Breaking: Aadhaar-PAN Linking Deadline Extended To 31 March, 2019

The deadline for linking Aadhaar with Permanent Account Number (PAN) has been extended by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to 31 March, 2019.Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which came into effect from 1st July 2017, requires all taxpayers having Aadhaar Number or Enrolment Number to link the same with their PAN. The provision was incorporated into the Income Tax Act...

Bombay HC Grants Interim Relief To 25 Taxpayers, Directs State To Accept Tax Returns Without Aadhaar Linkage [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted interim relief to a group of 25 taxpayers who had filed a petition challenging the insistence of the Revenue Department to link their PAN card with their Aadhaar card in order to file tax returns.A bench of Justice MS Sanklecha and Justice SK Shinde first heard the petition on June 21. Petitioners had sought directions to the Central Board of Direct...

Increase Retirement Age Of Judges To 70 Years: BJP Leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay Writes To PM Modi

In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has requested an increment in the retirement age of judges in India to 70 years.In his letter, Mr. Upadhyay highlights the ever mounting backlog of cases that currently plagues the judiciary, pointing out that currently, more than three crore cases are pending in the country. He attributes...

PIL Seeks Right To Time-Bound Service To Be Declared As Integral Part Of Right To Life [Read Petition]

A PIL seeking direction to the Central Government to provide a Citizens’ Charter and notify the Grievance Redress Officer in each government department and to establish a Grievance Redressal Commission has been filed before the Supreme Court.The petition, by Bhartiya Matdata Sangthan, states that India has been ranked 81st in the Corruption Perception Index, 2015 of...

Centre, States Stifling Functioning of RTI Act: Petition In SC To Fill Vacancies In CIC, State Commissions [Read Petition]

With thousands of complaints and appeals under the RTI Act pending before the Central Information Commission and the commissions in various states plagued by unfilled vacancies, three transparency campaigners have moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre to immediately fill up all vacant posts through a transparent and time-bound manner.Petitioners Anjali Bhardwaj, co-convenor...

Maharashtra Guv Promulgates Ordinance To Delete Sec. 9A CPC, 1908 [Read Notification]

In a move that may have a significant impact in decreasing pendency in civil courts, Governor C Vidyasagar Rao of the State of Maharashtra has promulgated an ordinance deleting Section 9A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.The said provision was added to the Code of Procedure Code, 1908, in 1970 with a view to undo the effect of a judgment of the high court in the case of...

Don’t See Any Logic In BCI’s Words, They Couldn’t Even Spell My Name Correctly: Justice Chelameswar Reacts To BCI’s Release

Justice J. Chelameswar, who had retired on 22 June, had faced criticism from the Bar Council of India (BCI) for certain remarks made by him during several interviews given to different media houses.The BCI had especially deprecated the alleged use of “words like bench fixing” by Justice Chelameswar during one of the interviews. Curiously, the term was used during an interview, but by...

Social Media Can’t Be Exploited To Do Online Baiting: Kerala HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To Politician Accused Of Online Sexual Harassment Against MP’s Wife [Read Order]

"The freedom that social media offers cannot be exploited to do online baiting such as in the instant case wherein the de facto complainant is being branded as ‘sexually promiscuous’." The High Court of Kerala has recently observed that the platform of social media cannot be exploited to do online baiting. Justice Raja Vijayraghavan has made the observations while dismissing a plea...

Cabinet Approves Appointment Of Former Patna HC CJ L. Narasimha Reddy As CAT Chairman

The Cabinet has approved the appointment of Former Chief Justice of Patna High Court, Justice L. Narasimha Reddy as the Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT).As per an Information Note issued on Wednesday, necessary communication in this regard has been sent to the Department of Personnel and Training.https://twitter.com/TheLeaflet_in/status/1012225634150617088Justice...

Patna HC Comes To The Rescue Of Law Graduate Confined By District Judge Father Over Love Affair [Read Order]

Coming to the rescue of a 24-year-old law graduate who had been illegally confined by her District Judge father, the Patna High Court on Tuesday ordered her alma mater, Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) Patna to make arrangements for her stay at their guest house for a period of 15 days.The Bench comprising Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad directed the...

Corruption Allegations Against ED Officer Investigating Aircel-Maxis Case: SC Vacates Order Against Inquiry, Asks Centre To Take A Call [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday vacated its earlier interim order according blanket protection to Enforcement Directorate Officer Rajeshwar Singh against an inquiry, giving liberty to the Centre to decide if he shall proceed with investigation into the 2G scam and Aircel-Maxis matters.A vacation bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul was hearing a PIL instituted by...

SC Appoints Justice Sathyanarayanan To Decide On Fate Of 18 AIADMK MLAs [Read Order]

The apex court has said that allegations made by the petitioners in the transfer petition against the judges will stand expungedThe Supreme Court on Wednesday appointed Madras High Court judge Justice M Sathyanarayanan to end the controversy that erupted after the high court delivered the June 14 split verdict on petitions challenging the disqualification of 18 dissident AIADMK MLAs...