being found consuming tobacco in office.The Allahabad High Court, however, found the punishment excessive and quashed the...

NGT Imposes ₹ 50 Crores Penalty On Punjab Government For Pollution of Sutlej & Beas Rivers [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal has imposed a penalty of Rupees 50 crores on the Punjab Government for failing to take effective steps to control pollution of rivers Sutlej and Beas.The order was passed by NGT Principal Bench at New Delhi headed by Justice A K Goel, acting on an application filed by one  Shobha Singh in 2014. The application raised the issue of pollution of rivers Sutlej and...

Will Interfere If Restrictions On Sabarimala Pilgrims Unreasonable, Says Kerala HC; State Police Chief Directed To File Affidavit

The High Court of Kerala has directed the State Police Chief to file an affidavit explaining the nature of police arrangements made in Sabarimala and the scope of restrictions imposed on pilgrims. The special bench for Devaswom matters comprising Justices P R Ramachandra Menon and N Anil Kumar also made it clear that Court will interfere if the restrictions are found to be harsh and...

National Herald: Court Rejects Vora's Plea To Restrain Subramanian Swamy From Tweeting About Case

A Court at Delhi on Monday dismissed senior Congress leader Motilal Vora's plea seeking to restrain complainant Subramanian Swamy from tweeting about the National Herald case, filed by the BJP MP against Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia Gandhi and others.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal dismissed Vora's plea, also an accused in the case.In his application,...

Police Excess Cannot Be Permitted In Sabarimala, Observes Kerala HC

The High Court of Kerala observed that police excess cannot be permitted in Sabarimala in the guise of implementing the SC judgment on women entry. The special bench for consideration of Devaswom Matters orally remarked that police arrangements were causing hardships to genuine devotees.Justice P R Ramachandra Menon, who heads the bench, asked the State Attorney under what authority police...

This Over Enthusiasm And Over Zealousness May Cost Her Career Itself: Bombay HC Sets Aside State Excise Commissioner’s Order Overruling Mumbai Collector [Read Judgment]

In a sharp rebuke to Maharashtra State Excise Commissioner Dr Ashwini Joshi, the Bombay High Court has made several strong observations against her and cautioned her saying that she was not above the law.A division bench of Justices SC Dharamadhikari and BP Colabawalla passed a 30-page judgment earlier last month in a batch of petitions filed by licensed wine and liquor shop owners whose...