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Allegations Of Nepotism, Corruption Against DRT Lucknow Presiding Officer: High Court Directs DRAT Chairman To Submit Report To Central Govt
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Chairman, Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal Allahabad to submit a preliminary report under Rule 9(1) of the Tribunal (Condition of Services) Rules, 2021 to the Central Government against the allegations of nepotism and corruption levelled against Mr. A. H. Khan, Presiding Officer, Debt Recovery Tribunal Lucknow.Petitioner, Debt Recovery Tribunal...
Maharashtra Govt Decision Hiking Lease Rentals In Mumbai's Bandra Not Extortionate: High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that the State Government's decision to calculate lease rent based on the value of land given in the 'Ready Reckoner' was not arbitrary. However, it ruled the Government Resolution allowing lease rent revision every 5 years, as per the value of land on date of such revision, was invalid because the original lease deed did not stipulate such revision.The...
Delhi High Court Directs Congress Leaders To Immediately Delete 'Defamatory Tweets' Against Rajat Sharma
The Delhi High Court has directed Congress leaders Ragini Nayak, Jairam Ramesh and Pawan Khera to immediately delete “defamatory tweets” against senior journalist Rajat Sharma latest by 7 PM today, in compliance of an interim order passed on June 14. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora directed X Corp, formerly Twitter, to unblock the tweets in question, which the social media platform...
Reassessment Notice Not Issued In Terms Of Procedure Prescribed Under Faceless Assessment; Karnataka High Court Grants Interim Stay
The Karnataka High Court has granted an interim stay on a reassessment notice issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 which was not issued in terms of the procedure prescribed under Faceless Assessment.The bench of Justice Sunil Dutt Yadav has stayed the reassessment notice issued by the jurisdictional assessing officer under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 since the...
Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 1 – July 7, 2024
NOMINAL INDEX Maharaj Kumari Vishnupriya v. State of U.P. and 2 Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (AB) 414 Kailash vs state of UP 2024 LiveLaw (AB) 415 S. Vignesh Shishir vs. Rahul Gandhi, Member Of Lok Sabha And Others 2024 LiveLaw (AB) 416 Ibne Haidar And 8 Others vs. State Of U.P. And 7 Others 2024 LiveLaw (AB) 417 State Of U.P. And Others vs. M/S Harish Chandra India Limited 2024...
In A First, Allahabad HC Delivers Judgment In English, Hindi & Sanskrit, Says Interim Maintenance Order Can't Be Enforced In S. 482 CrPC Plea
Today, the Allahabad High Court made history by delivering its judgment in three languages—English, Hindi, and Sanskrit—a first among all High Courts. A bench of Justice Shiv Shankar Prasad authored the judgment in the above-mentioned three languages concerning the maintainability of Section 482 CrPC petition seeking enforcement of an interim maintenance order made u/s 125 CrPC. The...
Video Posted By Ragini Nayak Alleging Abuse By Journalist Rajat Sharma Not Edited Or Fake: Twitter To Delhi High Court
X Corp, formerly Twitter, has told the Delhi High Court that the video posted by Congress leader Ragini Nayak on the social media platform alleging that senior journalist Rajat Sharma abused her on live TV is “not edited or fake.”The social media platform has said that the video in question, which was also shared by Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and Pawan Khera, matches India TV's own...
Bombay High Court Denies Bail To Sanjay Chhabria Booked In Yes Bank-DHFL Multi-Crore Scam
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the bail application of developer Sanjay Chhabria of the Radius Group, involved in a money laundering case related to the multi-crore Yes Bank-DHFL Scam.This is the second time that Chhabria's bail was rejected by the High Court. He was arrested in April 2022 on the allegation that a company related to him has availed a loan of ₹ 2,137 crores...
Imposing Condition To Furnish Bank Guarantee While Granting Bail Illegal: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that imposing a condition that the accused should furnish a bank guarantee of any quantum for grant of bail by the trial court is on the face of it illegal.A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna noted that it has come across a plethora of cases where the concerned courts while granting bail are imposing conditions of furnishing bank...
Madras High Court Stays Investigation Against Administrator Of Isha Yoga Centre In Alleged Property Damage Case
The Madras High Court has stayed the investigation in a case registered against the administrator of Isha Yoga Centre in connection with alleged damage to the vehicles of members of Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kalagam when they visited the Yoga Centre. The Coimbatore District Police had registered the case based on a complaint by K Ramakrishnan, General Secretary of Thanthai...
Kerala High Court Expresses Disinclination To Permit Differently Abled To Take Driving License Test
The Kerala High Court today expressed its disinclination to allow the plea moved by a 22-year-old, 40 per cent physically disabled citizen to take a driving license test.Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh stated "he cannot put the lives of the general public at risk". “How can you drive a vehicle when you are physically challenged?” enquired the Court. The petitioner has been physically disabled...
Assessee Can't Be Expected To Deduct TDS From Payments Which Became Taxable Owing To Retrospective Amendment: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court at Goa, while upholding the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), has held that the assessee cannot be expected to deduct tax at source from payments that became taxable owing to a retrospective amendment.The bench of Justice M.S. Karnik and Justice Valmiki Menezes has observed that it is not open to the department to take a divergent view on the expenditure...