-The Indian Express As countries calibrate their response to competing demands for sovereignty to tax, DST is an interim alternative outside tax treaties. It possesses the advantage of taxing incomes that currently escape tax and creates space to negotiate a final, overarching solution to this conundrum. The taxation of digital companies has been a key concern for G20 countries. The agenda to reform international tax law so that digital companies are taxed...
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SC didn’t act on CAA but entering uncharted terrain on farms: Dave -R Balaji
-The Telegraph The Supreme Court Bar Association president described the top court’s decision to hold a hearing on Tuesday as 'astonishing' The Supreme Court is making forays into uncharted territory by staying the implementation of the new farm laws while refusing to freeze the Citizenship Amendment Act and the recent “love jihad” ordinances issued by the governments in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, eminent jurist Dushyant Dave told The Telegraph on Wednesday. “The Supreme...
More »Supreme Court enters uncharted territory; in Aadhaar, poll bonds, took another stand -Apurva Vishwanath
-The Indian Express This is perhaps the first time the apex court has stayed a law passed by Parliament without sparing even a single hearing to examine its constitutionality — the court’s primary function. With its interim order staying the implementation of the three new farm laws, the Supreme Court has entered into uncharted territory. This is perhaps the first time the apex court has stayed a law passed by Parliament without...
More »Most on Supreme Court committee have backed farm laws, called protests misguided -Udit Misra
-The Indian Express All four members have publicly been in favour of the farm laws and none of them has supported the demands for repealing them. Declaring they will not participate in any court-ordered committee process, the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee has said the members of the committee named by the apex court “are people who are known for their support to the three Acts and have actively advocated for...
More »Supreme Court’s order putting on hold the farm bills is terrible constitutional precedent, bereft of judgment -Pratap Bhanu Mehta
-The Indian Express Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: The issues in the farm bills are complex. But no matter which side you are on, you should now worry about how the Supreme Court is interpreting its function. The court is, perhaps unintentionally but damagingly, seeking to break the momentum of a social movement. The Supreme Court is increasingly looking like one of those fantasy creatures with disjointed shapes, where nothing is what it...
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