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VB Prabhu Verlekar Q Our litigation cases in all Courts at different levels are swelling, thereby denying timely justice to public as also affecting ease of doing business. We are inviting suggestions from various stake holders of Society to present to Central Government as also Supreme Court. With your experience, do you have any suggestions to make? Secretary, Young Advocates Forum (Goa Branch) Presently over 4.5 crores cases are pending in various Courts. At the present rate of disposal, it will take 324 years to dispose without considering new additions as per the Niti Aayog report. This great challenge cannot be solved only by increasing number of courts, judges, court infrastructure, three-shift courts, virtual courts, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, restricting adjournments or any other method unless high level sophisticated AI Technology tools like Chat GPT is used extensively in drafting court judgements by feeding basic facts, arguments submitted and cases cited by both the parties. The draft of the order will be ready within 10 minutes after considering all the judgements available on the subject in the web space. The judges can make changes after going through the draft and then sign the judgement order. For feeding the data, trained law graduates can be used. Initially Chat GPT can be used for straight forward disputes like bail, negotiable instrument claims, debt recoveries, consent decrees, ompensation claims etc. For this, judges, court clerks should be trained to use the tool effectively by holding, prompt engineering, workshops for drafting quality judgements. For criminal cases, day and night camp courts should be setup in jails and poor under trial prisoners for petty offences should be released with minor punishments. Argentina and Colombia Courts effectively use Chat GPT tool. Young junior judges should try this tool and see the fantastic results. Q. We are running a hospital. Before we discharge a patient he is required to make payment of hospital charges in full in cash since receiving payment by cheques is risky. Very often payment runs into lakhs. Are there any restrictions to receive payment in cash as per the Income Tax Act? Health Care Givers, Belgaum. Hospitals in India can accept payments in cash from patients under Income Tax Act. However, there are certain restrictions and compliance requirements. Under Section 269 ST no person can receive an amount of Rs. 2 lakh or more in cash from a single person in a day or in respect of a single transaction. Therefore, if your hospital receives cash from a patient exceeding Rs 2 lakhs in violation of this provision, the hospital may have to pay 100 per cent penalty on the amount received. Also note that you are required to obtain PAN number from the patient making cash payments of Rs 50,000 or more and report this to the tax authorities as per IT Rules. Q. I am an Israeli engineer working on a project in India under “resident visa” in Bangalore and visit Goa every weekend. I intend to buy an apartment here. Can a foreign national who is, a person resident in India purchase immovable property in India? Hiam Abbass, Bangalore Yes. A foreign national who is a ‘person resident in India’ within the meaning of Section 29 of FEMA, 1999 can purchase immovable property in India, but the person concerned would have to obtain the approvals and fulfil the requirements, if any, prescribed by other authorities, such as the concerned State Government etc. The onus to prove the residential status is on the individual as per FEMA provisions, if required by any authority. However, a foreign national, resident in India who is citizen of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, China, Nepal and Bhutan would require prior approval of the Reserve Bank. Q I wish to open a PPF account in the name of my minor son to get tax free income and claim deduction of Rs. 1.50 lakhs under section 80C of IT Act. Is it possible? Arvind S. Kamat, Taleigao. Under new Public Provident Fund (PPF) rules, PPF accounts opened for minors will earn interest at Post Office Saving Account rates i.e. around 4% until the minor turns 18. This interest is exempt up to Rs 10,000. The maturity period of 15 years for these accounts will start on the minor’s 18th birth date. Separate deduction of Rs. 1.50 lakhs u/s 80C is not separately available for minor. This limit will combine with parents PPF contribution. Q. My ailing uncle is in old age home confined to bed with dementia. He earns government pension of around Rs. 10 Lakhs, besides interest on bank deposits. Is there any exemption from filing tax return available in such cases? Carlos S Castelino- Sanvordem Section 194P of I.T. Act provides conditions for exempting senior citizens of 75 years and above from filing tax returns subject to conditions that the senior citizen is resident in India and must have pension income and interest income from a single designated bank account on savings and deposits only. The same should be earned from the same bank in which he is receiving pension. For this one should submit a declaration in Form 12BBA giving specified information to enable bank to deduct TDS. Only when TDS is deducted, he is exempt from filing tax return. The writer is well established, senior practising chartered accountant with wide experience in taxation and finance. He is also a strategist in turn round management of institutions.The national consumer watchdog is taking online travel booking website Webjet to over allegations it misled customers and breached consumer law. or signup to continue reading The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleges Webjet advertised minimum airfares but failed to disclose compulsory service and booking fees. It will also allege Webjet took payments for flights and sent customers confirmation emails, but had not booked the flights with the airline. ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said she was very concerned about the conduct. The pricing claims relate to Webjet's marketing on social media, emails and its app about minimum airfares to domestic and international destinations. Webjet advertised "flights from $x", however the quoted price did not include the Webjet servicing fee or booking price guarantee fee, which ranged from $34.90 to $54.90 per booking, the ACCC alleges. Among the examples were airfares to London advertised as "Flights from $1398* return". The statements were made between November 2018 to November 2023, the ACCC said. The ACCC alleges the additional fees were not disclosed on social media. It said while the information was available on the Webject app and website, it was not prominent and was written in fine print. Ms Cass-Gottlieb said the conduct came at a time when consumers were carefully . "A statement about the lowest price must be a true minimum price, not a price subject to further fees and charges before a booking can be made," she said. The ACCC will also allege Webjet breached consumer law by taking payment from customers but not booking the flight with the respective airline. Customers allegedly received a confirmation email after paying, but were then asked for an additional payment before Webjet would complete the booking, or were offered a refund instead. This conduct occurred across 382 bookings between at least November 2018 and June 2024, the