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PF Settlement Made Quicker(11.08.2015)

The Government of India has granted authorization to market transportation fuels, namely, MS, HSD and ATF to the new entrants including the private s.....

Tags : epfo, social security, india, canada, austria

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Date of submission of Offline Applications for Pre-Matric Scholarship for minority students extended to 15 October, 2015(25.08.2015)

The date of submission of Offline Applications under the Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for minority students has been extended to 15 October, 2015 fro.....

Tags : Education, deadline, minority, pre-matric

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Statute

Draft Factories (Amendment) Act, 2015(23.10.2015)

The Ministry of Labour and Employment proposed a draft Factories (Amendment) Act, 2015 after making changes to an earlier Bill, 2014. The draft Act ba.....

Tags : Factories act, amendment, 2015,

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The High Court and The Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2015(13.08.2015)

The Government introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to further amend the High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954 and the Suprem.....

Tags : high court, supreme court, judges, salaries

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Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act, 2015(11.08.2015)

The Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act, 2015 became Act No. 23 of 2015. It amends the Delhi High Court Act, 1966, raising the value of suits in which th.....

Tags : delhi high court, district court, suit value

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Carriage by Air (Amendment) Bill, 2015(02.12.2015)

The Lok Sabha has passed a Bill to enhance compensation payable by airlines in the event of death or injury of passengers and damage or loss of cargo .....

Tags : Air carriage, airline, liability, enhance

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SC/ST Act, 2015 in force from 26 January 2016(18.01.2016)

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has notified 26 January, 2016 as the date on which the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Preve.....

Tags : Scheduled caste, tribe, act, 2015, effective

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Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Bill, 2015(01.02.2016)

Gujarat’s Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Bill, 2015, passed by the State’s legislative assembly has been returned, for the third time, by a .....

Tags : Gujarat, terrorist, organized crime, bill, returned

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Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016(17.02.2016)

The Union Cabinet approved amendments to the Delimitation Act, 2002 and the Representation of the People Act, 1950, enabling the Election Commission t.....

Tags : West Bengal, enclaves, right to vote

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Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2015(22.09.2015)

The government introduced the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2015. The Ordinance clarifies that jurisdiction for cheque bounce c.....

Tags : Cheque, ordinance, negotiable instruments, jurisdiction

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Cabinet approves Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016(20.07.2016)

The Union Cabinet approved the introduction of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016 in Parliament.

The Bill envisages .....

Tags : transgender, protection, discrimination, accountability

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Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill 2013 shelved(22.06.2016)

The Union Cabinet approved withdrawal of the Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill 2013 from the Rajya Sabha.

Having been sent for examinat.....

Tags : Drugs and cosmetics, pharmaceutical, clinical trials

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Voting rights to be given to enclave dwellers(08.02.2016)

Whereas India and Bangladesh executed an enclave exchange last year, the Indian government is preparing to grant voting rights to former enclave dwell.....

Tags : Bill, land enclave, Bangladesh, voting rights

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Blast from the Past

Trading godly good will(23.08.1967)

Being able to exploit financially intellectual property has been recognised as vital to any country’s success and prosperity. And what prosperity must.....

Tags : Trade mark, ganesh, publici juris, religious

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Wide berth for government to secure extradition(10.01.1969)

Enactment of the Extradition Act 1962 does not prohibit the Indian government from securing extradition of an offender through diplomatic channels.

Tags : extradition, notified country, british possession, diplomatic channels

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Blame your hair fall on the helmet(29.08.1988)

Given that India has some of the most unsafe roads in the world, it is indeed ironic that the struggle to coerce road users into adopting safety devic.....

Tags : helmet, two wheeler, fundamental right

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Party partaking in arbitration waives right to object validity(21.02.2002)

By participating in arbitration proceedings without protest, or objection before a court at the initial stage, a party is deemed to have waived its ri.....

Tags : arbitration, jurisdiction, acquiescence, participation, without protest

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Saving the Brahmachari from wonting the vamp(05.04.1991)

The ban on women entering the ‘Sabarimala’ faces agitation again, but favourable or un-, lifted or not, the outcome will point to the current leanings.....

Tags : Sabarimala, ban, women, kerala

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Saving democracy from itself(07.11.1975)

This Supreme Court decision, arising out of an Allahabad High Court ruling that likely abetted a declaration of emergency, may have saved the nation’s.....

Tags : Indira Gandhi, prime minister, election, malpractice

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Taking the discrimination out with the guesswork(28.08.1981)

Courts nowadays usually work off a simple formula when faced with differing terms and conditions for appointment and retirement of men and women for t.....

Tags : Air india, gender discrimination, retirement, air hostess

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Personal laws not disturbed by fundamental rights(24.07.1951)

What could the Bombay High Court have said that stung Finance Minister Arun Jaitley so, leading him to call it “one of the most adverse judgments”. Af.....

Tags : Personal laws, bigamy, fundamental rights, social custom

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Terrorist laws cannot curtail or erode a person of the fundamental rights(11.03.1994)

Terrorism, and the outpouring of solidarity in the aftermath, may have a lay understanding today, but an appreciation of laws that enable a response i.....

Tags : Terrorism, confession, mens rea, abetment

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International Cases

Children must be recognised as rights-holders on their own account and not just as adjuncts to other people’s rights(16.11.2016)

Instant appeal is against an order for deportation of a foreign criminal. Appellant appealed claiming that his deportation would breach his and his ch.....

Tags : Deportation, Breach, Right

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US Court of Appeal holds sequence of yoga poses not copyrightable(08.10.2015)

A Court of Appeal in the United States of America ruled that the sequence used in ‘hot yoga’ classes was a process intended to improve people's health.....

Tags : Copyright, yoga, hot, choreographic

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Google wins lawsuit against scanning of copyrighted works(16.10.2015)

A United States Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Google in a lawsuit concerning its book scanning activities. It determined that such digitisation o.....

Tags : Google, copyright, books, scan, fair use

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Continued provision of child care by registered person to any child may expose such child to a risk of harm(01.09.2016)

Appellant appeals against suspension dated 5 August 2016. The key event leading to the imposition of a statutory suspension was that on 29 June 2016, .....

Tags : Risk of harm, Suspension, Investigation

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Detention without a court order or other clear legal ground is incompatible with standard of “lawfulness”(18.10.2016)

Instant case originated in an application against the Russian Federation lodged with Court under Article 34 of the Convention for Protection of Human .....

Tags : Detention, Unlawful, Liberty, Deprivation

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Victim’s entitlement to compensation measured by reference to the law of state of accident, routes to recovery provided by Directives he or she invokes(03.08.2016)

In present case, Respondent, a United Kingdom resident, was on holiday in Greece. Walking along the verge of a road, she was struck from behind by a v.....

Tags : Compensation, Liability, Jurisdiction

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Where, there is challenge on totality grounds, severity of sentence imposed on individual count to be assessed in light of its contribution to total effective sentence(08.12.2016)

Appellant appeals against his conviction on the grounds that a miscarriage of justice occurred due to the appellant wrongly pleading guilty. Appellant.....

Tags : Conviction, Sentence, Totality principle

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Unless Defendants have the statutory defence, they have committed an offence(03.08.2017)

Present is an interlocutory appeal in a criminal case which concerns the correct construction of Section 92(1) of the Trade Marks Act, 1994. The Appel.....

Tags : Infringement, Provision, Interpretation

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Florida’s sentencing scheme given the chop(12.01.2016)

The United States Supreme Court overwhelmingly held Florida’s sentencing scheme unconstitutional under the read»

A person’s physical liberty is a fundamental right protecting physical security of an individual(06.12.2016)

Present case originated in an application against Russian Federation lodged with Court under Article 34 of Convention for the Protection of Human Righ.....

Tags : Psychiatric examination, Involuntary, Validity

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EPA’s Clean Power Plan suffers setback(09.02.2016)

The United States Supreme Court took the steam out of the Government’s Clean Power Plan halting enforcement of the same. It stayed the “Carbon Polluti.....

Tags : Paris, clean power, carbon emission, supreme court

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When driving in city, one must anticipate that pedestrians will cross road, if they see a gap in the traffic(02.12.2016)

Present action arises out of a road traffic accident which occurred at the junction of Merrion Row and Merrion Street Upper in the city of Dublin. Whi.....

Tags : Accident, Causation, Contributory negligence

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Supreme Court deliberates on 'colour of right'(30.07.2015)

The Supreme Court, elaborating on a "remarkably short" trial court analysis, held that the evidentional foundation establishing colour of right was su.....

Tags : canada, criminal, colour of right

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Tribunal has no jurisdiction to interpret agreement, it can only amend statutory statement to ensure that, it corresponds with agreement(04.06.2017)

Claimant in present claim complained that, he had suffered an unlawful deduction from wages arising out of Respondent discontinuing its practice, afte.....

Tags : Wages, Deduction, Jurisdiction

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Copyright holders to consider fair use before initiating DMCA takedown(14.09.2015)

In case involving a takedown notification issued to an alleged infringing ‘dancing baby’ video, the United States Court of Appeal determined that Univ.....

Tags : Dmca, takedown, fair use, copyright

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Warner Music does not own rights to ‘Happy Birthday’ lyrics(22.09.2015)

A United States District Court granted Plaintiffs’ motion that the Defendants did not receive copyright to the lyrics of the well-known song ‘Happy Bi.....

Tags : copyright, song, happy birthday, lyrics

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Merger approval is a "once off' affair(02.10.2017)

Effects of an acquisition of control are considered, when approval of merger is sought and obtained and cannot be revisited once it has been determine.....

Tags : Merger, Declaratory relief, Grant, Jurisdiction

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US Supreme Court dismisses claim against Austrian train operator(01.12.2015)

The US Supreme Court dismissed a suit against an Austrian train operator brought by an American woman who suffered severe injuries after falling onto .....

Tags : United states, sovereign immunity, Austria, injury

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A case for collusion can be based on inference(10.01.2018)

In instant case, the two Respondents, Tourvest Holdings (Pty) Ltd ("Tourvest") and Trigon Travel (Pty) Ltd ("Trigon"), have filed exceptions to the Co.....

Tags : Tender, Issuance, Prices, Fixation, Collusion

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Bail can only be granted where exceptional circumstances are demonstrated and it is otherwise appropriate to do so(09.01.2018)

In instant case, Mr Valerio's application filed for bail pending his appeal against conviction. Alternatively, the Appellant seeks an urgent appeal or.....

Tags : Bail, Grant, Jurisdiction

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If the testimony provided by an expert is consistent with the infringement action then the infringement is liable to be proven(03.11.2017)

The background against which the instant Appeals have been filed is that InterDigital Communications, Inc.; InterDigital Technology Corp.; IPR Licensi.....

Tags : Patents, Infringement, Expert

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Interim Order could only be passed upon a condition that final order in proceedings was likely to take time and a situation existed where irreparable damage might occur.(17.08.2018)

In instant matter, Commission Show Cause Notice issued to Respondent notified that, there existed a prima facie case of contravention of Section 10(2).....

Tags : Dissemination, False information, Interim relief, Grant

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The discretion to order security for costs is unfettered, and depends on an examination of all of relevant circumstances(10.01.2018)

The Defendants have applied for an order that, the Plaintiff give security for the costs of this action and for consequential orders, including that t.....

