Centre returns Bills including Janlokpal Bill 2015 passed by Delhi assembly for ‘not following proper procedure’

The Union Home Ministry has reportedly sent back 14 bills passed by the Delhi assembly for not following proper procedures while adopting the legislations.Some of the Bills which were returned are the Janlokpal Bill 2015, the Minimum Wages (Delhi Amendment) Bill 2015, Delhi School (Verification of Accounts and Refund of Excess Fee) Bill 2015, Delhi School Education (Amendment) Bill 2015,...

Husband of sitting Punjab & Haryana HC Judge booked by CBI

Top Income Tax official, who is the husband of a sitting Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court has been reportedly booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation for his involvement in corrupt practices.Three other officials are also booked. It is also being reported that CBI recovered documents related to properties worth Rs 2.6 Crore, Rs 16 lakh in cash, 4.25 kg of gold jewelry and 13 kg...

Lawyers owe a duty to the court and to administration of Justice: Punjab & Haryana HC [Read Order]

The High Court of Punjab & Haryana, in Harpreet@Preet v State of Haryana, has observed that lawyers owed a duty to the court and to administration of justice.The court made such an observation while dismissing a revision petition, preferred impugning the order of court below which dismissed an application preferred under Section 311 Cr P.C.The court noted that the petitioner herein...

BCI says 5 year BA LLB Course in Govt Law College, Ernakulam is not recognized

When they joined the Government Law College, seldom had they imagined anything like this would happen to them like what is happening now. The students of Government Law College Ernakulam, who are pursuing the B.A. LLB integrated Course are now being told that the Course is not recognized by University Grants Commission(UGC), which means that they will not be eligible to get enrolled as Advocates, even if they complete the Course successfully.It is reported that, Bar Council of India has issued a...

Punjab & Haryana HC quashes CBSE’s selective revaluation policy [Read Order]

Once bye-laws do not envisage any restriction of revaluation, CBSE cannot on its own put fetter restricted qua one paper, permitting in others, the Court said.The Punjab and Haryana High Court, in Shaurya Gulati vs. CBSE, has directed the Central Board of Secondary Education to consider an application of a student seeking revaluation of the theory subject of Physical Education. Justice Amit...

A Father cannot appear and plead on behalf of his children: Madras HC [Read Order]

“Only an authorised practitioner of law, can appear and plead on behalf of some other individual” the bench observed.A Division Bench of Madras High Court bench, in P.Balasubramaniyan v The Tahsildar, Karur District has refused to grant permission to a father to appear as party in person and plead on behalf of his children.The father had appeared before the court claiming on behalf of...

Imposition of tax exemption cap on purchase value of vehicles used by disabled, not discriminatory: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

“A privilege being entirely different from a right, a Fundamental Right at that, we are of the opinion that the contention of the learned counsel as regards discrimination or unreasonableness does not apply” the division bench said. A Division Bench of High Court of Kerala, in Dr C.H.Moideen Kunhi v State of Kerala & others, has ruled that imposition of a cap of tax exemption on...

Establishment of Funds for funding support to Start-ups

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the establishment of "Fund of Funds for Startups" (FFS) at Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for contribution to various Alternative Investment Funds (AIF), registered with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) which would extend funding support to Startups. This is in line with the Start...

Cabinet approves Protocol amending the Agreement for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with Belgium

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved today the signing of a Protocol amending the Agreement between India and Belgium for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.The amendment in the Protocol will broaden the scope of the existing framework of exchange of tax related information between the...

Amendment in Rule 114H of Income-tax Rules, 1962

The Rule 114H of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (the Rules) has been amended vide Notification No.48/2016 [S.O.2151(E)] dated 20th June 2016.In order to provide sufficient time to the reporting Financial Institutions for completing the due diligence procedure in respect of other reportable account referred to in Rule 114H (3)(d)(ii), which is high value account as on 31st December, 2015, the...

Withdrawal of the Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, 2013

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has decided to withdraw the Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, 2013, which had been introduced in the Rajya Sabha on 29.08.2013. The Bill had been examined by the Standing Committee of Parliament which had made a number of recommendations for changing the provisions of the Bill.India is one of the largest manufacturers...

Not Mandatory to disclose Caste in Application Forms: Madras HC [Read Order]

Madras High Court has recently held that it is not mandatory to disclose the Caste of applicant in Application forms.A Division Bench of Madras High Court comprising of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice R.Mahadevan was hearing a Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issue of Writ of Mandamus (a) directing the State to issue...