Supreme Court held that shorthand notebooks, is only a tentative draft of the Judgement, cannot be treated as information held by Public Authority. Supreme Court further held that they did not see any ground to interfere with the Delhi High Court’s order, which did not favour an RTI applicant Tapan Choudhury’s plea, seeking copies of the shorthand note books in which
CPI leader Binoy Viswam has approched the Supreme Court seeking re-consideration of two Judge bench judgement in Binoy Viswam Vs Union of India in which the court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 139AA of Income Tax Act which made mandatory linkage of IT returns with Aadhar. Binoy Viswam has challenged validity of S.139AA of IT Act in light
The Reserve Bank of India, clarified that linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts is mandatory. Some news items have appeared in a section of the media quoting that Aadhaar number linkage with bank accounts is not mandatory.”The Reserve Bank then clarified that, in applicable cases, linkage of Aadhaar number to bank account is mandatory under the Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of
A petition challenging government’s decision in 2011 to keep the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) out of the purview of Right To Information Act has been filed in the Supreme Court. Petition was first filed in Delhi High Court but got transferred to Supreme Court after the center said that several petitions in this regard have been filed in different
The Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has allowed the appeal filed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and has thereby restored the life ban imposed on S.Sreesanth on charges of indulging in spot-fixing during IPL matches. Earlier, a single bench of the High Court had quashed the ban imposed by BCCI on the cricketer. Against
While disposing of arbitration requests pertaining to 6 agreements between Gangavaram Port Ltd(GPL)., M/s Duro Felguera S.A, a Spanish company(DF) and Felguera Graus India Private Ltd.(FGI), the Supreme Court held that there cannot be a single arbitration reference for disputes arising out of different agreements, even if they are inter-linked to a single transaction. Tahir SiddiquiLegal Writer, Lawyer. www.lawin60.com
A petition has been filed in Supreme Court challenging the mandate by Center to link Aadhaar with bank accounts and mobile phones. The petitioner has assailed Rule 2(b) of the Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Second Amendment Rules, 2017 to be violate of Articles 14, 300A and 266 of the Constitution of India. Petitioner has prayed for striking down
Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking ban of the book ‘Samajika Smugglurlu Komatollu’ written by Professor Kancha Ilaiah and further to ban chapter 9 of the book titled ‘Post-Hindu India’ and chapter 9 of ‘Hindutv-Mukt Bharat’. Upholding the author’s freedom of speech and expression the bench stated that every author or writer has a fundamental right to speak out ideas freely
The Supreme Court, in a plea filed by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising seeking details of compensation and other measures undertaken by states under Section 357A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, asked the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) to draft a model framework for release of funds under the Victim Compensation Scheme by 31 December, 2017. The initial focus of the framework would
The Delhi High Court issued notice to the central government in a petition filed against two notifications, disqualifying directors of private limited companies for non-filing of financial statements for three continuous financial years. Apart from the disqualification from the said companies, the directors would also be prohibited from being appointed as directors in any other company for a period of
