Central Board of Direct Taxes notifies the Income–tax (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2019
G.S.R. 614(E)—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 139 A read with Section 295 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of
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SC Collegium recommends the transfer of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Judge, Gauhati HC
The Collegium comprising of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and S.A Bobde, N.V. Ramana, Arun Mishra and R.F. Nariman, JJ. resolves to recommend that
Continue readingP&H HC | Anticipatory bail passed in a suicide case where prima facie the case was of depression
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Gurvinder Singh Gill, J. allowed the anticipatory bail petition in a suicide case. A petition was filed
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BVDU appoints new Dean for Faculty of Law
Reported by Prakhar Srivastava
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CoA SL | Petitioner bound by admission of guilt made by counsel; held, permissible to withdraw admissions on questions of law but not on fact
Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: Janak De Silva and Bandula Karunarathna, JJ. entertained a writ petition where gold pieces were confiscated
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Call for Applications | IDIA Training and Materials Vertical
The IDIA Project was initiated by Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer to reach out to the marginalized and under-represented groups, sensitize them to
Continue readingCBDT constitutes Start-up Cell for redressal of grievances related to Start-ups
One of the measures pertaining to taxation announced by the Hon’ble Finance Minister as part of the several measures to boost the
Continue readingClarification on applicability of Tax Deduction at Source on cash withdrawals
In order to discourage cash transactions and move towards less cash economy, the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019 has inserted a new
Continue readingMotor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 to be enforced from 01-09-2019
S.O. 3147(E)— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 1 of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 (32
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Bom HC | Prosecuting of remedy before wrong forum due to incorrect opinion given by Director of Prosecution held covered under S. 470 CrPC, delay in filing appeal condoned
Bombay High Court: Prithviraj K. Chavan, J. allowed an application whereby the State of Goa sought condonation of 156 days’ delay in filing
Continue readingSupreme Court Collegium recommends the appointment of Justice Arup Kumar Goswami as the Chief Justice of Sikkim HC
Supreme Court Collegium comprising of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and S.A. Bobde and N.V. Ramana, JJ. recommends the appointment of Justice Arup Kumar
Continue readingSC Collegium recommends the appointment of Justice Indrajit Mahanty as Chief Justice of Rajasthan HC
Recommendation of appointment of Justice Indrajit Mahanty as Chief Justice in Rajasthan High Court by the Supreme Court Collegium. Office of the
Continue readingJustice S. Manikumar recommended by the SC Collegium to be appointed as the Chief Justice of Kerala HC
As the office of the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court would be falling vacant shortly, consequent upon elevation of Justice
Continue readingSupreme Court Collegium proposes the transfer of Justice Biswanath Somadder to Allahabad HC
The Collegium resolves to recommend that Justice Biswanath Somadder, Judge, Calcutta High Court, be transferred, in the interest of better administration of
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SC Collegium recommends the appointment of Justice L. Narayana Swamy as the Chief Justice of HP HC
Collegium comprising of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and S.A Bobde and N. V. Ramana, JJ. recommends the appointment of Justice L. Narayana Swamy
Continue readingJhar HC | Petitioners evicted without the inspection of documents; matter remitted to the Circle Officer for inspection of documents
Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J, remitted the matter to the Circle Officer, Ranchi with a direction to consider the documents
Continue readingCollegium Resolution | SC Collegium recommends the appointment of Justice Ravi Shankar Jha as Chief Justice of P&H HC
Supreme Court Collegium comprising of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and S.A Bobde and N. V. Ramana, JJ. recommends the appointment of Justice Ravi
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CoA SL | Anonymous communication, should be acted upon and should be verified to commence an investigation under Bribery Act; held, provision should be provided for protection of whistle blowers
Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka: KK. Wickremasinghe and K.Priyantha Fernando, JJ. contemplated an appeal against the judgment of High Court related
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Breaking | SC Collegium recommends elevation of 4 Judges to the Supreme Court
Supreme Court Collegium comprising of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and S.A Bobde, N.V. Ramana, Arun Mishra and R.F. Nariman, JJ. recommends the following
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Canada SC | Prior sexual conduct of complainant must not be admitted as evidence, as it may affect jury’s ability to assess other evidence correctly
Supreme Court of Canada: A Full Bench of Wagner, CJ. and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Côté, Brown and Rowe, JJ. dismissed an appeal
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