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Mobile App Being Developed To Help The Visually Impaired And Blind Identify Currency Notes' Denomination: RBI Tells Bombay HC
The Reserve Bank of India informed the Bombay High Court on Friday that a mobile application is being developed to help visually impaired and blind persons identify the denomination of currency notes.A division bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice NM Jamdar was hearing a petition filed by the National Association of the Blind (NAB) seeking directions to the RBI to include...
Illegal Hoardings: BJP Corporator Agrees To Pay Rs.24 Lakh To MCGM For Roughing Up Civic Squad Removing Illegal Hoardings
A sitting BJP corporator from Andheri has agreed to pay Rs.24 lakh as compensation to the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) in a contempt petition filed by the civic body against him regarding an incident in Andheri where his supporters assaulted a BMC civic squad that was removing illegal hoardings in compliance with high court orders.A bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice...
After 14 Yr Long Legal Battle, Bombay HC Orders Reinstatement Of HIV+ve Man As Coast Guard [Read Judgment]
After a 14-year long legal battle, an HIV positive man who was discharged as an invalid on being diagnosed with HIV and tuberculosis has been ordered to be reinstated immediately by the Bombay High Court.The order was passed by a bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice NJ Jamadar.The petitioner joined the Indian Coast Guard in 1995 and had worked as a sweeper, office boy, sentry and...
Technological Self-Determination And The Transformative Constitution [Excerpt From Gautam Bhatia's New Book]
At the time of Independence, India was a society characterized by authoritarian political power, legal and social inequalities, and unaccountable private regimes of domination. Te Constitution acknowledged both this legacy and this reality, and sought to transform it. In this book, I have attempted to articulate that transformative constitutional vision through nine judgmentsBut...
Hostel Rules- Not Unfair To Treat Women and Men Differently In Matters Of Safety and Security: Madras HC [Read Judgment]
"Right of a women to have empowerment on the basis of the economic status is altogether different from the mandatory duty of the State to provide security and safety to the women and children"
Statutory Dues Of Income Tax, VAT Etc. Are Operational Debts Under IBC : NCLAT [Read Judgment]
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal has held that statutory dues of income tax, value added tax etc. are 'operational debts' under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016.Consequently, it held that Income Tax Department, Sales Tax Department of states etc., who are entitled to such dues, are 'operational creditors'.The judgment was given by the NCLAT dismissing a batch of appeals filed...
Section 138 NI Act: Non-Filing Of I-T Returns Does Not Mean That The Complainant Had No Source Of Income: MP HC [Read Order]
"Non-filing of Income Tax Return by itself would not mean that the complainant had no source of income and thus, no adverse inference can be drawn in this regard only because of absence of Income Tax Return"
Lack Of Parental Care One Of The Reasons For Child's Addiction To Online Video Games : Kerala HC
Lack of parental care is perhaps one of the reasons for child getting addicted to online games, observed the High Court of Kerala yesterday.The Court was dealing with a petition by a child seeking permission to appear for plus two examination of Central Board of Secondary Education, despite attendance shortage. The attendance shortage was due to the child's addiction to online video games. He...