Tags : Costs, Security, Grant

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW(22.05.2018)

In the instant case the Apple group of companies is involved in the design, manufacture and marketing of various mobile communication and media device.....

Tags : Jurisdiction, Exhaustion, Patent

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In matrimonial disputes, a spouse may have an obligation to make provision for the payment of other expenses; but an obligation to duplicate it in circumstances is most improbable(18.07.2018)

In facts of present case, Mr Mills (“the husband” notwithstanding his divorce from Mrs Mills, “the wife”, in 2002) appeals against an order for upwa.....

Tags : Periodical payments, Discretion, Obligation

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Once Court recognized its jurisdiction over a public interest matter, applicant is not entitled to halt proceedings by unilateral withdrawal(14.09.2018)

Issue involved in present case was relating to maintainability of proceedings initiated vide Show Cause Notice No. 70/2012 dated 14th June 2012 (SCN').....

Tags : Jurisdiction, Complaint, Withdrawal

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A custody order must not be made unless the alleged offence is punishable by imprisonment and the judge is satisfied that, such an order is appropriate(27.09.2017)

In facts of present case, The charges against Accused are that, he attempted to unlawfully kill his wife contrary to Section 283(1) of the Criminal Co.....

Tags : Trial, Mental fitness, Custody order

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There must be a representation, omission or practice that was likely to mislead consumers in case of deception(24.09.2018)

In facts of present case, SCN was issued to Respondent pursuant to Enquiry Report concluded by Commission. Enquiry was authorized on complaint filed b.....

Tags : Trademark, Infringement, Deceptive marketing

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Landlord’s intention to demolish or reconstruct premises must exist independently of tenant’s statutory claim to a new tenancy(05.12.2018)

Issue in present appeal is regarding qualified security of tenure enjoyed by business tenants, pursuant to Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act, 195.....

Tags : Tenure, Security, New tenancy, Grant

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A contributory is a person who is liable to contribute to the property of company on winding up and if there is a surplus is entitled to a distribution(06.12.2017)

Present is an application by Mr Lean brought pursuant to Section 461(1) of the Corporations Act, 2001 for the Court to wind up Banning Holdings Pty Lt.....

Tags : Contributory, Winding up, Grant

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A treaty is binding upon each party in respect of its entire territory unless a different intention is expressed(16.10.2019)

The Appellants in present case are the executors of Mrs Beryl Coulter, who died in Jersey on 9 October 2007, leaving her residuary estate on trust for.....

Tags : Inheritance tax, Relief, Entitlement

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The appointment of an interim administrator will only be made if there is sufficient reason to do so(24.06.2021)

In present matter, an application is made on behalf of the first and second Plaintiffs seeking an order appointing them as the joint administrators of.....

Tags : Interim administrator, Appointment, Entitlement

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A court could not take note of prescription of its own accord. A party had to invoke prescription(09.09.2021)

The Appellant (Mr. Jugwanth) claimed fees arising from a contract where he represented the Respondent (MTN) in matters involving the Commission for Me.....

Tags : Claim, Prescription, Invocation

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A person exercising a public function must not do anything that constitutes discrimination, harassment or victimisation(24.05.2017)

In facts of present case, in August 2004, Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, with a tariff of 11 years and three months. Her tar.....

Tags : Approved Premises, Stay, Discrimination

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Distribution of false or misleading information that is capable of harming the business interests of another undertaking' shall be deemed to constitute a deceptive marketing practice(30.03.2018)

The Complainant is a company incorporated under the Companies Ordinance, 1984 in Pakistan since 19 February 1970. It is engaged in the business of pro.....

Tags : Product, Similarity, Contravention

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Likelihood of deception or confusion must be attributable to the resemblance of the marks themselves and not to extraneous matter(26.05.2022)

The Appellant, Open Horizon Ltd, had sought an order interdicting and restraining the Respondent, Carnilinx (Pty) Ltd, from infringing its PACIFIC tra.....

Tags : Infringement, Restraint, Deception

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Natural as well as juristic persons may hold member’s interests as a trustee, but only in certain circumstances(07.12.2022)

Present appeal is related to the application and interpretation of Sections 29(1) and 29(1A) of the Close Corporation Act, 1984 in the event where a f.....

Tags : Trustees, Juristic persons, Interest

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Imposition of a life sentence is not to be departed from ‘lightly and for flimsy reasons which could not withstand scrutiny’(14.03.2024)

The order of the high court was substituted with an order dismissing the appeal against the sentence imposed by the regional court, and reinstated the.....

Tags : Life imprisonment, Imposition, Legality

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Issuers must cease retail product distribution within 10 business days if they know that the target market determination (TMD) is no longer appropriate, unless the TMD is reviewed(24.07.2024)

The Federal Court of Australia ordered American Express Australia Limited (Amex) to pay $8 million in civil penalties for breaching the design and dis.....

Tags : TMD, DDO, Design and distribution obligations

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Liability in tort, delict or quasi-delict can only arise, if a causal connection can be established between damage and event in which that damage originates(21.03.2018)

In facts of present case, between May 2005 and February 2009, Mr. Mukhtar Ablyazov was the chairman and controlling shareholder of the claimant, a ban.....

Tags : Conspiratorial agreement, Damages, Jurisdiction

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Discrimination on grounds of religious belief and political opinion is unlawful(17.12.2018)

The claimant was employed by the Respondent on a regular but not formal basis from March 2016 until 16 May 2016, on which latter date he signed a cont.....

Tags : Discrimination, Termination, Compensation

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Claimant must indicate the capacity in which the claim is lodged, that is whether the claim is for an individual, or in a representative capacity for a family, community, or a trust(19.10.2023)

Present appeal arises from a mandamus application, by way of urgency in the Land Claims Court, Randburg (LCC), to compel the Land Claims Commission (C.....

Tags : Restitution, Rights, Land

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Payment obligation is only applicable as long as the land lease remained valid(05.08.2021)

Appeal is against impugned order of High Court, which upheld an application brought by Capital Propfund 4 (Pty) Ltd, for an order declaring a leases a.....

Tags : Leases assignment, Agreement, Ownership rights

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Remote-controlled devices for recreational angling prohibited under the Marine Act.(16.07.2024)

The Appellants, business entities dealing in angling equipment like bait-carrying drones, sought a declaratory order from the Gauteng Division of the .....

Tags : Marine Law, Marine Act, recreational angling

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Location of conduct of business of company quintessential to jurisdiction(11.11.2015)

Hearing a petition against the prejudicial conduct of business by a stakeholder in the company, the Hong Kong High Court gave rather a long stretch to.....

Tags : Jurisdiction, location, conduct of business, incorporation

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Mere fact of agreeing to an oral variation is not a contravention of the clause(16.05.2018)

In facts of present case, MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd operates serviced offices in central London. On 12 August 2011, Rock Advertising Ltd. ente.....

Tags : Oral agreement, Variation, Validity

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Court has power to manage access to its records in a pending action.(16.01.2019)

The present application is about restricting access by persons who are not parties to the action. The applicant, Cockburn Cement Limited, has applied .....

Tags : Information, Access, Restriction

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Process of interpretation should not be divorced from the circumstances surrounding the contract(03.07.2024)

In present matter, Phoenix Salt instituted an application in the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Johannesburg (the high court) to claim payment of.....

Tags : Payment, Enforcement, Right

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FCC’s ‘Open Internet’ upheld; dissenting judge scathing in remarks(14.06.2016)

A United States Court of Appeals gave further credence to a Federal Communications Commission move in February 2016 to read»

ECJ: Safe Harbour not safe from US intelligence(06.10.2015)

In a case where an Austrian citizen complained against his personal data on popular social networking website ‘Facebook’ being shifted from servers in.....

Tags : Safe harbour, data privacy, offshore, server

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Inferences could be drawn at trial only where Section was invoked(17.09.2018)

Matter Arising out of an incident which occurred on the 3rd June, 2009, Mr. Wilson, the Appellant, was arrested on suspicion of the unlawful possessio.....

Tags : Offence, Trial, Conviction, Validity

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Annexures are privileged and there is no basis to sever the same from application(08.08.2017)

Present is an interlocutory application by WBHO Construction Limited (“WBHO”) against the Competition Commission and Group Five Construction Limited f.....

Tags : Privilege, Annexure, Declaration

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Court can refuse bail pending sentence where Applicant has been convicted of a serious offence that is very likely to result in a sentence of immediate imprisonment for a significant term(22.08.2019)

The Applicant is a 33 year old man who was found guilty for possession of methylamphetamine with intent to sell or supply, contrary to Section 6(1)(a).....

Tags : Serious offences, Bail, Grant

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Where an issue in general interest is at stake, it is incumbent on public authorities to act in good time, in an appropriate manner and with utmost consistency(13.09.2016)

Instant case originated in an application against Russian Federation lodged with Court under Article 34 of Convention for Protection of Human Rights a.....

Tags : Eviction, Rights, Violation

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Judicial review, even on basis of proportionality, cannot partake of nature of an appeal(01.11.2017)

Ewa Michalak began employment as a doctor with the Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust in April 2002. She remained in that employment until she was dism.....

Tags : Discrimination, Judicial review, Remedy

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A document is restricted information, if the disclosure of same could reasonably be expected to frustrate the deliberative process of the Competition Commission(13.10.2017)

The initial complaint was submitted to the Commission by Mr Parsons ("the Parsons complaint") wherein he alleged that the tyre manufacturers simultane.....

Tags : Litigation privilege, Documents, Disclosure, Protection

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Right and interest in University of North Pension Fund included not only right and interest in pension fund, but also provident fund(03.12.2019)

The origin of the present dispute lies in the terms of an order of divorce granted as long ago as 6 December 2004, by the North Eastern Divorce Court,.....

Tags : Right, Interest, Pension fund

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A claim for indemnification insurance under an insurance contract can only arise when liability to third party in a certain amount has been established(10.12.2019)

The issue in present appeal is whether an insured’s contingent right to claim indemnification under an insurance policy is capable of becoming prescri.....

Tags : Indemnification, Contingent right, Policy

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Court may terminate an order made by Tribunal only if it considers that order was wrong(08.09.2016)

Claimant is a trainee doctor who, at a hearing held in private before Interim Orders Tribunal ("IOT") of Medical Practitioners' Tribunal Service ("MPT.....

Tags : Criminal Proceedings, Interim suspension, Public confidence

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Police constables has right to bring proceedings before Employment Tribunals in order to challenge discrimination by chief officers and responsible officers(25.10.2017)

Present appeal concerns the directly effective right of police officers under EU law to have the principle of equal treatment applied to them. The que.....

Tags : Police officer, Rights, Equal Treatment

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Inconsistencies and imperfections in evidence of prosecution witnesses cannot justify finding of no case to answer at law(03.03.2020)

In present case, on 7 August 2019, following a trial in the Magistrates Court, the Respondent was acquitted of one charge of obstructing a security of.....

Tags : Acquittal, Legality, New trial

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A maintenance order had the same legal consequences which flowed from an order made in a civil action(21.01.2022)

The appeal stemmed from the judgment of the High Court, the court made a declaratory order to the effect that the maintenance obligations contained in.....

