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Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Steps To Surrendering PAN CARD

Step 1:- If you have been allotted an additional Permanent Account Number (PAN) which you wish to voluntarily surrender, you need to visit the Income Tax (I-T) departments website -incometaxindia.gov.in. Click on the icon surrender Duplicate PAN. Step 2 :- To be doubly sure that your request for surrender has been registered, also write a letter to this effect to the assessing officer under whose jurisdiction you have been filing your returns. The letter must contain details such as your name, contact details, details of the PAN card to be retained,...

Highlight on title investigation of immovable property

Rapid industrial development and unbridled urbanisation have seen the demand for land for development of residential, commercial and industrial complexes, and even for farmhouses rise tremendously, resulting in sky-high prices. Alienation of real estate is specially taking place in villages situated within a radius of 1-20 km of urban industrial and commercial centres. Land parcels are generally purchased through socially advanced, often unscrupulous persons, or rich agriculturists possessing sufficient muscle power and skills to persuade, deceive...

Bias and malafide

This is first principle of Rules of natural justice. This principle conveys that “no one shall be a judge in his own cause” and that justice must appear to have been done. Impartiality in any decision is the basic concept of justice and there shall be “impartial judge too”. Commonly understood to be prejudicial or element having mollified colour. Bias arises from various factors either in the administrative, quasi-judicial or judicial proceedings. They are again introduced in many forms. It may be “judicial bias” or say a different kind to be...

JUSTICE IN ISLAM

Islam had appeared in a tribal society wherein justice as value was almost unknown. Tribal society has certain oral conventions and has no written law and oral conventions develop over a period of time and need for justice, as such, is hardly felt. One more reason for this is private property and wealth does not exist in such society. The only persistent law is that of revenge and retaliation. The Qur’an refers to it as a law of retaliation. However, situation in Mecca was much more complex as Meccan tribals had taken to international trade and...

WHY OVERWORK? BE HAPPY.

The people of one of the most conservative states in the US have stumbled across a simple policy that slashes greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent, saves huge sums of money, improves public services, cuts traffic congestion, and makes 82 per cent of workers happier. It all began two years ago, when the state was facing a budget crisis. One night, the new Republican Governor Jon Huntsman was staring at the red ink and rough sums when he had an idea. Keeping the state’s buildings lit and heated and manned cost a fortune. Could it be cut without...

We do not want draconian Bio-technology law

The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill is going to be tabled in the ongoing budget session in Indian Parliament. If this particular bill is passed in the parliament and gets president’s assent without any modifications then India will be unsafe for the social activists who raise the voice against US sponsored perilous bio technology experiments for which Indian’s are the guinea pigs. Because the new Bio-technology law has two draconian clauses which are against the spirit of our constitution but will be a boon for Capitalist...

Inheritance under Hindu Law

We are talking about only those inheritance where male or female Hindu died intestate. Intestate means without WILL. A person who died without writing a WILL is called as ‘intestate’ in legal terminology. Inheritance under Hindu law is possible either through WILL or through operation of law. As a general principle whenever a Hindu died intestate then a legal presumption comes in to force  that the property get vested in to legal heir automatically and it belongs to Joint Hindu Family. Once a dispute arise or members of joint Hindu...

Death Sentence in China

The concept of death sentence is as ancient in China as the kingship. Much before the constitutional concept of separation of powers among the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary came into existence, it was the monarch who exercised the authority of the three wings just mentioned plus the residual powers. His word was Law. He could order an individual, never mind if he or she was his subject or not, a citizen or an alien,to be hanged till death. The King had the unlimited powers on the life, limb, goods and chattel of anyone he could...