Delhi HC To Hear On July 20 Swamy’s PIL For Time-Bound SIT Probe Into Sunanda Pushkar Muder Case

The Delhi  High Court on Wednesday said it will hear on July 20 the Public Interest Litigation moved by Union cabinet minister and BJP MP Subramanian Swamy seeking a time-bound court-monitored multi-disciplinary probe into the murder of Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a five-star hotel suite on January 17,...

Allahabad HC Expresses Concern Over Traffic Congestion In Lucknow [Read Judgment]

Allahabad High Court recently expressed serious concern over traffic congestion in Lucknow, directing the State Government to immediately deploy adequate police personnel and install traffic signal systems at various crossings to ease traffic congestion.A Bench comprising Justice A.P. Sahi and Justice Vivek Chaudhary further directed the Government to constitute a committee of Secretaries...

PIOs Challenging Penalty Under Sec.20 Cannot Engage Govt. Counsel: TN Government [Read Order]

The Tamil Nadu Government has directed Public Information Officers (PIOs) to abstain from engaging a Government Counsel in matters where the PIO intends to challenge imposition of penalty under Section 20 of the Right to Information Act, 2005.Section 20 of the Act empowers the CIC or the SIC to recommend disciplinary action or impose a penalty on a PIO while deciding on a complaint or a...

Bhopal Smart City: MP HC Tells Govt To File Affidavit On Road Widening

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to file an affidavit on widening of road as per development plan while hearing a petition concerning the Bhopal smart city project.The court’s directive came after the petitioner’s counsel argued that the road from Polytechnic College to Bharat Mata Crossing is not being widened as per the development plan sanctioned for...

Whether NRI Student Can Seek Medical Admission Only In NRI quota In Deemed Universities- Kerala HC To Decide

A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) student has petitioned the Kerala High Court on finding that only seats in NRI quota in deemed universities were made available to him for exercising choices in the centralized medical counseling held for deemed universities, regardless of his merit.From this year onwards, admission to all seats in private colleges and deemed universities are held on the basis...

GST Exemption On Gifts Worth Upto Rs. 50,000 By Employer

Gifts up to a value of Rs. 50,000 per year by an employer to his employee are outside the ambit of GST. However, gifts of value more than Rs. 50,000, made without consideration, are subject to GST when made in the course or furtherance of business.It is being reported that gifts and perquisites supplied by companies to their employees will be taxed under GST.The question arises as to...

Finance Ministry Justifies 12% GST On Sanitary Napkins

After it came under the fire for imposing 12 per cent GST on sanitary napkins, the Ministry of Finance has clarified its stand in the following press release: “There are some remarks made by various column writers on GST rate on sanitary napkins. It may be mentioned that the tax incidence on this item before and after GST is the same or less.Sanitary napkins are classifiable under heading...

Delhi HC Takes Note Of Misuse Of Farmhouses As Hotels

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday took note of the misuse of farmhouses for commercial purposes like hotels, leading to overcrowding on the roads, and sought to know if any order was passed at any time restricting the number of guests to such properties and the management of waste, so generated.The court also sought to know if the authorities allowing use of farmhouses for other...

Bombay HC Dismisses PIL Seeking To Defer GST Rollout [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking deferment of the implementation of GST which was rolled out on July 1.A bench of Justice VK Tahilramani and Justice SK Shinde had reserved the judgment on June 29 after hearing the petitioner and Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, who was appearing for the Union of India.The petitioner, Dr. K.S. Pillai, is an assistant professor at...

Delhi HC Upholds Eviction Order To Aero Club Of India

The Delhi High Court has asked Aero Club of India, the apex body of all flying clubs in India to be in unauthorised occupation of a land it was granted 30 years ago near the Safdarjung Airport.Justice Vibhu Bakhru upheld the eviction order dated June 16 passed by the officer concerned of the Airpoort Authority of India holding the club to be in unauthorized occupation of a property measuring...

J&K State Human Rights Commission Awards 10 lakhs Compensation To Man Used As Human Shield

Reprimanding the State and the Army for using a 26-year old weaver as a human shield earlier this year, the Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission has ordered the State Government to pay him a compensation of Rs. 10 lakh.Mr. Farooq Ahmad Dar was, on the orders of Major Leetul Gogoi of the 53 Rashtriya Rifles, chained to the bonnet of a military jeep, and made to travel in that...

Allegations Highly Improbable But Ensure No Harm Caused To Jawan: Says Delhi HC On Soldier Complaining Of Rotten Potatoes

Even as it found to be "highly improbable" the allegations of rotten food and infested potatoes raised by a soldier who apprehended threat to his life for raising his voice, the Delhi High court has asked Centre to ensure no harm is caused to him."Though the contents of the petition look highly improbable, yet since the petitioner has raised an apprehension of threat to his life, the...