The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal heard appeals by aggrieved filmmakers against Central Board of Film Certification orders. Its dissolution follows efforts by govt to streamline tribunals.
While refusing to comment on individual cases, Sitharaman said the raids weren't an issue in 2013 and that it's in the national interest to know if some evasion is happening.
The I-T department statement came as raids continued on the homes of Taapsee Pannu, Anurag Kashyap and his partners who launched Phantom Films for the second day.
Gandhi used the hashtag 'ModiRaidsProFarmers' with his tweet to take a dig at the govt, a day after Income Tax department raided premises linked to Taapsee Pannu, Anurag Kashyap.
The searches, being carried out in over 30 locations, are part of a tax evasion probe against Phantom Films, which was dissolved in 2018, & its then promoters Kashyap & Vikas Bahl.
It will take some audacity for Bollywood to give us twice-baked, badly spiced films again. We can only be thankful that AK vs AK wasn’t about Akshay Kumar in a double role.
It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
How can the government channel appeals directly to the HIGH COURT without any capacity increment? In fact, as of today, High courts across India have 40% vacancies while the central government sits over 45 names (which it is supposed to simply forward to SC collegium), for time ranging 6 to 14 months. 10 judges who have been approved by the collegium are not being appointed for time ranging 7-19 months without giving any reason.
Does it make sense purely from a governance point of view? Shouldn’t Indians expect govt to at least do whatever little it has in its hands directly to make judicial process smooth?
Does the govt want the high courts to be perennially clogged & the common citizen always in the queue or perhaps on their knees for having even a shot at accessing justice?
The BJP and Modi have no idea on how to run a government. The court system in India is 30 years backlogged with cases and this will only delay justice further! Another wrong move by the government!
How can the government channel appeals directly to the HIGH COURT without any capacity increment? In fact, as of today, High courts across India have 40% vacancies while the central government sits over 45 names (which it is supposed to simply forward to SC collegium), for time ranging 6 to 14 months. 10 judges who have been approved by the collegium are not being appointed for time ranging 7-19 months without giving any reason.
Does it make sense purely from a governance point of view? Shouldn’t Indians expect govt to at least do whatever little it has in its hands directly to make judicial process smooth?
Does the govt want the high courts to be perennially clogged & the common citizen always in the queue or perhaps on their knees for having even a shot at accessing justice?
The BJP and Modi have no idea on how to run a government. The court system in India is 30 years backlogged with cases and this will only delay justice further! Another wrong move by the government!