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Income Tax Act | Supreme Court Clarifies Restriction Under S.80-IA(9) On Claiming Cumulative Deductions Under S.80IA & 80-HHC
Answering a reference, the Supreme Court held that deductions under Sections 80-IA/80-IB of the Income Tax Act need not reduce the gross total income before computing deductions under other provisions like Section 80-HH for export profits.The bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah and AG Masih delivered the verdict while answering a reference after a matter was referred...
Absurd Case Against Ali Khan Mahmudabad & Perils Of Chilling Effect
Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, Ashoka University was arrested on 18 May 2025 on the basis of two complaints by a Haryana sarpanch and the chairperson of the Haryana State Commission for Women – objecting to his Facebook post, dated 8 May on the ongoing Indo-Pak conflict and related matters in the aftermath of the gruesome terrorist attack in Pahalgam. The widespread condemnation of the arrest is the heartening aspect of this dark moment...
CJI BR Gavai Urges Bar Associations To Follow SCBA Model Of Raising Group Insurance For Lawyers From CSR Funds
The Chief Justice of India, Justice BR Gavai, today (May 21) urged Bar Associations across the country to consider possible ways of providing financial assistance to young lawyers entering the profession. While speaking at a book release event by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), the CJI lauded the efforts of the SCBA in raising 50 crores for Group Mediclaim Health Insurance for...
Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Denial Of Chamber Allotment To Allahabad HC Advocate Convicted For Contempt
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 19) refused to interfere with the decision of the Allahabad High Court, which held that an advocate convicted of contempt cannot be eligible for allotment of a chamber under the High Court guidelines. The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih was hearing a plea by an advocate who was denied a chamber allotment at the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High...
Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notices To Chief Secretaries Of Six States Over Non-Compliance With Orders On Retired Judges' Benefits
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 21) issued contempt notice to Chief Secretaries of six states over non-compliance with its directions concerning the entitlement of retired High Court Judges to medical facilities, domestic help, and telephone allowances. The notices have been issued for non-compliance with six directions, including parity of facilities with sitting Judges,...
Order VII Rule 11 CPC | Partition Suit Can't Be Dismissed At Preliminary Stage If Benami Exception Is Pleaded : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that a suit filed seeking partition of joint family property cannot be dismissed at the preliminary stage under Order VII Rule 11 of the CPC when a plea was taken that such property is saved by the exception to the benami transaction. The Court reaffirmed the principle that a plaint can only be rejected under Order VII Rule 11(d) if it is "ex facie barred by law"...
“Spine, Spine, Spine” – A Tribute To Justice Oka
At a program organized by 'The Leaflet' in December last year, Justice Gautam Patel, former judge of the Bombay High Court asked noted legal scholar, Professor Upendra Baxi about the three qualities that a citizen expected to see from a judge. “Spine, spine, spine”, was Professor Baxi's spontaneous response. Sharing the stage with Justice Patel and Professor Baxi was Justice Abhay Oka – a judge who personified this quality.Justice Oka retires Friday (May 23). One can expect richly deserved...
Supreme Court Asks Committee To Identify Agama Temples In TN, Allows State To Appoint Priests In Non-Agama Temples
The Supreme Court has recently directed the Tamil Nadu government to fill up the vacancies of priests in 'Non-Agama' Temples within a period of 3 months. The bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Rajesh Bindal on May 14 directed the committee appointed by the Madras High Court to identify he number of Agama Temples as against the number of non-Agama Temples in the State of Tamil...
'If They Dare To Do Anything, We'll Pass Orders' : Supreme Court Warns Academicians For Protesting Against Ali Khan Mahmudabad's Arrest
During the hearing of the challenge to the arrest of Ashoka University Professor over Operation Sindoor remarks, the Supreme Court today (May 21) took a stern view on protests by students and academics condemning the arrest. The bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice NK Singh was hearing Professor Mahmudabad's plea challenging the Haryana Police FIR over his Facebook post on Operation...