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Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme: FAQs for settling tax disputes easily
3 days, 6 hours ago

Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme: FAQs for settling tax disputes easily

India Today  

In a bid to bring relief to taxpayers, the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme 2024, introduced in Budget 2024, offers a simplified route to resolve income tax disputes. Is an appeal filed against intimation under section 143 of the Act and pending as of July 22, 2024, eligible for the DTVSV Scheme 2024? Can the DTVSV Scheme 2024 be …

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SC criticises misuse of anti-dowry legislation for ‘personal vendetta’
1 week, 5 days ago

SC criticises misuse of anti-dowry legislation for ‘personal vendetta’

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday strongly criticised the growing misuse of Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code, commonly known as the anti-dowry law, noting that it is increasingly being exploited to settle “personal vendettas” or exert undue pressure on husbands and their families. The Supreme Court bench highlighted the misuse of the provision, lamenting that exaggerated and unsubstantiated allegations …

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Courts Must Be Liberal In Giving NOC For Issuance Of Passport When Applicant Is Accused Of Matrimonial/Trivial Offence: Kerala HC
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Courts Must Be Liberal In Giving NOC For Issuance Of Passport When Applicant Is Accused Of Matrimonial/Trivial Offence: Kerala HC

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has said that Courts have to be liberal while considering issuing a No Objection of Certificate for passports when the case pending against the applicant is a matrimonial issue or a trivial/ simple offence.In doing so the court said that if a liberal approach is not adopted in such cases, the applicant's right to go abroad …

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There Is A 'Built-In' Assurance In Rape Cases That Charge Levelled Is Genuine & Not Fabricated: Bombay High Court
1 month ago

There Is A 'Built-In' Assurance In Rape Cases That Charge Levelled Is Genuine & Not Fabricated: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently while upholding the conviction of a man for committing rape on a minor girl, said usually neither the girl nor her family would indulge their daughter's name even for settling scores and that in such cases, there is a 'built-in' assurance that the victim is levelling 'genuine' charges.Single-judge Justice Govind Sanap …

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Understanding the place of anger and forgiveness in our intimate relationships
2 months ago

Understanding the place of anger and forgiveness in our intimate relationships

ABC  

“Do you acknowledge your wife?” So says Seneca’s Medea to Jason, as she throws the murdered children down from the roof. Anger, I argue, is often useful as a signal of a problem, and thus it is good to attend to one’s anger responses — although many of them are unreliable, signs of misplaced social values or, even in the …

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Caught in the jaws of loan sharks
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Caught in the jaws of loan sharks

The Hindu  

Trigger warning: The article has references to suicide. Gajjar had borrowed ₹2.49 crore from two private lenders, Hardik Mehta and Jalpaben Jani, allegedly at a 4% “extortionate rate”, a term that the police use to describe such cases. Therefore, at the direction of the Chief Minister, we launched this drive against private lenders to help the victims,” Gujarat’s Junior Home …

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Women who have consensual sex with men continue to abuse the laws to slap rape cases after the relationship ends
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Women who have consensual sex with men continue to abuse the laws to slap rape cases after the relationship ends

Op India  

On the 31st of July, the Bombay High Court quashed an FIR lodged in 2018 against a 73-year-old man who was accused of raping a woman on the false promise of marriage. Consensual sex between adults does not amount to rape: What the Supreme Court said in the Deepak Gulati vs. State of Haryana case In Deepak Gulati v. State …

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Assam model helps slash child marriage by 81%: Report
5 months ago

Assam model helps slash child marriage by 81%: Report

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Assam government’s emphasis on legal intervention in child marriage cases is now a proven model for the rest of the country to follow, a report released on World Day for International Justice on July 17 said. The report titled ‘Towards Justice: Ending Child Marriage’ by India Child Protection said Assam’s legal strategy helped slash child marriages in the …

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Allahabad High Court Half Yearly Digest: January - June 2024 [Citations 1-415]
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Allahabad High Court Half Yearly Digest: January - June 2024 [Citations 1-415]

