High Courts
Contribution For Community Services By Employer Under MOU With Workers Union Is Business Expenditure : Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court recently held that contribution to public welfare fund, if connected with or related to carrying on assessee's business, or if it results in benefits to assessee's business, should be allowable deduction u/s 37. The High Court held so while deciding on the taxability of the contribution made by the employer/assessee (Tata Engineering & Locomotive) to its...
Allahabad High Court Holds Deputy Commissioner Of Income Tax Guilty Of Contempt
The Allahabad High Court has held Retired Deputy Commissioner Of Income Tax Range 2 guilty of contempt of Court under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for assuming jurisdiction in respect of the assesee-applicant in respect of a different assessment year when the Writ Court had directed that he has no jurisdiction in respect of the assesee. While directing...
[Triple Talaq] Legislature Has Prohibited Instantaneous & Irrevocable Divorce, Other Forms Of Talaq Still Valid: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has clarified that the legislative prohibition under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, is specifically aimed at Talaq-e-Biddat or any other similar forms of instantaneous and irrevocable divorce.The court ruled that the Act does not extend to other forms of divorce like Talaq-e-Hasan, which allows for revocation during the...
Court Cannot 'Stamp' Polygamous Relation Between Married Persons: P&H HC Declines To Accept Compromise Plea By Man Booked For Raping Live-In Partner
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to a man accused of raping his live-in partner. It was submitted that the matter was later compromised between the live-in couple who were already married to their respective spouses. In view of the compromise, the accused filed a second appeal against the order rejecting his pre-arrest bail.Justice Harpreet Kaur...
Bombay High Court Grants 3-Weeks Interim Protection To Refugee Family Facing 'Leave India' Notice, Allows Continuation Of Children's Studies
A few days after pulling up a Yemeni family for taking undue advantage of India's 'liberal attitude', the Bombay High Court on Monday granted three weeks protection to the 'refugee' family, which is facing 'Leave India Notice' for overstaying their visa for nearly a decade.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj Chavan granted protection to Khaled Gomaeai Mohammad...
No Bar In Registering Case And Counter Case Arising Out Of Same Incident, IO Must Probe Both Versions According To Standing Orders: Madras HC
The Madras High Court has issued a set of guidelines to all stakeholders for dealing with cases and counter cases. A full bench of Justice G Jayachandran, Justice M Nirmal Kumar, and Justice N Anand Venkatesh were answering a reference made to it relating to case and counter case and how the courts and investigation agencies were required to handle them. “There is no legal bar...
Oral Gift Under Mohammedan Law Reduced In Writing On Unregistered Document Cannot Be Subjected To S.47A Of Indian Stamp Act: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has held that oral gift under the Mohammedan Law which is reduced in writing on an unregistered document cannot be subjected to proceedings under Section 47-A of the Indian Stamp Act.Section 47-A of the Indian Stamp Act empowers the Collector to initiate proceedings for deficiency in stamp duty on any instrument under the Act. Sub-section (1) of Section 47-A provides...
"No Extra Business": Bombay High Court Pulls Up Indrani Mukherjea For Her "Extra Work List" For Travelling Abroad
The Bombay High Court on Monday pulled up Indrani Mukherjea, prime accused in the infamous Sheena Bora murder case for increasing her 'tasks' that she wanted to perform in Spain and the United Kingdom, so as to convince the court to permit her to travel abroad.Single-judge Justice Shyam Chandak noted that in her plea before a special court, Mukherjea had listed certain tasks or works, that...
Himachal Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 29 - August 4, 2024
Nominal Index:State of Himachal Pradesh vs XYZ 2024 LiveLaw (HP) 37Rakesh Kumar Bansal vs. State of H.P. and others 2024 LiveLaw (HP) 38The State of HP through its Secretary (Power), Government of Himachal Pradesh V/s M/s Adani Power 2024 LiveLaw (HP) 39Krishan Lal vs. Champa Devi 2024 LiveLaw (HP) 40Suresh Kumar Versus the State of H.P & Ors 2024 LiveLaw (HP) 41Rishi Raj Versus State...
Madras High Court Imposes Rs 50K Cost On Litigant For "Disruptive Attitude" During PIL Hearing
The Madras High Court recently imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on a litigant for filing a public interest litigation without any public element. The bench of Acting Chief Justice D Krishnakumar and Justice PB Balaji noted that the litigant had displayed a disruptive attitude during court proceedings and had no regard for the court's decorum. Even after engaging a counsel, the court...
Bombay High Court Weekly Roundup: 05 August – 11 August, 2024
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 400 To 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 422Nominal IndexIndo Allied Protein Foods Pvt. Ltd. vs. The State Of Maharashtra Thr Food , Civil Supplies And Consumer Protection Dept, 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 400Hemant Surgical Industries Ltd. Versus Union of India, 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 401Naveed Abdul Saeed Mulla vs. State of Maharashtra & ors., 2024 LiveLaw (Bom) 402Federal Brands Ltd....
Karnataka High Court Reserves Order On Plea Challenging State Govt's Withdrawal Of Consent For CBI Probe Against DK Shivakumar
The Karnataka High Court on Monday reserved its order on the petitions filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal challenging the State government's decision to withdraw consent for CBI probe into corruption allegations against Congress leader and Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.A division bench of Justice K Somashekhar and Justice Umesh...