India’s retroactive tax demands have come back to haunt the government, with the Permanent Court of Arbitration awarding damages of $1.2 billion plus interest and costs to oil and gas explorer Cairn. What options does India have?
A two-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jain was hearing a petition filed by online payment platform Paytm alleging fraud on its customers due to phishing activities over the various mobile networks causing financial and reputational loss to the petitioner.
The petition said that the Delhi High Court may kindly not show any haste for the opening of physical courts completely and may kindly continue to hear the matters in the manner it is hearing
The Allahabad High Court recently asked the Uttar Pradesh Government how and in what ways is nutritious food being provided to children in the state under the Anganwadi project.
A second mercy petition has been filed before President Ram Nath Kovind by the 12-year-old son of Shabnam, a death row convict, seeking to convert her capital punishment to life imprisonment.