Sale of Oneplus Handsets allowed in Indian Market: Delhi High Court Lifts the Ban

On 25th December the Delhi High Court finally gave the verdict by setting aside the previous order that had banned OnePlus Chinese smartphone maker from selling their handsets which had Cyanogen operating system embedded in it. The court has finally allowed the company to resume its imports and sales.On 23 December the Delhi High Court reserved its verdict on the plea that was brought by...

Government does not have separate proposal to repeal or amend section 377

In a reply to a query, Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary has stated that the Union Home Ministry has not separate proposal to repeal or amend Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes unnatural offences.He stated that the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has begun registering cases under this section beginning this year and acknowledged that the...

Maya Kodnani's conviction not suspended: Gujarat High Court clarifies typographical error

A Gujarat High Court bench comprising of acting Chief Justice V.M. Sahai and Justice R.P. Dholaria has clarified a typographical error in its order dated July 30, 2014. The Court explained that the conviction of the former State Minister Maya Kodnani has not been suspended.In an order called "speaking to minutes", as delivered on 15th of December, the Court stated, "While considering the...

HC relief to Himachal Pradesh CM in Income Tax case

The High Court of Himachal Pradesh in a recent judgment has set aside the decision of the Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) to transfer his and his family's income tax returns cases from Shimla to Chandigarh.While quashing the order, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan observed that the “statutory authority must exercise its...

Free treatment to poverty-stricken ten year old after Delhi High Court orders the same, to get liver transplant

The Delhi High Court ordered the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) to instantly start free treatment of a 10-year-old patient who direly needs a liver transplant.The Court ordered the same while hearing a petition wherein legality of ESIC guidelines are challenged. The child in the present case is son of a helper in a restaurant,who is a registered insurer person with ESIC. The...

Conversion to Islam solely for marriage, without any real change of belief is neither bonafide nor valid: Allahabad HC

[Update : A division bench declared this judgment as bad in law on November 1, 2021. The division bench judgment may be read here]The Allahabad High Court, through a judgement dates 16.12.2014, dismissed a batch of Writ Petitions which were filed praying for protection as a married couple as they had tied the knot after the girls got their religion converted from Hindu to Islam and then...

Give “New Year Gift” to citizens by permitting and publicising the use of ordinary Postal Stamps for payment of RTI fee: CIC’s recommendation to Department of Personnel and Training

Central Information Commissioner Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu has strongly recommended the use of postal stamps as RTI application fee. While disposing off a petition, he observed, “The Commission strongly recommends Department of Personnel and Training to adopt the one year old proposal of the Department of Posts, which is very user-friendly and avail the opportunity of giving New Year Gift...

BCI announces AIBE dates, examination on March 15, 2015, apply online from December 20, 2014

The Bar Council of India yesterday announced the dates of 8th All India Bar Examination. The examination will be held on March 15, 2015 and the registration process has already been started online.The notification regarding the examination is available on the website and the registration can be done here.Seventh edition of the AIBE was held on September 7, 2014 with its results being declared...

CIC orders disclosure of information relating to former CJI JS Verma's death (Read the order)

The Central Information Commission on December 17 ordered that information relating to the death fo the former Chief Justice of India JS Verma be disclosed to RTI Activist Mr S C Agrawal.Mr Aggarwal had approached the Central Information Commission after the PIO, Directorate of Health Service replied to his RTI Application seeking information about death of the former Chief Justice of India...

Stay on Maratha reservation continues as Supreme Court declines to interfere with Bombay HC stay-order

“It is just an interim order, let the Bombay High Court decide it,” said the Bench headed by Chief Justice of India HL Dattu on Thursday while hearing the appeals filed by many parties in relation to the Bombay High Court order regarding 16 per cent reservation to Marathas in jobs and educational institutions by the Maharashtra government. The Bombay High Court had stayed the...

Supreme Court dismisses petitions filed against Coal Ordinance, maintains last date to pay penalty is December 31

Hearing the petitions filed by Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC) Ltd along with another firm in relation to the Coal Ordinance, the three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Madan B Lokur dismissed the appeals.A separate petition, filed by Jindal Steel Ltd and Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) on the issue was also dismissed. The private parties had prayed for...

Battery charger should be taxed at general rate and not concessional rate applicable to cell phones: Supreme Court [Read the Judgment]

Holding that the mobile/cell phone charger is an accessory to cell phone and is not a part of the cell phone, a Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice M.B. Lokur observed that the battery charger was hence liable to be taxed at general rate i.e. 12.5% and not at concessional rate applicable to the cell phones.The Court further held that the battery charger...