Once in a while, I receive a barrage of emails from somebody who claims that a judge ruled against them in a matter because the judge was bribed, criminally negligent or conflicted in some other way. These emails often contain thousands of pages of attachments purporting to prove the fantastical claims made by the complainant. So far, they never have. But, to be honest, I do not always read through all the attachments because the emails tend to be incoherent, and the sender not sufficiently in touch with reality, to warrant any investment of time.
This does
not mean there is no reason to worry that individual judges may have been corrupted or may have acted in a dishonest manner. Most notably, the Zondo Commission heard a few weeks ago that there is very strong circumstantial evidence that the State Security Agency (SSA) had arranged for cash to be handed to an unnamed judge to advance the factional interest of those aligned to former president Jacob Zuma.
NEW CEO APPOINTED FOR DCFH NEW CEO APPOINTED FOR DCFH
Dr. William Dexter James has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Dominica China Friendship Hospital.
Dr. James, who is a national of Trinidad and Tobago, is a graduate of the University of the West Indies and Walden University. He holds a PhD in Health Sector Reform from the University of Bangor, Wales United Kingdom.
He has been described as a highly skilled Caribbean professional with considerable knowledge, experience and expertise in the areas of Hospital Administration, Policy Planning and Analysis, Health Sector Reform, Financial Management, Strategic Management and Organizational Change among other areas,
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February 18, 2021
× The Telangana High Court has asked the Income Tax Settlement Commission to accept an application of settlement under Section 245 (C) of the Income Tax Act.
The order comes in a Writ Petition filed by Green City Dukes Estates which contended that while the section continues in the Income Tax Act, the Income Tax Settlement Commission has stopped receiving applications.
This comes in the backdrop of the Finance Bill, 2021, which proposed that the Income-tax Settlement Commission shall cease to operate on or after February 1, 2021. It has also proposed to amend section 245C of the Act so as to provide that no application shall be made under this section on or after February 1, 2021.