'Capital Grant Subsidy' Paid To Contractor To Meet Economic Shortfall In Revenue Is Not Liable For TDS Deduction: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that 'capital grant subsidy' which may be extended by the National Highways Authority of India to its contractors is not liable to TDS deduction under Section 194C of the Income Tax Act, since such grant cannot be construed as payment for a “work”.Section 194C requires deduction of tax at source on any sum which may be paid to a contractor for carrying out...

Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Man In FIR By Bajrang Dal Member For Alleged Abduction Of Minor Girl Of Different Religion

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to one Javed Alam, who was booked in an FIR lodged by a Bajrang Dal member accusing him of abducting a Hindu minor girl and having physical relations with her. A bench of Justice Sameer Jain noted that in her Section 161 and 164 CrPC statements, the victim girl stated that she was more than 17 years of age when the FIR was lodged and...

UP Panchayat Raj Act | Not Every Error In Gram Panchayat Inventory Purchase Bill Justifies Removal Of Pradhan: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that every error in a Gram Panchayat's inventory purchase bill cannot be grounds for proceeding against the Gram Pradhan under the UP Panchayat Raj Act 1947, specifically when such an error does not result in any property loss. “It is to be seen that Gram Pradhan is an elected member of the Gram Panchayat and his removal from the office of the...

Even Consensual Sex With Minor Wife Is Rape: Bombay High Court

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court bench at Nagpur recently held that a man even if indulging in consensual sexual intercourse with his wife, who is below the age of 18 years, can be booked for the offence of rape, irrespective of the wife's consent.Single-judge Justice Govind Sanap while upholding the conviction of a man for raping his minor wife, rejected his argument that...

Elephant Fitness Certificate, 3-Days Rest, 3-Hrs Cap On Parading: Kerala HC Issues Directions To Prevent Cruelty During Temple Festivals

The Kerala High Court has remarked that Elephants in Kerala are widely used in Temples in the name of tradition and religion but, in reality, it is a "commercial exploitation" without any care or concern for their well-being.The Division Bench of Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Gopinath P. thus issued certain directions for effective implementation of the Kerala Captive...

School Girls Allegedly Forced To Remove Clothes For Phone Search: HC Issues Contempt Notice To Indore Police Commissioner For Not Filing Report

In a case concerning a government school teacher allegedly forcing minor girls to remove their clothes to search for a mobile phone, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court issued a show-cause notice to the city Police Commissioner to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for not complying with its order. A division bench of Chief Justice Suresh Kumar...

Opinion On Merits Destined To Remain In Sealed Cover Forever: Madras HC Observes As 46-Yr-Old Dispute Ends After Parties Reach Compromise

A 46 year old land dispute suit was recently disposed of by the Madras High Court after the parties informed the court that they have arrived at a compromise."Shocked" by the long pendency of the suit, the High Court had in July this year transferred the suit–earlier pending before the lower court, to itself by exercising powers under Section 24 of the Code of Civil Procedure and Article 227...

Karnataka High Court Stays Investigation Against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya For Allegedly Spreading 'Fake News' About A Farmer's Suicide

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (November 14) by way of interim relief stayed investigation in the case registered against BJP Member of Parliament Tejasvi Surya, accused of spreading 'fake news' regarding the suicide of a farmer in Haveri district. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the interim order on the petition filed by Surya seeking to quash the FIR. The court...

Accused's Counsel Can't Directly Contact Probe Agencies/IOs Sans Court Permission: Allahabad HC Objects To Lawyers' Mails To ED

Today, the Allahabad High Court took exception to the actions of the accused's counsels, who had sent emails to Enforcement Directorate officers requesting them to file a counter affidavit, as directed by the court, in a case involving their client. Noting that counsels' sending emails directly to the Investigating Officer was not proper and could not be appreciated, a bench of...

No Judge Will Decide Cases Based On A Film: Bombay HC On Plea Apprehending "Match Fixing" Movie May Affect Malegaon Blast Case Verdict

The Bombay High Court while clearing the decks for the release of the controversial film 'Match Fixing: The Nation is At Stake', said no judge in India would ever decide a trial on the basis of a movie's plot.A division bench of Justices Burgess Colabawalla and Somasekhar Sundaresan pulled up one of the petitioners, Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col.) Prasad Purohit, for objecting to the...

Wife Not Reporting About Missing Of Husband & Staying With Paramour Not Criminal Conspiracy U/S 120-B IPC: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court on Thursday held that a wife not reporting the police about missing status of husband, not trying to trace him out and living passively with another man will not amount to criminal conspiracy.While acquitting the appellant-wife of the charge of criminal conspiracy, the Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Chittaranjan Dash observed –“…it is...

Laser Printing On Mineral Water Bottle Legible: Kerala HC Quashes Case Against Kinley Booked For Illegible Packaging Details

Quashing a case against Hindustan Coca Cola Company under the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules concerning alleged illegible declaration about the packaging details of mineral water sold at a movie theatre, the Kerala High Court observed that it could not be said that the details in the form of laser printing were illegible or not prominent. After perusing through the seized...