Tags : Maintenance order, Prescription Act, Applicability

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Application for declaratory relief to validate trading in securities issued without a valid cleansing prospectus can be allowed where no blatant or flagrant disregard of obligations(10.12.2021)

In present case, on 18 November 2021, the Plaintiff, Arizona Lithium Ltd (Arizona), filed an originating process seeking orders under Section 1322(4)(.....

Tags : Trading, Securities, Prospectus

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It is necessary to make a restriction order, when Court is satisfied that, a person is a high risk serious offender(25.02.2022)

In present case, On 25 November 2021, the State of Western Australia applied for a restriction order in respect of the Respondent, Jason Guy Hapke, un.....

Tags : Protection, Community, High-risk offender

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High Court has jurisdiction to grant a forfeiture order in terms of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act(03.05.2021)

In present matter, on 28 July 2017, the high Court granted an ex parte application for a preservation order, in terms of Section 38 of the Prevention .....

Tags : Jurisdiction, Unlawful activity, Forfeiture order

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To extend the tender validity period, the consent of all the participants to the tender process is required(03.06.2022)

In March 2020, the Appellant, the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (the Municipality), published an invitation to tender under reference P.....

Tags : Tender, Validity period, Consent

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China's new Anti-Unfair Competition laws to aid 'ease of doing business'(25.02.2016)

China’s Legislative Affairs of the State Council released Draft Amendments to the People’s Republic of China Anti-Unfair Competition Law. Promulgated .....

Tags : China, anti-unfair competition, copyright

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A hereditament is to be valued as it in fact existed at the material day(01.03.2017)

Appellants (“SJJM”) own the freehold of first floor of a three-storey office building built in the 1990s. In past, premises were occupied by tenants a.....

Tags : Property, Valuation, Reality principle

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A curfew enforced by electronic tagging, clocking in and clocking out, and arrest or imprisonment for breach was a “classic detention or confinement”(12.02.2020)

Present case is about the meaning of imprisonment at common law and whether it should, or should not, now be aligned with the concept of deprivation o.....

Tags : False imprisonment, Compensation, Legality

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Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion(24.06.2022)

The State of Mississippi asks present Court to uphold the constitutionality of a law that generally prohibits an abortion after the 15th week of pregn.....

Tags : Regulation, Abortion, Right

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Congress must specifically authorize CDC to continue with eviction moratorium imposed as relief program for alleviating the burdens caused by the COVID–19 pandemic(26.08.2021)

In March 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Re¬lief, and Economic Security Act to alleviate burdens caused by the COVID–19 pandemic. Among oth.....

Tags : Eviction, Extension of moratorium, COVID-19

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Grantee cannot acquire more rights than those afforded by the grantor(04.11.2020)

Present appeal is directed against an order of the High Court, which upheld the exception raised by the Respondent, Tip Trans Resources (Pty) Ltd. (Ti.....

Tags : Contract, Rights, Entitlement

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Court would lean against a construction of legislation which produces absurd or unworkable results(12.01.2022)

Present appeal concerns the extent of the “right to manage” conferred by Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act, 2002 (“the 20.....

Tags : Management, Statutory Right, Premises

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Mere fact of pending internal appeal, by itself, not sufficient to justify finding of fact that it was not "reasonably practicable" to present complaint to tribunal(16.11.2016)

In instant case, claims lodged with tribunal were a claim of unfair dismissal, unlawful deduction of wages, breach of contract and sex discrimination......

Tags : Dismissal, Limitation, Jurisdiction

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A company and its sole director are vicariously criminally liable for the acts of one of company's employees, if the discharge or abandonment occurs as a result of positive act(01.05.2020)

Present appeal principally concerns whether a company and its sole director are vicariously criminally liable for the acts of one of the company's emp.....

Tags : Illegal dumping, vicarious liability, acquittal

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Directors did not have the authority to represent the company in the POCA litigation(01.12.2023)

The Appellant (the company) has been in business rescue in terms of Chapter 6 of the Companies Act, 2008. The fourth and fifth respondents on appeal w.....

Tags : BRPs, Directors, Authority

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A collective agreement is a statutory construct, medical scheme is not recognized as a party to the collective agreement by the Labour Relations Act (LRA)(22.12.2023)

The appeal centred around a dispute between the South African Municipal Workers’ Union National Medical Scheme (appellant), a self-administered medica.....

Tags : Collective agreement, Rights, Entitlement

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Prescription begins to run, when the creditor has the minimum facts necessary to institute action(04.10.2023)

The matter concerned the prescription of a claim which Mr. and Mrs. Mokhethi (the Respondents) had instituted against Mr. and Mrs. Stemmet (the appell.....

Tags : Prescription, Claim, Defects

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A security interest in collateral is perfected, if the security interest is attached to the collateral(21.07.2023)

On 28 November 2022, Sky and Space Company Ltd (SAS) granted Celtic Capital Pty Ltd (Celtic) a security interest in its personal property. A registrat.....

Tags : Registration, Security interest, Time

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Global power play spills into Russian court(19.04.2016)

Russia’s Constitutional Court ruled against acceding to a European Court of Human Rights denouncement against Russian law that prohibits prisoners fro.....

Tags : russia, constitution, disenfranchisement, echr, prisoner rights

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Right of a union to engage in collective bargaining is not an incident of right of freedom of association(23.03.2017)

Applicant in instant matter, an academic and staff union (‘NTEU’), applied for urgent interim relief suspending Clause 5 of collective agreement betwe.....

Tags : Collective bargaining, Right, Participation

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Where an eviction is going to render persons homeless, a constitutional obligation rests on relevant municipality to provide suitable accommodation(14.11.2019)

Present is an appeal against the eviction of Mr. Cedric Morgan Jones and Mrs. Diane Morgan Jones, aged 78 and 76 years old respectively, together with.....

Tags : Eviction, Legality, Right of residence

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While calculating limitation period in a midnight deadline case, there is complete undivided day following the expiry of deadline which has to be included in the same(21.05.2021)

The Appellants are the present trustees of a Trust (the “Trust”). They replaced the Respondents. Further the Trust had a share in a company called Cat.....

Tags : Midnight deadline, Limitation period

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Contempt of a court order can be issued against the party when the breach is both wilful and mala fide(27.05.2020)

Present is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court, Pretoria in which she declared the first Appellant, (the City) and the second Appellant, .....

Tags : Interim interdict, Contempt, Prohibition

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For a property in a sectional title scheme to be transferred into the name of a purchaser, the body corporate must issue a clearance certificate(02.11.2023)

Present appeal concerns the interpretation of Section 15B(3)(a)(i)(aa) of the Sectional Titles Act, 1986 (the ‘embargo provision’)The appeal is agains.....

Tags : Clearance certificate, Provision, Statutory right

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High court will only exercise its jurisdiction in exceptional circumstances(29.09.2023)

The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (SARS) initiated an investigation into a series of transactions involving Absa Bank and several.....

Tags : Investigation, Notices, Jurisdiction

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‘Joint enterprise’ Chan Wing-Siu principle takes a turn(18.02.2016)

The British Supreme Court heard appeals against the application of the Chan Wing-Siu principle in establishing the guilt and conviction of the Appel.....

Tags : Criminal, joint enterprise, foresight, intent

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ECHR derides pre-trial detention in Russia(24.03.2016)

The European Court of Human Rights rejected the Russian Government’s application to strike part of the case against alleged unjust pre-trial detention.....

Tags : echr, russia, pre-trial detention

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ECHR derides pre-trial detention in Russia(24.03.2016)

The European Court of Human Rights rejected the Russian Government’s application to strike part of the case against alleged unjust pre-trial detention.....

Tags : echr, russia, pre-trial detention

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ECJ ruling to curb “welfare tourism”(25.02.2016)

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Conduct of employee must be related to relationship with employer to apportion vicarious liability(02.03.2016)

The British Supreme Court, deciding claims raising questions on vicarious liability of the employer, found that the conduct of the individual has to b.....

Tags : united kingdom, supreme court, vicarious liability, employer

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Conduct of employee must be related to relationship with employer to apportion vicarious liability(02.03.2016)

The British Supreme Court, deciding claims raising questions on vicarious liability of the employer, found that the conduct of the individual has to b.....

Tags : united kingdom, supreme court, vicarious liability, employer

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Religious discrimination in workplace must be for legitimate business aim(13.07.2016)

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Chelsea still owns ‘José Mourinho’(30.05.2016)

Feel like you’re leaving a part of yourself behind when you leave your job? José Mourinho may be experiencing that a little too literally for his own .....

Tags : football, jose mourinho, trade mark

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Notaries and lawyers exempt from disclosure scheme in Canadian tax law(03.06.2016)

Canada’s Supreme Court held unconstitutional tax provisions relating to request for information by the Revenue Agency in the assessment of tax payable.....

Tags : search and seizure, legal advice, privileged information, canada

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Doctrine of illegality bows down to public interest(20.07.2016)

A party to a contract “tainted by illegality” is not barred from recovering money paid under the contract from the other party under the law of unjust.....

Tags : uk, doctrine of illegality, public interest, insider information

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Every case must be approached on its own facts and it is only after a diligent examination of all the facts that, it can be decided whether an accused had a fair trial or not(12.03.2020)

Present is an appeal, with the special leave of present court, against a judgment of the High Court, which confirmed a sentence of life imprisonment i.....

Tags : Conviction, Fair trial, Legality

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Power of Court to extend time for compliance with a springing order has to be exercised cautiously(12.12.2019)

In present case, the Appellant was convicted on 27th November, 2017, after a trial before Corboy J and a jury for the murder of Mark Colin Koller (the.....

Tags : Springing order, Time, Extension

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When a judge decides that, an accused is not mentally fit to stand trial, it is then necessary to consider whether accused may become fit within six months(08.08.2019)

In present matter, on 29 July, 2019, the accused appeared at a hearing to determine whether he was fit to be tried. Reports obtained by the Court conc.....

Tags : Mental illness, Trial, Adjournment

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Labour Court has concurrent jurisdiction with civil courts to hear and determine any matter concerning a contract of employment(18.09.2019)

The narrow issue in present appeal is whether the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Johannesburg, had the jurisdiction to determine the Appellant’s .....

Tags : Salary, Labour Court, Jurisdiction

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When reviewable error is established, discretion to grant relief under Section 36(4) of the Magistrates Court Act, 2004 is enlivened(02.06.2020)

In present matter, on 4 September 2015, the second Respondent applied for and was granted a restraining order against the Applicant. The application w.....

Tags : Summons, Service of, Jurisdictional error

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Any order for further and better discovery is discretionary and the discretion must be exercised having regard to the objectives of case management(25.06.2020)

Present is the Plaintiff's application for discovery orders. The Plaintiff is seeking orders requiring the second Defendant to discover all applicatio.....

Tags : Discovery orders, Entitlement, Jurisdiction

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If a substantial part of the concerned item has been copied then a copyright infringement will be said to have taken place(29.01.2020)

The claimant ('Response') is a company based in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. It designs and markets clothing. The Defendant ('EWM') is a major retailer .....

