BUSINESS
Electoral bonds not an amnesty scheme, SC right in striking it down: Sr advocate Aryama Sundaram
Sundaram also speaks about the controversy surrounding wealth redistribution and why taking one person’s wealth and giving it to another is not the right way to go about it. On the 28% GST on the full face value of bets in online gaming, he explains why a tax on the full face value is wrong and how it should be levied.
POLITICS
Delhi excise policy case: SC questions ED over timing of Arvind Kejriwal's arrest
Supreme Court bench says 'life and liberty are exceedingly important' while hearing Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest by the ED.
TRENDS
Delhi HC restrains Ashneer Grover from selling shares transferred by Bhavik Koladiya
The court noted that the interim order will remain in place till the time the litigation between Grover and Koladiya is disposed off.
TRENDS
SC pulls up Uttarakhand licensing authority over inaction against Patanjali
A bench of justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah made it clear that the authorities seem to have acted only after SC started hearing the case.
TRENDS
Patanjali misleading ads: SC exempts Ramdev, Balkrishna from personal appearance in next hearing
The top court noted that there has been a marked improvement in the attitude of Patanjali management
TRENDS
Not resigning as CM is Kejriwal's personal choice, but children cannot suffer because of it: Delhi HC
The observation was made in a plea filed by an organisation called Social Jurist, highlighting the fact that over 2.5 lakh students studying in schools run by the Delhi government are being deprive of benefits like uniform, text book, etc.
TRENDS
Delhi liquor scam: 'Why did you not move a bail plea', SC asks Arvind Kejriwal
Responding to this, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who appeared for the CM, stated that Kejriwal has chosen to challenge the validity of his arrest rather than pursuing a bail plea
POLITICS
SC stays CBI probe against West Bengal government officials in teachers recruitment scam
Many lawyers who appeared for various parties argued that the Calcutta HC had gone beyond its scope of the case by ordering termination of the these teachers
LOK-SABHA-ELECTION
Delhi HC junks plea seeking six-year election ban on PM Modi
Justice Sachin Datta noted that the plea was misconceived and the high court cannot give directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to decide a complaint in a certain way
POLITICS
SC issues notice to ED in Hemant Soren's plea against his arrest
A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Dutta indicated that the pendency of this case need not stop the HC from pronouncing their order in Soren's bail plea. The case in SC will now come up for hearing in the week commencing May 6
TRENDS
'Vested interest groups trying to undermine India's achievement', Justice Datta in EVM VVPAT order
The judge further noted that there is a concentrated effort to weaken the progress of the nation 'on every possible frontier' and such attempts must not be allowed by any constitutional court more specifically by the supreme court.
BUSINESS
Go First case: DGCA directed to process deregistration of leased planes, airline may lose all leased aircraft
Go First stares at the risk of losing all 54 of its leased aircraft unless the company's resolution professional secures a stay within five working days.
TRENDS
Online gaming companies hope for breather from new govt
In recent months, 71 companies received show-cause notices demanding taxes totaling Rs 1.12 lakh crore, with some demands surpassing their annual turnover
POLITICS
Inheritance tax will increase black money, discourage people from revealing income, says senior advocate Aryama Sundaram
When estate duty was in operation people hid their wealth in ‘mattresses and gold bars’ rather than keeping it in bank accounts in order to pass it on to the next generation, he noted.
POLITICS
SC rejects pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips
SC says request for verification of microcontroller of EVMs can be made within 7 days of declaration of poll results upon payment of fees
POLITICS
India's former inheritance tax explained
Benjamin Franklin said nothing is certain but death and taxes, but India four decades ago had a death tax, as the contentious levies under the inheritance tax law that existed up to 1985 was referred to.
POLITICS
Constituency watch: Wayanad, a young constituency that became a Congress bastion
Wayanad is considered a backward district by both the state and central governments. It is, in fact ,the only district from Kerala to be included in NITI Aayog’s aspirational districts programme.
BUSINESS
Article 39 (b) and its likely bearing on the wealth redistribution debate
The court has set out to decide whether the words 'material resources of the community' used in Article 39 (b) of the Constitution also includes private property. This debate has spanned decades and has been interpreted differently by several courts of law. Once the SC answers this question, the definition will be important for any debate on wealth redistribution.
TRENDS
NCLT levies Rs 20,000 cost on Byju's for not filing response to Surfer Tech plea
"We will consider your response only after you deposit the cost," the NCLT bench told Byju's lawyers. Notably, the NCLT had issued notice to the ed tech company in Surfer's plea in February and Byju's had sought time to file a response twice before the NCLT decided to impose a cost.
POLITICS
'We cannot control the elections,' SC tells petitioners in EVM-VVPAT tally case
The case was listed for directions in view of certain queries that the court had since the queries had been answered, the court reserved it for judgment again.
POLITICS
Why did Calcutta High Court order termination of over 24,000 teachers?
While directing a section of people who had been hired illegally to refund money paid as salary within four weeks, a two-judge bench also ordered the board to conduct a fresh round of recruitment.
BUSINESS
Investors vs Byju's: NCLT defers hearing to June 6 amid claims of violation
The dissenting investors accused Byju's of violating NCLT order on the rights issue, an accsuation denied by the edtech firm
POLITICS
Arvind Kejriwal arrest: Why mangoes and insulin became contentious issues
On April 19, Kejriwal filed an application at a Delhi court, asking it to allow the jail authorities to administer insulin and permit him to consult Dr Ravichandra Rao through videoconferencing for 15 minutes everyday.
TRENDS
Patanjali misleading ads: 'Is your apology as big as your advertisement,' SC asks Ramdev, Balkrishna
Patanjali case: The SC bench also questioned if the apology was placed in a prominent place in the newspaper or if it has been placed in 'classified' section.
