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A 'Clarificatory' Provision In Tax Laws Cannot Impose A New Condition Retrospectively: Supreme Court
A retrospective provision in a tax act which is "for the removal of doubts" cannot be presumed to be retrospective, even where such language is used, if it alters or changes the law as it earlier stood, the Supreme Court observed while holding that Explanation 3C to Section 43B(d) of the Income Tax Act is 'clarificatory' and does not add a new condition retrospectively.The bench of Justices...
BREAKING : Parliament Passes Constitution 127th Amendment Bill To Restore States' Power To Specify SEBCs
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Constitution (One hundredth and twenty-seventh amendment) Bill 2021 to restore the power of State Governments to identify and specify Socially and Economically Backward Classes(SEBCs), which was lost after the Supreme Court's 3:2 judgment in the Maratha quota case.The Lok Sabha had passed the amendment bill yesterday. The opposition supported...
Mekedatu Dam : Tamil Nadu Govt Moves Supreme Court Challenging NGT Order Closing Proceedings
The State of Tamil Nadu has approached the Supreme Court challenging the National Green Tribunal's order dated June 17, 2021 of closing the proceedings in a plea to set up a committee on Karnataka's move to go ahead with the construction of the Mekedatu dam in Cauvery river with an estimated cost of Rs 5912 crores.With an attempt to set aside the NGT's order, the plea argues that the...
[Breaking] Delhi Court Grants Bail To Lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay In Jantar Mantar Anti-Muslim Sloganeering Case
A Delhi Court today allowed the bail plea of former Delhi BJP Spokesperson and Supreme Court lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, who was arrested and remanded to two days judicial custody in connection with the anti-Muslims slogans raised at an event organized at Jantar Mantar.He has been asked to deposit a surety of Rs. 50,000.The order has been passed by a Court of Metropolitan Magistrate Udbhav...
AOR Exam : Appropriate That Candidates Should Have Taken Both Doses Of COVID Vaccine, Says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Examination, 2021 will be conducted on 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd of December, 2021.The notification issued by the Supreme Court states that 'it will be appropriate that the candidates desirous to appear in the Advocates-on-Record Examination should have taken both doses of COVID-19 vaccine'. This is to ensure the safety and well-being of the candidates...
BREAKING : Kerala High Court Stays Govt Order Constituting Judicial Commission Against ED In Gold Smuggling Case
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday granted interim relief to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and thereby stayed the Government notification that constituted a judicial commission to probe into the alleged implication of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the gold smuggling case. Justice P.B. Suresh Kumar passed the interim order in a writ petition preferred by the Directorate challenging...
Impact Of Supreme Court Direction : Karnataka HC Says Govt Order Withdrawing Prosecution Won't Apply To MPs/MLAs
In the light of the order passed by the Supreme Court yesterday, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday said that the order issued by the Karnataka Government on August 31, 2020 to withdraw criminal prosecutions will not apply to sitting or former MPs/MLAs.Yesterday, a bench led by the Chief Justice of India had ordered that no criminal prosecution must be withdrawn against MPs/MLAs without...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To Former Karnataka Minister & Congress Leader Vinay Kulkarni In Yogesh Gowda Murder Case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to former Karnataka Minister and Congress leader Vinay Kulkarni who was arrested on November 5, 2020 in relation to murder of BJP worker, Yogesh Gowda. A bench of Justice UU Lalit and Justice Ajay Rastogi while allowing Kulkarni's bail plea has directed for producing Kulkarni before the concerned trial court within 3 days from today...
'Perversity' Or 'Patent Illegality' Not Grounds To Refuse Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitration Award: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that perversity of an award is not a ground to refuse enforcement of a foreign award under Section 48 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, after 2015 amendment.The Court held that the ground of "patent illegality" is only available to set aside domestic arbitration awards made under Part 1 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act and will not apply to...
BREAKING : Supreme Court Directs Centre, States To Fill Up Vacancies In NCDRC & SCDRCs Within 8 Weeks
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all State Governments and Union Territories to fill up the vacancies in the State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commissions within 8 weeks from today.Also, the Central Government has been directed to fill up the vacancies in the National Consumer Dispute Rederssal Commission within 8 weeks from today.Further, the Court directed Chief Secretaries of...