Bhushan seeks Appointment of Commissioners to monitor the drought relief, to ensure compliance with the SC’s imminent judgment in the Swaraj Abhiyan Case

The hearing in the case of Swaraj Abhiyan v Union of India concluded today in the Supreme Court with the bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and NV Ramana reserving its judgment.Over the last four moths, the Court held 15 hearings, lasting nearly 40 hours, in this case. Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav was present in the hearing throughout, and made significant...

Drinking water Top Priority; Bombay HC asks state to cut water supply to Liquor Industries [Read Order]

The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court, taking into account the acute drought faced in the state has directed the State Government to authorise a 50 percent water cut for liquor industries, breweries and distilleries in the area with immediate effect and a further 10 per cent cut from May 10.Division Bench comprising of Justices Sangitrao S. Patil and S.S. Shinde issued these...

No TDS is deductible on tips received by Hotel employees, says Supreme Court [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court in ITC LIMITED GURGAON vs. COMMISSIONER OF I.T. (TDS) DELHI, has categorically held that ‘tips’ received by Hotel employees does not amount to ‘salary’ from their employer and hence the employer need not deduct the tax at source under Section 192 of the Income Tax Act, though the same would be chargeable in the hands of the employees as“income from...

SC to Mallya: No immunity. Disclose assets abroad

“Mallya is a fugitive from justice in India. He is playing hide and seek and cooking cock and bull story. He is deliberately concealing something from the court as he had no intention to come back” Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, representing consortium of banks tells SC“Yes. he was a defaulter but not a wilful defaulter and here this is a case of business failure and not that of...

Right of women to have the choice of dress based on religious injunctions is a fundamental Right; Kerala HC allows Muslim Girls to wear Hijab for AIPMT [Read Judgment]

High Court of Kerala has Today granted permission for Muslim Girls to wear Hijab for the All India Pre-Medical Test-[AIPMT] 2016 on the condition that they should be present at the examination hall half an hour before the exam for frisking if necessary.Allowing the Petition filed by Amnah Bint Basheer a candidate for All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test 2016 scheduled on 01.05.2016...

AG asks SC to dismiss National Courts of Appeal PIL but CJI proposes debate

Repeatedly asking the Supreme Court to dismiss the PIL for setting up National Courts of Appeal, the Modi government today said it will only “add to lawyers pockets” and will not in any way help reduce pendency nor serve any other purpose which will benefit the judiciary.But a three judge bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur insisted that a debate be held on it and asked...

Eminent Academic Ashis Nandy apologised for his edit page article 8 years after it was published, as the SC quashed the FIR against him [Read Order]

Curtains were brought down finally on the controversial edit page article written by noted intellectual, Ashis Nandy, on the communalism in Gujarat, in The Times of India in 2008, which led to the Gujarat Government filing an FIR against him.A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices V Gopal Gowda and Arun Mishra, recorded on 25 April, the apology tendered by Nandy, and with the consent of...

Exclusive; This is not a Case where the draconian Provisions of Article 356 should be invoked; Uttarakhand HC in its 99 Pages Judgment [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court has released the much awaited Judgment in the Petitions Challenging the President’s Rule in the State Today. The Bench comprising of Chief Justice KM Joseph and Justice V.K.Bist has held that in view of Principles laid down in Bommai’s case and in Rameshwar Prasad’s case, it would be a case, where there was no warrant for a legitimate inference being drawn...

#Sabarimala; How is menstruation linked to purity ? SC asks Devaswom Board

The Supreme Court bench hearing the contentious Sabarimala entry case today asked several pointed questions to the temple management –Devaswom Board-- when it said that the ban on entry of females aged between 10 and 50 years was because they cannot maintain purity for 41 days on account of menstruationHow can periods be linked to purity”, a three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak...

These women better dance for livelihood than do something unacceptable; SC

The Supreme Court today pulled up the Maharashtra government for not granting licenses to dance bars citing non-compliance of certain weird conditions and observed that it is better for women to perform then begging on streets or doing something unacceptable for earning livelihood.The apex court bench sternly asked a DCP (licensing) of Mumbai who had been summoned to the court to “change...

Exclusive; Commercial courts cannot work the way you propose: CJI to PM

“Today a corporate litigant is required to stand, jostle, rub shoulders with may be a pickpocket or some thief or petty offender. Commercial court concept was that we provide a kind of environment which a corporate client may feel comfortable in. I think if we go on setting up commercial courts without providing the necessary infrastructure and the environment it requires it won’t serve...

SC seeks AG’s view on Jairam Ramesh’s plea against treating Aadhar bill as money bill

The Supreme Court today sought the view of Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on a petition filed by Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh challenging the decision to treat Aadhaar bill as a money bill, which was passed during Budget session in March 2016, overruling amendments moved in the Rajya Sabha.Another senior congress leader and lawyer P Chidambaram argued the matter for Ramesh. As...