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Centre hikes monetary limit for filing tax appeals
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 11 (ANI): In order to reduce the long pending grievances of taxpayers and to minimise litigations pertaining to tax matters and facilitate the Ease of Doing Business, Government of India decided to increase the threshold monetary limits for filing Departmental Appeals
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Centre opposes PIL seeking women liable under adultery offence
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday opposed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Joseph Shine, seeking to make men and women equally liable under the offence of adultery.
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Section 377 arbitrary, unconstitutional: lawyer Menaka Guruswamy
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): As the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court continues to hear the pleas seeking scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalises homosexuality, lawyer for one of the petitioners Menaka Guruswamy on Wednesday said that the section
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SC hearing on Section 377 to continue today
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday will continue hearing a batch of petitions against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises homosexual activities.
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Executioners hunt begins in MP
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 10 (ANI): With around 30 prisoners in jails across Madhya Pradesh been awarded death penalty in different cases, the state is on a hunt for executioners as currently there are no people at the post.
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If enacted, Section 377 'won't withstand the test of constitutionality'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): As the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court continues to hear the pleas seeking scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalises homosexuality, advocate Arvind Dattar said if enacted the law "won't withstand the test of constitutiona
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Section 377: Centre to file response in SC today
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Soon after a Constitution Bench of Supreme Court began hearing the pleas seeking scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homosexuality, Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Central Government, told the cour
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Homosexuality a danger to national security: Swamy
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on petitions filed against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday opined that homosexuality was a danger to national security.
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Hyderabad man bangs 3-year-old son against autorickshaw
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 10 (ANI): In a gruesome incident, an allegedly drunk man was caught on camera slamming his three-year-old son against an auto-rickshaw.
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SC to hear petition against Section 377 today
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 10 (ANI): The Constitution Bench of Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear petitions against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises homosexuality.
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Piyush Goyal refutes Amit Mitra's allegations on GST refunds
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) July 9 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday rubbished claims of West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on pending GST refunds of exporters.
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Nirbhaya case: Maneka Gandhi satisfied with SC verdict
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 9 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Monday expressed satisfaction with the Supreme Court's judgement upholding death penalty for the convicts in the 2012 rape case in Delhi.
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