Breaking; Include TN National Law School (TNNLS) in CLAT 2014: Madras HC

By an interim order yesterday, the Madras High Court Bench comprising of Justice V.Ramasubramanian and Justice V M Velumani ordered the addition of Tamil Nadu National Law School (TNNLS) in Srirangam for this year’s Common Law Admission Test (CLAT).CLAT is to be conducted on 11th of May. It is conducted on alternation by 14 NLUs in the country for admission to the LL.B and LL.M...

SC re-organise SIT for Black Money , Justice M.B.Shah as Chairman and Justice Pasayat as Vice-Chairman

The Supreme Court directed to reconstitute the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the matter of black money.“We now direct the Union of India to issue appropriate notification, as directed by this court in its earlier order, as expeditiously as possible, and not later than three weeks. We also request the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the SIT to initiate actions...

Non-existent person cannot file an Income Tax return; Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that non-existent person cannot file an income tax return. Anil R. Dave, J. delivering the judgment held that the position of a Company is different from an amalgamated society and hence, such provisions for a Company can't be applied to the latter. The Court reiterated the principle that the tax statute should be interpreted very strictly as there is no...

Pay 10 percent of rupees 2400 crore as tax demand: Madras High Court to Nokia

Allowing writ petitions filed by Nokia challenging the state's Sales Tax Department order directing it to pay rupees 2,400 crore tax for the assessment years 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, Justice B Rajendran of the Madras High Court ordered the company to pay rupees 240 crore. The Madras High Court set aside the order and directed the Finnish handset maker Nokia to deposit 10% of the tax...

SCVMS, New Visitor Management System at Supreme Court

Supreme Court has launched new Visitor Management System; SCVMS a web based Visitor Management System.New system facilitates online registration of requests for Entry Pass for Litigants and others visiting Supreme Court of India.It provides for a two-step verification in which the visit details including registration number, date of visit and approval status are communicated to the...

Corporates will not be allowed to withdraw open offers even if it becomes economically unviable; SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has delivered the important judgment in Civil Appeal No. 6041 of 2013 in Securities and Exchange Board of India vs. M/s. Akshya Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., settling the position regarding India Inc's responsibility to open offers. A Supreme Court Bench of Justices SS Nijjar and AK Sikri while dealing with the fundamental issue that whether an open offer voluntarily made through...

Australian Arbitrator appointed by Supreme Court for Reliance-Government dispute

Supreme Court has appointed former judge of the High Court of Australia, Michael Hudson McHugh, as the third Arbitrator to head the board of arbitrators to solve the KG Basin dispute and allowed RIL's plea for appointing an international Arbitrator so as to remove any bias.The Court had earlier withdrawn its order appointing Australian judge James Spigelman as an Arbitrator between RIL and...

Supreme Court is to pass an order to stop mining in Odisha.

Supreme Court has made it clear that it will pass an interim order on a plea for stopping illegal mining activities in Odisha and the priority before it would be to halt 40 out of 56 iron ore mines operating in the area. Green bench headed by Justice A K Patnaik observed that it will pass an interim ban on 40 iron ore mine leases  which are identified by Supreme Court-appointed...

Cannot pass judicial order to prohibit kith and kin of sitting judges from practicing in same court: Supreme Court

A Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha and comprising of Justices M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph refused to entertain a PIL seeking to prohibit the kith and kin of sitting judges of the apex court and High Courts from practicing in the same courts. While dismissing the petition, filed by Advocate M L Sharma, the Bench said it couldn’t pass a judicial order on the plea seeking...

Pardoning Power of the President Should Not Be Questioned: Centre to SC

Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that Courts should not inquire into a decision of the President’s Pardoning Power, saying that it is beyond the light of any question.In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court Centre said that the power to grant clemency is an attribute of sovereignty and Court ought not to inquire into the merits of the exercise of the prerogative.Affidavit was filed...

Supreme Court issues notice on Vineet Narain’s PIL on appointment of CBI additional director

On a Petition filed by journalist and anti-corruption activist Vineet Narain who challenged the appointment of woman IPS officer Archana Ramasundram as additional director of the CBI, saying it ignored the recommendation of the selection committee, a Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice RM Lodha, Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph issued notice to the Centre and others. According...

Stay lifted by the Supreme Court in the disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa

The Supreme Court yesterday vacated its stay on the 18- year-old disproportionate asserts case regarding Rs. 66.65 crore accumulated during her tenure as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister between 1991 and 1996.The Supreme Court was approached by the Special Public Prosecutor, after his plea being dismissed by the Karnataka High Court against the trial court’s order which imposed a penalty of...