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MP High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Video Allegedly Showing OBC Youth Forced To Wash Person's Feet
“The repeated instances of caste-related violence and discriminative actions in the State of Madhya Pradesh is shocking. This is the same State, where a person of the general category urinated on the head of a tribal person,” the court said.
Supreme Court Dismisses TN Govt Plea Against HC Order For SIT Probe Into Organ Trading; Refuses To Direct CBI Investigation
The Supreme Court on October 10 dismissed a plea challenging the Madras High Court's order, which constituted a five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the allegations of a human organ transplantation racket in the State, including kidney transplants.The High Court in its August 28 order, noting that the State's response was "disappointing", stated that the SIT will...
Information Regarding GST Returns Of Company Cannot Be Disclosed Under RTI Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (October 14) held that a company's Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns filing cannot be disclosed under the Right To Information (RTI) Act. Sitting at Aurangabad bench, single-judge Justice Arun Pednekar noted that section 158(1) of the GST Act prohibits disclosure of information of GST returns to third parties and that section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act too...
Punjab Court Directs Janta Party Chief's Arrest In Forged Signature Case, Seeks Explanation From Chandigarh SHO For Obstructing Arrest
A Punjab court has directed the arrest of the Janta Party Chief in connection with a case involving the alleged forgery of MLAs' signatures to file a nomination. The court has also sought an explanation from the Station House Officer (SHO) of Chandigarh for allegedly obstructing the execution of the arrest.Punjab Police on Monday reportedly registered multiple FIRs after several Aam Aadmi...
Supreme Court Directs Centre To Upload Nodal Officer Details On Mission Vatsalya Portal For Missing Child Complaints
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Union of India to ensure that all states and Union Territories make available details of dedicated Nodal Officers to handle cases of missing children and to upload their details on the Mission Vatsalya portal.“we direct the respondent(s) Union of India to communicate to each of the States and the Union Territories to make available details of...
Family Courts Must Evaluate Oral Evidence In Background Of Normal Human Behaviour Without Generalising Or Stereotyping: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court in a recent judgment held that family courts must avert to evaluation of testimonies in the background of normal human behaviour without generalisation or stereotyping when there is hardly any evidence other than oral evidence. It further held that Family Courts should also weigh the oral evidence and resort to preponderance of probabilities.The Division Bench of...
ITC Cannot Be Denied To Bona Fide Purchasers If Seller Defaults On Tax Payment : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that the Input Tax Credit (ITC) on goods purchased from registered dealers cannot be denied to bona fide purchasers merely because the seller failed to deposit the Value Added Tax (VAT) with the government.A bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh observed that there was no infirmity in the order of Delhi High Court granting credit...
When Bulldozer Becomes The Law
The Indian Constitution was meant to protect citizens from arbitrary power; the bulldozer has come to symbolise its return. In recent years, India's skyline has changed not only through construction but through demolition, a spectacle where accusation replaces adjudication. When governments raze homes of those merely accused of crime, they bypass the courts and collapse the presumption of innocence. The bulldozer becomes a language of instant justice, its steel blade speaking louder than due...
Supreme Court Issues Notice To Ilaiyaraaja On Sony's Plea To Transfer Copyright Suit From Madras To Bombay HC
The Supreme Court today sought a response from Music Composer Dr Ilaiyaraaja in a transfer petition filed by Sony Music Entertainment seeking the transfer of a copyright dispute from Madras to the Bombay High Court.The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran agreed to consider the matter and issued notice in the same. Sr Adv AM Singhvi, appearing for Sony, stressed that the...
Marriage Often Misused As Instrument Of Subjugation Against Women : Justice Surya Kant
Supreme Court judge Justice Surya Kant has said that marriage, across cultures and eras, has too often been used as an instrument of subjugation against women, and that the law must continue to evolve to transform it into a partnership based on dignity, mutual respect and equality. He, however, acknowledged that contemporary legal and social reforms are gradually transforming marriage from a...