Tags : Copyright Infringement

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A Court’s finding of its lack of jurisdiction prevents any binding decision by that court on merits of the matter(03.06.2019)

The Respondent, Mr Anil Bhagwan Maharaj, a professional racehorse trainer, instituted proceedings in terms of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention.....

Tags : Complaint, Unfair discrimination, Remittal

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Negligence by the business operator does not have to be proved(16.10.2020)

In facts of present case, Highbury Poultry Farm Produce Ltd. (“HPFPL”) operates a poultry slaughterhouse. The birds have their legs shackled to a movi.....

Tags : Strict liability, Negligence, Mensrea

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A statement of claim must state the material facts to support the claim for relief, but not the evidence by which those facts are to be proved(06.01.2020)

In present case, on 20 December 2019, the application filed by the Defendant, Cutmere Pty Ltd, to strike out part of the statement of claim. The appli.....

Tags : Pleadings, Paragraphs, Striking off

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Regulations made under a statute cannot be used to interpret the governing statute(23.05.2020)

The Appellants appeal against an urgent interim interdict issued by the High Court, Pretoria, which prevents the South African Police Service (the SAP.....

Tags : Interim interdict, Implementation, Provision

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An agreement to agree without a deadlock-breaking mechanism was not enforceable(15.10.2020)

The Appellants launched an application in the Gauteng Division of the High Court, Pretoria for orders declaring and enforcing servitudal rights. The s.....

Tags : Servitudal rights, Agreement, Enforceability

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Attorney is entitled to move single application for the removal of their name from the roll of attorneys and their admission as an advocate(14.12.2020)

In present matter, the Respondents had all been admitted and enrolled as attorneys and wished to be advocates. They relied on Section 115 of the Legal.....

Tags : Enrolment, Legal practitioner, Right

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Prescription shall commence to run as soon as the debt is due(21.09.2020)

Present case is about whether or not a claim to divide the fruits of a universal partnership can prescribe in terms of the Prescription Act 68 of 1969.....

Tags : Universal partnership, termination, Prescription

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A statutory provision does not alter the common law unless it says so explicitly or by necessary implication(03.12.2020)

The first Respondent, Jeany Industrial Holdings (Pty) Ltd, the second Respondent, Ian Laverne Donjeany and the third Respondent, Lee Spencer Donjeany,.....

Tags : Surety, Right, Debt

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Top Story

A return to public hangings(30.07.2015)

When a judge begins his deliberations with a somewhat sardonic assessment that, “the issue had seen the end yesterday, appears to have unending charac.....

Tags : supreme court, death, public trial

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The perils of condning martyrdom(17.07.2015)

The Bombay High Court recently convicted a person on the basis of the sole witness testimony of the prosecutrix, an adolescent teen who was raped repe.....

Tags : criminal, rape, sole witness

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A statutory provision does not alter the common law unless it says so explicitly or by necessary implication(03.12.2020)

The first Respondent, Jeany Industrial Holdings (Pty) Ltd, the second Respondent, Ian Laverne Donjeany and the third Respondent, Lee Spencer Donjeany,.....

Tags : Surety, Right, Debt

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When crying wolf 218 times is one too many(31.07.2015)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently passed a judgment calling a Petitioner's suit (with a further 20 listed for the month of August, 2015) friv.....

Tags : vexatious, frivolous, litigation, compensation

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Buyers/resellers (whether dealers, distributors, or retailers) must remain free to determine their resale price(30.03.2018)

In facts of present case, Respondent was a company engaged in manufacturing and supply of paints and allied products in Karachi and interior Sindh. Co.....

Tags : Re-sale price, Fixation, Contravention

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SFO could not use the power in Section 2(3) of the 1987 Act to direct foreign companies to produce documents held outside the UK(05.02.2021)

The appellant, KBR, Inc, is a company incorporated in the USA. It does not have any fixed place of business in UK, and has never carried on business i.....

Tags : Extra-territorial effect, international law, Concept of Comity

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Judgments

Son, whether married or unmarried, has no legal right to live on self acquired house of parents(24.11.2016)

Regular Second Appeal impugns concurrent judgment of Court below whereby civil suit filed by parents of Appellants (respondent Nos.1 & 2) against thei.....

Tags : Property, Right, Evidence

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Notifications & Circulars

Review of framework for public issuance of Convertible Securities(01.12.2015)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has released a discussion paper reviewing the framework for public issuance of convertible securities. The .....

Tags : Convertible securities, review, debt, term

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Introduction of system-driven disclosures in securities market(01.12.2015)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India proposed information disclosure by stock exchanges, depositories and register and share transfer agents thr.....

Tags : Disclosure, stock exchange, depositories, existing system

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Independent Directors in PSUs(02.12.2015)

Minister of Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley, stated in a reply to Parliament that the appointment of independent directors on the boards of public sec.....

Tags : Independent directors, psu, department, public enterprises

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Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets – Revisions(10.11.2016)

We invite a reference to the paragraph 6 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued by RBI on October 4, 2016. It was proposed t.....

Tags : Scheme, Stressed assets, Structuring

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When crying wolf 218 times is one too many(31.07.2015)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently passed a judgment calling a Petitioner's suit (with a further 20 listed for the month of August, 2015) friv.....

Tags : vexatious, frivolous, litigation, compensation

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A mere link between a claim which engages Article 24(2) of Recast Regulation and one which does not is not sufficient to bring latter within scope of that provision(29.07.2019)

Present appeal is concerned with the interpretation of Article 24(2) of the Brussels I Recast Regulation (Parliament and Council Regulation (EU) of 12.....

Tags : Jurisdiction, Regulation, Applicability

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A little more compassion for married daughters(30.11.2015)

It may not quite be the “but-for-sex”, but Chhattisgarh High Court’s ruling took a step in quelling another probably archaic, certainly egregious gove.....

Tags : compassionate appointment, married daughter, Chhattisgarh

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As long as age requirements are imposed for reasons that bear rational scrutiny, then requirements are not arbitrary(19.03.2021)

Present Appeal was against impugned order of the High Court, which declared the policy of the South African Navy (the Navy) to be invalid. The policy .....

Tags : Recruitment, Criteria, Legality

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Differentially pricing the web(09.12.2015)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released a paper on the merits (and demerits) of TRAI keeps a vigil not only on internet standards, adv.....

Tags : Differential pricing, trai, net neutrality

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TRAI issues a Consultation Paper on Differential Pricing for Data Services(09.12.2015)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released a consultation paper on differential pricing for data services for comments. Differential pricing, .....

Tags : Differential pricing, net neutrality, trai, report

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RBI dispels rumour on non-acceptance of scribbled-on currency(14.12.2015)

The Reserve Bank of India issued a clarificatory statement to dispel rumours in social media that banks will not accept currency notes which have been.....

Tags : Bank note, scribble, tender, rumour

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Clarification on "Extension of grace period for payment of renewal premium of life insurance policies in light of recent demonetization"(29.11.2016)

Reference is drawn to the Circular Ref: IRDA/ACTL/CIR/ULIP/236/11/2016 dated 25th November, 2016 on "Extension of grace period for payment of renewal .....

Tags : Renewal premium, Payment, Extension, Time period

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Council’s disciplinary functions are not limited to instances relating to criminal conviction; it is the Council’s duty to act against conduct that is improper, unethical(15.01.2021)

In present matter, on 25 November 2014, the Respondent, Dr. David Grieve, appeared before the professional conduct committee (the committee) of the fi.....

Tags : Council, Jurisdiction, Disciplinary proceedings

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Supreme Court orders States to pull head out of sand(11.05.2016)

Aghast by States’ failure to acknowledge drought conditions in parts of the country, in a series of orders, the Supreme Court ordered updating of the .....

Tags : Drought management manual, disaster, food security, nrega

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Specified goods when stored in warehouse within ambit of Customs Act, 1962(11.01.2016)

The Ministry of Finance has specified goods that will attract provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 when deposited in a warehouse. The list comprises va.....

Tags : Fuel, spirits, crude, nitrogen, storage, customs act

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General guidelines for implementation of e-payment of excise refund and rebate(12.01.2016)

The Central Board of Excise and Customs has prescribed procedure for e-payment of refund and rebate. The procedure is hoped to speed transfer of funds.....

Tags : Excise, e-payment, refund, rebate, authorised banks

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TRAI questions Facebook about soliciting Differential Pricing feedback(12.01.2016)

Pursuant to its Consultation Paper on ‘Differential Pricing for Data Services' released on 9.12.2015, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India receiv.....

Tags : Differential pricing, consultation, facebook, solicit

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Two More Advance Pricing Agreements signed by Central Board of Direct Taxes(29.12.2016)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has closed the year 2016 by entering into two more unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) today. The AP.....

Tags : Advance Pricing, Agreements, Signing of

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Court looks to cut spam on Naukri.com(15.12.2015)

Delhi High Court allowed a suit for injunction by Info Edge, the company that runs the well-known job portal ‘Naukri.com’, against a person who regist.....

Tags : Naukri.com, job portal, duping customers, naukrinews

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To have territorial jurisdiction at Delhi, whole or part of cause of action would have to accrue at Delhi(19.12.2016)

Present writ petition impugns orders passed by Respondent/Central Bank of India/ employer whereby Petitioner has been inflicted punishment of dismissa.....

Tags : Proceedings, Jurisdiction, Cause of action

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High Court would have jurisdiction over matters specified in Section 62(2) of Competition Act, 1998, unless such jurisdiction was specifically and expressly ousted(08.04.2021)

Present is an appeal against a decision of the High Court, in terms of which it dismissed an application under Rule 30 of the Uniform Rules , brought .....

Tags : Provision, Applicability, Jurisdiction

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News

NGT Issues notice to 3,000 illegal nurseries on Yamuna Bank(31.07.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to around 3,000 illegal nurseries on the Yamuna floodplains.

Tags : National Green Tribunal

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NGT Imposes Rs 15 lakh Penalty on Sarpanch for Felling Trees(31.07.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a penalty of Rs. 15 lakh on a former sarpanch and a gram sevak for felling 3000 trees in the forest area of .....

Tags : National Green Tribunal

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NGT Raps DSIIDC Over Functioning of CETPs in Okhala and Lawrence Road(31.07.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (DSIIDC) over functioning of common eff.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd

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NGT Raps NHAI Over Delay in Installation of Weighbridges(31.07.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for delay in installation of weighbridges at different entry p.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, National Highways Authority of India

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NGT Directs Authorities to Develop Green Zone Around Khan, Saraswati(31.07.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed concerned authorities to develop green belt along Khan and Saraswati rivers and declared 33 metre on both s.....

Tags : NGT, green belt , Khan, Saraswati , river

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Orissa High Court Cancels Group D Test(03.08.2015)

Orissa High Court has scrapped the examination for recruitment to group D Government jobs in District Courts on the ground of poor arrangement by the .....

Tags : Orrisa High Court, Group D

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National Green Tribunal Denies Permission to Rafting Camps in Rishikesh(03.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal has refused permission to rafting camps operating from the banks of Ganga from Shivpuri to Rishikesh in Uttarakhand.

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Rafting, Rishikesh

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Kerala High Court Closes Proceedings on Petition in Bar Bribery Case(04.08.2015)

Kerala High Court has closed the proceedings on a petition seeking a High Court-monitored probe into the bar bribery case allegedly involving State Fi.....

