Breaking: Legal Services By Individual Lawyers, Senior Lawyers,Law Firms Liable For GST Under Reverse Charges, Says Finance Ministry

Legal service has been defined to mean any service provided in relation to advice, consultancy or assistance in any branch of law, in any manner and includes representational services before any court, tribunal or authority. Ministry of Finance has clarified that the legal services provided by an individual advocate including a senior advocate and a firm of advocates are liable for payment...

How An Heir Fought To Remove Stigma Of Conviction Years After The Death Of The Accused, And Succeeded [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted an accused long after his death, on an appeal filed by his legal heir in a bid to purge him of the stigma of conviction.The accused, Mr. Mukhtiar Singh had been accused of receiving illegal gratification while he was the Station House Officer of Police Station, Ajnala. He was intercepted through a trap set up after a complaint. Mr. Singh’s version had...

Breaking: SC Constitutes Constitution Bench To Hear Aadhaar Case

The Supreme Court has constituted the Constitution Bench which would hear the arguments on Aadhaar’s alleged violation of the right to privacy.The Bench would comprise of CJI Khehar, Justice Chelameswar, Justice Bobde, Justice Chandrachud and Justice Abdul Nazeer. This Bench will start hearing the matter from 18 July.It was in August, 2015, that the Supreme Court had decided to refer...

Delhi HC Dismisses BJP's Narottam Mishra's Plea For Voting In Presidential Poll In Special Sunday Hearing

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the petition of disqualified Madhya Pradesh minister Narottam Mishra to vote in the Presidential polls on Monday.The specially-constituted single judge bench of Justice Inderjeet Kaur dismissed his plea while upholding his disqualification over the charge of paid news.The Supreme Court had transferred the matter to high court and asked it to decide...

BCCI Case: Relief For AnuragThakur But Srinivasan In Fresh Trouble (Read Order)

The Supreme Court today dropped perjury and contempt proceedings against former BCCI President Anurag Thakur after accepting his unconditional apology but its yet another former President N Srinivasan in trouble."I humbly submit that it was never the intention of the deponent to undermine the majesty of this court and since unintentionally some kind of misinformation and miscommunication...

NHRC Has Been Reduced To A Toothless Tiger: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed regret over the reduction of the National Human Rights Commission to a “toothless tiger”. “Considering that such a high powered body has brought out its difficulties through affidavits and written submissions filed in this Court, we have no doubt that it has been most unfortunately reduced to a toothless tiger. We are of the clear opinion that...

Vijay Mallya Can't Be Sentenced In His Absence, Says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today indefinitely deferred the sentencing of business tycoon Vijay Mallya, convicted in the contempt case filed by consortium of banks headed by the SBI and said it could be done only after the government extradites him and produces before the judges.When a bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice U U Lalit said it is the duty of the government to produce the...

Blocked 3,500 Child Pornography Sites: Centre To SC

The Centre today informed the Supreme Court that it has managed to block nearly 3,500 child pornography sites and has also taken other measures to prevent further such material appearing on the internetA bench headed by justice Dipak Misra asked the Centre, represented by Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand to file a comprehensive affidavit stating all the measures within two...

Order Extending Madras HC’s Stay On Cattle Rules: SC To Hear Clarification Petition

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on Friday an application filed by animal rights activist Gauri Maulekhi seeking clarification of its July 11 order staying centre's two notifications banning cattle sale for slaughter in live stock markets.Two NGOs also moved the Apex Court seeking similar order on the grounds that the court has stayed Centre's two notifications-Prevention of Cruelty to...

SC Pulls Up Centre For Delaying Decision On NRI Voting Rights, Former AG Rohatgi Appeared Against Centre

"This is a petition of 2014. Every year you keep saying we will amend we will amend. You said this in 2014, 15, 16 and again..this is not the way a government works", an angry CJI Khehar told the Central government's counsel"Pulling up the Centre, the Supreme Court today allowed one last chance that is to tell by next Friday as to how it planned  to allow 25 million Non-Resident...

Manipur Extra Judicial Killings: SC Orders CBI To Constitute SIT [Read Judgment]

In a landmark Judgment, Supreme Court of India on Friday directed the CBI to constitute a Special Investigation Team and to investigate the alleged extra judicial killings in Manipur.The Bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta held as follows;"we are of opinion that it would be appropriate if the Central Bureau of Investigation (or the CBI) is required to look into these...

Justice Vikramajit Sen Appointed As Broadcasting Content Complaints Council Chairman

Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Vikramajit Sen has been appointed as the new Chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council, the independent self-regulatory body for general entertainment channels set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF).Justice Sen takes over from former Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal, whose three year term as the Chairperson...