'Technological Impediment Can't Be A Reason To Harass Assessee' : Supreme Court Asks Income Tax Dept, CBDT To Resolve Software Issues

Technological impediment cannot be a reason to harass an assessee, said the Supreme Court while asking the Income Tax Department to upgrade its software to ensure that mistakes do not occur in the future. Read More>>

Clean Acquittal Of Accused After Long Undertrial Custody May Give Rise To Claim For Compensation : Supreme Court

A case of clean acquittal, where the accused had spent long years under custody as an undertrial, may give rise to a claim for compensation, observed the Supreme Court in the judgment granting bail to V Senthil Balaji in a money laundering case. Read More>>

Prima Facie Case Under PMLA Exists Against Senthil Balaji: Supreme Court While Granting Bail

The Supreme Court while granting bail former Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji in the money laundering case arising out of the cash for jobs allegations observed that there is a prima facie case against him. Read More>>

Requirement Of Expeditious Trial Must Be Read Into Special Statutes Imposing Stringent Bail Provisions : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court while granting bail to former Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji, held that higher thresholds for granting bail in stringent penal statutes like the PMLA, UAPA, and NDPS Act cannot be a tool to keep an accused incarcerated without trial. Read More>>

Mumbai Court Sentences Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut To 15 Days Jail In Defamation Case By BJP Leader Kirit Somaiya's Wife

The Mazgaon Metropolitan Court in Mumbai on Thursday convicted Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut and sentenced him to 15 days jail term for defaming BJP leader and former MLA Kirit Somaiya and his wife Medha Somaiya. Read More>>