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Advocate P V Kunhikrishnan Appointed As Additional Judge Of Kerala HC
After keeping the Collegium recommendation pending for almost a year, the Central Government has notified the appointment of Advocate P V Kunhikrishnan as an additional judge of High Court of Kerala.The notification issued by the Department of Justice on February 10 states that Advocate Pulleri Vadhyarillath Kunhikrishnan will be an additional judge of Kerala High Court for a period of two...
TDS Not Applicable On Discounts Given By Telecom Service Provider To The Distributors Of Prepaid SIM Cards: Bombay HC [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court in a significant order, held recently that TDS provisions under section 194H of the Income Tax Act, 1961 are not attracted on discounts given by telecom service provider to the distributors of prepaid SIM cards.Division bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Milind Jadhav were hearing an appeal filed by the Commissioner of Income Tax, Pune against the order of the...
Delhi HC Issues Notice On A Plea Seeking Ban On Tobacco Advertisements And Safeguarding Of Workers Of Tobacco Companies
Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Health Ministry, among others, in a plea seeking a ban on the surrogate advertisements of the tobacco product 'Chaini Khaini'.The Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar has directed the said Ministry to positively file their reply on the next date of hearing, otherwise strict costs will be imposed.The present plea is filed...
High Courts Weekly Round-Up
Allahabad High Court Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Swami Chinmayanand In Sexual Exploitation Case Of Law Student [Swami Chinmayanand Alias Krishna Pal Singh v. State of U.P.] The Allahabad High Court granted bail to former Union Minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, who has been accused of sexually exploiting a 23 years old law student. The order was passed by...
Bombay HC Imposes 25K Cost on Litigant For Wasting Time of The Court [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday imposed a cost of Rs.25,000 on one Shrikrishna Adbol who had challenged the election of Akola Member of Parliament Sanjay Dhotre, presently the Union Minister of State for Department of IT and Telecommunication, in a writ petition alleging suppression of expenditure incurred by him during the 2014 Lok Sabha election.Division bench of Justice RV Ghuge and...
Credibility Of Witness Can Be Established Only After Cross-Examination By The Accused: Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]
The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that the credibility of any witness can be established only after the said witness is put to cross-examination by the accused persons, in connection with the charged offence. Justice Ajit Singh held that the trial court had committed an error in not providing an opportunity to the Petitioner-accused to cross examine the prosecution witnesses,...
3 Additional Judges of Calcutta HC Made Permanent [Read Notification]
The Centre has notified the appointment of 3 Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court as permanent judges. They are: Justice Shampa SarkarJustice Ravi Krishan KapurJustice Arindam Mukherjee They were appointed as Additional Judges on March 12, 2018. Their appointments will take effect from the date they assume charge of their respective offices. The Supreme...
Plea Moved In Delhi HC Challenging The Results Of Delhi Judicial Services Exams [Read Petition]
A plea has been moved before the Delhi High Court challenging the results of Delhi Judicial Service Examinations of 2019-2020. The Petitioner has challenged the results declared on January 19, 2020, by claiming that the recruitment process adopted by the respondent is arbitrary, biased and in the express violation of Delhi Judicial Service Rules, 1970. The violation...
Unregistered Partnership Firms Can Maintain Complaint For Dishonor Of Cheque U/S 138 NI Act : Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on Friday held that an unregistered partnership firm can maintain a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The division bench comprising Justice PN Deshmukh and Justice Pushpa V Ganediwala was answering a reference from an order of single judge, questioning the previous view of the high court taken in...
"Protector Turns Predator": Death Penalty Awarded To Police Officer Who Murdered Wife And Son Of Judge [Read Judgment]
A Haryana court on Friday awarded death sentence to a personal security officer (PSO) who murdered the son and wife of Additional Sessions Judge Krishna Kant Sharma, in the year 2018. The order has been passed by Additional Sessions Judge Sudheer Parmar. He held, "When a 32 years old man being in police service since 2007 and entrusted with security duty decides to misuse his...
Sr Adv Rajeev Ranjan Appointed As Advocate General Of Jharkhand [Read Notification]
The state of government of Jharkhand has appointed Senior Advocate Rajeev Ranjan as the new Advocate General. He will substitute Senior Advocate Ajit Kumar, who had submitted a letter of resignation to Chief Minister Hemant Soren, on February 6, requesting to be relieved from the position. As per a notification issued yesterday, Ranjan will take charge of the position with...
'Not In National Interest', Allahabad HC Delcines Permission For Anti CAA Protests [Read Order]
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition seeking permission to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Holding that the same would not be in 'National interest', a division bench comprising Justice Bharti Sapru and Justice Piyush Agrawal dismissed the case. The petition was filed by a resident of Firozabad, Mohammad Furqan, who submitted that the...