Chief Justice of Delhi High Court G Rohini to retire
The Chief Justice of Delhi High Court G Rohini will retire from her post on Thursday, paving way for another lady judge Justice Gita Mittal, the second senior-most judge of the high court, to become the Acting Chief Justice of the high court.
Chief Justice G Rohini was appointed as Additional Judge of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in 2001 and as a Permanent Judge the next year. She was sworn in as as Chief Justice of High Court of Delhi on April 21, 2014.
During her stint, Chief Justice Rohini has passed numerous landmark judgments, such as ruling that the Lieutenant Governor is Delhi’s administrative head and isn’t bound by the advice of the city council of ministers.
Justice Mittal, an alumna of Lady Shri Ram College For Women, was appointed as an Additional Judge of Delhi High Court in 2004. Prior to her appointment as Additional Judge, she had legal practice in all courts and other judicial forums since 1981.
“There are levels of approvals needed to procure the drugs. The ministry of environment and forests has cleared the project, but we need permission from the Union drug control department to import the chemical,” senior scientist Qamar Qureshi said.
The chemical comes from pigs. It produces antibodies that prevent the sperm from attaching to the egg. The vaccine could be given to monkeys mixed with their food, or injected.
The scientists believe the contraceptive can be manufactured in the country. “The National Institute of Immunology in New Delhi could develop the medicine,” said scientist S Sathyakumar, explaining ways to get rid of the tedious permission process and import expenses.
Until the shots are fired, monkeys will remain a menace — destroy crops in the countryside, or troop around in cities and bully everyone in their path, even dogs.
Entities such as firms too will need to comply with the self-declaration directive, which also covers other financial instruments such as mutual funds.
According to the Reserve Bank of India norms, permanent account number (PAN), Aadhaar card, driver’s licence, voter’s identity card or passport will serve as proof of identity and address.
Aadhaar, however, is not mandatory for the self declaration, a senior I-T department official told Hindustan Times.
Experts said the Wednesday’s directive shows India’s commitment to promote tax transparency and automatic exchange of information. “It gives, at the same time, alternatives to the financial institutions to deal with non-compliant accounts where the process of due diligence and obtaining of self-certification is not yet completed,” consultancy group EY said in a statement.
The government had earlier set a deadline of August 31, 2016 for the banks and financial institutions to secure self-declarations from their customers. But the deadline was then extended indefinitely, before a more stringent limit was set on Wednesday.
Banking sources said that compliance would not be a problem for large and many mid-sized banks, smaller ones may struggle to meet the stiff deadline.
The circular said that the accounts that are blocked during the exercise can be unfrozen after the self-certification is submitted and due diligence is carried out.
THE DIRECTIVE SHOWS COMMITMENT TO PROMOTE TAX TRANSPARENCY AND AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE OF INFO. SAY EXPERTS