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SC Notice To Centre, States On PIL Seeking Ban On Cow Vigilante Groups
Live LawThe Supreme Court today formally issued notice to the Centre and five states on a petition which sought a ban on cow protection vigilantes for indulging in violence.The five states the bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra issued notice are Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan and UP were such vigilante groups are valid and given licenses."We want their responses" the bench...
Government's Gears To Rollout GST - Rajya Sabha Cleared GST Bills
Parliament passes four supplementary GST Bills marking the onset of the landmark one-tax-one-nation regime.The Rajya Sabha passed these four bills -The Central Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017, the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017, the Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Bill, 2017 and the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017 without any amendments and...
Challenge Against Selection Process Of DU Assistant Professors; Delhi HC Asks DU To File Response
In a Letters Patent Appeal filed before the division bench of Delhi High Court against an order of the single judge, regarding the selection process of Assistant Professors in Delhi University, the court has issued notice to the University and asked to file it's response.Justice Valmiki Mehta had earlier dismissed the writ petition filed by Kanika Sanwal, an aspirant for the post, who...
Justice Shiva Kirti Singh To Be TDSAT Chairman
The government has decided to appoint former Supreme Court judge Justice Shiva Kirti Singh as the chairman of Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).Justice Singh was elevated to the Supreme Court on September 19, 2013, and retired on November 11, 2016.The TDSAT chairman seat has been vacant since June 2016, after the retirement of Justice Aftab Alam as its...
No Proposal To Abolish Practice Of Summer Vacations In Courts, Says Govt
Minister of State for Law and Justice PP Chaudhary has made it clear in the Lok Sabha that the government does not have under its consideration any proposal to abolish/curtail the practice of summer vacation in the courts.He was replying to a query made by MP Prataprao Jadhav.The MP also wanted to know the ‘efforts made by the Government to remove that mentality in courts, which is...
Bombay HC Seeks Maharashtra Govt’s Stand On Rs. 3,600-Cr Shivaji Memorial Statue
The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the state government to file an affidavit in reply while hearing a PIL filed by chartered accountant Mohan Bhide.In his PIL, Bhide sought scrapping of the Shivaji Memorial project, calling the state’s budget of Rs. 3,600 crore for the project as “illogical and uncalled for”.A division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice GS...
Co-Accused Acquittal; MP HC Refuses To Quash Proceedings Against A Person Absconding In Trial
A Gwalior bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected a plea of a person demanding to quash the proceedings lodged against him on ground the prosecutrix turned hostile and the trial court had acquitted co-accused persons.The prosecution story is the girl aged 17 years was allegedly kidnapped on 26.1.2008 while on way to her school.The petitioner was at the spot with the main accused and...
Bombay HC Restrains Release of Marathi Movie Rubik’s Cube
The Bombay High Court has restrained filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar from releasing his film titled Rubik’s Cube. The official release date of the movie was this April 14.A 5-page order dictated by Justice GS Patel was passed on Wednesday when the notice of motion in commercial suit filed by Rubiks Brands Ltd. came up of hearing.The plaintiffs contended that the Marathi movie could not be...
Relief to Small Target Mergers- MCA Extends Exemption under M&A Regime
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Government of India, exercising its power under Competition Act, 2002, has issued a notification expanding the scope of small-target exemption. The notification was dated 27th March 2017 and was published on 29th March 2017.Under the Competition Act, 2002, acquisition/mergers/amalgamations, after crossing a specified threshold were required to...
Finance Act, 2017: No Curb on Withdrawals from Banks, Co-operative Banks and Post Offices
Indian Government in an attempt to curb black money has taken stringent steps to discourage cash transactions but have not placed any restrictions on cash withdrawals from banks, co-operative banks and post office savings bank.Restriction on cash transactionThe Finance Act, 2017 has inserted Section 269ST & 271DA to the Income Tax Act, 1961. These sections place a restriction that no...
Legal Fee Expense Allowed Under Income Tax Act, If Incurred For Commercial Expediency: Madras HC [Read Judgment]
The Madras High Court, in Principal of Commissioner of Income Tax vs M/s Managed Information Services Private Limited, has held that the test to determine whether or not a particular expenditure incurred by an assessee be allowed under Section 37 of Income Tax Act is to ascertain whether or not the expenditure in issue is incurred wholly and exclusively for the purpose of business i.e.,...
Implementation Phase Of Crime And Criminal Tracking Network And Systems Stands Extended By One Year
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the extension of the implementation phase of the Crime and Criminals Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) Project for a year after 31st March 2017.In order to create an integrated and comprehensive system to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of policing, Government of India has adopted the principle of e-governance and it has led...