Today, On 6th February, The Madras High Court dismissed actor Vijay’s plea challenging the Rs.1.5 crore income tax penalty. The penalty stemmed from 2015 searches at his premises that allegedly uncovered around Rs.16 crore in undisclosed income by the Income Tax Department.
The Supreme Court of India set aside the Madras High Court’s late-evening interim order staying Tamil Nadu laws on Vice-Chancellor appointments, citing denial of adequate hearing to the State.
The apex court remitted the matter back to the High Court for fresh consideration and asked it to decide the case expeditiously within six weeks.
Justice G.R. Swaminathan heard contempt proceedings over alleged non-compliance in the Thirupparankundram Deepam matter, with officials saying prohibitory orders were only to control crowds. The Madras High Court granted time to the District Collector to file an additional affidavit and adjourned the case to March 2.
The Tamil Nadu DGP informed the Supreme Court that criminal cases have been registered against protesters for allegedly making caste and religion-based defamatory remarks against Justice G R Swaminathan. The action follows the Madras High Court judge’s order allowing the lighting of Karthigai Deepam on Thirupparankundram hill.
The Supreme Court said execution of Letters Rogatory from foreign courts cannot override India’s sovereignty while hearing Pfizer’s appeal in a patent dispute with Softgel Healthcare. Issuing notice to Softgel, the Court said it will settle the law on judicial assistance, reciprocity, and comity of courts.
The Madras High Court granted an interim anti-piracy injunction protecting the copyright of forthcoming Hindi film Mardaani 3 starring Rani Mukerji, with Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy restraining ISPs and cable operators from unauthorised broadcast, stressing pre-release piracy causes irreversible harm.