Tags : Kerala High Court, Bar Bribery case

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Advocate shall not be a full-time salaried employee of any person, government, firm, corporation, so long as he continues to practice(22.12.2016)

In instant case, Respondent applied for certificate of practice to Bar Council of Gujarat, but was informed that her enrollment form for certificate o.....

Tags : Practice certificate, Enrolment, Interim relief

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Pakistan’s Hindu Marriage Act returns(28.03.2016)

Pakistani National Assembly’s Law and Justice Standing Committee recently approved the read»

Good samaritans protected by SC, government guidelines – in theory(30.03.2016)

The Supreme Court allowed a petition seeking affirmation of the recently released central government guidelines for the protection of good samaritans......

Tags : good samaritan, examination, protection

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Delhi High Court: Notice to Le Meridien Hotel on New Delhi Municipal Council's Rs 400cr Demand(12.08.2015)

Delhi High Court has issued notice to Le Meridien Hotel seeking its reply to New Delhi Municipal Council's demand of nearly Rs 400 crore as licence fe.....

Tags : Delhi High Court,Le Meridien Hotel

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Madras High Court Orders Enquiry Against Those Who Excoriate Sitting Judge(13.08.2015)

Madras High Court has ordered police to find out people who condemned sitting judge of court by printing pamphlet in name of Tamil Nadu Private School.....

Tags : Madras High Court ,Tamil Nadu Private School Teachers and Employees Association (TNPSTEA)

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NGT Denies to Modify its Order on Ban on 10 Year Old Vehicles(13.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal has refused to modify its order which has banned running of diesel vehicles which are over 10 years old in Delhi-NCR.

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Ban on 10 Year Old Vehicles

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NGT Imposes Fine of Rs 5 lakh on Ghaziabad Development Authority(13.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal has imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on Ghaziabad Development Authority for cutting 12 trees for construction of 17.6 km-long cycle.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Ghaziabad Development Authority,cycle track

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NGT Constitutes Committee to Look Over Glass Units in Firozabad(13.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal has constituted a committee to inspect glass industries of Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh and collect samples of ambient .....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Glass Units

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National Green Tribunal Raps Municipal Corporations on Poor Garbage Disposal System(13.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped Municipal Corporations over poor garbage disposal in the National Capital.

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Municipal Corporations,poor garbage disposal

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Delhi High Court Seeks Govt’s Reply on Reconstruction of Minority School(13.08.2015)

Delhi High Court has directed State Government to file its response to a PIL filed by civil activist Firoz Bakht Ahmed, seeking reconstruction of a bu.....

Tags : Delhi High Court , Reconstruction of Minority School

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President’s Rule in Uttarakhand to stay for now(22.04.2016)

The Supreme Court put paid to hopes that President’s Rule in the State of Uttarakhand will be a short one. It stayed an order of the Uttarakhand High .....

Tags : president’s rule, uttarakhand, appropriation bill

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Oversight Committee darkens MCI future(02.05.2016)

“…That the need for major institutional changes in the regulatory oversight of the medical profession in the country is so urgent”, the concluding lin.....

Tags : Medical council, oversight, determining fee, private institution

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RBI clarifications for start-ups(11.02.2016)

The Reserve Bank of India has issued clarifications relating to acceptance of payments and issue of shares by start-ups. The Bank reiterates, variousl.....

Tags : start-up, payments, shares, clarifications

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Central Board of Direct Taxes signs three more Advance Pricing Agreements pertaining to the Engineering Goods and Shipping sectors(04.01.2017)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has started the year 2017 by entering into three unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) today. The thre.....

Tags : Agreement, Signing of, Engineering Goods and Shipping sectors

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An inference may be drawn in favour of a party who bears the onus if it is the most probable inference to be drawn(10.01.2018)

Present case concerns two exceptions the Respondents have brought to a case referral from the Competition Commission. The Commission alleges that, in .....

Tags : Price fixation, Agreement, Anti-competitive, Contravention

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The exercise of public power by the executive and other public functionaries is subject to principle of legality(09.06.2021)

Maxrae Estates is the owner of the farm located within the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. Maxrae applied to the Department of Agriculture,.....

Tags : Extension, Warehouse, Ministerial discretion

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Actually, I’m an actuary(25.07.2016)

Maybe a comparison with weather forecasters is unfair to actuaries. After all, meteorologists have algorithms, supercomputers to further their voodoo .....

Tags : actuary, insurance, risk assessment, financial disclosure

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Free Data: Having your cake and eating it too(19.05.2016)

After the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India spurned advances of the private sector offering ‘free’ internet for all by banning read»

Solitary confinement of a person under 18 is not automatically a violation of Article 3 of the ECHR(09.07.2021)

In present case, on 10 December 2016, the Appellant, AB, pleaded guilty to offences of indecent exposure and sexual assault, and was remanded in custo.....

Tags : Solitary confinement, Rights, Violation

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Wrongfulness was to be established objectively, taking into consideration the legal convictions of the community(13.01.2023)

Appeal is against an order of the Eastern Cape, East London Circuit Court (the high court) which held the Democratic Alliance liable for damages for i.....

Tags : Dignity, Infringement, Damages

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Supreme Court issued guidelines to bring uniformity in criminal trial(30.03.2017)

Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance regarding inadequacies in holding of criminal trial. Supreme Court passed the order in wake of drawbacks highli.....

Tags : Guidelines, Criminal trial, Uniformity

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The party who raises a plea of prescription bears the onus of proof(07.11.2022)

Present is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court, granting the Respondent’s enrichment claim against the Appellant in an amount to be deter.....

Tags : Enrichment claim, Grant, Legality

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Real Estate Act, 2016 marches ahead with newly notified Real Estate (Regulation and Development) (General) Rules, 2016 for 5 Union Territories(31.10.2016)

The Central Government has notified the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) (General) Rules, 2016, to be applicable to the five Union Territories.....

Tags : Real estate, Rules, Union Territories

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Security for costs is discretionary remedy granted to Defendant on reasonable apprehension that Plaintiff will not be able to pay the costs of litigation, if plaintiffs claim fails(19.04.2023)

The issue before the Supreme was whether the high court correctly exercised its discretion by ordering the second Appellant to furnish security for co.....

Tags : Security, Furnishing of, Discretion

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Consumers set to benefit from infrastructure sharing between TV distributors(23.05.2016)

TRAI floated a Paper on infrastructure sharin.....

Tags : television, broadcast, infrastructure sharing

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GST council has notified constitution of Anti-profiteering Authority(20.06.2017)

In order to keep a check on passing of price reduction benefit in tax rate from businesses to consumers, a five-member anti-profiteering authority has.....

Tags : Authority, Constitution, Benefit, Price reduction

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Unless the court otherwise directs, an originating process must be supported by an affidavit stating the facts in support of the process(10.05.2023)

Matthew Hartland (Plaintiff) was employed as a carpenter/concreter by Togail Na Heireann Pty Ltd. On 21 May, 2020, he attended a site controlled and o.....

Tags : Damages, Personal injuries, Evidence

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Right to be forgotten rejected by Japan’s Supreme Court(03.02.2017)

The Supreme Court of Japan has rejected a man's demand that a Google web search showing up reports of his arrest for child prostitution be removed. Th.....

Tags : Privacy, Right, Personal information, Removal

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Revision in Position Limits for Agricultural Commodities(29.01.2016)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has issued directions regar.....

Tags : Sebi, position limits, agriculture, commodity

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SOPs to not scare away the Good Samaritan(21.01.2016)

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has notified Standard Operating Procedures for the examination of Good Samaritans by the police. The instr.....

Tags : Good Samaritan, road accident, police, stigmatise

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MoU signed between POWER GRID and Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority(25.01.2017)

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (POWER GRID), a central Power Sector PSU and CTU has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Abu Dhabi Water & .....

Tags : MOU, Signing of, Electricity

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When a corporate trustee enters into external administration, the company's right of indemnity and accompanying equitable lien over the assets of the trust survives the appointment(18.01.2023)

The Plaintiffs, Kimberley Stuart Wallman and Gregory Paul Quin (collectively, the Liquidators) are the liquidators of Goldeagle Nominees Pty Ltd (Gold.....

Tags : Corporate trustee, Right of indemnity,

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If the Court hearing a restriction order application finds that the offender is a high risk serious offender, the Court must make a continuing detention order(26.11.2022)

In facts of present case, on 23 November 2021, the State of Western Australia applied for orders under the High Risk Serious Offenders Act, 2020 (HRSO.....

Tags : High risk, Custody, Detention

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Tribunal could only correct clerical or arithmetical errors after adjudication(08.08.2016)

In present case, Appellant claimed occupancy rights in the land by filing an application in Form 7 under Karnataka Land Reforms Rules, 1974 and invoki.....

Tags : Land, Occupancy rights, Amendment, Permissibility

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Duty of Court to neutralize any unjust enrichment and undeserved gain made by litigants only on account of keeping litigation alive(08.08.2016)

Respondent filed complaints against Petitioners before the Competent Authority on allegation that, Petitioners had encroached upon Government land in .....

Tags : Government land, Encroachment, unjust enrichment

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Bombay High Court Stays National Green Tribunal's Order Imposing Fine on MBMC(31.08.2015)

Bombay High Court has stayed order issued by National Green Tribunal which directed Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) to deposit Rs 70 crore.....

Tags : Bombay High Court ,National Green Tribunal

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NGT Slams Govt. Over Existing System of Issuing Pollution Under Control (PUC) Certificates(31.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has objected to Centre's plea that fitness instead of age should be sole criterion in phasing out old vehicles and raise.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,PUC certificates

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NGT Seeks Centre’s Submission on Banning of Plastic Packaging of Food and Drugs(31.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Centre and various stakeholders to file their submissions on a proposal that there should be a complete pro.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Banning of Plastic,Centre

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NGT Extends Time Limit Till Sept. 18 to File Reply to Plea Regarding New Capital for Andhra Pradesh(31.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has extended time till Sept 18 for Union Ministry of Environment to file counter reply to plea of Pandalaneni Srimannara.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Union Ministry of Environment

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Allahabad High Court : No Coercive Action Against Arvind Kejriwal If He Surrenders in 4 Weeks(31.08.2015)

Allahabad High Court has ruled that if Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal surrenders before court in Amethi district within four weeks, no coercive .....

Tags : Allahabad High Court,Arvind Kejriwal

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NGT Orders Delhi Police to Submit Alternative Routes for Trucks in Two Days(01.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Delhi Police to submit plans to create alternative routes for heavy polluting vehicles within two days.

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Delhi Police

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Essar’s petition for trial with other 2G scam accused dismissed(29.09.2015)

The Supreme Court, dismissing Essar’s plea to be tried with other accused in the 2G scam, held that a Penal code offence could not be tried with a Pre.....

Tags : 2g scam, penal, corruption, trial, together

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Court declines exclusive use of ‘Eagle’ in trade mark(23.09.2015)

In a case where Pantaloons was found to be riding on the goodwill of the Plaintiff in respect of its trade mark ‘American Eagle Outfitters’ and ‘Ameri.....

