Ensuring Transparency in Income Tax Assessments – Bombay High Court Directs JAO To Provide Specific Information Relied Upon

Ensuring Transparency in Income Tax Assessments – Bombay High Court Directs JAO To Provide Specific Information Relied Upon

Nov 15, 2023

Issue: The Section 148A(b) Notice The Bombay High Court is requesting detailed information on Section 148A(B) notices. Details of the case: The Bombay High Court recently got involved in a disagreement over an income tax assessment, directing the Jurisdictional Assessing Officer (JAO) to

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Inappropriate Use of Foreign Contribution by Trust Not Compliant With Trust’s Goals: Reassessment

Inappropriate Use of Foreign Contribution by Trust Not Compliant With Trust’s Goals: Reassessment

Nov 15, 2023

The case’s facts: Recently, the Delhi High Court maintained reassessment proceedings against a trust that was suspected to have employed foreign funds illegally and against its declared purpose. The petitioner, Enviornics Trust, which is committed to social development and environmental research, was under

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Extrajudicial Disclosures Must Be Made With Excellent Efficiency: Supreme Court Questions ‘Confession’ To Brother Of Deadly 

Extrajudicial Disclosures Must Be Made With Excellent Efficiency: Supreme Court Questions ‘Confession’ To Brother Of Deadly 

Nov 15, 2023

Issue: Extra-Judicial Confession and Witness Credibility Situation in the Case: The appellant was exonerated by the Supreme Court in the November 12, 1997, murder case. The case rested on an alleged extrajudicial confession that the deceased person’s brothers, PW-2 and PW-3, received from

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For the monitoring of cases against MP/MLAs special guidelines issues by the SC

For the monitoring of cases against MP/MLAs special guidelines issues by the SC

Nov 9, 2023

The Supreme Court issued a series of instructions aimed at closely monitoring the prompt resolution of unresolved criminal cases involving Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assemblies. A panel consisting of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice

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Congress Spokesperson Surjewala Gets Extension, NBW Execution Postponed for 5 Weeks

Congress Spokesperson Surjewala Gets Extension, NBW Execution Postponed for 5 Weeks

Nov 9, 2023

The National Spokesperson of Congress, Randeep Surjewala, is the subject of a non-bailable warrant. The Supreme Court has ordered that the warrant not be executed for the next five weeks. Surjewala was given permission by the bench consisting of CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice

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Apex Court Clarifies: EPF Act Applicable to Factories Outside Schedule I

Apex Court Clarifies: EPF Act Applicable to Factories Outside Schedule I

Nov 9, 2023

Introduction: In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court provided crucial clarity on the applicability of the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (EPF Act) to factories not specified in Schedule I. The court concluded that the Central Government has the authority

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Upholding Integrity: Supreme Court Validates Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Amendments

Upholding Integrity: Supreme Court Validates Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code Amendments

Nov 9, 2023

In a groundbreaking verdict on November 9, the Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the amendments introduced in 2019 to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) concerning Personal Guarantors’ Insolvency Resolution. The court’s decision asserted that Sections 95 to 100 of the IBC,

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Munsiff-Magistrate Trainee Can’t Be Appointed As District judge by on direct appointment: Kerala HC

Munsiff-Magistrate Trainee Can’t Be Appointed As District judge by on direct appointment: Kerala HC

Nov 8, 2023

Based on the significant ruling by the Supreme Court in the case of Dheeraj Mor v. High Court of Delhi (2020), the Kerala High Court has determined that it’s not permissible to appoint a Munsiff Magistrate Trainee as a District Judge through direct

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Supreme Court to consider petitions against Citizenship Act Section 6A on December 5

Supreme Court to consider petitions against Citizenship Act Section 6A on December 5

Nov 8, 2023

The Citizenship Act’s Section 6A has been challenged as unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing on these petitions for December 5. The Act was passed in accordance with the 1985 Assam agreement to give citizenship to Bangladeshi immigrants who had entered

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Supreme Court Issues Notice To Himachal Pradesh High Court Bar Association For Suspending Work To Mourn Lawyer’s Death

Supreme Court Issues Notice To Himachal Pradesh High Court Bar Association For Suspending Work To Mourn Lawyer’s Death

Nov 8, 2023

The Himachal Pradesh High Court Bar Association received notice from the Supreme Court after receiving a letter from the registrar general of the high court stating that members had not been attending work because an advocate had passed away. The court, which has

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