IT Amendment Rules Making Aadhaar Mandatory For PAN Application From July-1, Notified [Read Notification]

The Income Tax Amendment Rules [Income –tax (17th Amendment) Rules, 2017] which makes quoting Aadhaar mandatory for PAN Application from July-1, has been notified.As per the amended sub-rule 5 of Rule 114, from 01.07.2017, for a PAN card application in 49A, the Aadhaar Number must be quoted. In case the Aadhaar number has not been allotted, then the Aadhaar enrolment number must...

Creating Circumstances That Drive A Person To Commit Suicide May Be Abetment: Chhattisgarh HC

While refusing to quash a case against a man accused of abetting suicide of his wife, the Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that if the accused had created circumstances that led to a situation which made a person feel totally frustrated and, thereafter, commit suicide; it may amount to abetment punishable under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code.In the instant case, the wife of the...

Pendency Of Application For Permanent Permit Not A Ground To Get Temporary Permit: Kerala HC

Temporary permit cannot be an indirect route to get a permanent permit, the court said.The Kerala High Court has clarified that merely because an application for permanent permit (not renewal) is pending consideration, temporary permit cannot be granted.In the instant case, an application was made by a bus operator before the Secretary of the Regional Transport Authority for grant of...

Movie Producers Have Right To Choose Digital Cinema Provider: CCI

Ruling in favour of the producers of movie Kahaani 2, the Competition Commission of India has said there was no contravention of Sections 3 & 4 of the Competition Act, 2002, on part of the producers for entering into an agreement with two digital media service providers exclusively for the distribution of their movie.A 4-member coram of chairperson Devender Kumar Sikri and members SL...

Aadhaar Shouldn’t Be A Pre-requisite For Getting Food Articles From Ration Shops: Rajasthan HC [Read Order]

Rajasthan High Court has directed the authorities to ensure that all those who hold a Ration Card are issued the Rations as per the entitlement without insisting upon the holder of the Ration Card obtaining an Aadhaar Card.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice S.P. Sharma in its interim order dated 30th May observed, “The respondents are directed to ensure that...

Jail Officials Ordered To Produce Indrani Mukerjea Before Court As She Claims Intimidation Of Sexual Assault

A special CBI court in Mumbai on Tuesday ordered the Byculla prison authorities to produce the main accused in Sheena Bora murder case, Indrani Mukerjea, on Wednesday as she filed an application through her lawyer, informing the court that she was beaten up by the jail authorities in Mumbai’s Byculla prison.In her application, Indrani claimed that she was beaten up by the Superintendent...

Implementation Of TDS, TCS Provisions Under GST Act Deferred

The government has postponed the implementation of provisions relating to TDS (Section 51) and TCS ( Section 52) of the CGST / SGST Act 2017 .The Finance Ministry has informed that “with the objective of ensuring smooth rollout of GST and taking into account the feedback received from the trade and industry regarding the provisions of deduction of tax at Source under Section 51 of the CGST...

Gujarat HC Quashes Charges for Kidnapping of Minor Girl After Her Nikah with Alleged Kidnapper [Read Judgment]

The Gujarat High Court recently quashed an FIR against a 25 year old man for kidnapping a minor girl, after the two got married.The Court was hearing a Petition filed by one Afvan Afirbhai Januhasan, who had been accused by the 16 year old girl’s father, pursuant to which offences under Sections 363 (punishment for kidnapping) and 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel...

Petition Filed In Orissa HC Challenging PhD Admission Procedure At Utkal University

A Petition has been filed before the Orissa High Court challenging the selection procedure adopted by Utkal University for admissions to their PhD course 2016-17.The Petition, filed by one Mr. Vikash Kumar, has demanded that the merit list for admissions be cancelled and a revised merit list be published by the University. He alleges that the procedure, as published in the advertisement,...

Madras HC Sets Aside Sale Of Properties Endowed In 1907 For Temple Rituals [Read Judgment]

Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has reversed a lower Court’s order granting permission to the hereditary trustees of a religious endowment to sell immovable properties that had been endowed in 1907 for conducting rituals in various temples.The Bench comprising Justice A. Selvam and Justice N. Authinathan held that the permission was bad in law since none of the beneficiary temples and...

Allahabad HC Directs Varanasi Administration to File Report on Malnutrition of Children

The High Court of Allahabad on Tuesday directed the Varanasi administration to file its response on a Petition alleging that the Government departments in a particular block of the District were neglecting malnourished children and not providing them with nutrition as per norms.A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice Arun Tandon and Justice Ashok Kumar ordered the Varanasi...

Banks Not Liable For Theft In Lockers, Reveals RBI In RTI Query

An RTI response by the RBI and 19 PSU banks has disclosed that locker hiring agreement between the public sector banks and the customers absolves the banks of any liability for theft or burglary in the lockers.The banks stated in the response that the relationship between the locker hirer and the bank is that of a lessor and a lessee and therefore, the lessor is solely responsible for...