'Assistance To Law Students A Move To Create Goodwill, Develop Contacts': Harish Salve Seeks Deduction Of Foreign Scholarship; ITAT Allows

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, has accepted the claim of Senior Advocate Harish Salve for deduction of the foreign scholarship given by him to two Indian students as "expenditure solely and exclusively for the purposes of business or profession" under Section 37(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.Under Section 37(1), expesnes for the purposes of business and profession can be...

UK Court Rejects Justice Katju's Opinion Against Indian Judiciary In Nirav Modi Extradition Case

While rejecting Nirav Modi's challenge to the extradition request of Government of India in the Rs 14,000 crore PNB fraud case, a court in the United Kingdom discarded the opinon given by former Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju regarding chances of fair trial rights being denied to the fugitive diamond merchant on account of lack of judicial independence.Justice Katju had...

Tandav- Allahabad HC Denies Anticipatory Bail To Aparna Purohit- Says "Such People Make The Revered Figures Of Religion Of Majority Community Source Of Earning Money"

Underlining that western filmmakers have refrained from ridiculing Lord Jesus or the Prophet but the Hindi filmmakers have done this repeatedly and still doing this most unabashedly with the Hindu Gods and Goddesses, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday (25th February) denied Pre-arrest bail to Commercial Head of Amazon Prime Video, Aparna Purohit, in the ongoing investigation against...

New Social Media Rules : Messaging Platforms Can Be Asked To Trace 'First Originator' Of Messages

The new rules announced by the Central Government to regulate social media intermediaries empower it to ask messaging platforms like 'WhatsApp', 'Facebook messenger', 'Telegram' to trace the 'first originator' of messages.This is a significant development as law enforcement agencies have been raising serious concerns regarding viral forward messages spreading fake news, hate speech etc.Rule...

'There Is Legitimate State Interest In Limiting Recognition Of Marriage To Persons Of Opposite Sex Only', Centre Opposes Plea To Recognize Same-Sex Marriage

Opposing a petition seeking recognition to same-sex marriages under various personal laws before the Delhi High Court, the Centre today informed the court through an affidavit that, "there is a "legitimate state interest" in limiting recognition of marriage to persons of opposite sex only", and that the institution of marriage is not merely a concept relegated to the domain of privacy of...

Insolvency Law In Review – January 2021

The enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (Code) has had significant ramifications on the corporate insolvency landscape. Over time, the Code has witnessed a manifold increase in litigation, and consequently in the number of decisions. This has made it difficult for insolvency practitioners to stay updated with developments in the field. The purpose of this column is to...

Four New Judges Take Office In Kerala High Court; Working Strength Now 40

Four new judges were sworn-in as additional judges in the Kerala High Court on Thursday.Justices Murali Purushothaman, Ziyad Rahman, Karunakaran Babu and Dr. Kauser Edappagath took oath as Additional Judges of the Kerala High Court, for two years.Chief Justice S. Manikumar administered the oath of office.With their appointment, the judges strength of High Court rose to 40 as against the...

Medieval Notion Of Wife Being The Property Of Husband Still Persist In Majority Mindset, Refusal To Give Tea Not Sudden Or Grave Provocation : Bombay HC

Observing that the medieval notion of the wife being the 'property of the husband to do as he wishes, still persists,' the Bombay High Court refused to show any leniency to a man convicted for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Justice Revati Mohite Dere held the husband's contention that his wife, by refusing to make tea, offered a grave and sudden provocation to be...

Holding Peaceful Processions, Raising Slogans Can't Be An Offence: Himachal Pradesh High Court Quashes FIR Against Lady Advocate

Underlining that holding peaceful processions, raising slogans, would not be and cannot be an offence under India's Constitution, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday (22nd February) quashed an FIR filed against an Advocate under Sections 341, 143, 147, 149, 353, 504, and 506 IPC. The Bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara was hearing the plea of a lady Advocate and member of the...

Removal Of A Blind Person From The Job Solely On Ground Of Disability Violative Of Rights of PwD Act 2016: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has set aside an order removing a blind Professor from the position of Head of the Bengali Department by the Haringhata Mahavidyalaya, primarily on the ground of his physical disability. A Single Bench of Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur noted that the memo dated 31st July, 2017, whereby the petitioner was removed, is in direct violation and contravention of...

'Once Appeared For A Party"- Calcutta HC Judge Recalls Her Order Even After No Objection By Both Parties, Says "It Is The Best And Only Course Available".

"Preserving the purity of the process of dissemination of justice is a collective responsibility which rests both on the Court and counsels, advocates-on-record and instructing attorneys who act as officers of the Court on behalf of the parties".

Not Possible To Relax Mandatory 30 Days Notice Period Or To Permit 'Digital' Marriage Unless Special Marriage Act Is Amended: Kerala High Court

Unless the provisions contained in the Special Marriage Act are amended, it would not be possible either to relax the mandatory period of notice or to permit marriage in digital form, the Kerala High Court observed.Justice PV Asha observed thus while dismissing a woman's plea to permit solemnisation and registration of her marriage on digital platform. She stated that she got married...