Tags : Pantaloons, eagle, trade mark, american

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Decree for restitution of conjugal rights enforces cohabitation but it does not and cannot enforce sexual intercourse(07.10.2016)

Parties to present appeal got married on February 17, 1993 at Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) according to Hindu Rites and Ceremonies. Respondent/husband has f.....

Tags : Conjugal rights, Restitution, Divorce

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Prohibition on Indian Party from making direct investment in countries identified as "Non Co- operative countries and territories"(25.01.2017)

Attention of the Authorised Dealer Category - I (AD - Category I) banks is invited to Regulation 6 of FEMA Notification No. FEMA.120/RB-2004 dated Jul.....

Tags : Prohibition, Direct investment, Non Co- operative countries

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Amendment in Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS), 2016(20.01.2017)

The Government of India, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, had notified Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS), 2016 vide N.....

Tags : Scheme, Amendment, Gharib kalyan

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RBI Revised Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework(13.04.2017)

RBI has issued Revised Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework for banks which will override existing PCA framework. New set of provisions will be ef.....

Tags : Framework, Issuance, Restrictions

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Subjected to law? Make a fuss(07.12.2015)

Hearing complaints of how the upper echelon of the Indian National Congress political party illegally acquired several thousand crores worth of Associ.....

Tags : Gandhi, national herald, summons, prima facie

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India and Britain signed three Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements(18.11.2016)

India and Britain signed three more bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (in short ‘APAs’) to reduce litigation between both countries arising out of.....

Tags : Agreement, Bilateral, Advance Pricing

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Lok Sabha Passes Bill Criminalizing Triple Talaq(28.12.2017)

The Minister of Law and Justice, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad tabled The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 in Lok Sabha. The bill .....

Tags : Triple talaq, Bill, Cognizable offence

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Bombay High Court Directs MMRDA to Remove Illegal Constructions Around Airport(20.08.2015)

Bombay High Court has directed Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to take action against illegal construction on airport land an.....

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NGT Extends Deadline on Phase Out of Petrol and Diesel Taxis to Rohtang(20.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has extended deadline for phasing out petrol and diesel taxis running between Manali and Rohtang Pass till November 30.

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Rohtang

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NGT Raps Madhya Pradesh Govt. Over Slow Speed in Setting Up of New Landfill Site at Adampur Chawni(20.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped Madhya Pradesh Government on not yet sending a proposal for new landfill site at Adampur Chawni to State Envi.....

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NGT Orders Developer to Deposit Rs 5 Lakh for Restoration of Part of Anjuna Beach in CRZ Matter(20.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Freddy Fernandes to deposit Rs 5 lakh in account of North Goa collector, in Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) ma.....

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NGT Issues Notice to Central and State Government Over ECR Widening(20.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to Central Govt and State Govt of Chennai on plea alleging that widening work of East Coast Road (ECR).....

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NGT Impleads CMDA in Porur Lake Protection Case(20.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has suo-moto made Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) a party to case relating to construction of a bund a.....

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NGT Orders Installation of Rain Water Harvesting System in All Government Construction Projects(21.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Centre, Delhi Govt and all civic authorities to ensure that rain water harvesting systems are installed in e.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Rain Water Harvesting System,Delhi Govt

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Avitel’s petition against arbitral award dismissed(28.09.2015)

The Bombay High Court dismissed Avitel Post Studioz’ petition under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 against arbitral awards passed in 2012 .....

Tags : Arbitration, seat, challenge, exclude, jurisdiction

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Court rules in favour of ITC in ‘Gold Flake’ dispute(29.09.2015)

Noting that NTC’s use of the trademark ‘NATIONAL GOLD FLAKE’ was either insufficient or kept clandestinely low to not attract the Petitioner’s attenti.....

Tags : Cigarette, gold flake, trade mark, copyright

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Fundamental rights and human rights cannot be ignored only because of adverse circumstances(03.10.2016)

Issue involved in instant Petition is relating to over-crowding in prisons. Supreme Court by order dated 5th February, 2016 had given directions which.....

Tags : Prisons, Over-crowding, Direction

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Cabinet Gives Nod to the Protection of Human Rights (Amendments) Bill, 2018(04.04.2018)

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister has given its approval to the Protection of Human Rights (Amendments) Bill, 2018 for better protection and.....

Tags : Human rights, bill, Amendment

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NGT to BMC: No Construction in Aarey Colony Till September 10(01.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT), western bench zone has directed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to not to issue any No-Objection Certificate f.....

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Bombay High Court Rejects Ram Dhuri’s Plea Seeking Heritage Tag on Mehrangir(02.09.2015)

Bombay HC has rejected plea filed by Ram Dhuri, president of National Forum for Aided Institutions Employees(Dept. of Atomic Energy), seeking directio.....

Tags : Bombay High Court,Ram Dhuri,Dr Homi Bhabha’s bungalow- Mehrangir

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NGT Issue Notices to Ghaziabad Authorities for Polluting Hindon(02.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued show-cause notice to District Magistrate, Ghaziabad, Secretary, Ghaziabad Development Authority, and in-char.....

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National Green Tribunal Slams Railway Ministry on Direct Discharge of Toilets on Railway Tracks(02.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (West Zone) has sought reply from Environment Directorate of Railway Ministry on issue of direct discharge through toilets on .....

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NGT Orders DMRC to Provide CNG-Fitted Buses to Himachal(02.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to provide CNG-fitted buses to the Himachal Pradesh Transport Corporatio.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, DMRC,Rohtang

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CIC Seeks Report on Undertrial Prisoners Who Have Completed Half of Their Maximum Sentence(02.09.2015)

Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed Home Ministry to ask authorities of country's jails to make list of undertrial prisoners, who have c.....

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Conviction Upheld by Bombay High Court 13 years After MTNL Employee Took Rs-500 Bribe(06.08.2015)

Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction of an MTNL employee who had taken the money from a phone booth owner for reducing his bank guarantee amoun.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Conviction, MTNL, Bribe

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City Government Rapped by Delhi High Court for No Details of Trees Supplied to Crematoriums(06.08.2015)

Delhi High Court has rapped the City Government for the failure of its forest department to give details of the amount of wood consumed in crematorium.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Crematorium

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Supreme Court to Government: No Right to Liberty If No Privacy(06.08.2015)

Supreme Court has raised a question mark on the Government’s stand that right to privacy is not a fundamental right.

Tags : Supreme Court, Liberty, Privacy

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NGT to Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF): Formulate Scheme for Disposal of E-Waste(06.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal has directed the MoEF to convene a meeting of various stakeholders and propose a scheme for environment-friendly disposal of e.....

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NGT to UP Government: Provide Potable Water in 6 Districts(06.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to provide potable water to villages of six districts namely Baghpat, Meerut, Sahara.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, UP Government, Potable water

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Supreme Court: Winding Up Proceedings in 3 months in Gujarat Riots Case(06.08.2015)

Supreme Court has granted an extension of another three months to an Ahmedabad trial court to wind up the proceedings in 2002 Gulberg Society massacre.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Gujarat Riots case

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Delhi High Court Says “Pay Salaries of Prosecutors”(07.08.2015)

Delhi High Court has directed City Government to change existing system for the clearance of payments of public prosecutors’ and government counsels w.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Salaries, Prosecutor

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Cabinet approves signing of Paris Agreement(20.04.2016)

The Union Cabinet approved India’s participation in the Paris Agreement adopted at the 21st Conference of Parties held in Paris in December 2015.
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Cabinet Approves Signing of an Agreement Between India and Poland on Cooperation in the Field of Agriculture and Allied Sectors(22.02.2017)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing of an Agreement between India and Poland on coop.....

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Cabinet Approves MoU Between India and Australia for Promotion and Development of Cooperation in Civil Aviation Security(22.02.2017)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between I.....

Tags : MOU, Approval, Aviation, Security

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India-Australia Convened First Joint Steering Committee(06.10.2017)

The officials of India-Australia met for first Joint Steering Committee on 6th October, 2017. Shri TVSN Prasad, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home.....

Tags : Co-operation, Mutual, Terrorism, Combating

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Bombay HC Dismisses Plea Contending that Appeals of Celebrities are Heard on Priority Basis(14.09.2015)

Bombay HC has dismissed petition filed by convict contending that appeals of celebrities are heard on prority basis, stating that such discretion is e.....

Tags : Bombay HC ,writ jurisdiction

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NGT Directs Haryana Government to Release 10 cumecs of Water in Yamuna(14.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Haryana Government to release 10 cumecs of water in Yamuna from Hathini Kund barrage, on plea filed by envi.....

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NGT Slams Expert Committee Over Illegal Constructions on Bengaluru 's Wetlands(15.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed an expert committee over its inspection report on ecologically sensitive area between Bellandur and Agara la.....

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Supreme Court Seeks AG’s Assistance in Hearing Assets Plea Against Ex-CJI K G Balakrishnan(16.09.2015)

Supreme Court has sought help of Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi to hear PIL, seeking CBI inquiry into alleged amassing of wealth by kin of Ju.....

Tags : Supreme Court ,Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi,Justice K G Balakrishnan

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NGT Imposes Fine of Rs 50,000 on EDMC(16.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed fine of Rs 50,000 on East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) for indiscriminate dumping and burning of munic.....

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NGT Issues Bailable Warrant Against MDA(16.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued bailable warrant against Secretary of Meerut Development Authority (MDA) for failure of officials to appear b.....

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Bombay High Court Grants Bail to Hasan Ali in Money Laundering Case(13.08.2015)

Bombay High Court has granted bail to businessman Hasan Ali Khan, who is alleged to have accumulated thousands of crores of rupees abroad, and was boo.....

Tags : Bombay High Court,Hasan Ali ,Money Laundering Case

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Bombay High Court Directs SEBI to Inquire Role of FTIL in NSEL Payment Fraud(13.08.2015)

Bombay High Court has directed Security and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) to inquire role of Financial Technologies India Limited(FTIL) in Rs. 5574 cr.....

Tags : Bombay High Court,Security and Exchange Board of India,FTIL,NSEL Payment Fraud

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NGT slams State Authorities Over Chopping of 8000 Trees in Durgapur(14.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT), slammed State authorities on why decision was taken to chop over 8,000 full grown trees on a green verge in Durgapur. N.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Over Chopping of 8000 Trees in Durgapur

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NGT Summons 38 On Their Refusal to Accept Notice Concerning Yamuna Nurseries(14.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal has ordered proprietors of 38 nurseries to appear before it after they allegedly refused to accept notice issued to them for c.....

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NGT Clears Way for Running of CNG Buses to Rohtang(14.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal has cleared roads for running of CNG buses on 51-km long Manali-Rohtang highway in order to control pollution in eco-sensitive.....

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Karnataka HC Orders Director of Prosecution to Furnish Details of Pending Criminal Cases(14.08.2015)

Karnataka High Court after learning about delay in framing charges in Carlton Towers fire incident during hearing of criminal petition, ordered direc.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court ,Details of Criminal Cases Pending for

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Maternity Leave in Private Sector(22.03.2017)

Maternity benefits to workers in the private sector are regulated under Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Act, 1948 and Maternity Benefit (MB) Act, 196.....

