Stop Encroachments At Chandni Chowk Or Face Action: Delhi HC To Delhi Municipal Corporation & Police [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has warned the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi Police to stop encroachments at Chandni Chowk or face action.Hearing a Petition filed by the Chandni Chowk Sarv Vyapar Mandal, the Court made reference to a Supreme Court order wherein Chandni Chowk has been declared as a no vending zone. It then noted that these orders were not being complied with.It also took...

Schedule For AIBE-XI Released

The schedule for the 11th All India Bar Exam has been released. The exam, which will be conducted on 3 December, will follow the following timetable:                              Last year’s exam had been marred by several delays. It was initially scheduled to be held on 26 February, but was postponed to 26 March. The declaration of results was also postponed several times....

Just Handing Over The Cheque To The Complainant Does Not Make The Person Liable Under NI Act: Rajasthan HC [Read Order]

The Rajasthan High Court has held that the mere fact of handing over the cheque that was later dishonored would not be enough to make out a case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act.The Court was hearing a Petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, seeking quashing of proceedings initiated against the Petitioner under Section 138 of the Act.The Court...

Delhi HC Tells DU, Law Faculty To Admit 301 More Students To LLB Course [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi University to admit 301 students over and above the 2310 students to its three-year LLB course without the cutoff date of August 31 coming in the way in any manner.“The respondent nos.3 and 4 (DU and Faculty of Law) are directed to ensure that 2,310 candidates are admitted to the LLB course and the supernumerary candidates (301) would be admitted...

NHRC Takes Serious Note of Piercing of Cheeks of Children With Steel Rods For Speedy Recovery of the Jayalalithaa Before Her Death

The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Additional Commissioner of Police, Law and Order, North Chennai, Tamil Nadu to register a case under sections 326/341/34/120B IPC and 23 of Juvenile Justice Act against those who forced about 20 children to pierce their cheeks with two meter steel rods as part of a ritual for speedy recovery of the then ailing Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Ms....

All Services Provided By Advocates Subject To Reverse Charge Mechanism: Centre Clarifies [Read Corrigendum]

The Centre, through a corrigendum, has clarified that all legal services rendered by Advocates are taxable under the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) law under reverse charge basis. Earlier, it was only representational services that were subject to the RCM method.The corrigendum states that the tax shall be paid on reverse charge basis for the “services provided by an individual...

FinMin Arun Jaitley Highlights I-T Dept’s Initiatives For Efficiency, Transparency & Fairness

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the Income Tax department has taken various initiatives in the past 2-3 years in order to bring about efficiency, transparency and fairness in tax administration.Addressing the second meeting of the consultative committee attached to the Ministry of Finance on the subject of ‘Initiatives of I-T Department’ in New Delhi on Friday, the...

The Statute Of Limitation Puts The Sword Of Damocles To Rest: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court recently made interesting observations on the Statute of limitation, while refusing to hear an Appeal which was filed after a delay of 504 days.The Court noted that the application for condonation of delay did not disclose any ground for the delay and opined that it was prepared without any application of mind.The Bench comprising Justice G.S. Sistani and Justice...

Acting On SC Communiqué, Delhi HC Seeks Data On Undated Cases [Read Communiqué]

With the Supreme Court expressing concern over large number of “undated cases”, Delhi High Court Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal has directed all judicial officers of the district courts to send data on undated cases pending in each district and update the same once every two weeks.Undated cases are those in which the court has not assigned any next date of hearing.Justice Mittal...

Deadline For Selling Pre-GST Goods, With Revised Price Labels, Extended To Dec. 31

The deadline for the sale of pre-GST goods with stickers of revised rates has been extended by three months to December 30.This decision was taken upon the representation by the Confederation of All-India Traders and various companies since a sizeable amount of the pre-GST stock was still unsold.Representatives of CAIT claimed that goods amounting to nearly Rs. 6 lakh crores would be...

NHRC Issues Notices To Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh On Complaint Of Persistence of Devadasi System

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on September 25, took cognizance of a complaint drawing its attention towards the inhuman treatment being meted out to the girl children and women folk, who are forcibly taken to the temple of Goddess Mathamma for offering in Thiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu and adjoining places. Allegedly, this practice is another form of Devadasi system, which...

NHRC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Media Reports About Use Of Force By Police Against Agitating Women Students at BHU, Issues Notices To Authorities

The National Human Rights Commission, on September 26, took suo motu cognizance of media reports about the alleged inaction by the authorities of the Banaras Hindu University, BHU into a complaint of eve-teasing and subsequent use of unwarranted manhandling and thrashing of agitating students, mostly women, by the Uttar Pradesh police.It has issued notices to the Chief Secretary, Director...