'Agnipath Scheme Is Making Paradigm Shift In Armed Forces Recruitment': Centre Tells Delhi High Court, Judgment Reserved

The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved judgment on a batch of pleas challenging Central Government's Agnipath Scheme, and seeking resumption and enrolment as per previous recruitment scheme in defence services.Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati appearing for the Centre told a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad that the scheme...

[S.12A Commercial Courts Act] Court Can Inquire Whether "Urgent Interim Relief" Is Genuine Or Aimed To Bypass Pre-Institution Mediation: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court on Friday ruled that under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, there are no statutory impediments upon the Court to apply its mind and enquire into whether the circumstances for grant of urgent interim relief has been made out by the plaintiff through pleadings. The Division Bench of Justices Harish Tandon & Prasenjit Biswas observed that the...

S.125 CrPC Confers Implied Power To Grant Interim Maintenance: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently reiterated that in the absence of any express bar or prohibition, Section 125 Cr.P.C. could be interpreted as conferring power by necessary implication to make interim order of maintenance subject to final outcome in the application. The Division Bench comprising Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar while holding so, noted that the Apex Court in...

NEET | Candidates Who Secured Admission During First & Second Counselling Cannot Participate In Mop-Up Round: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the Commissioner for Entrance Commission to not permit the students who had already secured admission and joined in the first and second round of allotment to participate in the mop up counselling of NEET Examination. Justice V.G. Arun passed the above order after taking note of the Medical Council of India Regulations on Graduate Medical Education,...

Issue Of Higher Judiciary Vacancies Will Keep Cropping Up Till Process To Appoint Judges Is Changed: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju today said in the Rajya Sabha that until the procedure for appointment of judges changes, the issue of high judicial vacancies will keep cropping up before us.Blaming judicial vacancies for the rising pendency of cases across the country, the Union Law Minister said that the Government has limited power to fill up judicial vacancies, although he has...

PMLA Probe Identical In 2018 And 2020 Cases, ED Trying To Re-Investigate Same Allegations: DK Shivakumar Tells Delhi High Court

Stating that the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering investigation is identical in both 2018 and 2020 cases, Karnataka Congress Chief D.K. Shivakumar has told Delhi High Court that the probe agency is trying to re-investigate the same set of facts which have already been probed. The submission has been made by the Congress leader in the written submissions filed in his plea challenging...

Bridge Federation Of India (BFI) Discharges 'Public Duty', Amenable To Writ Jurisdiction: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has recently ruled that the Bridge Federation of India, by virtue of its complete control over Bridge Tournaments is amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution and is bound by a "public duty" in the exercise of its duty or obligation to the public by being the sole repository of rights in connection with the selection of players including...

Morbi Bridge Tragedy: Gujarat High Court Issues Notice To State Govt In Bail Pleas Filed By 7 Accused

Admitting bail applications of 7 accused in the Morbi Bridge Collapse case which took the lives of 135 people, the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the State Government (returnable on January 2, 2023).Out of 8 accused arrested in connection with the case, 7 have now moved to the High Court after they were denied bail by a Sessions Court last month. The names of the accused...

Birbhum Massacre Accused Custodial Death: Calcutta HC Restrains CID From Taking Coercive Action Against CBI Officers

In an important development, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered West Bengal Police's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) not to take any coercive action against officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the custodial death of an accused in the Birbhum massacre case. On December 12, Lalan Sheikh, a prime accused in the Birbhum massacre case, was...

CBIC Extends Due Date For Filing GSTR-1 For The Month Of November 2022 For Several Districts In Tamil Nadu

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has extended the due date for filing GSTR-1 for the month of November 2022 in several districts of Tamil Nadu till December 13.The deadline for filing the GSTR-1 in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai, Ranipet, Vellore, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai, and Thanjavur has...

CBDT Exempts NRIs Without PAN From E-filing Form 10F Upto March 2023

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has exempted non-resident Indians (NRIs) without permanent account numbers (PANs) from e-filing Form 10F up to March 2023.The notification No. 03/2022, dated July 16, 2022, issued by the Directorate of Income Tax (Systems), New Delhi, mandated the furnishing of Form 10F electronically."On consideration of the practical challenge being faced by...

High Court Stays Assam-Meghalaya Border Pact On Tribal Chiefs' Plea

The Meghalaya High Court last week put an interim stay on the execution of the Assam-Meghalaya border pact, which was entered into between the two States subsequent to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated 29.03.2022. The MoU was signed by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma to resolve the long standing...