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Petitioners Dub Renaming Of Osmanabad & Aurangabad As "Saffronization Of Country”; Bombay High Court Declines Status Quo
The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to order a status-quo on the Maharashtra government’s February 24 notification renaming Aurangabad and Osmanabad cities to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar and Dharashiv, respectively.The bench of Acting Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Sandeep Marne instead decided to hear on March 27, 2023 all the PILs against Union Home Ministry's letter...
791 Police Officials From Assam, 120 From Mizoram And 75 From Arunachal Identified For Separate Investigation Wings: States Tell Gauhati High Court
Responding to the suo moto PIL registered by the Gauhati High Court for implementing Police reforms, the Assam Government on Tuesday submitted that a total of 791 Police officials have been identified and earmarked for the purpose of being placed exclusively on the duty of investigation.Similarly, the governments in Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh have identified 120 and 75 Police...
Umesh Pal Murder| Prime Accused Not A Member Of Association, Media Spreading Misleading News: Allahabad HC Bar Association
The Allahabad High Court Bar Association has issued a clarification that the prime accused in the Umesh Pal Murder Case, Sadakat Khan, who has been arrested by UP Police on conspiracy charges, is not a member of the association, as is being claimed by the media.Expressing its displeasure over the misleading news being spread in various newspapers and social media that Khan, who is involved in...
Pension Liability For Services Rendered In North-East Frontier Agency Prior To It Becoming State Of Arunachal Pradesh Is On Centre: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday held that when a person who had died in harness while being deployed in North Eastern Frontier Agency, now Arunachal Pradesh, which was directly under the administration of the Government of India at the time, the family pension liability would only be upon the Central Government and not on the Government of the State of Arunachal Pradesh. "In the case of...
Accused On Bail In Case With Bailable Offences Can Seek Anticipatory Bail On Addition Of Non-Bailable Offences: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court, while considering the process to be followed when an accused is granted bail for a crime that initially involved only bailable offences, held that the accused can seek anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure after the addition of non-bailable offences. A single bench of Justice A. Badharudeen was hearing an anticipatory bail application...
Religious Conversion| 'Their Intent Behind Charitable Works Is Dubious': Allahabad HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To 'SHUATS' VC, Director
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday denied anticipatory bail to the Vice Chancellor of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (formerly Allahabad Agricultural Institute) (Dr.) Rajendra Bihari Lal and Institute's Director Vinod Bihari Lal in connection with a mass religious conversion case.Noting that they are an influential person and their intent behind...
Payment Towards Employee’s Contribution To Provident Fund After Due Date Is Not Allowable As Deduction: ITAT
The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that payment towards an employee’s contribution to the provident fund after the due date is not allowable as a deduction.The two-member bench of Sandeep Singh Karhail (Judicial Member) and Om Prakash Kant (Accountant Member) has relied on the Supreme Court's decision in the case of Checkmate Services (P.) Ltd. and ruled...
Delhi High Court Directs Police To Ensure Compliance Of Supreme Court's Order On CCTV Cameras In Police Stations
The Delhi Police has informed the Delhi High Court that it is working expeditiously to conclude the tender process for installing CCTV cameras in police stations in the national capital as per directions of the Supreme Court in Paramveer Singh Saini v. Baljit Singh. The Apex Court in Paramveer Singh Saini had directed that CCTV cameras must be installed with a storage period of 18...
Rajasthan High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Lawyers' Strike Over Peer's Murder, Condemns Bar For Obstructing AG's Entry
The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday took suo moto cognizance of strike called by various Bar Associations on account of a lawyer's murder in Jodhpur.The division bench of the Acting Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Vijay Bishnoi said call of strike and abstention from work by anyone including the office bearers of any of the Bar Association is not in accordance with the...
Delhi High Court Allows Extradition of German National For Trial In Child Sexual Abuse Case
The Delhi High Court has upheld an order passed by a Delhi Court recommending the extradition of a German national, who is accused of sexually abusing children.Justice Anish Dayal held that the order passed by the Court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM), recommending extradition of the accused, Bernd Alexander Bruno Wehnelt, to Germany for trial for the offences under the...
Before Resorting To OV R15 CPC, Must Show Defendant's Absent From Residence & No Likelihood Of Being Found: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that before resorting to provisions contained in Order V Rule 15 (Issuance of Summons) of the CPC, it has to be shown that the defendant is absent from his residence at the time when the service of the summons is sought to be effected and there is no likelihood of his being found at the residence within a reasonable time.A...
Centralized Processing Centre Not Authorized To Carry Out Adjustment For Disallowance Of Section 80P Deduction: ITAT
The Mumbai Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that the Centralised Processing Centre (CPC) was not authorized to carry out such adjustments for disallowance of deduction under section 80P of the Income Tax Act.The two-member bench of Pavan Kumar Gadale (Judicial Member) and Om Prakash Kant (Accountant Member) observed that the assessment year 2007-08 occurred prior to...