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Deadline To File Income Tax Returns Extended To August 31 [Read Order]
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the 'due date' for filing of Income Tax Returns from 31st July, 2019 to 31st August, 2019."The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) extends the 'due date' for filing of Income Tax Returns from 31st July, 2019 to 31st August, 2019 in respect of certain categories of taxpayers who were liable to file their Returns by 31.07.2019".Read Order ...
If A Cheque Is Lost By The Bank, It Is Liable To Compensate The Customer: NCDRC [Read Order]
Dismissing the revision petition filed by the Bank of Baroda, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) found it guilty of having lost a customer's cheque and held it liable to pay an amount, worth the cheque. Background It was the Bank's case that the cheque deposited by one, Mr. Chitrodiya (Respondent), was dishonored and was sent to his registered address...
Coaching Centres Shouldn't Be Money Collection Machines: Chandigarh State Consumer Protection Commission [Read Order]
State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission of Chandigarh has upheld the decision of the District Forum which had directed FIIT-JEE to refund the fee taken in advance on account of the child being unable to attend classes due to medical reasons. The forum also went on to declare the practice of coaching institutes to collect fee in advance as an unfair trade practice. In the present...
Lok Sabha Passes Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill [Read Bill]
After a day long discussion, the Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019 to amend the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988.Speaker Om Birla declared the Bill passed based on a voice vote in the house.It is the same Bill which was passed by the Lok Sabha in April 2017. However, that Bill did not get clearance from the upper house and got lapsed with...
NGT Directs CPCB To Assess The Value Of Damage Caused To Environment By Oil And Logistic Companies To Recover Damages [Read Order]
The Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal has directed Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), to assess the value of the damage caused to the environment and public health in villages, Mahul and Ambapada situated on outskirts of Mumbai, by Oil and Logistic Companies, operating nearby and recover monetary amount from them. The bench headed by Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said...
Karnataka HC Permits Rape Victim To Abort 21 Weeks Pregnancy
The Karnataka High Court has directed a hospital to terminate 21-week old pregnancy of a rape victim and directed investigating officer to preserve fetus and carry out DNA investigation at the Forensic laboratory to assist further investigations in the case and trial. Justice Alok Aradhe directed the Vani Vilas hospital in Bangalore, to terminate the pregnancy of the 18-year-old girl. It...
Protection Of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill Passed By Parliament [Read Bill]
Through a voice vote, Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019, which was cleared by Lok Sabha on Friday.The Bill amends the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 to provide that a person who has been Chief Justice of India, or a Judge of the Supreme Court will be the chairperson of the NHRC. As per the Act, only a person who has been the Chief Justice...
Bombay HC Quashes Process Issued Against Ratan Tata In Nusli Wadia's Defamation Case [Read Judgment]
The Bombay High Court on Monday allowed a petition filed by Ratan Tata and 10 others challenging process issued by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate against them in Nusli Wadia's complaint under Section 500 of the IPC (defamation) alleging that the petitioners had damaged his reputation.Division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Bharati Dangre heard the criminal writ petition...
Kerala HC Issues Notice On PIL For Increasing Backward Reservation For Muslims [Read Order]
The High Court of Kerala on Monday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation which seeks to revise the backward community list of Kerala and to increase the percentage of reservation of Muslim minority community.The bench of Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice A K Jayasankaran Nambiar directed the Kerala Government and Kerala State Backward Classes Commission to respond to the...
Delhi HC Directs The GST Commissioner To Allow A Taxpayer To Rectify Errors Made In The TRAN-1 Form
Delhi High Court has directed the GST Commissioner to allow a company which had made an error in filing the TRAN-1 form online to rectify the same immediately. The court has asked the authority to either open the online portal so as to enable the Petitioner to again file the rectified TRAN-I Form electronically or accept the manually filed TRAN-I Form with the correction on or before 31st...
Action Against Frivolous PILs: Bombay HC Deputes 'Serial Petitioner' As Para Legal Volunteer In Tribal Area To Collect Data From Students [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court has passed a unique order in a Public interest Litigation filed by one Sapan Shrivastava, who has already filed more than 40 PILs before the High Court.The bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice NM Jamdar noted-"Other than filing Public Interest Litigations we find that the Petitioner is not helping the Society by rendering services as a para...