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Strict compliance of 'Flag Code of India, 2002' and 'The Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971'(22.03.2017)

The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued an Advisory to the Chief Secretaries/Administrators of all State Governments/UT Administrations, Secretaries o.....

Tags : Flag code, Compliance, Strict

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Jurisdiction specifically given to competent authority under Act bars lower courts jurisdiction(03.10.2016)

In facts of present case, under leave and licence agreement made in year 2007, Petitioners had given their property situated at Shahanurwadi Chowk, Au.....

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Krishi Vigyan Kendra – Ernakulam Registers Trade Mark for Cereal under Brand Name Jaiva Pokkali(16.09.2015)

Krishi Vigyan Kendra – Ernakulam has registered a trade mark for cereal at Chennai Trade Mark registry under brand name Jaiva Pokkali. Pokkali is a un.....

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SC Rejects ONGC Plea Against RIL(16.09.2015)

SC has dismissed plea by ONGC against Reliance Industries seeking re-opening of arbitration in London over dispute with Govt related to Panna-Mukta an.....

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Delhi High Court Stays 1984 Riots Case(17.09.2015)

Delhi High Court on allegations of misrepresentation of witness' statements and an appeal to transfer case filed by one of survivors of 1984 anti-sikh.....

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Bombay High Court Issues Contempt Notice against Kolhapur Bar Association and Others(17.09.2015)

Bombay HC has issued criminal contempt notice against office-bearers of Bar Association of Kolhapur, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri and Satara districts for ta.....

Tags : ombay High Court ,Bar Association of Kolhapur, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Satara

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NGT Imposes Ban on Immersion Idols Made Up of Plastic, POP in Yamuna in Delhi(17.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned immersion of idols made from non-biodegradable material like quick-setting gypsum plaster, also known as Plas.....

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NGT Rejects Proposal for Nayachar Thermal Power Project(17.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rejected proposal to set up thermal power station in Nayachar island as it violated Coastal Regulations Zone (CRZ) a.....

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Agreement to confer exclusive jurisdiction on one of Courts to exclusion of other, neither forbidden by law nor against public policy(04.10.2016)

Instant petition filed by Petitioner against Respondent, Mahindra Logistics Limited, seeking appointment of an Arbitrator to adjudicate disputes betwe.....

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“Venue of Arbitration proceedings” need not essentially be a place where “seat of arbitration” is located”(23.03.2017)

In facts of present case, pursuant to award passed by Arbitrator in favour of Respondent/decree holder, an execution petition was filed before Court b.....

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Railway to pay for deaths of ‘roof riders’(05.07.2016)

The Supreme Court awarded compensation to kin of deceased who died while riding on the roof of train carriages.

The tragedy occurred when h.....

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Long road to justice after unauthorised laying of road on private land(05.07.2016)

The High Court of Himachal Pradesh directed the State to compensate a land owner for unauthorised and free use of his land for laying a road.

.....

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Delhi HC Denies Extension of Bail to a Convict in 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case(07.10.2015)

Delhi High Court has refused to extend interim bail granted to a convict serving life term in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and asked him to surrender not.....

Tags : Delhi High Court ,1984 Anti-Sikh Riots Case

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NGT Serves Summon DUSIB CEO over Pollution on Railway Tracks(07.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned CEO of Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) over delay in relocation of jhuggies near railway trac.....

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NGT Warns UP and MP of Locking Down Mines, Thermal Plants(07.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has warned UP, MP Governments of shutting down thermal power plants, coal mines in Singrauli and Sonebhadra, for causing.....

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NGT Reveals Stage-Wise Plan for Ganga Rejuvenation(07.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has revealed its stage-wise plan to restore the Ganga to its pristine glory. NGT said it intended to take the issue of r.....

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NGT Seeks Reply from MP Govt. over Constructions at Amarkantak(07.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought reply from MP Government on whether it would consider placing a ban on further constructions in Amarkantak i.....

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NGT to Haryana Govt.: What’s a Lake?(08.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped Haryana Government after they claimed that Najafgarh lake was “not a lake but a low-lying area where rainwate.....

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NGT Issues Summon to Top Officers of Authorities over Ganga Cleaning Project(08.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped National Mission on Clean Ganga (NMCG) and Central Pollution Control board (CPCB) over Ganga cleaning project.....

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Standards of Quality of Service Regulations and results test drives in Mumbai and Delhi(15.10.2015)

Pursuant to its ‘test drives’ to assess service quality of various telecom providers in the Mumbai and Delhi, TRAI has concluded there had been no sig.....

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RBI invites Applications for authorising Bharat Bill Payment System Operating Units(20.10.2015)

Reserve Bank of India has invited applications for authorization from entities engaged in bill payments and wishing to operate as a ‘Bharat Bill Payme.....

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Risk Weights for exposures to HFCs(20.10.2016)

It has been observed that there is a lack of uniformity among banks in the application of risk weights on their exposures to Housing Finance Companies.....

Tags : Risk weights, Application, Exposure

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Warner Music Group Loses Copyright over ‘Happy Birthday to You’ Song(24.09.2015)

United States District Court in Los Angeles has held that long claimed copyright on “Happy Birth day to You,“ the most popular tune in the English lan.....

Tags : ‘Happy Birthday to You’ Song,United States District Court,Warner Music Group

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Madras High Court Clears Way for Oyamari Bridge(24.09.2015)

Madras HC has vacated its January 5, 2012 interim order that had stopped completion of construction of Oyamari bridge connecting Chathiram bus stand i.....

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Gujarat High Court: Charge Muslims Who Wed Off Minor Girls(25.09.2015)

Gujarat HC has ruled that Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) would prevail over Muslim Personal Law in cases where Muslims marry off their minor.....

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NGT Directs Delhi Govt to Ensure No Cattle Blood Flows into Yamuna(25.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) on a plea concerning pollution of river Yamuna, has directed Delhi Government to ensure that no blood is allowed to dire.....

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NGT Slams Uttarakhand over Rapid Increase in Number of Unauthorised Industries and Hotels in the City(28.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Uttarakhand Government about rapid increase in number of unauthorised industries, hotels in the city and soug.....

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NGT Denies to Decommission Uttarakhand Project(28.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has denied to order decommissioning of 400 MW Vishnu Prayag Hydro Electric Project (world’s largest hydro-power project .....

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Delhi HC Put Stay on Govt Order on Pvt. Driving Schools(28.09.2015)

Delhi HC while staying Govt. order on Pvt. Driving Schools, has ruled that condition restraining relatives of Transport Department officials to operat.....

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Lok Sabha passes the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2016(16.12.2016)

In last lap of winter session of this year, Lok Sabha  has passed Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2016, replacing the Persons with Disabiliti.....

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Three Years’ Imprisonment to Those Who Resorts to Triple Talaq, Bill May be Introduced in Winter Session(04.12.2017)

The Central Government is likely to introduce a Bill to end triple talaq in the forthcoming winter session of Parliament. This comes in the backdrop o.....

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Detaining suspect illegally outside ‘official duties’ of police(05.07.2016)

Police officials cannot be said to be acting “in the discharge of official duties” when they illegally detain a suspect longer than is claimed by them.....

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SC: Cannot attach property of deceased person(04.07.2016)

The Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1944 “excludes the possibility of proceedings against a dead person”, said the Supreme Court as it allowed an ap.....

Tags : misappropriation, attachment, property, deceased

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Clarification regarding binding nature of circular and instructions(21.09.2015)

In light of various decisions by the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Finance issued clarifications on whether service tax, customs and excise field off.....

Tags : Tax, circular, override, judgment, supreme court

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Registration of Members of Commodity Derivatives Exchanges(29.09.2015)

Securities and Exchange Board of India has notified that all existing members of commodity derivatives exchanges who satisfy the eligibility requireme.....

Tags : Commodity derivate exchange, merge, sebi

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TRAI releases draft Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) (Eighth) (Addressable Systems) Tariff Order, 2016(10.10.2016)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has today released draft Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) (Eighth) (Addressable Sy.....

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Online Analytical Tool Launched To Monitor Foreign Contributions under FCRA(01.06.2018)

Union Government launched an Online Analytical Tool to facilitate closer monitoring of the flow and utilisation of foreign contributions received by v.....

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Italian marine allowed to return home(26.05.2016)

Sergeant Major Salvatore Girone, one of two marines implicated in the shooting of several Kerala fishermen, has been allowed to return to Italy.

Tags : italian marine, fisherman, shooting, repatriate

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Medicinal products should be clearly distinguishable(03.06.2016)

Public interest supports a lesser degree of proof showing confusing similarity in trade mark, even if two medicinal products are not identical or of t.....

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Import Data Processing and Monitoring System (IDPMS)(06.10.2016)

Attention of Authorized Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.65 dated April 28, 2016 read with Section .....

Tags : Import data, Monitoring, Efficient data, Processing

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NGT Grants Interim Stay on Netravathi River Diversion Project(17.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) Southern Zone has granted an interim stay for Netravathi River Diversion project, on appeal filed by K N Somashekar, ex-.....

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CCI Dismisses Complaint against Hindustan Sanitaryware(17.09.2015)

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has dismissed allegations of unfair business practices made in complaint filed by Shubham Sanitarywares against .....

Tags : Competition Commission of India ,Shubham Sanitarywares,Hindustan Sanitaryware and Industries Ltd

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CCI Rejects Complaint against SMV Agencies(17.09.2015)

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has rejected complaint alleging that Jaipuria Group's SMV Agencies indulged in unfair business practices with re.....

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SC: It's Essential to Prove that Govt. Official had Demanded Money in a Bribery Case(17.09.2015)

SC has acquitted an assistant director of Andhra Technical Education Department, caught redhanded taking Rs 500 in cash in 1996 and has ruled that Gov.....

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Delhi High Court Orders “Swacchta Abhiyan“in Delhi Court Complexes(17.09.2015)

Delhi High Court while taking note of lack of cleanliness in Delhi court complexes, has ordered all bar associations and district judges heading each .....

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Rajasthan High Court Put Stay on MBBS, BDS Admissions in Private Colleges(18.09.2015)

Rajasthan HC on petition filed by Arundhati Sharma and six other students who were declared successful in 2015 (PCPMT) but were denied admission, has .....

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Report of the Internal Working Group (IWG) on Rationalisation of Branch Authorisation Policy(06.10.2016)

The Reserve Bank of India placed on its website, the Report of the Internal Working Group (IWG) on Rationalisation of Branch Authorisation Policy (Cha.....

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Differential pricing stopped, differentiation possible still(08.02.2016)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released the ‘Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations, 2016’, restraining intern.....

Tags : Differential pricing, regulations, trai, 2016

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INDIA signs MOU relating to cyber security with US(12.01.2017)

In order give a boost to cyber-security cooperation recently, India and USA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Indian Compute.....

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NGT Rejects Plea Seeking Declaration, Diwali as a National Event(15.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rejected a plea seeking directions to consider Diwali a national event and announce tax concession for the manufactu.....

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NGT Seeks Sector-Wise 'Cleanliness' Report from Advisor to Administrator, UT Chandigarh(15.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Advisor to Administrator, UT Chandigarh, to file a sector-wise complete status report regarding collection, .....

