Karnataka HC Division Bench ‘Restores’ NIA Probe Into RSS Leader Murder [Read Judgment]

A division bench of Karnataka High Court has set aside a single bench order that had quashed the Union Home Ministry’s order entrusting the probe of RSS leader murder case to the National Investigating Agency.Rudresh, the RSS leader, was hacked to death by two men on a motorbike in broad daylight on October 16, 2016. The Home Ministry order initiating NIA probe was quashed by the single...

Vidhi Centre For Legal Policy Received Nearly Rs. 50 Lakhs From Centre For Helping With Aadhaar Act Formulation And Implementation

In the past five years, the Centre has paid nearly Rs. 50 lakh to Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy for their assistance with the formulation and implementation of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology told the Rajya Sabha on Friday.The answer was tabled in response to a question...

Govt Can’t Insist On Production Of Certificate From Any Institution To Declare Conversion Of Faith Of Person: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

“Do a person require a certificate from an institution to declare that she had converted to another religion or not, for effecting changes in the Government records?” –The High Court of Kerala considered this issue, and answered it in negative, holding that there cannot be any insistence on production of certificate from any institution for declaration of conversion of religion.The...

Aadhaar-PAN Linking Deadline Extended to 30th June

The deadline for linking Aadhaar with PAN has been extended by the Central Board of Direct Taxes to 30th June.As per the provisions of the recently introduced Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which came into effect from 1st July 2017, all taxpayers having Aadhaar Number or Enrolment Number are required to link the same with Permanent Account Number (PAN).Vide its orders dated...

PMO Had Advised Air India Not To Share Info On Date Of Bills Of PM’s Foreign Trips, Reveals Response To Latest RTI Plea

In a revelation to an RTI response, it has come to light that the PMO had advised Air India not to share the information relating to bills of Prime Minister’s overseas trips to an RTI applicant seeking to know only the dates on which the bills were raised and sent to the Centre for each foreign visits undertaken by the PM since his Japan trip in November, 2016 for which Air India...

NUJS Students Demand VC's Resignation After Review Commission Report Reveals Maladministration [Read Report]

After the revelation of the first ever Review Commission for the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), the NUJS Student Juridical Association (SJA) has called for the immediate ouster of Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof. Ishwara Bhat.In a release, SJA has called Prof. Bhat out for being "corrupt, nepotistic, undemocratic and despotic, incapable, and incompetent". Highlighting their disappointment with their VC, the  release states, "Our lived experiences show how several of us...

Denial Of Transitional Credit: Gujarat-Based Firm Moves HC; Notice Issued To Centre, GST Council [Read Petition]

The Gujarat High Court has issued notices to the Centre, the GST Council, GST network and the state of Gujarat on a petition moved by a Vadodara-based company and its shareholder urging that certain provisions of the Gujarat GST Act and the Central GST Act be declared unconstitutional and ultra vires in as much as it denies transitional credit.A bench of Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice BN...

Missing JNU Ward Najeeb Ahmed’s Mother Sues Media Houses For Linking Son With IS, Seeks Rs 2.2-Cr Damages

Fatima Nafees, the mother of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed who has been missing since October 15, 2016, has filed a defamation suit in the Delhi High Court against certain media houses for linking her son with terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS).Fatima, in her suit filed through the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) has impleaded Times of India, Times Now, Dilli Aajtak and also reporters of...

Cremation Ground In Delhi To Be De-Sealed As Court Recalls Its Order Of Sealing [Read Order]

A Delhi court has ordered de-sealing of a cremation ground in north-west Delhi after it was informed that its possession rests with the local residents and the cremation ground caters to nearly ten lakh people with no other crematorium in the vicinity.Senior civil judge Vandana ordered de-sealing of the main gates of the cremation ground in sector-26 Rohini while recalling her own previous...

Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu Questions "Arbitrary" Reconstitution Of Bench Hearing Complaint Relating To Political Parties [Read Letters]

Merely two months after an unprecedented press conference was held by four sitting Judges of the Supreme Court against the Chief Justice of India's constitution of benches, similar allegations are now being leveled against Chief Information Commissioner Mr R.K. Mathur.In two letters addressed to Mr Mathur, Information Commissioner M. Sridhar Acharyulu has raised several questions on...

INX Media Case: SC Extends Interim Protection To Karti Chidambaram From Arrest Till April 2

In a relief to Karti Chidambaram, the Supreme Court today extended till April 2 his interim protection against arrest granted by Delhi High Court in the INX Media money laundering case.It is to be noted that on March 15, the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra had extended his protection from arrest granted to him by the Delhi HC earlier that day from March 22 by another...

Two Aadhaar Cards With Same Aadhaar Number And Different Date Of Births: MP HC Orders ‘In-Depth Enquiry’ [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently, while hearing a habeas corpus petition, came across two Aadhaar cards pertaining to one individual bearing the same number, having different dates of birth and directed the state government and the Unique Identification Authority of India to conduct enquiries in this regard.The petitioner in this case and the girl (corpus) had produced Aadhaar card....