High Courts
Department Can Centralize Assessment At One Place If There Are Sufficient Reasons: Bombay High Court Upholds Transfer Order U/s 127
Finding that the Assessee had transactions with certain Indian citizens, who were subject to search operation and whose assessments were centralized with the Central Circle at New Delhi, the Bombay High Court find sufficient reasons for proposing of Assessee's case to be centralised at New Delhi. The High Court also found that the assessment of such persons would certainly...
High Court Seeks Registrar's Response On Alleged Non-Implementation Of Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act
While hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Chamunda Cotton Sales Co-Operative Society Ltd, the Gujarat High Court has directed the Registrar of Co-operative Societies to file an affidavit addressing the issue of alleged non-implementation of the Gujarat Co-operative Societies Act, 1961.The PIL raised three key issues concerning the implementation of the Act.The first...
Reopening Proceedings In Defiance Of Mandatory Procedure U/s 151A To Be Quashed: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court clarified that the Assessing Officer is required to adhere to the provisions of Section 151A read with CBDT Notification dated Mar 29, 2022 for resorting to a procedure u/s 148A and the consequent notice u/s 148. Section 151A of the Income Tax Act empowers the Central Government to make a scheme for the purpose of assessment, reassessment, or recompilation...
Delay In Executing Conveyance Deed Attributable To Development Authority, Cannot Ask For Interest On Premium Payment From Allottee: Allahabad HC
While granting relief to a 75-year-old woman, the Allahabad High Court has held that when the delay in executing the conveyance deed was due to issues between the State Government and the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA), interest on payment of the remaining premium amount cannot be imposed on the allotee.Case BackgroundPetitioner made an application for plot in...
Haldwani Violence | 'Sluggish' Probe; 'Careless' IO: Uttarakhand High Court Grants Default Bail To 50 Accused
Citing the 'sluggish' probe and flagging the 'carelessness' of the Investigating Officer, the Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday granted 'default' bail to 50 accused (including six women) who are facing charges of attempt to murder, rioting, and dacoity in connection with the February 2024 Haldwani violence case. A bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari and Justice Pankaj Purohit...
[Justice Hema Committee Report] Director V K Prakash Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail Amid Sexual Abuse Allegations
Film director V K Prakash has moved an anticipatory bail application before the Kerala High Court over sexual abuse allegations made against him after the publication of the Justice Hema Committee Report, which deals with issues (including sexual demands) faced by women in the Malayalam film industry.On publication of the Committee report, several women have come forward making...
Had No Intention To Hurt Sentiments: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje Tells Court On Remarks Linking Rameswaram Café Bombers To Tamil Nadu
BJP Minister Shobha Karandlaje, on Wednesday, told the Madras High Court that there was no intention on her part to hurt the sentiments of the people of Tamil Nadu. The court was hearing a petition moved by Karandlaje to quash the criminal proceedings initiated against her. The allegation against Shobha is that in March 2024, after the blasts in Rameshwaram café, she allegedly...
Illegal, Unsafe Hoardings Removed By Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation: High Court Disposes PIL, Refuses To Look Into Tender Process
Total 84 hoardings deemed illegal and unsafe have been removed from Ahmedabad city, the Gujarat High Court was informed last week.Of over 2,000 billboards and hoardings erected in the city, the Municipal Corporation found 74 hoardings to have been erected without any permission and remaining 12 were found to be unsafe.The division bench comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice...
Allottee Cannot Be Compelled To Accept Alternate Plot Offered By Developer Instead Of Refund: Punjab & Haryana High Court
Observing that "the willingness of one cannot be thrust upon the other", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has set aside the award passed by Lok Adalat wherein a developer who failed to provide possession was directed to provide an alternative plot instead of giving a refund of the deposited amount.The allottee had booked a residential plot in 2012 by depositing the initial amount but the...
"Expulsion From MNLU Will Be Like Death Sentence": Law Student Accused In Multiple Cases Of Sexual Harassment Tells Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday reserved judgment in a plea filed by a final year law student of the Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) challenging the decision of the varsity to expel him from the institution after he was found guilty by of 'repeated' sexual harassment of girls by the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC).A division bench of Justices Atul Chandurkar and Rajesh...
How Did School Allow It? Madras HC On Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Sexual Assault Of School Girls At 'Fake' NCC Camp
The Madras High Court on Wednesday wondered how the school in Krishnagiri allowed the conduct of a fake NCC camp in which school girls were sexually assaulted. The court also wondered why no action had been taken by the Education Department against the school while it had acted swiftly in the Kallakurichi incident where a school girl had allegedly committed suicide. The bench of...
"Decade-Old Saga Of Deceit": Karnataka High Court Directs Appearance Of Woman In Quashing Plea By Tenth Husband Booked U/S 498A IPC
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed a woman complainant who had made allegations of cruelty against her husband and his family members to appear before the court on Saturday and make her submissions.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna directed the complainant to appear while hearing a petition filed by the husband and in-laws seeking quashing of the offences...