Will Take Decision on Revising Enrollment Fee After Meeting of State Bar Councils For Unifying Fees: Bar Council of Kerala Informs High Court

The Bar Council of Kerala on Thursday informed the High Court that the matter of revising the enrollment fee was being considered by it and that the Bar Council of India had convened a meeting of all state bar councils, on the direction of the Supreme Court, for fixing a uniform fee for enrollment across India. A division bench comprising Justice A Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Shoba Annamma...

Delhi High Court Asks Centre, RBI To Respond To Subramanian Swamy’s Plea For Probe Into Transfer Of Yes Bank’s Stressed Assets To JC Flowers ARC

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked Union of India, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to respond to former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy’s PIL seeking investigation by a committee of experts into the transfer of Yes Bank's stressed assets to J.C. Flowers Asset Reconstruction Company.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and...

IOs, Public Prosecutors Can’t Casually Seek Extension Of Time For Completing Probe In NDPS Cases, Requisite Training Be Imparted: Kerala High Court

Observing that investigating officers and public prosecutors in many cases are showing laxity in properly framing and submitting petitions under Section 36A (4) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the Kerala High Court has asked the Director General of Prosecution and Director General of Police to take appropriate action for imparting requisite training and...

Confusion In Relation To The Service Of Intimation Through Email: ITAT Condones Delay Of 9 Years

The Amritsar Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) ruled that there was significant ambiguity regarding the service of notice under Section 143(1) to the assessee via email.The two-member bench of Anikesh Banerjee (Judicial Member) and Dr. M. L. Meena (Accountant Member) has observed that there has been a delay of 9 years, which is a huge delay for adjudicating the appeal by...

Police Escort Charges Meant To Prevent Person On Bail From Absconding But It Can't Be So Exorbitant To Virtually Curtail Relief: Punjab & Haryana HC

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently asked the Haryana government not to levy excessive or exorbitant charges for Police escorts while releasing a Convict on interim bail. The Convict-Appellant, in this case, had initially moved the High Court seeking temporary bail for a period of four weeks because of his wife being 32 weeks and 6 days into pregnancy with a due date in early March...

Advocate Protection Bill Tabled In Rajasthan Assembly, State Advocates Call For Certain Amendments

The Rajasthan State Government on Thursday introduced the Advocates Protection Bill in the legislative assembly prompting the State Bar Council to write to the Chief Minister of the State seeking certain amendments to the bill. The bill aims to provide for the prevention of offences of assault, grievous hurt, criminal force, and criminal intimidation against the advocates and damage...

‘We Are Not Lawmakers, It’s People’s Choice’: Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Seeking Compulsory Voting In Elections

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a public interest litigation moved by Advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay for compulsory voting in the Parliament and State Assembly elections for increase in voter turnout and political participation.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said that voting is a right and the choice...

Once Magistrate Seeks Preliminary Report On Allegations Made In Application U/S 156(3) CrPC, Police Cannot Straightaway Lodge FIR: Jammu & Kashmir HC

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently observed that when a Magistrate directs a preliminary enquiry under Section 156(3) CrPC and the police without reporting back to the Magistrate straightway goes on to file an FIR without any direction thereto, the same amounts to usurpation of the powers of the Magistrate.The observations were made by Justice Sanjay Dhar while hearing a plea...

Fee Earned By APMC For Regulating Poultry Market, Exempt Under S. 10(26AAB) of Income Tax Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the income/ fee earned by an Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) for regulating the poultry market, would fall within the scope of Section 10(26AAB) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and thus the same would be exempt from income tax. Rejecting the argument of the revenue department that unless income which is earned by an APMC is relatable...

Bombay High Court Raps Maharashtra Govt Over Refusal To Extend Reservation For Orphan Students To Abandoned Children

The Bombay High Court on Thursday came down heavily on the Maharashtra Government for its refusal to extend the 1% reservation for orphan students in education, to abandoned children as well.A division bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale also criticized the State’s combative approach while responding to most petitions. “When will this government wake up and realize it is not...

Delhi High Court Grants Bail To Shakti Bhog CMD Kewal Krishan Kumar In Money Laundering Case

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to Kewal Krishan Kumar, chairman and managing director (CMD) of Delhi-based Shakti Bhog Foods Limited, in a money laundering case. Justice Jasmeet Singh granted the relief to Kumar in the case registered by Enforcement Directorate."I have held applicant is not sick but he is entitled to bail," Justice Singh said, while pronouncing the order. Kumar...

Arbitral Tribunal’s Order Rejecting Party’s Request To File Counter Claims On Ground Of Delay, Doesn’t Foreclose Its Right To Invoke Arbitration: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the Arbitral Tribunal’s order rejecting a party’s request to file counter claims on the ground of delay, does not foreclose its right to invoke arbitration seeking independent reference of its claims. The bench of Justice Prateek Jalan remarked that, when arbitration proceedings are invoked at the instance of one party, it is generally open to...