Degrees/Diplomas Granted By Nursing Training Institutes Approved By State Council Will Have Validity Within State Only: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

In an important judgment, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has held that the Indian Nursing Council has no authority to grant recognition to institutes imparting nursing training in a state, also the degrees and diplomas being offered by such institutes which are approved by the state nursing councils will have applicability in the state only.In other words, candidates obtaining...

Nilavembu Kudineer Row: File FIR Against Kamal Haasan If Any Cognizable Offence Made Out: Madras HC To Police [Read Order]

The Madras High Court, on Wednesday, directed the Police to act on a complaint filed against actor Kamal Haasan and register an FIR against him if they see merit in the allegations.The complaint was filed after Mr. Haasan tweeted last week urging his fans not to distribute 'nilavembu kudineer', a herbal concoction to treat dengue, until proper research is carried out. He had later...

ITAT Slaps Google India With Tax Liability On Rs 1,457-Cr Revenue For Failure To Deduct TDS For Remittances to Google Ireland [Read Order]

Google India has been slapped with tax liability worth crores, with the ITAT dismissing six appeals filed by Google India for the assessment years 2007-08 to 2012-13. The issue was whether Google India was liable to deduct tax at source for its remittances made to Google Ireland Limited (GIL) as advertisement revenue amounting to Rs 1,457 crores.  Google India was appointed as a...

Delhi HC Allows Ericsson's Plea For "Confidential Club" In Patent Case Against Xiaomi [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Tuesday, allowed telecom major Ericsson's plea for constitution of a "confidential club" in its ongoing legal tussle with Chinese handset maker Xiaomi. A confidential club essentially consists of only certain persons, usually the lawyers and some key witnesses, who are permitted to view the documents in question.Justice Yogesh Khanna saw no impediment in creation of...

Interest Earned On Voluntary Contributions Made By Donors Under Specific Instructions To Charitable Institutions Exempt Under Sec. 11(1)(D) Of I-T Act, 1961: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

In Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemptions) vs M/s Mata Amrithanandamayi Math (ITA.No. 34 of 2017 ), a division bench of the Kerala High Court has held that if the donors to a charitable institution had instructed that the interest earned on their voluntary contributions shall be added to the corpus of the trust, then the interest earned on such contributions would also partake the character...

Kerala Set To Strengthen Role Of Victims In Criminal Jurisprudence System [Read Circular and Judgment]

Kerala Police State Chief Loknath Behera has now issued a circular calling for strengthening and widening the role of ‘victims’ in crimes. The circular has been issued pursuant to the observations of Kerala High Court through Justice Devan Ramachandran in a recent case. Justice Ramachandran, through his judgment in  TV Thomas vs State of Kerala & Others, had ruled that victims of...

Retired Employee Not Bound To Pay Back Amount Withdrawn From Welfare Fund For Re-Enrolling: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

A single bench of the High Court of Kerala has held that the Bar Council cannot insist that a retired employee should pay back the amount which he had withdrawn from the welfare fund upon joining government service, for re-enrolling as an advocate after retirement.After putting in eight years of practice, the writ-petitioner had joined government service. Before that, he had got his name...

Bombay HC Refuses To Reduce Sentence Of Man Convicted Of Outraging Woman’s Modesty, Sends Him Back To Jail [Read Judgment]

Sixteen years after a police report was filed by a girl from Nagpur against a 20-year-old man for outraging her modesty and 12 years after he was convicted under Sections 354 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, the Bombay High Court has cancelled his bail bond and sent him back to jail.Justice Rohit B Deo of the Nagpur bench was hearing a criminal appeal filed by the convict against the...

Delhi HC Allows Deceased CMD’s Wife To Lease Space In Ardee Mall, Appoints Court Observer [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has allowed Meenakshi Varma, wife Ardee Group’s late chairman and managing director Ashok Varma, to lease vacant space in Ardee Mall in Gurgaon while appointing retired district judge Rakesh Kapoor as court observer to supervise the leasing of the space in the mall which has been gathering dust for years now owing to a property dispute.Justice Yogesh Khanna...

Speed Post Fails: Consumer Forum Orders Post Offices To Pay Rs 25K To 2 Law Graduates Who Missed Precious Chance At DJSE-2015 [Read Order]

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has held the Post Master General in Chandigarh and Lodhi Road in New Delhi guilty of deficiency in service for failing to deliver the application forms of two law graduates to the Delhi High Court Registrar in time, leading to the applicants losing precious chance of participating in the Delhi Judicial Service Examination.A bench of NCDRC...

'Cannot Lift One Community By Demeaning Others': Madras HC(FB) Lifts Ban On Two Tamil Books After Alterations [Read Judgment]

The Madras High Court has directed the State to lift its ban from the two Tamil books written by Mr. K. Senthil Mallar on the condition that the “provoking contents” in the books be altered or deleted."Under such circumstances, the impugned orders are liable to be set aside, provided that the petitioner complies with the references and bibliography as pointed out by the first respondent,...

SARFAESI: Allahabad HC Refuses To Entertain Borrower’s Loan Default Due To Demonetisation, GST [Read Judgment]

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging recovery proceedings initiated against a borrower firm, which challenged recovery proceedings on the ground that due to demonetisation and imposition of GST, it suffered loss in business and could not pay loan installments to the bank.The bench comprising Justice Bharati Sapru and Justice Siddharth passed the above order in...