Income Tax Act - Date Of Panchnama Last Drawn Starting Point Of Limitation For Completing Block Assessment Proceedings: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the date on which the Panchnama was last drawn is the starting point of the two-year limitation for completing the block assessment proceedings under the Income Tax Act 1961.The division bench of Justice M.R. Shah and Justice C.T. Ravikumar has upheld the order of the Delhi High Court in which it was held that the date of the Panchnama last drawn would be...

Supreme Court Releases Death Row Prisoner After 28 Years On Finding Him To Be A Juvenile At The Time Of Offence

The Supreme Court, on Monday, released a death row convict upon finding that even though he was a juvenile at the time of the commission of the offence he was tried as an adult and was sentenced to death.Noting that under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (2015 Act), one cannot be subjected to death penalty and the maximum punishment is three years sentence, a...

Supreme Court Suggests Meeting Between DCPCR & Ministry of Women & Child Development To Discuss 2021 Amendment To JJ Act

The Supreme Court on Friday suggested that a meeting be held between the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) and the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development so that a discussion could take place on the issue of 2021 amendments made to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act 2015 (JJ Act).The Court was hearing a writ petition filed by the Delhi Commission...

Advocates' Strikes | BCI Agrees Before Supreme Court To Suggest Nature Of Grievances Which Redressal Committees Can Consider

The Bar Council of India on Monday agreed before the Supreme Court to suggest the nature of grievances which can be considered by the Grievance Redressal Committees, which are proposed to be set up at local levels to avert the strikes by lawyers.Senior Advocate Manan Mishra, Chairman of the BCI told the Supreme Court regarding the suggestion. In 2021, the Supreme Court mulled the constitution...

Supreme Court Seeks Response Of J&K HC On Plea Alleging Backdoor Appointments Of Administrative Staff

The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Jammu and Kashmir on a petition which alleged that backdoor appointments of administrative staff were taking place at the J&K judiciary. The bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala was hearing a petition filed by Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Forum alleging that relatives...

'Saw Democracy In Full Swing' : Former SC Judge Nageswara Rao On Protests In Israel To Protect Judicial Independence

Amidst a huge uproar in Israel and around the world over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary, former judge of the Indian Supreme Court, L Nageswara Rao attended a demonstration against the proposed reforms in Jerusalem on Saturday, together with Supreme Court justices from Canada, and Ireland as well as other legal luminaries from various...

Accused Can't Claim Right Of Hearing Before Registration Of FIR : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that an accused cannot claim to have a right of hearing before the registration of an FIR and that the principles of natural justice are not applicable at the stage of reporting a criminal offence.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli made this observation while deciding the issue whether borrowers have the right to be...

Supreme Court Directs Punjab Govt To Continue Steps To Stop Illegal Transportation Of Spurious Liquor & Illegal 'Bhatthis'

The Supreme Court, on Monday, closed proceedings in a plea pertaining to the issue of large-scale manufacture and sale of illicit liquor in the state of Punjab. A Bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar was inclined to do so after considering a counter affidavit filed by the State of Punjab describing the measures that it had been undertaking to curb the issue at hand. On...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking Uniform Age Of Marriage For Men & Women

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed another petition seeking for uniform age of marriage for men and women. The matter was listed before a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala. At the very outset, the Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta submitted that the court had earlier too dismissed a petition seeking similar directions. He argued that...

Agnipath Scheme : Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Plea To Complete Recruitment Process Initiated Earlier

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition challenging the Delhi High Court's judgement upholding the Agnipath Scheme, as per which those between 17-and-a-half and 23 years of age were made eligible to apply for armed forces to be inducted for a four-year tenure. Before the announcement of the Agnipath scheme, the Union Government had announced recruitments on various posts in the...

Can A Woman Be Summoned To ED's Office In PMLA Case? Supreme Court To Consider In BRS Leader K Kavitha's Plea

The Supreme Court, on Monday, posted the petition filed by Telangana CM's daughter and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader, K. Kavitha, challenging ED summons in relation to the Delhi Excise Policy case, after three weeks.After briefly considering the submissions made by Senior Advocate, Mr. Kapil Sibal for Kavitha and ASG, Mr. S.V. Raju for then Directorate of Enforcement, a Bench...

Many Murder Case Convicts Languish Without Remission For Years; Have Uniform Standards Been Applied In Bilkis Bano Case? Supreme Court Asks

While deciding to hear the petitions challenging the remission granted in the Bilkis Bano case, the Supreme Court on Monday asked if uniform standards as in other murder cases have been followed while allowing the premature release of 11 convicts who were sentenced to life for multiple murders and gang-rapes during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Terming the crime "horrendous", a bench...