Section 80-IA(7) Requirement Deems Fulfilled When Audit Report Filed At Any Time Before Framing Of Assessment: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the assessee to be eligible and entitled to exemptions under Section 11(1) and 11(2) of the Income Tax Act and the alleged ground of non-filing of audit report along with return of income, which was at the best procedural omission, could never be an impediment in law in claiming the exemption.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Ravinder Dudeja...

'Shocking State Of Affairs': Delhi High Court Raps MCD For Unbarricaded, Dirty Drain In Plea Over Mother-Son Deaths In Gazipur

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rapped the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) over an unbarricaded and uncleaned drain in the national capital where a mother and her three year old son recently fell and died due to water-logging amid heavy rains.Calling it a shocking state of affairs, the court said that the senior officials of the civic body were not performing their supervisory functions....

Delhi High Court Asks Registrar General To Decide Plea For Increasing E-Filing Size Limit

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed its Registrar General to decide a representation seeking increase in the e-filing size of documents to be filed before the Delhi High Court as well as district courts in the national capital. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela directed the Registrar General to decide the representation after...

Can Hearing Of Appeal Be Deferred Until Convict Is In 'Fit State Of Mind' To Give Instructions To Lawyer? Delhi High Court To Consider

The Delhi High Court is set to consider a question as to whether hearing of an appeal against conviction can be deferred until the convict is in the fit state of mind to give instructions to his or her counsel. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Amit Sharma was dealing with a plea moved by a convict challenging his conviction in 2002 in a murder case. He...

Compensation Awarded By CIC Has To Directly Correlate With Personal Detriment Experienced By Complainant: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that the compensation awarded by Central Information Commission (CIC) under the Right to Information Act, 2005, has to directly correlate with the personal detriment experienced by the complainant. “Thus, while the CIC possesses the authority to award compensation to information seeker, it is imperative that such compensation directly correlates with the...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: July 2024 [Citations 734 - 862]

Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 734 to 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 862NOMINAL INDEXLAKSHMI MURDESHWAR PURI v. SAKET GOKHALE 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 734 K Kavitha v. CBI, ED 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 735 Bibhav Kumar v. State 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 736 RAKESH YADAV & ORS. v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 737 X Corp v. Rajat Sharma 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 738 CAPTAIN DEEPAK KUMAR v. ELECTION COMMISSION...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea For Reservation Of Seats For Women Lawyers In DHCBA

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a plea seeking reservation of seats for women lawyers in top executive positions in Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA).A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela sought response of the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) and DHCBA. The court listed the matter for hearing on August 12 along with another...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 29 To August 04, 2024

Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 852 to 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 876NOMINAL INDEXLoreal India vs. Rajesh Kumar Taneja Trading 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 852 Resident Doctors Association, AIIMS (Rishikesh) & Ors. v. Ram Kishan Yadav alias Swami Ramdev & Ors. 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 853 Krishan Kumar & Anr Vs Shakuntla Agency Pvt Ltd 2024 LiveLaw (Del) 854 Sharad Bhansali & Anr. Vs Mukesh...

CJI DY Chandrachud Launches e-DHCR Portal, Calls It 'Powerful Platform' For Digital Publication Of Judgments Of Public Importance

Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud, on Monday launched the e-DHCR portal, a user friendly official platform for reporting the judgments of Delhi High Court. CJI Chandrachud said that the initiative marks a “profound shift” in ensuring the democratized dissemination of legal knowledge, making landmark judgments and legal precedents available online to anyone with an...

Liquor Policy: Delhi High Court Upholds Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Arrest By CBI

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed the petition filed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the corruption case in relation to the liquor policy case.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna disposed of Kejriwal's bail plea with the liberty to approach the trial court for the relief.It cannot be said that the arrest was without...

Amendment In Section 153C Income Tax Act Can't Be Interpreted For Revival Of Already Time Barred Proceedings: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the power to assess the block period of ten years would clearly not be attracted in the case of a search that had taken place prior to April 1, 2017. The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Ravinder Dudeja has observed that since the date of search was April 7, 2016, the amendments that came to be introduced in Section 153C by virtue of the Finance...

'14 Deaths In One Month Can't Be A Coincidence': High Court Directs Delhi Govt Social Welfare Secy To Visit Asha Kiran Shelter Home

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed Delhi Government's Social Welfare Secretary to personally visit tomorrow Asha Kiran shelter home where 14 inmates died last month, including a child. A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that 14 deaths in one month in the shelter home cannot be a coincidence. Noting that the deceased persons...