'Marriage And Training Have No Correlation With Each Other': Delhi High Court Questions Centre's Policy Of Excluding Married Candidates In JAG

Marriage and training can have "no correlation with each other", said the Delhi High Court on Wednesday while hearing a plea against exclusion of married male and female candidates on the basis of their marital status in recruitments of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) department, the legal arm of Indian army.A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium...

A&C Amendment Act of 2015 Applies Even If Arbitration Commenced Prior, In Case It Is Stated That Amendment Act Applies: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has ruled that where an arbitration agreement between the parties provided for the application of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act), along with any statutory modification or re-enactment to the A&C Act, existing at the time being in force, it constituted an agreement between the parties as contemplated under Section 26 of the...

'Social Stigma Will Be Insurmountable': Uttarakhand HC Allows 13-Year Old Rape Victim To Terminate Pregnancy Of Over 25 Weeks

The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday allowed a 13-year-old rape victim to undergo medical termination of over 25 weeks of pregnancy, after the medical board gave its recommendation for the abortion.Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra directed the authorities to proceed with termination of pregnancy as expeditiously as possible without any further delay."Before proceeding with the termination...

S.173(8) CrPC | Magistrate Not Barred To Order Further Investigation After Taking Cognizance, Until Trial Commences: Orissa HC Reiterates

The Orissa High Court has reiterated that the power of Judicial Magistrates to order further investigation under Section 173(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure is not taken away only because cognizance was taken of an offence. A Single Judge Bench of Chief Justice Dr. S. Muralidhar, while clarifying the position of law, placed reliance on 2019's three-judge bench ruling of...

Why Hostel Curfew For Girls Alone? Lock Up Men, Because They Create Trouble; Let Ladies Walk Free : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court, on Wednesday, criticising the notification issued barring female students going out of the Hostel of Govt Medical College Kozhikode after 9.30 PM, questioned why should there be a curfew for Girls alone, when there are no such restrictions for boys. The Court in the instant case was considering a plea moved by certain girl students of Government Medical College...

Chennai GST Dept. Launches Whatsapp, E-mail Communication Facility For Facilitation Of Trade

The Office of the Commissioner of GST and Central Excise (Appeals-II), Anna Nagar, Chennai, has launched a WhatsApp and/or email communication facility for the convenience of taxpayers.The taxpayers may use the facility for resolving their requests, grievance, query, appeal status, etc., in a time-bound manner. The taxpayer can also send their questions via email.The taxpayer can WhatsApp...

Teachers of Aided Colleges Can Join Political Organisations & Take Part In Election Activities; Not Bearers of 'Office Of Profit': Meghalaya HC

Quashing an amendment in the Aided College Employees Rules, the Meghalaya High Court on Monday ruled that employees of the educational institutes do not hold an Office of Profit, and if they satisfy the requisite conditions, they cannot be debarred from contesting elections or holding political office.Rejecting the argument that the government exercises deep and pervasive control over...

Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022 Introduced In Lok Sabha

The Central Government today introduced the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022 with an objective to enhance transparency and accountability, and improve the ease of doing business by reducing the period of registration.The Bill proposes to amend Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 in light of 97th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2011 which inserted Part IXB in...

Rejection Of PIL To Make Civil Judge Exam Answer Sheets Public: MP HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Certificate For Appeal U/Art 134A

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently dismissed a plea seeking a certificate under Article 134A of the Constitution to move the Supreme Court to challenge an order of the High Court rejecting a PIL plea to make the answer sheets of a civil judge exam candidate, public.The order in question was passed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on September 2 dismissing the PIL plea seeking directions...

Delhi Riots UAPA Case Is Based On Opinion Of 2-3 Men Sitting In Special Cell, Giving Meaning To WhatsApp Messages: Khalid Saifi To High Court

Seeking bail in a case alleging larger conspiracy in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, accused Khalid Saifi on Wednesday told Delhi High Court that the whole UAPA case is based on the "opinion of 2 or 3 men sitting in the office of Delhi Police's Special Cell who are giving meaning to WhatsApp messages."Senior Advocate Rebecca M. John appearing on behalf of Saifi told a special bench of...

Mistake In The Personal Information Of The Trust Is A Rectifiable Mistake At Any Stage: ITAT

The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that a mistake in the personal information of the assessee is always rectifiable at any stage.The two-member bench of Anubhav Sharma (Judicial Member) and Shamim Yahya (Accountant Member) has observed that the tax authorities below have fallen into error by not taking into consideration the rectification application. The...

Mere E-Way Bill Expiry Does Not Establishes Intention To Evade Taxes: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that mere e-way bill expiry does not establish an intention to evade taxes.The division bench of Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice Mauna M. Bhatt has observed that the detention was on the ground that the goods were subject to the expiration of the e-way bill number, which had expired during the transit, and this cannot be the ground for detaining and seizing...