Bhumika Indulia, Author at SCC Times

UK SC | Bank held liable for the breach of Quincecare duty of care towards its customer company – first successful claim for such a breach

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: A Full Bench of Lady Hale (President), Lord Reed (Deputy President), Lord Lloyd Jones, Lord Sales,

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CERC | Electricity Act read with Trading Margin Regulations gives contracting parties freedom to mutually agree on Trading Margin for any trading transaction

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC): A coram of Justice P.K. Pujari (Chairperson), M.K. Iyer (Member) and I.S. Jha (Member) disposed of a

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Registration of political parties under S. 29A of Representation of the People Act, 1951 – Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System

Registration of political parties is governed by the provisions of Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. An association

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Launch of Mobile Aided Note Identifier (MANI) for aiding visually impaired persons

RBI Governor launched the “Mobile Aided Note Identifier (MANI)”, a mobile application for aiding visually impaired persons to identify the denomination of

Cases Reported SCC Weekly

2019 SCC Vol. 10 December 21, 2019 Part 4

Service Law — Pension — Work-Charged Employee: Period of work-charged service can be reckoned for purpose of computation of qualifying service for

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Court denounces lawyer’s strike — Obstructing the course of justice to be treated as a cognizable offence

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Joymalya Bagchi and Suvra Ghosh, JJ., while denouncing the conduct of lawyers who had called a

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Court entertains Art. 226 petition for last and final indulgence where alternate remedy under SARFAESI Act available

Kerala High Court: Raja Vijayaraghavan V., J., disposed of this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL SC | Where there is a variation between description and extent in a deed, description will prevail

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Full Bench of Prasanna Jayawardena, L.T.B. Dehideniya and S. Thurairaja, JJ.,

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Right to life under Art. 21 creates an obligation upon the State to ensure that the right to health is respected, protected and is duly entitled to all its citizens

Gauhati High Court: Songkhupchung Serto, J. was hearing a writ petition of mandamus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India pertaining

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

UK SC | Reasonableness is always fact-specific and decisions based on similar factual circumstances are not decisive

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: A Full Bench of Lord Briggs (President), Lord Carnwath, Lord Hodge, Lord Wilson and Lady Arden,

Case Briefs High Courts

Cal HC | Common intention under S. 34 IPC is a species of constructive liability, not to be confused with similar intention

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Joymalya Baghi and Suvra Ghosh, JJ., partly allowed a criminal appeal against the order of the

Legislation Updates Notifications

CBDT extends the PAN-Aadhaar Linking due date to 31-03-2020

In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (2) of section 139AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘Act’) (43 of 1961), the

Legislation Updates Notifications

Clarifications in respect of prescribed electronic modes under S. 269SU of Income-tax Act, 1961

In furtherance to the declared policy objective of the Government to encourage digital economy and move towards a less-cash economy, a new

Op Eds OP. ED.

Income-tax (16th Amendment) Rules, 2019; CBDT notifies modes of payment for S. 269SU of IT Act, 1961

G.S.R. 960(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 269SU read with Section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961),

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL SC | Acts causing loss to State property especially at their institution cannot be pardoned or condoned; Reduction of sentence refused

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Full Bench of Buwaneka Aluwihare, P. Padman Surasena and S. Thurairaja,

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Islamabad Special Court | Former President and Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf sentenced to death for ‘high treason’

Islamabad Special Court: A Full Bench of Waqar Ahmed Seth, Nazar Akbar and Shahid Karim, JJ. sentenced Former President Pervez Musharraf of

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General Bipin Rawat Appointed as Chief of Defence Staff

Government has decided to appoint General Bipin Rawat, as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) with effect from December 31, 2019 and

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Extension of time limit for filing of response to notices issued under S. 142(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 under E-assessment Scheme-2019

With a view to provide relief to the taxpayers and tax professionals and to facilitate the compliance with respect to e-Assessment proceedings