Live Law  

ORDERS/JUDGMENTS UP Victim Compensation Scheme 2014 | Eligibility/ Quantum Of Compensation For Rape Victims To Be Decided By DLSA, Not Court: Allahabad HC Case Title: Ramesh Alias Mehandi Hasan vs. State Of U.P. The bench comprising of Justice Alok Mathur held, “Considering the aforesaid judgments and also nature of the work involved in the present case where the workmen were …

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MP Plans Tough Anti-Paper Leak Law with 10-Year Jail, ₹ 1 Cr Fine
5 months, 3 weeks ago

MP Plans Tough Anti-Paper Leak Law with 10-Year Jail, ₹ 1 Cr Fine

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh government is going to bring a stringent anti-paper leak law providing a ten-year- jail term and a fine of ₹ one crore to the person held guilty by the court in such cases. “The draft bill of the anti-paper leak law is ready. The draft bill proposes imprisonment up to ten years and a fine of ₹ …

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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has no section dealing with rape of men, transgender persons
6 months ago

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has no section dealing with rape of men, transgender persons

The Hindu  

The alleged suicide of a 23-year-old man, hours after he was gang-raped by four men in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district, has shed light upon the soon to be implemented Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, that does not include Section 377 or any other section that deals with rape of men and transgender persons. Police booked the four accused under Section 377 of …

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UP case: NCPCR issues nationwide child protection directives
7 months, 1 week ago

UP case: NCPCR issues nationwide child protection directives

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW: As a sequel to the case of 95 children being intercepted by a rescue team in Ayodhya who were travelling without any documentation or identification from Bihar’s Arariya to Saharanpur here, the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights has issued a letter to various departments of all states, warning against illegal transportation of children. The NCPCR has …

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The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-III]
8 months, 2 weeks ago

The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-III]

Live Law  

Citizenship The Supreme Court sets aside the ex-parte order of the Foreigners Tribunal which declared a woman non-indian. Pramod Sinha v. Suresh Singh Chauhan, 2023 LiveLaw 596 Section 33 - Judgment and decree Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; Section 33, Order XX Rule 4, 5; Order XLI Rule 23, 23A, 24 and 25 - Remand - High Court passed order …

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Allahabad High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2024 [Citations 1 - 200]
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Allahabad High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2024 [Citations 1 - 200]

Live Law  

ORDERS/JUDGMENTS OF THE QUARTER UP Victim Compensation Scheme 2014 | Eligibility/ Quantum Of Compensation For Rape Victims To Be Decided By DLSA, Not Court: Allahabad HC Case Title: Ramesh Alias Mehandi Hasan vs. State Of U.P. The bench comprising of Justice Alok Mathur held, “Considering the aforesaid judgments and also nature of the work involved in the present case where …

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Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: February 2024
9 months, 1 week ago

Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: February 2024

Live Law  

NOMINAL INDEX Nikita @ Najrana And Another vs. State Of Up And 3 Others 2024 LiveLaw 66 M/S Sahbhav Engineering Ltd. Ahmadabad Thru. And 2 Others 2024 LiveLaw 125 M/s Jaypee Infratech Limited V. M/s Ehbh Services Private Limited And Another 2024 LiveLaw 126 ORDERS/JUDGMENTS OF THE MONTH UP Anti-Conversion Law | Interfaith Marriage Not Valid Unless 'Pre' & 'Post …

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Bengaluru’s growing cyber-bullying problem
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Bengaluru’s growing cyber-bullying problem

The Hindu  

February 29, 2024 10:05 pm | Updated March 05, 2024 03:11 pm IST “My daughter recently became hesitant to attend school, and when this behaviour persisted, we suspected something was amiss. The family eventually approached us for mental health issues.” Bharathan also said cyberbullying can also lead to psychosomatic problems like headaches, sleep and appetite issues, and digestion problems.” She …

