In A First An Indian Court Upholds The ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ [Read Order]

In the Internet age access to information is quick and procuring personal information or antecedents of an individual is much easier. Acknowledging this fact and the sensitive nature of case in hand, the Karnataka High Court in a landmark judgment recently has accepted, applied and approved the ‘Right to be Forgotten’ in Indian context.The “right to be forgotten” or “the right to...

Can't Interfere In Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana Scheme: MP HC [Read Order]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana is the ‘non-statutory scheme’ thus any change of the road route plan for construction of road under the scheme need no indulgence.The issue of change in road route plan was challenged in a PIL where the original plan was to construct road under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana connecting four villages Dhob,...

Purpose Of S.8(3) Of Representation Of People Act To Keep Away Convicts From Contesting Elections: Bombay HC [Read Order]

A single bench of the Bombay High Court has held that the object of the legislature in enacting Section 8(3) of the Representation of People Act was to keep away convicts from contesting elections.Justice AM Badar rejected an application seeking a stay on the conviction of the applicant under S. 307(Attempt to murder) of the IPC by the sessions court in Pune. The stay was sought so that...

Himachal High Court Judge Resigned [Read Notification]

Himachal Pradesh High Court Judge Justice Piar Singh Rana tendered his resignation from the office with effect from 2nd January, 2017.He was sworn in as an Additional Judge of Himachal Pradesh High Court on 5th May 2014.Read the notification here.This article has been made possible because of financial support from Independent and Public-Spirited Media...

Anna Hazare Files Police Complaint On Rs.25,000-Cr Co-op Sugar Factory Scam In Maharashtra

Social activist Anna Hazare has filed a complaint with the Mumbai Police highlighting alleged irregularities in the state’s cooperative sugar factories. He has alleged that senior officials were involved in a scam regarding illegal erection, loan-sanction, and sale of cooperative sugar factories in Maharashtra worth Rs.25,000 crore.Anna Hazare had earlier filed a criminal public...

Trial Court Acquits Pragya Thakur In Sunil Joshi Murder Case

The First Additional Sessions Court in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, on Wednesday  acquitted Pragya Singh Thakur along with seven others in a murder case of Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (RSS) parcharak Sunil Joshi for lack of evidence.The 49-page order is in Hindi, in which judge Rajeev M Apte said [translated]:“For reasons not known to the court, the Industrial Area Police of Madhya Pradesh...

Madras HC Issues Notice To Justice Radhakrishnan, 3 Others Over PETA Award [Read Affidavit]

A Supreme Court bench of Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose had banned Tamil Nadu’s centuries-old jallikattu in 2014.A two-judge bench of the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) has issued notice to former Supreme Court judge Justice Radhakrishnan and three others in a writ petition seeking a direction to him for return of the PETA ‘Man of the Year’ Award.The bench...

Bombay HC Reserves Order On Rabia Khan’s Petition Seeking Re-Investigation Into Daughter’s Death

The division bench of Justices Ranjit more and Shalini phansalkar Joshi of the Bombay High Court has reserved the order in the petition filed by Rabia Khan, mother of deceased actress Jiah Khan. In the petition, Rabia has sought a re-investigation by a Special Investigation Team into her daughter’s death as she contends that it was a case of murder not suicide.This stand of Rabia’s...

Government Considering Suitable Amendments In Negotiable Instruments Act: FM

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget Speech on Wednesday said that the Government is considering option of amending the Negotiable Instruments Act suitably. ”As we move faster on the path of digital transactions and cheque payments, we need to ensure that the payees of dishonoured cheques are able to realise the payments. Government is therefore considering the option of...

Goa Elections: Now Parrikar Gets EC Notice Over Bribe Remarks [Read Notice]

The Election Commission has issued a show cause notice to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar over his controversial ‘bribe’ remarks made during an election campaign in Goa on Sunday. He has been asked by the ECI to revert by Friday with his explanation over the matter.The ECI, in its notice, stated that sub para (4) of Para (1) of the Model Code of Conduct provides that parties and...

New Law On Confiscation Of Absconder's Property Soon: Jaitley

“In the recent past, there have been instances of big time offenders, including economic offenders, fleeing the country to escape the reach of law. We have to ensure that the law is allowed to take its own course” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.Delivering the 2017-18 budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said in order to prevent loan defaulters from fleeing the country, the...

Salient Features of Direct Tax Proposals in Union Budget 2017

The Union Budget 2017 was laid before the Parliament today by the Hon’ble Finance Minister of India. The salient features of Direct Tax proposals are summarised below:Affordable Housing: Three concessions in the scheme of Income Tax exemption for affordable housing:(a) Area of 30 and 60 Sq.mtr. to be counted as carpet area and not built-up area;(b) 30 Sq.mtr. only in 4 metropolitan city...