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Sheena Bora Murder Case: Peter Mukherjea Granted Bail By Bombay HC, 4 Years After His Arrest
The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to former Star India CEO Peter Mukherjea on a surety of Rs.2 lakh. Mukherjea was arrested in November 2015 for his alleged involvement in the murder of Sheena Bora, his wife Indrani's daughter from a previous marriage. Justice NW Sambre, however, granted six weeks stay on the bail order so that the Central Bureau of Investigation can...
NRI Tax : Kerala Assembly Passes Resolution Against Budget Proposal To Amend Section 6 Income Tax Act
The Kerala Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution moved by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan urging the Central Government to withdraw the proposal to bring amendments in Section 6 of the Income Tax Act in respect of residential status of Indians.The Finance Bill 2020 proposed to amend Section 6 of the Income Tax Act 1961 to reduce the period of stay in India as 120 days from 182...
Internship For Law Students Will Be Arranged By BCI & Law Schools: BCI Before Delhi HC [Read Order]
In suo moto proceedings pertaining to the suicide of an Amity Law School student Sushant Rohilla, the Bar Council of India has assured the Delhi High Court that the Council and the law schools will arrange internships for all law students. A Division Bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Najmi Waziri recorded the submission made by the counsel for BCI as under, "He assures the...
No Plans To Move 'Water' To Union/ Concurrent List From State List, Centre Says In Lok Sabha
The government today denied that it was planning to include the subject of Water, presently in the State list, to the Union/ Concurrent List of the Constitution. Clearing air on this matter, the Centre said in the Lok Sabha that the proposal to bring water in the Union / Concurrent list had earlier been examined by the two Commissions on Centre State Relations, and the proposal did...
Second National Judicial Pay Commission Recommends Hike In Pay, Pension & Allowances Of Judicial Officers Across The Country
The Second National Judicial Pay Commission has submitted its final report recommending increase in the pay, pension and allowances of judicial officers.The Commission was constituted by the Supreme Court as per its orders in the All India Judges Association case. On November 16, 2017, the Ministry of Law and Justice had issued the notification in that regard.Justice P.V.Reddi, former Judge...
Nirbhaya Case: Tihar Jail Moves Court For Fresh Death Warrants Against Convicts
Tihar Jail Authorities have moved Patiala House Court for seeking fresh death warrants against the four convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case.While admitting the said application, the court of ASJ Dharmender Rana has issued notices to all the four convicts. The matter will be heard tomorrow. The petition has been moved under section 413 of Criminal Procedure Code, as mercy petitions...
Delhi HC Dismisses Appeal Filed By 11 Persons Against Rejection Of Nominations In Delhi Elections
The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed the appeal filed by 11 candidates whose nominations from the New Delhi constituency were rejected.A single bench had earlier dismissed their plea. The Division Bench of the Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Hari Shankar has held that there's no reason to interfere with the order passed by the Single Judge wherein the present...
Fake Journalists : Madras HC Directs Police To Find Out Persons Holding Bogus Press Identity Cards [Read Order]
The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Public Prosecutor to ask the police to investigate and find out the persons who are holding fake press identity cards and take criminal action if they are found to be misusing the name of Government of India under the relevant act.A Division Bench comprising Justices N. Kirbukaran and P Velmurugan noticed that fake press identity cards have...
Mumbai Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Student Booked For Sedition Over Slogans Supporting Sharjeel Imam
A Sessions Court in Mumbai on Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail application filed by Urvashi Chudawala, a 22-year-old student booked under Sections 124 A (sedition), 153 B (Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration) and 505 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly raising slogans in support of JNU student Sharjeel Imam during a rally held for the...
'Browbeating Of Junior Counsels Is Impermissible': Delhi HC Imposes Cost Of Rs. 1 Lakh [Read Order]
Dismissing a contempt petition filed against a Junior Counsel for alleged non-compliance of the high court orders, the Delhi High Court frowned upon "browbeating" of Junior Counsels. Seeking compliance of the orders passed by the high court in September and December, 2019, in connection to a case for determining validity of certain Powers of Attorney, the Petitioner had arrayed a...
No Proposal To Link Social Media With Aadhaar, Says IT Ministry In Lok Sabha
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Wednesday has stated that the Government has neither formulated nor proposed any policy to link social media profiles of the users with their Aadhaar number.This was said by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in response to a starred question raised by Lok Sabha MP Sunil Baburao Mendhe."There is no proposal with Ministry...
Forfeiture Of Gratuity: Proof of Misconduct Not Enough, Offence Involving Moral Turpitude Must Be Established In Court holds Bombay HC [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court last week held that in order to forfeit the gratuity that an employee is entitled to, offence involving moral turpitude must be established in a court of law, mere proof of misconduct by an internal inquiry is not enough to deprive the employee of gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.Justice Manish Pitale of the Nagpur bench was hearing a writ petition filed...