The author laments that the Finance Bill 2008 made everyone happy – except the judiciary. Judiciary is guardian of our democracy. The common men have faith in the temple of justice. Only one criticism against the judiciary is that there …
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Maya “Jaal”
The judgement of the Delhi Bench of the Tribunal in Mayawati vs. DCIT, and the hysterical reactions thereto by the opposition political parties, makes interesting reading. The Tribunal was faced with the question whether whopping “gifts” amounting to Rs. 12 …
Sue me not!
1. The State Commission, Delhi, by its order dated 10-3-2006 in Appeal No. 1815 of 2000 held that the services rendered by the Lawyer would not come within the ambit of Section 2(1)(o) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, as …
Court in a car!
This could have come straight off a Ripleys’ believe it or not entry. Imagine – a court room in a car! HT reported that The Employees Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal, India’s top court dealing with PF disputes from across the …
“adjournment culture”
There is a popular commercial by a furniture maker running on television which uses a courtroom as the setting to demonstrate the long-lasting abilities of its plywood. Two young lawyers are arguing a matter about a buffalo which apparently caused …
The bane of the Supreme Court’s holidays.
The oft-criticized holiday calendar of the Supreme Court will now have to reckon with the scrutiny of the the Parliamentary Standing Committee for the Ministry of Law and Justice on “Judicial Reforms”. What has met with the ire of legal …