Delhi High Court lets SIR-deleted voters apply through Form 6, with the Bench calling a petitioner’s fear of a false-declaration charge misplaced because the suggestion to file the form came from the Election Commission’s counsel, acting on the Electoral Registration Officer’s instructions. New Delhi: Two voters whose names were struck off the Delhi electoral rolls […]
Allowing a batch of five writ petitions, the Delhi High Court has quashed reassessment notices issued to Teva Pharmaceuticals USA as time-barred and without jurisdiction, set aside an Authority for Advance Rulings order, and directed the Income Tax Department to refund about Rs 783 crore of TDS to Teva Israel with interest. The Court held that while protective assessment is permissible, there is no concept of protective recovery, and that withholding the refund for over a decade was arbitrary to the point of being confiscatory.
The Rajasthan High Court denied Asaram’s bail petition, stating he violated Supreme Court conditions while on interim bail. His lawyer must submit an affidavit addressing these allegations. Following the end of his bail, Asaram was briefly hospitalized but remains in custody due to pending cases, including a life sentence for rape.
Jodhpur, March 12 – The Rajasthan High Court has taken a strict stand in a contempt case involving delayed salary payments and arrears to public employees. On Wednesday, the court directed the state government to withhold the salaries of three bureaucrats due to a delay of over three and a half years in complying with its orders.
On Tuesday, the Rajasthan High Court urged for a thorough investigation into what seems to be a notable instance of signature forgery. Justice Dinesh Mehta, overseeing the matter, raised substantial doubts regarding the legitimacy of signatures from 101 litigants on a solitary vakalatnama, a legal document granting representation in court. The Rajasthan High Court on […]
