5% Concessional GST On Assistive Devices For Physically-Challenged Persons

The Ministry of Revenue, in a press release, has announced a 5% concessional GST rate on the following assistive devices and rehabilitation aids for physically-challenged persons: Braille writers and Braille writing instruments Handwriting equipment like Braille frames, slates, writing guides, script writing guides, styli, Braille erasers Canes, electronic aids like the sonic guide...

Vyapam: MP HC Refuses Relief To Students Whose PMT Result Was Cancelled [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the cancellation of pre medical test (PMT) results of 12 students by the MP Professional Examination Board (Vyapam).The Vyapam annulled the result of the petitioners in year 2014, after it was found there was interpolation in their OMR answer sheets at the time of scanning so as to facilitate their admission to MBBS course.The students appeared in PMT...

Public Notice For Vice-Presidential Election Issued By Returning Officer

A Public Notice for the Vice-Presidential election has been issued by the Returning Officer, Mr. Shumsher K. Sheriff. Additional Secretary of Rajya Sabha, Mukul Pande and Joint Secretary of Rajya Sabha, Rohtas have been appointed as the Assistant Returning Officers for the elections.Mr. Sheriff has issued the following rules, as required under Rule 3 of the Presidential and Vice...

EVMs Used In 2014 Assembly Polls Were Not Tampered, States Forensics Report

In its report submitted before the Bombay High Court, the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Hyderabad on Tuesday denied any tampering with the electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in booth number 185 (Parvati constituency, Pune) in the state assembly elections of 2014.As reported earlier, the court had ordered a forensic scan of the EVMs used in the 2014 assembly...

Leading By Example: Nagpur Bench Of Bombay HC Ensures Immediate Listing Of ABA, Bail Pleas

In a significant move, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has started listing anticipatory bail applications on board as soon as they are filed, and regular bail applications are listed within three days without any request.In certain cases where charge sheet has been filed and the regular bail applications are filed with advance notice to the Public Prosecutor, the court makes an...

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...