After Taking On Unwarranted Excesses In Legal Education, Justice Kirubakaran Of Madras HC Now Picks On Mushrooming Of Engg Colleges [Read Order]

After taking on the excesses in legal education, Justice N Kirubarakan of Madras High Court has taken suo motu note of increasing number of engineering colleges across the country and rising unemployment among engineering graduates with searching queries on scheme to employ them and if it is true that most of them lack employability skills.Justice Kirubakaran asked the Centre if there is...

Govt. Resolution Extending The Benefit Of Maternity Leave To Contractual Employees Has No Retrospective Effect: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a 35-year-old woman from Navi Mumbai who sought quashing of her termination as document consultant in the Government of India funded Water and Sanitation Support Organization (WSSO) under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) in the Water Supply and Sanitation department, Government of Maharashtra.The petitioner was terminated as...

IDIA Scholar From GNLU Jumika Yeptho Succumbs To Tuberculosis

In an extremely sad turn of events, IDIA scholar and student from Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) Gandhinagar, Jumika Yeptho, succumbed to tuberculosis on Thursday afternoon. The body of Jumika, who hailed from Nagaland, has been taken home by his family members, where his funeral ceremony will be conducted on Friday.Unfortunately, Jumika faced many prejudices, to the extent that his own batchmates were of the belief that Jumika was hospitalised for drug use. However, as per Prof. Shamnad...

Blue Whale Game Endangers Life; Use DD, Pvt Channels To End The "Evil": SC To Centre [Read Order]

Noting that online games like Blue Whale Challenge is endangering life of children and youth, the Supreme Court today asked Doordarshan and Private TV channels to air a programme on prime time to inform about its evil effects.They are to do it in consultation with Centre.During the hearing of PILs filed by an advocate Sneha Kalita and N S Ponnaiah, Centre told the bench headed by Chief...

Sachin Pilot Challenges Ordinance Shielding Public Servants From Probe; Notice Issued [Read Petition]

The Rajasthan High Court, on Friday, issued notices on a Petition challenging the Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance, 2017, which makes it mandatory to obtain a Government sanction before investigating both serving and former Judges, Magistrates, and public servants for on-duty actions.The notice was issued by a Bench comprising Justice Rastogi and Justice Maheshwari on a...

Delhi HC Denies Bail To Afghan National Accused Of Raping US Woman [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court, on Tuesday, refused to grant bail to an Afghan national accused of raping a woman from the United States of America.In view of the evidence on record, Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal opined that prima facie, Mr. Hameedullah Mohd. Akbar seemed to be "actively involved" in the commission of the alleged offences.Mr. Akbar has been accused by a US citizen of cheating,...

Degrees/Diplomas Granted By Nursing Training Institutes Approved By State Council Will Have Validity Within State Only: Bombay HC [Read Judgment]

In an important judgment, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has held that the Indian Nursing Council has no authority to grant recognition to institutes imparting nursing training in a state, also the degrees and diplomas being offered by such institutes which are approved by the state nursing councils will have applicability in the state only.In other words, candidates obtaining...

Nilavembu Kudineer Row: File FIR Against Kamal Haasan If Any Cognizable Offence Made Out: Madras HC To Police [Read Order]

The Madras High Court, on Wednesday, directed the Police to act on a complaint filed against actor Kamal Haasan and register an FIR against him if they see merit in the allegations.The complaint was filed after Mr. Haasan tweeted last week urging his fans not to distribute 'nilavembu kudineer', a herbal concoction to treat dengue, until proper research is carried out. He had later...

ITAT Slaps Google India With Tax Liability On Rs 1,457-Cr Revenue For Failure To Deduct TDS For Remittances to Google Ireland [Read Order]

Google India has been slapped with tax liability worth crores, with the ITAT dismissing six appeals filed by Google India for the assessment years 2007-08 to 2012-13. The issue was whether Google India was liable to deduct tax at source for its remittances made to Google Ireland Limited (GIL) as advertisement revenue amounting to Rs 1,457 crores.  Google India was appointed as a...

Delhi HC Allows Ericsson's Plea For "Confidential Club" In Patent Case Against Xiaomi [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court, on Tuesday, allowed telecom major Ericsson's plea for constitution of a "confidential club" in its ongoing legal tussle with Chinese handset maker Xiaomi. A confidential club essentially consists of only certain persons, usually the lawyers and some key witnesses, who are permitted to view the documents in question.Justice Yogesh Khanna saw no impediment in creation of...

Interest Earned On Voluntary Contributions Made By Donors Under Specific Instructions To Charitable Institutions Exempt Under Sec. 11(1)(D) Of I-T Act, 1961: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

In Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemptions) vs M/s Mata Amrithanandamayi Math (ITA.No. 34 of 2017 ), a division bench of the Kerala High Court has held that if the donors to a charitable institution had instructed that the interest earned on their voluntary contributions shall be added to the corpus of the trust, then the interest earned on such contributions would also partake the character...

Kerala Set To Strengthen Role Of Victims In Criminal Jurisprudence System [Read Circular and Judgment]

Kerala Police State Chief Loknath Behera has now issued a circular calling for strengthening and widening the role of ‘victims’ in crimes. The circular has been issued pursuant to the observations of Kerala High Court through Justice Devan Ramachandran in a recent case. Justice Ramachandran, through his judgment in  TV Thomas vs State of Kerala & Others, had ruled that victims of...