CBDT Notifies New Safe Harbour Regime [Read Notification]

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified a new safe harbour regime based on the report of the Committee set up in this regard, n order to reduce transfer pricing disputes, to provide certainty to taxpayers, to align safe harbour margins with industry standards and to enlarge the scope of safe harbour transactions.The Salient Features of the New Rules  are as follows; It has come...

Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel Appointed As Acting CJ Of Jharkhand HC [Read Notification]

President of India has appointed Shri Justice Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel, the senior-most Judge of Jharkhand High Court as the Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand.His appointment is with effect from 10th June, 2017 consequent upon the retirement present Chief Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty.Read the Notification...

Naroda Patia Riots: Gujarat HC Bench To Visit Scene Of Offence, Warns Media Against Intervention [Read Order]

A Division Bench of the High Court of Gujarat has decided to visit the scene of offence in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case. The Court has however, warned the media against “any intervention”, which it said would amount to interference with judicial proceedings.“Right from the beginning since the matters are being heard, the learned counsel for the respective parties have...

Kerala HC Personally Questions Organ Donor To Ascertain Genuineness Of Offer; Permits Organ Transplant [Read Judgment]

Unconventional methods often need to be adopted to render justice in cases presenting unusual fact situations, especially so when the matter tends to affect the life and existence of a person. The extra-ordinary jurisdiction of the high court under Article 226 is meant to address such complex situations.The intervention made by the High Court of Kerala to facilitate organ transplant to a...

Bombay HC Upholds Vires Of S. 28 A(1) Of Maharashtra Civil Courts Act, 1869 [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court, while deciding a reference submitted by a joint civil judge, Senior Division, Kolhapur, has upheld the vires of Section 28 A(1) of the Maharashtra Civil Courts Act, 1869.The civil judge had opined that Section 28 A(1) of the Act of 1869 is invalid or inoperative in the light of Sections 265, 272, 286 and 295 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925.This opinion was noted...

Bombay HC Refuses To De-Freeze Two Accounts Of Adarsh Housing Society

Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to de-freeze two bank accounts of the Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society(ACGHS) having around Rs.1.47 cr.The society sought these accounts to be de-freezed and the matter came up before Justice A K Menon.Society moved HC after the same plea was rejected by the Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in September 2015.CBI counsel Hiten...

Bail Can Be Cancelled If Granted By Trial Court On Irrelevant Material: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Delhi recently set aside an order of grant of bail, observing that such orders can be cancelled to prevent miscarriage of justice, if they are based on irrelevant material,“This Court is conscious that cancellation of bail is a serious matter. Bail once granted can be cancelled only when there exist very cogent and overwhelming circumstances. It is settled law that...

Delhi HC Judge Disposes Of Criminal Appeals By Reducing Sentence To Period Already Undergone [Read Judgments]

Justice IS Mehta of the Delhi High Court has disposed of around eight criminal appeals by affirming convictions but by modifying the sentence to the sentence already undergone.Though the crimes and facts of each cases were different, the reasons for modifying the sentence in all these cases are similar viz. the young man, sole bread earner of his family and who has to look after his...

Negligence Wouldn’t Disentitle Grant Of Compensation Under Railways Act: Delhi HC [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Delhi recently highlighted the distinction between an untoward incident and an act of criminal negligence, to hold that only the latter would disentitle grant of compensation under the Railways Act, 1989.“I cannot agree with the arguments urged on behalf of the appellants/applicants in the facts of the present case because there is a difference between an untoward incident...

AA Kumbhakoni To Be The Next Advocate General Of Maharashtra

Maharashtra cabinet has recommended the name of Senior Advocate AA Kumbhakoni to be the next Advocate General.Governor's nod to this recommendation will lead to his formal appointment.The post of Advocate General remained vacant after former AG Rohit Deo J was elevated to the bench recently.Kumbhakoni was also elevated to the bench in 2008 but resigned in six months over issues related to...

Bombay HC Relief To 4 Pune Clubs Ordered To Shut Shop After Highway Liquor Ban [Read Order]

The Bombay High Court has granted ad-interim relief to four clubs from Pune that were issued notices by the state Excise department on May 18 to close down their operations with immediate effect.With the relief, these four clubs can continue to run their businesses until further orders.The Excise department issued the said order following the Supreme Court’s judgment directing both the...

Law Commission Invites Views On Legalization Of Betting And Gambling [Read Appeal]

The Law Commission of India has invited views and suggestions from stakeholders and general public on the issue of legalizing betting and gambling.This is in furtherance of a Supreme Court directive issued in the case of Board of Control for Cricket in India v. Cricket Association of Bihar & Ors., (2016) 8 SCC 535, wherein the Apex Court had mandated the LCI to study the possibility...