Due Date For Linking of Aadhaar with PAN and filing Income Tax Returns and Audit Reports Extended

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT ) has extended date for (a) Linking of Aadhaar with PAN and (b) Due date for filing Income Tax Returns and Tax Audit Reports.Aadhaar was to be linked with PAN by 31st August, 2017. The date for linking Aadhaar with PAN has been extended till 31st December, 2017;As per the second notification,The Goods and Services Tax ('GST') has come into effect on...

Lalu Prasad’s Transfer Petition In Fodder Scam Case Rejected

The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday rejected RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s plea to transfer a case related to fodder scam from a special CBI judge’s court to another court.Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh read out his decision on Thursday. The court had reserved its order after the final argument on the petition on August 25. The case (rc64A/96) relates to alleged illegal withdrawal from...

Haj-Bribe Sting Operation: Himachal HC Quashes Summons Against Rajdeep Sardesai And Others [Read Judgment]

Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday quashed the summons issued in criminal defamation proceedings instituted against Mr. Rajdeep Sardesai, Mr. Anirudha Bahal and Mr. Ashutosh for broadcasting of a sting operation in 2012.Justice T.S. Chauhan allowed their Petitions, holding that merely by virtue of them being the Managing Director, Editor-in-Chief, Editor and Founder Editor-in-Chief...

With MBBS Aspirants' Interest In Mind, SC Allows 2 Medical Colleges To Admit Wards; Extends Cut-Off Date [Read Judgments]

Considering larger public interest and interest of students who have cleared NEET examination but were not admitted in any medical college yet, the Supreme Court has given a go-ahead to two medical colleges barred by the Centre from admitting second batch of students for academic session 2017-18 citing various deficiencies.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra held, in two...

Mumbai Floods: PIL Filed In Bombay HC Seeking FIR Against Municipal Commissioner, Other Officials For Causing Doctor’s Death [Read Petition]

A public interest litigation filed by the Retail Traders Welfare Association has sought criminal prosecution against officials of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai for causing the death of Dr. Deepak Amrapurkar due to their negligence.Dr.Amrapurkar was a 58-year-old gastroenterologist working at Bombay Hospital. He left for his home from work on August 29 (day of the deluge) after...

Verification: Delhi Bar Council Gives List Of 1,300 Advocates With No Or Illegible LLB Certificate, To Cure Defect By Sept 13 [Read Notice]

In pursuance to the Supreme Court’s last week decision granting 15 days for lawyers enrolled with any state bar council to cure the defects in their applications for verification of their LLB degrees, the Bar Council of Delhi has issued a notice with a list of 1,300 advocates whose LLB degrees/ certificate are not clear or not available with the Bar Council.In a notice posted on August 30,...

Pendency Of Execution Petitions Or Appeals Under Sec.37 Of The Arbitration & Conciliation Act, Not A Bar To Initiate Insolvency Resolution Process; NCLAT [Read Judgment]

It was quite uncertain as to whether the preference of an Appeal under Sec.37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 against the dismissal of the objection under Sec.34 would amount to 'an existence of dispute' which debars initiation of Corporate Insolvency Process under Sec.9(1) of the I & B Code, and equally unclear about the status of 'pendency of an Execution Petition for...

Ajay Devgan-starrer Baadshaho To Be Released Without ‘Keh Doon Tumhe’ Remix Song [Read Order]

Allowing a plea filed by Trimurti Films Pvt Ltd, the Bombay High Court recently held that upcoming movie Baadshaho could not be released with the song Keh Doon Tumhe as it infringes upon the copyright of the plaintiff.Trimurti Films Pvt Ltd owns all the rights to all the songs featured in the 1975 movie Deewar, including Keh Doon Tumhe.These rights of the plaintiff came to be owned by...

Bombay HC Allows Quashing Of FIR In Assault Case As Both Parties Reach Settlement, Imposes Cost [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court recently allowed criminal applications filed by college students for quashing of FIRs registered for offences punishable under Section 354, 323, 324, 326 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code, on the condition of a collective cost of Rs. 20,000 to be paid to the National Association of Blind.The bench of Justice RM Savant and Justice SK Shinde passed the order after both...

Bombay HC Partly Allows Appeal Against Order Of Conviction That Sentenced Accused Separately Under POCSO Act, Sec 376 [Read Judgment]

Partly allowing an appeal against conviction of an accused under Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act as well Section 376 of IPC (rape), the Bombay High Court has said although the accused is held guilty under both counts, he can only be sentenced under one which has greater punishment.A bench of Justice AM Badar was hearing an appeal filed by one...

61-Yr-Old Woman Moves Delhi HC For Better Health Facilities, Basic Amenities [Read Petition]

A 61-year-old woman social worker on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court praying for a direction to the Centre and Delhi government for establishing a hospital with maternal care and also proper public toilets for women in the Najafgarh area in South west Delhi.Petitioner Parmeshwari Devi moved the petition ruing the lack of government health facilities and basic amenities in the region.In...

Delhi HC Miffed As Passport Office Chooses To Ignore Order On Passport To Tibetans Born In India [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has slapped a cost of Rs. 25,000 to be paid to a man whose passport was revoked on illusory grounds ranging from concealment of his parents' Tibetan origin to Intelligence Bureau report that he has purchased several properties with funds from the foreign government.Justice Vibhu Bakhru also pulled up the passport office for asking the petitioner to acquire Indian...