CBDT Notifies — Income-tax (6th Amendment) Rules, 2019 to amend Income-Tax Rules, 1962
S.O. 3215(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the first proviso to clause (23 C) of sub-section (1) of Section 10 and
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Compliance Checklist for Issue of Sweat Equity Shares under Companies Act
Gaurav N Pingle, Practising Company Secretary, Pune
Cite as: (2019) PL (CSP) September 76
Continue readingCentral Govt. notifies — Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Amendment Rules, 2019
G.S.R. 638(E).—Whereas, a draft containing certain rules further to amend the Employees’ State Insurance (Central) Rules, 1950, were published in the Gazette
Continue readingRBI makes External Benchmark Based Interest Rate mandatory for certain categories of loans from October 1, 2019
The Reserve Bank of India has been examining the feasibility of mandating the use of an external benchmark for determining the interest
Continue readingNational Legal Services Authority (Lok Adalat) Amendment Regulations, 2019 — Notified
F. No. L/28/09/NALSA.—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 29 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987), the
Continue readingKar HC | Karnataka Badminton Association directed to supply information as to whether it is a “Public Authority” under Right to Information Act
Karnataka High Court: Alok Aradhe, J. while disposing of this petition granted the petitioner the liberty to assail the order by which
Continue readingCentral Govt. notifies — National Legal Services Authority (Free and Competent Legal Services) Amendment Regulations, 2019
F.No. L/61/10/NALSA.—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 29 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987) and in
Continue readingKer HC | Bail granted due to incorrect evidences and no criminal antecedent of the petitioner
Kerala High Court: B. Sudheendra Kumar, J. allowed a bail application seeking relief of anticipatory bail for crimes of criminal conspiracy. In
Continue readingOri HC | Order of eviction set aside in light of Orissa Land Reforms Act as tenant was poor; ‘rayati’ status reclaimed
Orissa High Court: Dr A.K. Rath, J. quashed the impugned order of Tahasildar against the opposite party under Section 8(1)(c) of the
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Whistleblowing in India: The Way Forward
Bhumesh Verma, Managing Partner and Abhisar Vidyarthi, Student Researcher, Corp Comm Legal
Cite as: (2019) PL (CL) September 84
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NHRC notice to Chief Secretary and DGP, Haryana over reported suicide by a rape victim in police station
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo-moto cognizance of media reports that a woman committed suicide at Police Station Jathlana, Yamunanagar,
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Megha Purohit, alumnus of NUSRL on qualifying the Madhya Pradesh Judicial Services Examination, 2019
Interviewed by Sankalp Udgata
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HP HC | Amendments denied after 5 years of institution of suit as serious prejudice would have been caused; Held that the plaintiff was sleeping over his rights
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Chander Bhusan Barowalia, J. contemplated a petition filed under Article 227 of Constitution of India for quashing and
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Bom HC | Full Bench returns reference unanswered; says law re procedure to be followed by Magistrate while issuing show cause notice under S. 107 CrPC is well settled
Bombay High Court: A Full Court Bench of Pradeep Nandrajog, CJ and Revati Mohite Were and Bharati H. Dangre, JJ. returned a reference
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Vice-Chancellor of MNLU Nagpur wins Telangana Best Law Teacher Award
Reported by Bhanupriya Raut
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Call for Papers | Army Institute of Law Journal, Vol XIII, Issue 2020
Reported by Nritika Sangwan
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NHRC notice to Police Commissioner, Gurugram over reported torturing of a maid at DLF-I Police Station
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that a 30 year old maid was
Continue readingUtt HC | Appellate Court to interfere with discretionary power of trial court related to temporary injunctions, when the order is arbitrary or perverse
Uttaranchal High Court: A writ petition was entertained by Manoj K. Tiwari, J. where the petitioner was aggrieved by the order passed
Continue readingAll HC | Court directs expeditious disposal of pending appeal filed by the petitioner, opines a preferable time-frame of 3 months
Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Pradeep Kumar Singh Baghel and Piyush Agrawal, JJ., while disposing of the writ petition directed
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