Summons Must Specify Defendant Is Required To File Written Statement In Commercial Suit Within 30 Days: Delhi High Court To Civil Courts

The Delhi High Court has directed the civil courts to incorporate the endorsement that “defendant should file his written statement of defence within 30 days from the date of service/receipt of summons” while issuing summons to the defendant in a commercial suit. “The Registrar of this Court is directed to transmit copies of this order to the learned District & Sessions...

Madras High Court Confers 'Senior' Designation On 62 Advocates

The Madras High Court today designated of a total of 62 lawyers as Senior Advocates. In a notification issued by Registrar General, Madras High Court, the following advocates have been designated as Seniors in the exercise of the court's powers under Section 16 (2) of the Advocates' Act, 1961. 1. N. Chandrasekaran 2. A. V. Somasundaram 3. N. Jothi 4. S. Natarajan 4. T. S....

Rape | ‘Too Broad A Generalization’ To Hold That A Woman Would Never Speak Something Affecting Her Character: Orissa HC

The Orissa High Court has observed that it is “too broad a generalization” to hold that a woman would never speak which will be detrimental to her character and estimation. Therefore, in rape cases, the rule that version of the prosecutrix need no corroboration cannot be taken as a ‘rigid formula’ in adjudication of every single case. While allowing an appeal against...

Carrying Firearm To Place Of Occurrence Indicates Intention Of Accused To Cause Death: Allahabad HC Upholds Murder Conviction

The Allahabad High Court recently upheld the conviction and life sentence awarded to two men for killing a man with a country-made pistol in the year 2005. The court said that the act of the accused carrying a firearm weapon at the place of occurrence was itself indicative of their intention to cause death or such injury as is likely to cause death. The bench of Justice Suneet Kumar...

1941 CCTV Cameras Installed In 197 Police Stations, Footage Can Be Retained Only For One Month: Delhi Police To High Court

The Delhi Police has informed the High Court that 1941 CCTV cameras have been installed in 197 police stations in the national capital and that every police station has a storage facility of 48 terabytes which can retain the footage for a period of one month. The police has further the informed court that out of the 1941 CCTV cameras, 30 are not operational. It has also been stated that the...

Madras High Court Stays Order Cancelling Appointment Of 25 Aavin Employees

The Madras High Court has stayed an order passed by the General Manager of Aavin cancelling the appointment of 25 employees. Aavin is a state government cooperative under Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers Federation Ltd.While giving an interim stay on the operation of the impugned order, Justice Abdul Quddhose said the petitions are prima facie maintainable as the petitioners have...

Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal Moves Kerala High Court Against 10-Year Jail Term In Attempt To Murder Case

Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal has approached the Kerala High Court challenging the decision of Court of Session, Kavarathi to convict and sentence him and three others to 10 years in jail in a case of attempt to murder.Faizal and the three other accused persons on Wednesday were convicted for offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 448, 427, 324, 342, 307, 506 r/w 149 of IPC...

Functioning Of Unauthorised Hotels In Lucknow| 'LDA failed To Take Actions': Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Affidavit

The Allahabad High Court has called for a comprehensive affidavit from the State Government over the functioning of unauthorized hotels in the State’s capital city, Lucknow. The bench of Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justice Brij Raj Singh added that the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) failed to take any action against such unauthorized hotels. In its order, the Court noted...

TDS Not Applicable To Salary/Commission Paid To Partners: ITAT

The Gauhati Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that the TDS is not applicable to salary or commission paid to partners.The two-member bench of Sanjay Garg (Judicial Member) and Manish Board (Accountant Member) observed that salary, bonus, remuneration, or commission are collectively referred to as "remuneration," and the remuneration paid during the year is within...

Subsumption Of Service Tax Will Not Absolve Liability To Pay GST If Service Tax Was Agreed To Be Paid In Agreement : Telangana High Court

In a Writ Petition, the Telangana High Court ordered that the Petitioner is liable to pay the GST on the license fee in place of service tax as the Petitioner was paying service tax separately under the terms of Deed of License. The petitioner was granted license by the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation to set up business for running popcorn stall on payment of agreed...

Paramilitary Forces Are Armed Forces Of Union, Old Pension Scheme Applicable To Personnel Of All CAPFs: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the benefit of Old Pension Scheme (OPS) in accordance with CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 shall be applicable for all the personnel of Central Armed Police Forces and directed the Centre to issue necessary orders within eight weeks.The division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, in its decision on a batch of 82 petitions...

GPS For Ambulances: Karnataka High Court Disposes PIL Being Satisfied With State's Initiatives

The State government on Wednesday informed the Karnataka High Court that a feature is enabled in the Vahan portal for checking whether new ambulances being registered are equipped/installed with the Global Positioning System. As per an affidavit filed by the Additional Commissioner, Karnataka State Road Safety Authority, “National Informatics Centre has rolled out a feature for...