Tag: Bombay High Court

Bombay High Court reserves judgment in PILs challenging Mumbai Coastal Road project

Source: barandbench.com The Bombay High Court on Monday reserved judgment in a batch of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) challenging the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC’s) Coastal Road Project worth Rs 14,000 crore. The Coastal Road project will connect South Mumbai’s Marine Drive area to Kandivali in North Mumbai. The project was challenged by environmental activists, residents

Accused doctors in Payal Tadvi suicide case move Bombay High Court seeking bail

Source: barandbench.com After a special court rejected their bail application last month, the three women doctors arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of Dr. Payal Tadvi have moved the Bombay High Court seeking bail. Hema Ahuja, Bhakti Mehare and Ankita Khandelwal, who were the seniors of Payal Tadvi, have challenged the special court order rejecting

Bombay High Court urged to strike balance between rights of convicts and victim’s family

Source: freepressjournal.in Mumbai: Opposing the petitions filed by two death row prisoners, the Maharashtra government on Thursday told the Bombay High Court to strike a balance between the rights of the convicts, the family of the victim and also the collective conscience of the society. The duo have urged the HC to commute their death

Can tax authorities arrest individuals for GST evasion? Supreme Court to examine the matter

Source:- thehindubusinessline.com As different High Courts of the country have taken divergent views in the matter, we are of the view that the position in law should be clarified by this court, the Supreme Court said The Supreme Court agreed to examine the powers of tax authorities to arrest an individual for GST evasion saying that different High

No reopening tax case on opinion change

Source – dnaindia.com The Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’) empowers the tax officer to re-open and re-assess a taxpayer’s case, where an order has been passed after conducting scrutiny proceedings. Technically termed as ‘reassessment’ under the Act, if the tax officer has reasons to believe that any income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment for