Source: business-standard.com The Supreme Court Monday said forest fire is a serious problem in the hilly states, especially in summers and the reason behind it is the large presence of pine trees in most of the areas. A vacation bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai allowed the petitioner to file a copy

Source: taxscan.in In a big relief IT giant Infosys, the Karnataka High Court has quashed Income Tax Notices against Infosys Limited. The Petitioner has challenged the proceedings initiated by the respondent under Section 147 r/w section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 relating to the assessment years 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07. The Petitioner contended

Source: thehindu.com The Delhi High Court has upheld the dismissal of two policemen who allowed Vikas Yadav to leave his hospital room in AIIMS, without parole on the night of Deepavali in 2011. Vikas Yadav was facing trial and serving a 25-year jail term for the murder of Nitish Katara. A Bench of Justices Vipin

Source: abcnews.go.com The Supreme Court on Monday dealt a blow to advocates of greater access to public information, ruling in a 6-3 decision that the government does not have to turn over private food stamp data it obtained from grocery stores to a South Dakota newspaper. The paper, the Argus Leader, had filed a Freedom

Source: newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Law and Justice is going to study the way the courts of Gujarat are disposing of the old cases at a faster pace and treat it as a role model for other states in the country to cut down the massive pendency. According to the data of

Source: tribuneindia.com The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed the States of Punjab, Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh to initiate criminal proceedings against consumers of “narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances” to eradicate the menace in the case of “Surmukh Singh versus State of Punjab”. But any interpretation of the order without distinguishing

Source: hindustantimes.com Anantnag, a one-hour drive from Srinagar, lies in the heart of south Kashmir, one of the most troubled zones in the strife-torn Valley. Already, in the few weeks since the general election results were announced on May 23, Anantnag has made headlines for a terror attack that killed a policeman and five Central

Source: npr.org A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that property owners can go directly to federal court with claims that state and local regulations effectively deprive landowners of the use of their property. The 5-4 decision overturned decades of precedent that barred property owners from going to federal court until their claims had

Source: barandbench.com The Madras High Court on Friday reserved its judgment in the petitions challenging the constitutionality of the GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) under the prevailing GST regime. Arguments in the matter concluded yesterday before the Bench of Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad. The High Court had initially issued notice to the Central Government

Source: thehindu.com In a relief to software giant Infosys Ltd., the Karnataka High Court has held that there is “not an iota of material available in the reasons recorded by the assessing officer to believe escapement of tax” on any agreement in which the company had received revenue from foreign companies for deputing technical staff