Calcutta High Court Stays TDS Collection Under Section 194N Income Tax Act Till Sep 30

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday passed an interim order restraining the Income Tax Department from collecting Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) under section 194N of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Justice Md. Nizamuddin was adjudicating upon a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the provision which was inserted by the Finance Act, 2019 and became effective from September 1, 2019....

Is There A Fundamental Right To Drink Liquor? What Courts Have Held?

The Gujarat High Court recently reserved its order on the maintainability of a petition against the decades old liquor prohibition in the state. The challenge is made on the ground of emergence of the right to privacy in the year 2017, which the Petitioners argued was unavailable when the ban was first challenged in 1950. It is their primary contention that the right to...

UAPA Wrecking Lives : What Is The Human Cost?

It is high time that the human costs extracted by the unjust detentions under UAPA are calculated and accountability is fixed on those investigating officers who trapped innocents by misusing the statute.

People Receiving First Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine Can't Wait Indefinitely For Second Dose After Interval Period Is Over: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has observed that people who have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, including both Covishield or Covaxin, cannot be made to wait indefinitely for receiving their second dose after the mandatory interval is over. It therefore asked the State administration to raise the number of vaccination doses.The observation came from a division bench comprising of...

Discrimination Based On Vaccination Status Is Violative of Fundamental Rights: Plea in Rajasthan High Court

The petition states that orders restricting access to public places and activities based on vaccination status is violative of fundamental rights.

Hathras Victim's Lawyers Call For Afresh Departmental Inquiry & Penal Charges Against Police Officer

In the Hathras Rape Case, the lawyers on behalf of the victim have called upon the Director-General of Police (Uttar Pradesh) on Saturday for afresh departmental inquiry against Circle Officer (Sadabad) Ram Shabd in conformity with the rule of law and principles of natural justice.Senior Advocate Vrinda Grover, through the representation, called upon to invoke penal laws for...

[TOMORROW AT 10 AM] LiveLaw Practitioners Series: "How To Contradict A Witness?" Part-II - By Justice Abraham Mathew

LiveLaw in association with AILU-Kollam is organizing a webinar under its "LiveLaw Practitioner Series" .Justice Abraham Mathew (Former Judge, High Court of Kerala) will speak on "How To Contradict A Witness? " PART-II.Mr BG Harindranath (Former Professor, National Judicial Academy) will moderate the session.The details of the webinar are as follows:Date & Time: July 10, 2021...

"Can't Decide Validity Of Remand Order In Habeas Corpus Plea": Delhi High Court Dismisses Riot Accused Gulfisha Fatima's Plea For Release

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the plea filed by Delhi riots accused Gulfisha Fatima seeking her release after observing that the Court cannot decide the validity of a remand order in a habeas corpus petition. A division bench comprising of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Jasmeet Singh dismissed the plea after hearing Advocate Jatin Bhatt and Additional Standing Counsel Amit...

"Will Not Enforce Privacy Policy Till Data Protection Bill Comes Out": WhatsApp Tells Delhi High Court

WhatsApp has informed the Delhi High Court on Friday that it's privacy policy will not be enforced till the time the Data Protection Bill comes out and that it will need to fit in the law in such a situation.Senior Advocate Harish Salve appearing for Whatsapp submitted thus:"We said we'll not enforce it untill the Data Protection Bill' will come out. In our case the government is...

Cognizance Of Bhima Koregaon Chargesheet Vitiated As Pune Judge Wasn't Special Judge Under NIA Act? Bombay High Court To Examine

The Court records showed that the Pune Judge who took cognizance was not Special Judge under NIA Act

[Facebook vs Delhi Assembly] Assembly's Function Not Confined To Legislation; Can Have Inquisitorial Role : Supreme Court

The Court also ruled that Assembly can summon non-members.

Facebook Can't Disrupt India's 'Unity In Diversity' Claiming Ignorance Or Lack Of Pivotal Role : Supreme Court

"The role played by Facebook is more active and not as innocuous as is often presented when dealing with third party content", the Court said.