Note Ban Has Curbed Terror Funding, Hawala Trade, Human Trafficking: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Reiterating the government’s resolve to bring about transformational changes in the fabric of the nation, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday asserted that post demonetisation, a sharp decline has been noticed in terror funding, hawala trade, supari killings and human trafficking, particularly of young girls as sex slaves, mainly from Nepal and the North East. He...

Pay 50 Per Cent Of Unearned Income As Premium For Conversion Of Agricultural Land To Non-Agricultural Says Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that conversion of agricultural land into non-agricultural land would require a payment of fifty per cent of the unearned income as per the Government Resolution applicable.The single bench of Justice RM Savant passed a 34 page judgement after hearing a writ petition that challenged an order passed by The Collector, Nashik. Under the said order, the...

TCS CEO N Chandrasekaran is now Chairman, Tata Sons

N Chandrasekaran has been appointed as the new Chairman, Tata Sons in a board meeting held today. Chandsekaran has been serving as the CEO and Managing Director for Tata Consultancy Services since 2009.The appointment has come almost three months after Cyrus Mistry was removed from the post on October 24, 2016. A standoff between promoters of Tata Group of Companies and Cyrus Mistry and...

Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2017: FM Says GST, Digitisation Will Make India Better

With the Indian economy undergoing a dramatic phase, Finance Minister Arun Jaitely stressed that positive changes are afoot after this temporary phase of turbulence.Speaking on the occasion of Vibrant Gujarat Summit, he said: “Difficult decisions initially pass through difficult phases as historic decisions have temporary pain attached to them.”Four-day investor summit Vibrant Gujarat...

Madras HC Bars Kazis From Issuing Talaq Certificates [Read Order]

The Madras High Court on Wednesday, in an interim order, held that for purposes of courts of legal proceedings, the certificate issued by the chief kazi is only an opinion and has no legal sanctity.The bench also directed that no certificate in respect of talaq would be issued as an opinion by the chief kazi.The bench of Chief Justice SK Kaul and Justice MM Sundresh was hearing a petition...

Benefit Of Probation Can't Be Extended To Convicts Under Gambling Act: Madhya Pradesh HC [Read Judgment]

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently in Sanjay v. State of MP, has decided the question whether a person convicted for gambling by the trial as well as revisional court be released on probation of good conduct after admonition under Section 360 of CrPC. The applicant did not challenge the findings of the courts below on merits and merely confined his submissions that the applicant may...

Entry Tax On E-Commerce Sites Prima Facie Unconstitutional, Says Allahabad HC [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the levy of entry tax on e-commerce sites is prima facie unconstitutional as the state legislature has no authority or competence to do so.This observation was made by the Bench comprising Justice Ravindra Nath Mishra and Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, in an interim order on a plea by Instakart Services Pvt. Ltd. which had challenged the levy of...

Child Care Leave Has To Be Applied For In Advance; Ex Post Facto Permission Can’t Be Granted: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that child care leave cannot be granted retrospectively and has to be applied for in advance by government employees. The court has made it clear that due permissions need to be acquired before taking advantage of this valuable right.Justice Rajiv Narain Raina dismissed a petition by a government employee, Shashi Bala, challenging her...

Single Bench Can’t Decide Some Question Of Law And Refer Rest To Division Bench: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

It can only refer the entire case to division bench, the court said.The High Court of Kerala has held that a single judge, while referring a case to division bench, could only refer the entire case and he is not empowered to refer only some questions of law involved in that case and retain the rest.A bench comprising Justice CT Ravikumar and Justice KP Jyothindranath held that while referring...

Kerala HC Upholds Validity Of Late Fee Charged Under Section 234 E Of Income Tax Act [Read Judgment]

A single bench of Justice AM Shaffique of the Kerala High Court has held the constitutional validity of Section 234 E of the Income Tax Act, 1961.Under the said section, a fine is imposed for “failure to deliver or caused to be delivered a statement within the time prescribed in Section 200(3). The fine is Rs.200 for each day’s delay and the fee has to be paid before filing...

Sales Tax Cannot Be Levied On Bramhos Aerospace Pvt Ltd By The State Of Maharshtra: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has held that sales tax cannot be levied on Bramhos Aerospace Private Limited transfer by the State of Maharashtra as the missile warhead imported from Russia is kept at Nagpur for storage purposes only and not for sale. A warhead is an explosive that is delivered by a missile or a torpedo.Bramhos Aerospace Private Limited is a joint venture between the DRDO and its...

Justice Markandey Katju Demands Ordinance To Permit Jallikattu

In a letter addressed to President Pranab Mukherjee, former Supreme Court Judge Markandey Katju has demanded promulgation of an Ordinance amending the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, and thereby permitting bull taming sport Jallikattu, albeit with safeguards prohibiting cruelty to the bulls.“There has to be a balance in such matters. An animal cannot be placed on the same footing as...