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Film puts justifiable defense in spotlight
10 months, 1 week ago

Film puts justifiable defense in spotlight

China Daily  

A poster for the film Article 20 shows actress Zhao Liying portraying a deaf-mute mother. Drawing inspiration from real-life cases of justifiable defense, the film has garnered widespread attention and resonated with the public as well as judicial institutions during the Spring Festival holiday. Beyond the statutory provisions, cases involving justifiable defense are often complex, with many lacking adequate evidence, …

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Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2023: Criminal Law
11 months, 1 week ago

Kerala High Court Annual Digest 2023: Criminal Law

Live Law  

Can't Test Veracity Of Material When Cognizable Offence Disclosed: Kerala High Court Dismisses Cop's Plea For Quashing Of Corruption Case Case Title: T. A. Abdul Sathar v. The State of Kerala and Ors. v. State of Kerala Citation: 2023 LiveLaw 120 The Kerala High Court dismissed the bail application of Sunil N.S., also known as 'Pulsar Suni', the main accused …

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Bombay High Court Family Law Digest 2023
11 months, 1 week ago

Bombay High Court Family Law Digest 2023

Live Law  

Wife's Refusal For DNA Test No Ground for Adverse Inference For Maintenance – Bombay High Court Case Title: Namdeo s/o. Bombay High Court Upholds Grant Of Maintenance To Woman Who Had Accepted Alimony Under 'Customary Divorce' Case Title: Gajanan v. Surekha Citation: 2023 LiveLaw 61 Observing that a person's approaching the civil court for divorce itself shows that customary divorce …

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Kerala High Court Digest 2023: Labour & Service Laws
11 months, 1 week ago

Kerala High Court Digest 2023: Labour & Service Laws

Live Law  

Pension Schemes Under KTWWF Act & Kerala Dairy Farmers' Welfare Fund Act Do Not Prohibit Membership Of Two Different Welfare Funds: Kerala High Court Case Title: Sadanandan K.S. Such control is exclusive in nature, comprehensive in extent and effective in operation.” Transfer Of Employee To Maintain Internal Harmony In Organization Not Punishment, Enquiry Not Required: Kerala High Court Case Title: …

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Supreme Court Annual Digest 2023- Code Of Civil Procedure (CPC)
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2023- Code Of Civil Procedure (CPC)

Live Law  

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 – Civil Trial - Fixing of the date of trial shall be in consultation with the learned advocates appearing for the parties to enable them to adjust their calendar. Pradeep Mehra v. Harijivan J. Jethwa, 2023 LiveLaw 936 : 2023 INSC 958 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; Section 47 read with Order XXI - Executing …

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Delhi High Court Issues Directions For Expeditious Disposal Of Criminal Cases Against MPs, MLAs
1 year ago

Delhi High Court Issues Directions For Expeditious Disposal Of Criminal Cases Against MPs, MLAs

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has issued directions for expeditious and effective disposal of criminal cases pending in the designated courts against the members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies. A division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna directed the Principal District and Sessions Judge of the Rouse Avenue Court to ensure almost equal pendency of. A …

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'Look Into Cow Slaughter Cases Across State Seriously': Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt
1 year ago

'Look Into Cow Slaughter Cases Across State Seriously': Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to look into the Cow Slaughter cases registered within the state seriously. This implies a call to the state police to thoroughly investigate and give serious attention to such cases involving the killing of cows across the state.The Court directed so while expressing its displeasure with a personal affidavit filed …

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Punjab Reports Over 1,200 Farm Fires Despite Red Alert
1 year, 1 month ago

Punjab Reports Over 1,200 Farm Fires Despite Red Alert

News 18  

Punjab reported more than 1,200 stubble burning incidents on Thursday, while air quality indices turned ‘severe’ and ‘very poor’ in neighbouring Haryana. The fresh crop residue burning cases indicated that there was no let up in such cases despite the Punjab Police sounding a red alert in all the districts, warning of legal action against those found burning stubble. Of …

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