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New Delhi, Aug 10 (PTI) The Supreme Court today expressed serious concern over recent cases of rape and sexual abuse of women at shelter homes in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and asked when these horrific incidents would stop. The apex court’s observation came while hearing a matter relating to sexual abuse of children at orphanages. “Tell us what is this happening?,” a bench of justices Madan B Read More…
Srinagar, Aug 11 (PTI) Justice Gita Mittal became the first-ever woman Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court after she was administered the oath of office by Governor N N Vohra here today. The Governor administered the oath of office to Justice Mittal as the Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court at an impressive ceremony at the Raj Bhavan, an official spokesman said.Read More…
A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded over Rs 1.2 crore to the kin of a businessman who was killed in a road accident in Haryana in 2014. MACT asked Iffco Tokio General Insurance Co Ltd, insurer of the offending vehicle, to pay Rs 89,05,000 as compensation and Rs 33,39,374 as interest, totalling an amount of Rs 1,22,44,374 to the family. PTI
Delhi resident Rajesh died in accident in Read More…
The Delhi high court has said that a property purchased by the husband in the name of his wife from known sources can’t be treated as benami property. Setting aside a trial court order that treated one such property as benami, HC said it was to be proved during trial whether the property was purchased through known or unknown sources of income and it couldn’t be automatically dubbed benaRead More…
Article 35A still has exceptional resonance in J&K … land alienation and cultural identities are intertwined’ Supreme Court next week is expected to resume hearings on a PIL challenging the validity of Constitution’s Article 35A. Amitabh Mattoo , who was adviser to Jammu & Kashmir’s former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, speaks to Pradeep Thakur on the continuing relevance of Read More…
11-08-2018 राज्यसभा में फिर अटका तीन तलाक बिल; अध्यादेश ला सकती है सरकार सरकार-विपक्ष में सहमति न बनने पर शीतकालीन सत्र तक टला बिल एजेंसी | नई दिल्ली 11-08-2018 मRead More…
What is the difference between bankruptcy and insolvency? Bankruptcy is the term for when an individual is declared bankrupt by the Court because they are insolvent. People go bankrupt for two reasons; one is if their assets are less than their liabilities (so they owe more than they own) the second is where they are unable to pay their debts when they fall due. The Insolvency and BaRead More…
Citing the provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act, the road transport ministry has asked the traffic police and state transport departments not to insist on original (hard copy) documents like driving licence, registration certificate and insurance papers for verification. It said any of these documents in “electronic form” authenticated through the DigiLocker or mParivahan apps Read More…
Homebuyers are “financial creditors” The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered commencement of insolvency proceedings afresh against distressed realtor Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL) before the National Company Law Tribunal, while also bringing the parent company, Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL), within the ambit of similar action.
Having failed to make any headway for a year, the SC sent JIL back toRead More…
NEW DELHI: A Bill to overturn a Supreme Court order concerning certain safeguards against arrest under the SC/ST law was unanimously passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday.
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2018 rules out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities against SC/STs, notwithstanding any court order.
It also pRead More…
भास्कर न्यूज | जबलपुर हाईकोर्ट अपने अहम फैसले में हाईकोर्ट ने स्टेट बार काउंसिल, उच्च न्यायालय अधिवक्ता संघों और जिला अधिवक्ता संघों को आदेश दिया हैRead More…
PIL in SC challenging adultery laws referred to Constitution Bench
Hearing on the subject (Section 497 of IPC) started on 01/08/2018 and in progress on 02/08/2018
Amrapali Companies property and bank accounts attached by SC
The Supreme Court of India has taken a strict step by attaching the property of the Amrapali Group including its 40 subsidiary companies and its promoters, directors for defRead More…
In the absence of any substantive evidence, it would be inappropriate to base the conviction of the appellant purely on the statements of co-accused. The Supreme Court has reiterated that confession of a co-accused cannot by itself be taken as a substantive piece of evidence against another co-accused in the absence of specific provision in law to that effect. It can at best be used or utilized iRead More…
Why should Adultery be a Crime at all if it violates Article 14,
D Y Chandrachud J.
It is very true said that when Consitution give the right of equality, why section 497 of IPC is punishable and applicable to man only. Not only this, if a husband of women gives his consent to have sex with another person, then this is not a crime. Section 497 of IPC criminalizes the offense of adultery, bRead More…
CBDT extends ‘due-date’ of filing income-tax return for assessment-year 2018-2019 as prescribed in section 139(1) of the Act, from 31st July, 2018 to 31st August, 2018. F. No. 225/242/2018/ITA.II
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Direct Taxes (ITA.II division) North-Block, New Delhi, the 26th July, 2018 Order under Section 119 of the Income-taRead More…