News Update Madras HC answers whether voluntary contributions by private discretionary trust are taxable income 17 Dec 2020 In the case of Commissioner of Income Tax v. Shriram Ownership Trust, the Court also emphasised that when the assessee does not challenge a tribunal ruling in appeal, he is…
News Update SC says aged parents cannot misuse Senior Citizens Act in order to push daughter-in-law out of the home 16 Dec 2020 The court stated that a order under the DV Act, 2005 has more standing than an order under the Senior Citizens Act when it comes to a wife’s right to…
News Update DELHI GOVT. APPEAL AGAINST STAY THE GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION OF RESERVING 80 PERCENT OF ICU BEDS IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS FOR COVID PATIENTS 28 Sep 2020 *Facts*1. The Delhi government has appealed to the divisional bench of the Delhi High Court against a single bench order which was issued by the single bench of Justice Naveen…
News Update Court cannot be a mute spectator: Karnataka High Court 14 Sep 2020 The high court of Karnataka has discharged an appeal for leniency and upheld the sentence of rigorous imprisonment for seven years obligatory on a convict for raping a 69 year-old…
News Update P&H high court stated that, Trial courts have no power to impose lifelong imprisonment without remission 21 Aug 2020 The Punjab and Haryana high court has stated that trial courts don't have any power to impose the penalty of Life time imprisonment in the absence of remission or parole.…
News Update Prashant Bhushan makes an application to defer sentence hearing 20 Aug 2020 The Supreme Court on August 14 had pronounced Advocate Prashant Bhushan to be guilty of contempt of the court for criticizing the judiciary on twitter.The penalty for the same was…