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Gujarat High Court Directs CBDT To Extend Due Date Of Filing ITR Till November 30 For Assessees Who Are Required To File Audit Report
The Gujarat High Court on Monday (October 13) directed Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to extend the due date for filing income tax return (ITR) to November 30 for those assesse's who are required to file an audit report. This the court said after noting that as the specified date of filing tax audit report had been extended to October 31, then as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act...
Right Of Regularisation Survives After Employee's Death If He Passes Away After Becoming Eligible: Punjab & Haryana High Court
Observing that "justice, even if delayed, must be seen to repair what was broken not only in legality, but in principle," the Punjab & Haryana High Court held that the right to regularisation of service, once accrued, does not extinguish upon an employee's death. The Court observed that if an employee passes away after becoming eligible for regularisation, the benefit must be deemed to...
Delhi High Court Reinstates Mandatory Gown Rule For Advocates From October 27
The Delhi High Court has issued a notice, making it compulsory for advocates to wear gowns when appearing before the court, with the rule taking effect from October 27, 2025.In a notice dated October 10, 2025, the Registrar General, Arun Bhardwaj, stated that the new directive supersedes the court's earlier notice from February 20, 2025, on the same matter."In supersession of this Court's...
NHRC Warns Telangana Govt Over Failure In Reporting On Steps To Tackle Fluoride Contamination In Groundwater, Grants Last Chance
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has warned the office of the Chief Secretary over failure in filing an action taken report on tackling fluoride contamination in groundwater.The Commission said that the complainant submitted that Groundwater in Telangana is found to contain excess fluoride levels, posing serious health risks, particularly skeletal and dental fluorosis...
Karur Stampede | Media Statements Of TN Police May Create Doubts About Impartiality Of Probe : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the comments made by senior police officers of Tamil Nadu before the media regarding the Karur stampede, in which 41 people lost their lives, may create doubt in the minds of citizens about the impartiality and fairness of the ongoing investigation by the State's Special Investigation Team (SIT).Transferring the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation...
Land Acquisition Can't Be Challenged After Accepting Compensation: Supreme Court Rejects Company's Plea To Restore Singur Land
The Supreme Court has overturned the Calcutta High Court's decision to restore land to a private company based on the 2016 Kedar Nath Yadav v State of West Bengal precedent. The Court stated that its 2016 ruling, which quashed the Tata Nano plant acquisition in Singur, provided a targeted remedy for farmers and was not a general right for commercial entities that had accepted the acquisition...
Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyay Flags Off DHCBA's First Relief Truck For Adopted Punjab Village
In a significant humanitarian gesture, the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, D. K. Upadhyay, and other judges of the High Court joined the leadership of the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) today to flag off the first truckload of flood relief supplies for Village Kamirpura in the Ajnala District of Punjab.The event, held on October 13, 2025, marks a major step in the...
Delhi Riots: Sharjeel Imam Moves Court Seeking Interim Bail To Contest Bihar Assembly Polls
Sharjeel Imam has moved a Delhi Court seeking interim bail in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case in order to contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections as an independent candidate from Bahdaruganj constituency. Imam has filed an application before Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts seeking his release on interim bail for 14 days from October 15 to October 29....
Income Tax | Manual Filing Of Appeal By NRI Valid For DTVSV Scheme Benefits: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court held that the manual filing of an appeal by an NRI is valid for DTVSV (Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme, 2024) Scheme Benefits. Justices Bhargav D. Karia and Pranav Trivedi were addressing the case where the petitioner/assessee has challenged the communication issued by the respondent authorities, whereby the declaration made by the assessee under the Direct...
Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Status Of Implementation Of 2017 Palliative Care Guidelines
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to file within 3 weeks its response on implementation of Palliative Care guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2017.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order in a PIL seeking directions for provision of palliative care to terminally-ill persons as part of the national health programme.The...