ACCC alleges. The watchdog said customers may have made other travel arrangements having paid for their flight and receiving confirmation from Webjet. They may have had to choose between paying more money or cancelling other travel plans at a potential loss, the ACCC said. "We are very concerned about this alleged conduct by Webjet, which represented to consumers that their flight booking had been confirmed and left some consumers in the position of having to pay more to later complete the booking," Ms Cass-Gottlieb said. Through the Federal Court action, the ACCC is seeking penalties, declarations, injunctions, consumer redress, costs and other orders. Brittney is part of the federal political bureau, covering politics, the public service and economics. Brittney joined The Canberra Times in 2021 and was previously the property reporter. Got a news tip? Get in touch: brittney.levinson@canberratimes.com.au Brittney is part of the federal political bureau, covering politics, the public service and economics. Brittney joined The Canberra Times in 2021 and was previously the property reporter. Got a news tip? Get in touch: brittney.levinson@canberratimes.com.au Advertisement Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date. We care about the protection of your data. Read our . Advertisement
Title: Man Chokes on Rice Dumpling, Claims Injuries, Demands EvidenceRenck: Who’s ruining Thanksgiving now? The nonBolievers in Broncos quarterback Bo Nix.Special teams bungles dominate NFL, with Commanders and Cowboys leading the wayPresident Carter, America’s 39th President, passed away at the age of 100. Ms Hanna said President Carter was the first US President to seriously engage with issues in Northern Ireland. The South Belfast and Mid Down MP said: “Throughout his life Jimmy Carter was an advocate for human rights, peace, humanitarianism and doing what’s right, no matter how difficult. Alongside his late wife Rosalynn, his legacy stretches far beyond his term as President and his achievements through the Carter Centre and with Habitat for Humanity are arguably just as meaningful as anything he achieved while in office. “At a time when violence was raging across Northern Ireland, Jimmy Carter ignored advice not to intervene and stuck his head above the parapet calling for the US to become directly involved in trying to secure peace here and promising investment after it was established. He was persuaded to get involved by Tip O’Neill, Ted Kennedy and others who updated him with the latest happenings here, though their own engagement with John Hume. “Carter’s intervention was a significant one, he was serious about his commitment to advancing the cause of peace around the world and shared Hume’s vision that the only solution to the conflict here could be a peaceful one. His statement sent a clear message to the then-British government that they could no longer act with impunity when it came to Northern Ireland. “Jimmy Carter leaves a lasting imprint not only on Northern Ireland, but around the world. He has left the world a better place as a result of his contribution throughout a lifetime of service and I can think of no greater legacy than that.” Carter, who was the longest-living former American president, died on Sunday, December 29, his son announced. An immediate cause was not given. He served as president for one term from 1977 to 1981, but is just as well-known for his humanitarian service after leaving Washington, DC, working for Habitat for Humanity and negotiating peace deals. In 2018, it was revealed by official files that he had been previously suggested for a Northern Ireland peace process role. Speculation was mounting in January 1993 that president-elect Bill Clinton would appoint a special envoy. British Foreign Office official Jonathan Powell mentioned Mr Carter in a note disclosed in an archived British government file released by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) in Belfast. Mr Powell described how former congressman Bruce Morrison, then head of the Irish Americans for Clinton lobby group, envisaged the envoy. Mr Powell wrote: “He (Morrison) did not envisage an Irish American filling the role. “An Irish American like (Bill) Flynn would have too much baggage. “He envisaged instead someone completely independent, like Jimmy Carter, or someone in the same mould but of lower profile.” Mr Carter only served one term in office but became a diplomat and mediator around the world. He worked on the Middle East peace process and tried to encourage talks between North and South Korea. In 1993 a statement from the Friends of Ireland in the US said: “On this St Patrick’s Day, the Friends of Ireland in the US Congress join with Irish Americans... in calling for renewed efforts to achieve peace, reconciliation and justice in Northern Ireland.” In the event, former Democratic senator George Mitchell was appointed as envoy in 1995, securing a commitment to non-violence from the gunmen and ultimately becoming the architect of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
[Organization Name]BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s ruling junta arrested one of the country’s top politicians Wednesday for criticizing the military rulers of neighboring Burkina Faso, according to his son and a judiciary source. Issa Kaou N’Djim, who previously supported Mali’s current military leader Col. Assimi Goita before distancing himself, was arrested on charges of insulting a foreign head of state, which is a crime in Mali, an employee of the court system said. The court employee spoke to the The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to talk to reporters. N’Djim had claimed on the Joliba TV News broadcaster on Sunday that the military rulers of Burkina Faso, a close ally of Mali, made up evidence of a foiled coup in November. The politician was placed in custody and taken to the main prison in Mali’s capital Bamako on Wednesday, his son, Ousmane N’djim, said. “He knows he is being arrested because of his political struggle.” The director of Joliba TV News has also been called for interrogation by the authorities. Mali and Burkina Faso have been ruled by military regimes since , capitalizing on popular discontent with previous democratically elected governments over security issues. Together with Niger, another junta-led country in the region, they form the Alliance of Sahel States, or AES. N’Djim was one of the vice presidents of the National Transitional Council (CNT), Mali’s legislative body under the junta. He later distanced himself from the military regime and said he favored a return to electoral democracy. In 2021, he was handed a six-month prison sentence after he criticized the military regime on social media. The security situation in the three AES countries has analysts say, with a record number of attacks by Islamic extremists. Government forces have been accused of killing civilians they suspect of collaborating with militants while . In June, Malian authorities . Amnesty International called for N’Djim’s release in a post on the social media platform X. ___ This story was first published on Nov. 13, 2024. It was updated on Nov. 26, 2024 to correct that the month of an alleged foiled coup attempt in Burkina Faso mentioned by a politician was in November, not September. Baba Ahmed, The Associated Press
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