Canon Law Vs Income Tax Act : SC Stays Madras HC Judgment On TDS Liability Of Christian Nuns & Missionaries [Read Order]

The Supreme Court today stayed the Madras HC judgment which had ruled that salaries received by missionaries and nuns of Catholic Church are liable to be subjected to Tax Deduction at Source(TDS) under Section 192 of the Income Tax Act.The bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and K M Joseph ordered to maintain "status quo as on today" while issuing notice in the petition filed by Institute...

Delhi Court Grants Bail To Jairam Ramesh In Defamation Case Filed By Vivek Doval

A Delhi court Thursday granted bail to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh in a defamation case filed by NSA Ajit Doval's son Vivek against him and 'The Caravan' magazine for an article published in January. The complaint was filed against The Caravan and the author of the article, besides Ramesh. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal framed defamation charges against all...

Successive Bail Applications Should Be Placed Before The Same Judge Who Considered The First One: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has reiterated that successive bail applications filed by an accused should be placed before the same Judge who had refused bail in the first instance, unless that Judge is not available. In this case (Gati Limited vs.T. Nagarajan Piramiajee), the FIR was registered against the accused for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468 and 472 of...

Two Advocates Removed From The Rolls By TN Bar Council For Serious Misconduct & Allegations Against A Judge [Read Order]

"An Advocate shall, at all times, comfort himself in a manner befitting his status as an Officer of the Court, a privileged member of the community; and a gentleman, bearing in mind that what may be lawful and moral for a person who is not a member of the Bar, or for a member of the Bar in his professional capacity may still be improper for an advocate," this is the quotation...

Migrant Scheduled Tribes Can Be Given Benefit Of Reservation In Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT: SC [Read Judgment]

“A person belonging to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe which is notified by the President for a Union Territory is entitled to be considered as a reserved candidate provided he is a resident of the said Union Territory.”

Delhi HC Comes To Aid Of Man With Rare Life Threatening Disorder As Centre Covers "Stem Cell Products" Under New Drug Rules

Coming to the aid of a man suffering from a rare life-threatening neuromuscular disorder, the Delhi High Court has allowed the clinic from where he had been receiving stem cell therapy to provide him treatment even as the New Drugs and Clinical Rule, 2019 include "stem cell-derived products" as "new drugs" thereby requiring a clinic to obtain licence from central licensing authority for...

Take Decision On Licensing Of Medicinal & Industrial Cannabis : HP HC Tells Govt [Read Order]

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the State Government to take a decision on the licensing of cultivation of medicinal and industrial cannabis.The order was passed by the Division Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Sandeep Sharma, while considering a plea by Advocate Deven Khanna for allowing non-narcotic use of cannabis in Himachal Pradesh.The petitioner produced a DVD...

Young Lawyers Send Copies Of POSH Act To SC Judges In Protest Against Clean Chit To CJI

Disillusioned with the manner in which the in-house panel cleared the name of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi from the sexual harassment allegations, a group of young lawyers have devised a novel way of protest.They have started a "May It Please Your Lordship" campaign by sending the copies of The 'Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act,...

Litigant Can't Question A Judge On 'Perceived Bias' During The Course Of Hearing, Says SC [Read Order]

To do so, would encourage parties to ask for change of the Judge in the hope that someone else is more likely to agree with them and not take a contrary view.

Former SC Judge K S Radhakrishnan Appointed Member Of Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal, London

K S Radhakrishnan, former Supreme Court Judge, has been appointed as a member of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal, London. He will render his services as a member of the Tribunal for a period of four years from 1st of June, 2019 to 31st of May, 2023. Justice (Retd.) K S Radhakrishnan served as the Chief Justice of the Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir High Courts before his term...

On SC Notice Against Lawyers' Collective, Indira Jaising Claims Victimization For Questioning Probe Procedure In CJI Sexual Harassment Case

With the Supreme Court bench headed by the Chief Justice of India on Wednesday issuing notice to advocates Indira Jaising, Anand Grover, their NGO Lawyers' Collective on a PIL seeking court-monitored SIT probe into the alleged Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) violation, Jaising claimed she is being victimized for being vocal against illegalities in probe into sexual...

Whether Disciplinary Proceedings Against Employees Is A 'Personal Information' Exempted From Disclosure Under RTI Act? SC Issues Notice [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has issued a notice in a petition raising an issue whether even disciplinary proceedings initiated and action taken against employees would fall under "personal information" as defined in Clause (j) of Section 8(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005. Food Corporation of India has assailed a Delhi High Court order which had held that such information cannot be hold...