Tag: Bombay High Court

Source: indiatoday.in A division bench in the Bombay High Court has upheld the Maratha Reservation Bill saying that the state is within its right. We hold and declare that the state government possesses legislative competence to create a separate category of the Socially and Educationally Backward Class and grant reservation, the court said. However, the

Source: indianexpress.com The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld an arbitral award, directing city-based businessmen brothers Yogesh Mehra and Ajay Mehra to pay about Rs 700 crore ‘siphoned off’ by them from a joint venture (JV) company between them and German wind turbine major Enercon GmbH. Advertising The order, passed by a single judge of

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

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

Source:- livelaw.in. The Bombay High Court has held that once a decree of divorce has been granted, relief cannot be sought by the wife under the Domestic Violence Act. Justice MG Giratkar was hearing a criminal revision application filed by a 42-year-old woman from Nagpur who challenged a judgment of the Judicial Magistrate First Class

Source:- businesstoday.in. The Bombay High Court Thursday refused to intervene in the Jet Airways crisis, saying it cannot direct the government and the Reserve Bank of India to rescue a “sick company”. A bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice N M Jamdar dismissed a writ petition seeking the government and the central bank be

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

Source – moneycontrol.com T Rowe Price, which holds a 26 percent in UTI Asset Management Company has withdrawn the petition filed at the Bombay High Court, according to the media reports. The plea was filed against other 4 stakeholders in UTI AMC — State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda and Life Insurance Corporation.

Source – newindianexpress.com MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court directed the CBI today not to discard the call data records of its officer who is investigating the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam involving diamond jeweller Nirav Modi. A single bench of Justice Ajey Gadkari also directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file its affidavit in response

Source – hindustantimes.com The Bombay high court recently reunited a 14-year-old Hindu girl with the four-member Muslim family that brought her up ever since her biological mother abandoned her. Justice Gautam Patel ignored the biological mother’s plea for her custody primarily on the ground that the woman was involved in some immoral activity. The girl was