High Court Issues Notice To Karnataka Govt On Plea To Limit Weight Of School Bags

The Karnataka High Court on Friday issued notice to the state government on a PIL seeking measures to minimise the weight of school bags carried by students of primary education. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S Vishwajith Shetty issued notice on a petition filed by Advocate Ramesh Naik. L. The plea has been filed with a concern about children's...

Objectionable Retweet: Madras HC Orders Action Against IO For Six Days Delay In Producing BJP Functionary's Seized Mobile Before Magistrate

While dealing with a petition by BJP functionary Sowdha Mani seeking return of her phone which was seized in connection with an investigation following objectionable retweets, the Madras High Court observed that delay in production of material objects before the Jurisdictional Magistrate would vitiate the entire prosecution.In the present case, the material (phone) was produced before...

Ola Not Liable To Deduct Withholding TDS On Payments To Drivers: ITAT

The Chandigarh Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that Ola is not liable to deduct withholding TDS on the payments to drivers.The two-member bench of Sudhanshu Shrivastava (Judicial Member) and Vikram Singh Yadav (Accountant Member) has observed that the AO and the CIT(A) erred in concluding that the assessee was providing transportation services which were...

High Court Directs Delhi Govt To Install Advanced Cardiac Life Support Facility At Court Premises

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to ensure that an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) facility is installed in its premises before December 6. A division bench comprising of Justice Manmohan and Justice Manpreet Pritam Singh also directed the Delhi Government to explore the possibility of either stationing ACLS ambulances in every District Court or allowing setting up...

"If Husband/Accused Is Convicted Then Victim/Wife's Future Would Be Ruined" : Allahabad High Court Quashes POCSO Case

The Allahabad High Court recently quashed an FIR and criminal proceedings in a POCSO case registered against a man as it noted that the accused man and victim-wife (who was a minor at the time of the incident) married the applicant/accused out of her own sweet will and is living a happy married life with him."To punish the offenders for a crime, involved in the present case, is in the interest...

Kingfisher Radler Attracts 28% GST and 12% Cess: AAR

The Karnataka Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled that the Kingfisher Radler attracts 28% GST and 12% Cess.The two-member bench of M.P. Ravi Prasad and T. Kiran Reddy has observed that the product "Kingfisher Radler" has different variants and all the variants merit classification as carbonated beverages of fruit drinks, all covered under tariff heading 2202 99 90.The applicant is...

Export Of Software Embedded Into Hardware; Sale Proceeds From Export Of Hardware Eligible For Deduction : Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has ruled that where a software embedded into a hardware is exported by the assessee, the proceeds from export of the hardware component is eligible for deduction under Section 10A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, despite the fact that the hardware was separately invoiced and was not manufactured by the assessee, if the software cannot be used independently. Taking...

BREAKING| PFI's Flash Hartal Illegal : Kerala High Court Initiates Suo Motu Contempt Proceedings, Directs Police To Take Strict Measures

The Kerala High Court, on Friday, strongly condemned and initiated suo motu proceedings against the leaders of Popular Front of India (PFI), noting the illegal call for flash hartal in the State, which was earlier banned by the Court. The PFI called for dawn-to-dusk hartal in the State today following the the arrest of its leaders by the NIA yesterady.Division bench consisting of Justice A....

Madhya Pradesh High Court Quashes 2022-23 NEET Merit List Of PG Medical Admissions Prepared By State Govt

High Court directs State Government to redraw the list including deserving and eligible doctors

[JJ Act] Extracting Confession From Child Is Unconstitutional, Beyond Scope Of Preliminary Assessment Report: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has observed that extracting confession from a child regarding the manner in which the offence was committed by him is unconstitutional and beyond the scope of a preliminary assessment report required to be prepared under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. As per Section 15(1) of the Act, a Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) is required to make...

[PMLA Case] Delhi Court Allows ED's Plea Seeking Transfer Of Proceedings Against Satyendar Jain

A Delhi Court on Friday allowed the application moved by Enforcement Directorate (ED) for transfer of the money laundering proceedings against Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain from a Special Court.Principal District & Sessions Judge Vinay Kumar Gupta pronounced the order after reserving it yesterday. The case, which was earlier being heard by Special Judge Geetanjali Goel, will now...

PIL To Make Vaishno Devi Stampede Report Public: High Court Seeks J&K Govt's Response

The Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh High Court on Thursday gave a month's time to the J&K administration and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board to file their responses in a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to make public the inquiry report on the stampede at the hilltop temple late on December 31 last year. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Pankaj...