K.C.Satapathy, Advocate

04/10/2025

Bombay High Court was hearing the bail plea of a former CRPF personnel who is accused of beating his wife to death as she “could not provide a meal to him as per his immediate demand.”

During the hearing, the Court found that the reason for the quarrel was his addiction to liquor and directed that people accused of crimes who are also suspected to be addicted to liquor or drugs must be provided psychiatric treatment to ensure their recovery from the mental illness.

Read more: https://www.barandbench.com/news/bombay-high-court-urges-sympathy-mental-health-treatment-for-all-accused-battling-liquor-drug-addiction

04/10/2025

While delivering the Sir Maurice Rault Memorial Lecture at Mauritius, CJI BR Gavai delved into the meaning of law and underlined that the law cannot always be equated to justice.

He drew a distinction between such technical legality and the rule of law. He noted that to further the rule of law, new laws were enacted in India to correct historical injustices and ensure that public institutions and officials are held more accountable.

Read more: https://www.barandbench.com/news/indian-legal-system-governed-by-rule-of-law-not-rule-of-bulldozer-cji-br-gavai-in-mauritius

04/10/2025

07/01/2025

26/03/2024

A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Sandeep Mehta, therefore, set aside a bail condition imposed by the Orissa High Court to the extent it barred a politician from political activities.

Read more: https://www.barandbench.com/news/ban-political-activities-bail-fundamental-rights-supreme-court

09/03/2024

As part of the e-Verification Scheme-2021, Income Tax Department (ITD) is in the process of sending communication to taxpayers pertaining to ‘mismatch’ between the information filed in the Income Tax Return (ITR) vis-à-vis information of specified financial transactions, as available with the Department, for ITRs filed for AY 2021-22 (FY 2020-21).

• This information is being communicated to the taxpayers through their e-mail accounts as registered with the ITD.

• The Department urges taxpayers, to view their AIS through the e-filing portal and file updated ITRs (ITR-U), wherever necessary.

• This is to increase transparency and to promote voluntary tax compliance.

• Eligible non-filers can also file their ITR-U.

• The last date for filing ITR-U for A.Y. 2021-22 (i.e. for F.Y. 2020-21) is 31.03.2024.

For more details, please see the Press Release:
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=2011373

11/01/2023

Justice Anu Sivaraman held that contractual employees are entitled to be issued a notice with regard to the unsatisfactory nature of their service if they are terminated because of some deficiency in their service.