CBDT Issues Guidelines To Determine Company’s Place Of Effective Management [Read Circular]

Ahead of the Budget Session, the Central Board of Direct Taxes has issued final guidelines for determining the place of effective management (PoEM) of a company. It is effective from 01.04.2016, and accordingly shall apply from assessment year 2017-18 onwards. The move defies expectations that the government may do away with PoEM.The guidelines however, have been incorporated with several...

Cabinet Approves Indian Institute Of Management Bill, 2017 Giving Complete Autonomy To IIMs

Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Indian Institute of Management(IIM) Bill, 2017.As per the Bill, IIMs would be declared as Institutions of National Importance which will enable them togrant degrees to their students.Now all IIMs are separate autonomous bodies registered under the Societies Act. Being societies, IIMs are not authorized to award degrees...

Govt Issues Strict ‘Timeline’ For Disciplinary Enquires Against IAS Officials

In its crackdown on the errant functionaries of the bureaucracy, the government has given specific timelines to be honoured at every step of enquiry against officials and members of All-India Services (AIS) to ensure that disciplinary enquiries are completed in a time-bound manner.Elucidating on this latest move of the Department of Personnel and Training, Union Minister of State...

Pvt School Employees Entitled To Emoluments Same As Those Of Their Govt School Counterparts: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has ruled that employees of private schools in Delhi ought to receive monetary emoluments equal to similarly placed employees in government schools. It was clarified that employees of private schools are equally entitled to salaries as per the Sixth Pay Commission report.Acting on a petition filed by employees of BGS International Public School, Justice Valmiki J Mehta...

Delhi HC Rejects Student’s Plea To Change Name In Records Maintained By CBSE [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court has rejected a writ petition wherein a student sought a direction to the CBSE to change his name in all the records maintained by the Board, and to issue a fresh mark-sheet and certificate of Class-X Examination passed by the student in 2015.Aditya appeared for Class-X Board Examination (All-India Secondary School Examination) conducted by the CBSE in March 2015, and...

TN Assembly ‘Unanimously’ Passes Jallikattu Bill

The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has passed the Jallikattu Bill, 2017.Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao has forwarded the Bill to President Pranab Mukherjee for his consent.Two days ago, the Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department of Tamil Nadu Government had framed Tamil Nadu Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Conduct of Jallikattu) Rules, 2017.This article has been...

Delhi HC Stays CIC Order Directing Disclosure Of PM Modi’s Degree Records

Delhi High Court has on Monday stayed the order of Central Information Commission directing the Delhi University to disclose the records relating to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree.Delhi University has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the CIC order.This hardly comes as a surprise after the Central Public Information Officer of the university had denied the same information...

Bombay HC Draws Distinction Between “Matrimonial Cruelty” & “Legal Cruelty” [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has yet again made some drastic observations while granting bail to a man convicted of offences punishable under Sections 498A and 306 r/w Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.Justice AM Badar was hearing an application filed by one Neeraj Mehta, whose wife Neha committed suicide by hanging herself in their Nerul house on September 28, 2014.On the basis of the report...

Bombay HC Directs Senior Police Officer To Supervise Enquiry Against Traffic Police Officers In The State

The Bombay High Court has directed an officer of the rank of Additional Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau(ACB) to oversee the enquiry instituted against corrupt traffic cops in Mumbai as well as other cities in the state.These directions came when the bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi were hearing a petition filed by head constable Sunil TokeBombay...

Plea In NHRC Seeking Intervention Into Police Action On Jallikattu Protesters [Read Petition]

With jallikattu agitations turning sour, an petition has been filed with the National Human Rights Commission, seeking its intervention into use of force and violence against peaceful protesters by the state police. The petitioner claimed that the police was allegedly given a ‘free-hand’ by the state authorities to use ‘violence’ as a means to curb the protesters.Advocate and Chairman...

Oxford University Directed To Face Trial Over $1.6 Million Compensation Claim For ‘Boring’ Teaching

Oxford University has been directed to face trial over a claim for $1.6 million compensation from a student who has alleged that “boring” and “appallingly bad” tuition cost him a first-class degree, and robbed him of the high-flying legal career he deserved.The direction was issued by High Court judge Mr. Justice Kerr, ruling that Oxford “has a case to answer” and that the...

Allahabad HC Orders State Of UP To Pay Compensation For Custodial Torture [Read Judgment]

The division bench of Justices Ramesh Sinha and Rekha Dikshit of the Allahabad High Court has ordered the Chief Secretary of the State of Uttar Pradesh to pay a compensation of Rs.2 lakh to a student of Class XII who was tortured in police custody despite being completely innocent.The student of Sri Krishna Inter College Parshurampur, district Chandauli filed a petition in the High Court...