Services Exempt From Rs. 2 Lakh Cash Transaction Limit Notified

The Department of Revenue, in the exercise of its powers under Section 269ST(iii) of the Income Tax Act 1961, has notified the list of transactions that shall not be subject to the aforementioned provision.This provision was introduced by the Finance Act 2017, with effect from April 1, 2017, and sets a limit on cash transactions up to Rs. 2 lakh and penalises transactions exceeding this...

Dial 1888 For Easy Access To Justice As Delhi HC Launches New Helpline Number

With a view to make justice more accessible to one and all, be it the old or the infirm, the Delhi High Court has launched a unique helpline number “1888”.Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal launched the four-digit helpline number on Monday at the court complex.As of now, the helpline provides for the litigants to make an advance booking for a wheelchair for the day they are visiting the...

Delhi HC Directs SpiceJet to Deposit Rs 579 Crore [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has asked low cost carrier SpiceJet to deposit Rs 579 crore in connection with the share transfer dispute with its previous owner Kalanithi Maran.Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Yogesh Khanna dismissed SspiceJet’s  Aajay Singh’s appeal against the July, 2016 order of the single judge asking the budget carrier to deposit the amount.The Division bench, however, provided...

President Promulgates Ordinance Allowing Annual Buffalo Race- Kambala In Karnataka

President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday promulgated the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Ordinance, 2017, allowing the State to conduct ‘kambala’, an annual buffalo race.“In pursuance of the proviso to clause (1) of article 213 of the Constitution of India, the President of India hereby approves the promulgation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals...

Justice S. Palanivelu Of Madras HC Passes Away

Madras HC Judge, Justice S. Palanivelu passed away in the wee hours of Tuesday. He breathed his last at around 4:05 am at Apollo Hospital.Justice Palanivelu hailed from Sankarankovil, Tirunelveli District, and graduated in Law from Madurai Law College. After having practiced independently for some time, he was recruited as a Sub-Judge in February, 1989. He made his way to be appointed...

Cop Conducting Probe Under Sec. 202 CrPC Can’t Issue Notice To Accused: Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

‘Police officer conducting investigation under Section 202 CrPC is a delegatee of the magistrate and his powers of investigation are, therefore, circumscribed by the limitations imposed upon the principal, that is, the magistrate himself,’ the court observed.The Calcutta High Court has observed that a police officer conducting investigation under Section 202 CrPC is a delegatee of...

Insulting Content Against SC/ST On Facebook Wall Can Be Punishable, Regardless Of Privacy Settings: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court on Monday ruled that insulting or intimidating content against a member of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes on the Facebook wall can be punishable, regardless of the fact that the privacy settings were changed to ‘private’.“When a member registered with facebook changes the privacy settings to “public” from “private”, it makes his/ her writings on...

GST Effect: Check Posts Get Abolished Across 22 States in India

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was rolled out on 1st of July 2017. With the roll-out of the GST, 22 States in India have abolished their check posts. The details are as under - Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Bihar Gujarat Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Sikkim Tamil Nadu West Bengal Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Haryana Jharkhand Odisha Puducherry Rajasthan Telangana Uttar...

Petition Filed In Delhi HC To Quash NEET-UG Result Due To Incorrect Answer Key; CBSE Directed To File Report [Read Petition]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to file, in a sealed cover, a report on the correctness of the answers of two questions that had featured in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, 2017 (NEET-UG). The matter will now be heard on 8 August.The order was issued on a Petition filed by Ms. Urvashi Khanna, a Kanpur student who had appeared...

Merely Because Mode Of Payment Differs, Settlement Can’t Be Revoked Unilaterally: Bombay HC

In a peculiar case that came up before the Bombay High Court, a one-time settlement arrived at between petitioner M/s Akhil Fabrics Pvt Ltd and the Central Bank of India was sought to be revoked by the respondent bank on the ground that post-dated cheques were not deposited even though, as per the said settlement, even though the total amount of Rs. 40 lakh was already paid.A bench of Justice...

Arbitration Appeals Are Bound By Rules Of Limitation: Kerala HC [Read Order]

A division bench of the High Court of Kerala has ruled that even in the absence of express provisions, arbitration appeals are bound by rules of limitation.An arbitration appeal under Section 37(1)(c) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, was filed  before the high court. The registry raised objections in numbering the appeal, as the same was preferred without a petition...

Pay Compensation Under Section 357A To Relatives Of Murder Victim: Delhi HC To Delhi State Legal Services Authority [Read Judgments]

The Delhi High Court recently awarded compensation to the relatives of two murder victims, drawing from various judicial precedents, and noting that the fine ordered by the Trial Court was inadequate.The Bench comprising Justice Vinod Goel and Justice G.S. Sistani directed the Delhi State Legal Services Authority to conduct a proper enquiry to identify legal heirs of the deceased victims, and...