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Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Slash Corporate Tax Rates [Read Bill]
The Lok Sabha today passed the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, to slash corporate tax rate to 22% without incentives and tax rate for new manufacturing entities to 15%. The Bill will replace the ordinance promulgated by the Central govt. in this regard on September 20, with certain variations. While introducing the Bill, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the house today...
PIL Against 'Super 30' Fame Anand Kr Withdrawn With Liberty To Move Patna HC [Read Order]
With the Gauhati High Court expressing practical difficulties in execution of its orders passed from time to time, the petition filed by four IIT students against 'Super 30' fame Anand Kumar was allowed to be withdrawn with liberty to the petitioners to approach the Patna High Court. A bench of Chief Justice Ajai Lamba and Justice Achintya Malla Bujor Barua felt that though all...
Police Officers Need To Be Specially Trained To Deal With Sexual Assault And Rape Cases; NHRC Seeks Report On SOP From Centre, States
The National Human Rights Commission on Monday expressed serious concern over the rising incidents of sexual assault in the country and taking suo-motu cognizance of media reports, issued a notice to Centre, States and UTs calling for a report on Standard Operating procedure in place for dealing with such sensitive cases and use of the Nirbhaya fund. In a press release, NHRC...
Augusta Westland: Special Judge Grants Bail to Ratul Puri
Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar has granted bail to Kamal Nath's nephew Ratul Puri in the Augusta Westland case. The court has observed that Puri does not pose any likelihood of flight risk or tampering with the evidence, as the same is documentary in nature and is already in custody of the agency. The court also acknowledged the fact that Puri has been in custody for over 90 days, and that he...
Power To Appreciate Evidence Cannot Be Relegated To Advocate Commission : Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
The power of appreciation of evidence is vested in court alone, and it can never be relegated to an Advocate Commission, held the High Court of Kerala while dismissing an original petition filed against an order passed by a Family Court.The Family Court had dismissed an application filed seeking the appointment of an Advocate Commission to examine the contents of a CD and report the...
Parliament Passes Bill To Ban E-Cigarettes [Read Bill]
The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Prohibition Of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage And Advertisement) Bill, 2019, by voice vote. The Bill to prohibit production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage, and advertisement of e-cigarettes and similar devices, was passed by the Lok...
Air Pollution : HC Asks Delhi Govt To Submit Action Plan To Special Task Force
Delhi High Court has issued notice to Delhi Government to submit an action plan to the Special Task Force working under the supervision of the Supreme Court, stating the steps taken to deal with encroachments on forest lands. Hearing a suo motu matter on the air pollution in Delhi, the Division Bench of Justice Sistani and Justice Bhambhani, asked the Delhi Together e to...
New Pension Scheme For Judicial Officers Appointed Post April 1, 2006 Is Optional: Karnataka HC [Read Order]
Karnataka HIgh Court has held that 'New Pension Scheme' for judicial officers appointed post April 1, 2006, cannot be made mandatory by the government and it will be optional for the state cadre judicial officers to opt for the same. A bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Mohammad Nawaz while deciding bunch of petitona filed by the Karnataka State Judicial Officers Association and...
PIL Challenges Appointment Of Karnataka Upa-Lokayukta Claiming There Was No Consultation With Chief Justice [Read Petition]
A Public Interest Litigation filed in the Karnataka High Court challenging the appointment of former Judge B S Patil, of the High Court, as Upa-Lokayukta of Karnataka. The petition filed by Samaj Parivarthana Samudaya, through their advocate S Basavaraj states that plea is filed "To maintain institutional integrity of the public institution meant for prevention and eradication...
High Courts Weekly Round-Up
Allahabad High Court The Lucknow bench of the High Court issued notices on petition challenging the use of "reserved election symbols" by political parties as their party logos.Held that cogent evidence was required to summon a person under Section 319 of CrPC and that the same was a subject matter of scrutiny of trial court, which were to decide the application.While...
Termination Of Services Without RBI's Approval In Breach Of Banking Regulation Act; Chanda Kochhar Moves Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court on Monday heard Former ICICI bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar's writ petition challenging ICICI's decision to terminate her from service and deny her agreed remuneration in light of Justice BN Shrikrishna's report which highlighted that Kochhar had violated the bank's code of conduct.Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice MS Karnik allowed Chanda Kochhar's...
Delhi HC To Hear Plea Seeking Adequate Procedure To Deal With Reporting Of Mysterious Deaths
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking appropriate procedure to be set up to deal with cases where blind and the mysterious death of a person is reported. The Petitioner has moved the present plea as he himself lost his son in mysterious circumstances, and as per the petition, received no substantial assistance from the police or the concerned authorities. ...