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NGT: Krishna River Banks Not to be Cleared Without Environmental Clearance(15.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Andhra Pradesh Government to not to carry out any operation of clearing of land near floodplains on banks of.....

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NGT to Centre and States: Suggest Ways for Implementation of E-Waste Rules(15.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Centre and State Governments to recommend a scheme for effective implementation of E-Waste Rules for enviro.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Centre, State Governments

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NGT Issues Bailable Warrant against 2 Noida Builders for Misuse of Groundwater(15.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has served a bailable warrant on two Noida-based construction companies, Assotech Realty Pvt Ltd and Panchsheel Greens 2.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal , Bailable Warrant, misuse of groundwater

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Punjab and Haryana HC Irks over Sham Probes Conducted by Chandigarh Police in Rs 40-Lakh Bribery Case(16.10.2015)

Punjab and Haryana HC while dismissing bail petition filed by businessmen Sanjay Dahuja and Aman Grover, accused in Rs 40 Lacs bribery case, also invo.....

Tags : Punjab and Haryana HC, Rs 40 Lacs bribery case

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Excluding value of packing material illegal in conditional return(06.08.2015)

Not including the value of packing materials used to transport goods in the final sale price of goods is illegal, in the absence of an arrangement to .....

Tags : excise, value, packing material

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Tribunal not required to defend its own order, proceedings under Articles 226 and 227 of Constitution maintainable without Tribunal being impleaded(22.08.2016)

Appellant was employed as an Assistant Teacher, chargesheet was issued to Appellant alleging that, he had proceeded on a pilgrimage without prior perm.....

Tags : Tribunal, Impleadment, Necessity

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Gujarat High Court Fixes 50 km/hr Speed Limit for Buses on BRTS Routes(17.08.2015)

Gujarat High Court has ordered City Government to place security guards on crossroads on Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) corridors in city and instal.....

Tags : Gujarat High Court ,Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) corridors

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NGT Orders Joint Inspection of Polavaram Dam Site(17.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered a joint inspection of Polavaram dam site by Andhra Pradesh Government, State Pollution Control Board and Pro.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Polavaram dam site

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NGT Serves Notice to NHAI, PWD and DMRC(17.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Publi.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Notice to NHAI, PWD and DMRC

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NGT Directs TANTRASCO to Maintain Status Quo on Tower in Kelambakkam(17.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation(TANTRASCO) to maintain status quo on its plan to start line stringing w.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Kelambakkam

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NGT Slams Rs 10 Crore Bank Guarantee on CIL(17.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed Coal India Ltd.(CIL) for its failure to comply with environmental norms highlighted in two previous inspecti.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,CIL

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NGT Strikes City Govt. for Not Following PoP Idols Guidelines(17.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has striked Bhopal Government for failing to adhere to guidelines on plaster of paris (PoP) idols ahead of Ganesh Chatur.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,PoP Idols Guidelines

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Supreme Court strikes down Section 377 of IPC as unconstitutional(06.09.2018)

In a historic verdict, Supreme Court strikes down Section 377 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) as unconstitutional. Supreme Court, while decriminalizi.....

Tags : LGBT community, Equal rights, Grant

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Cabinet approves Special Remission Scheme for prisoners(18.07.2018)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister grants Special Remission to Prisoners as part of Commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma G.....

Tags : Prisoners, Remission Scheme, Approval

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Trust has no right to discriminate entry of women into a public place of worship under guise of `managing affairs of religion'(26.08.2016)

In instant case, issue involved is relating to entry of women in sanctum sanctorum of Dargah in light of the constitutional provisions. By this PIL, f.....

Tags : Fundamental rights, Women, Entry, Haji Ali Dargah

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Cabinet approves establishment of Appellate Tribunal for speedy disposal of Benami Transaction matters(24.10.2018)

The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Adjudicating Authority and establishment of Appellate Tribunal under Prohib.....

Tags : Tribunal, Establishment, Approval

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International organisations conducting religious pilgrimage exempt from tax(17.05.2016)

The Ministry of External Affairs exempted from tax international organisations facilitating religious pilgrimage services offered by the Ministry.
.....

Tags : Religious, pilgrimage, international organisation, external affairs

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RBI regional offices entrusted UCB fraud monitoring and reporting duties(19.05.2016)

The Reserve Bank of India notified a revised fraud monitoring and reporting mechanism for Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks.

Under the new.....

Tags : Co-operative bank, fraud, reporting, monitoring

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Tax on arbitral tribunal services to be borne by recipient(18.05.2016)

Service tax liability for services provided by an arbitral tribunal shall be on the service recipient if it’s a business entity.

The Depar.....

Tags : Service tax, arbitral tribunal, recipient, reverse charge

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Cabinet approves the "Signing and Ratification of MoU for Establishment of the BIMSTEC Grid Interconnection"(12.04.2017)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Power for Signing of "Memorandum of Un.....

Tags : MOU, Ratification, Grid Interconnection

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High Court dispenses with delayed FIR and lack of corroborating evidence in accepting statement of prosecutrix(19.08.2015)

In a case where the underage Prosecutrix was kidnapped by the Appellants and subjected to rape by several persons, the High Court upheld the convictio.....

Tags : Criminal, rape, prostitution, delay, fir

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Legal right of residence in property entitled married daughter to seek tenant’s eviction from it for her need(27.09.2016)

In instant case, Appellant is aggrieved by judgment of High Court reversing concurrent findings of Courts below holding that, Appellant’s daughter is .....

Tags : Eviction, Right, Bonafide Need

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SC Declares Right to Privacy as Fundamental Right(24.08.2017)

The Nine Judges Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in a historic and landmark Judgment has declared that, right to privacy is a fundamental right in t.....

Tags : Privacy, Fundamental right, Declaration

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NGT not empowered to adjudicate upon vires or validity of any enactment(28.09.2016)

By instant writ petition, Petitioners sought a declaration that Rule 17 of Biological Diversity Rules, 2004 does not apply to Indian entities or body .....

Tags : National Green Tribunal , Adjudication, Enactment, Validity

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Act of suspecting character of wife, physically assault and harassment on coming late from work place due to nature of job amounted to cruelty(14.09.2016)

In instant appeal, Appellant is aggrieved by Family Court’s conclusion that wife could not prove that husband treated her with cruelty and refused to .....

Tags : Marriage, Dissolution, Grant

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Ministry of Corporate Affairs issues fresh notifications wherein, the Central Government intends to provide clarity on the applicability of the threshold exemption limits to all forms of combinations(30.03.2017)

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has undertaken a major reform in the regulation of combinations under the Competition Act, bringing India in l.....

Tags : Exemption limits, Notifications, Clarity

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Himachal Pradesh High Court Summons State CIC on Priyanka Vadra's Land Deal(10.08.2015)

Himachal Pradesh High Court has called upon the State Chief Information Commissioner and has also put a stay on proceedings in regard to information o.....

Tags : Himachal Pradesh High Court, Priyanka Vadra

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Punjab and Haryana High Court Questions Union Territory Administration(10.08.2015)

Punjab and Haryana High Court has rapped the Chandigarh Authorities on sealing premises of cellular firms despite assurance to Court.

Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Union Territory Administration

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Supreme Court Desires a Better Deal for Ayodhya Pilgrims(10.08.2015)

Supreme Court has ordered the Uttar Pradesh Government to provide basic facilities to pilgrims thronging makeshift sanctum sanctorum of an idol of Ram.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Ayodhya Pilgrims

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Supreme Court Grants Stay in Priya Pilliai Defamation Case(10.08.2015)

Supreme Court has put a stay on trial court proceedings in a defamation case filed against Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai and two others.

Tags : Supreme Court, Priya Pillai

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National Green Tribunal Orders Ban on Use of Plastic Bottles in Haridwar(10.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned use of plastic bottles around banks of the river Ganga in Haridwar so that pollution in and around the river .....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Haridwar, Plastic

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No illegal construction in Taj eco-sensitive zone: NGT to UP(11.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal has ordered City Government to stop unauthorised construction activities and futher ordered to ensure that no trees to be cu.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Taj eco-sensitive zone

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National Green Tribunal (NGT) Asks for Report on Service Stations Operating in Delhi(11.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal has sought a status report on functioning of automobile service stations operating in National Capital and discharging tox.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal

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NGT Orders No Construction Activity in Non-Development Zone in Kaziranga National Park(11.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal has stopped Numaligarh Refinery Limited from carrying out any construction activity in No-Development Zone in Kaziranga Nation.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Kaziranga National Park

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Clarification on Regulation 6(d)(ii), 6(e)(ii) and 5(f) of the IRDAI 's (Payment of commission, remuneration or reward to insurance agent or insurance intermediaries) Regulations, 2016(30.03.2017)

Attention is drawn to Reg 6(d)(ii) and 6(e)(ii) of IRDAI 's (Payment of commission, remuneration or reward to insurance agent or insurance intermediar.....

Tags : Regulation, Clarifications, Commission, remuneration

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Proactive steps to encourage second marriage while aware of subsisting first sufficient for charge of criminal conspiracy(26.08.2015)

In a case where the Petitioners played an active role in entertaining the second wife of the Respondent and encouraged her to live in the same house a.....

Tags : Criminal, conspiracy, second, marriage

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Parties to a private contract and users of "WhatsApp" having voluntarily opted to avail services of said application are bound by terms of service offered(23.09.2016)

Petitioners claim to be the users of “WhatsApp”, an Internet Messaging Application, provided by Respondent No.2/"WhatsApp Inc.", a company based in US.....

Tags : Privacy, Right, Information, Sharing

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Doctrine of sovereign immunity not applicable to cases of fundamental rights violation, hence, cannot be used as a defence in public law(12.08.2016)

In present writ petition, Petitioners, migrants of State of Jammu & Kashmir State had planned to take out a peaceful protest March upto Delhi for vent.....

Tags : Fundamental rights, Violation, Compensation

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Party seeking divorce under matrimonial offence theory must be innocent(17.08.2016)

Admitted facts in instant case were that, Appellant/husband got married to respondent/wife on May 05, 1992 according to Hindu rites. Parties stayed to.....

Tags : Marriage, Dissolution, Grant thereto

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Government announces setting up of National Medical Devices Promotion Council(14.12.2018)

In order to promote medical device sector, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, announced setting up of a Nation.....

Tags : Medical Devices, Manufacturing, Council

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UGC denounces ‘selective’ ragging(29.06.2016)

The University Grants Commission introduced ‘Curbing the menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions (third amendment) Regulations, 2016’.

Tags : ugc, ragging, discrimination, caste

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PMJJBY incorporates exclusion to discourage abuse(30.06.2016)

The Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana will incorporate a lien clause, effective 1 June 2016, excluding claims for deaths occurring during the fi.....

Tags : pmjjby, lien clause, death, exclusion period

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EBM for issuance of debt securities on private placement basis mandated(30.06.2016)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India mandated issuers of debt securities and market participants to make the offer for issue of debt securities .....

Tags : debt security, private placement, electronic book mechanism

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RBI Master Direction Risk Management and Inter-Bank Dealings(05.07.2016)

The Reserve Bank of India introduced Master Directions effecting change in the way banks manage risk for national and international borrowers.

.....

Tags : rbi, loan facilities, foreign exchange, risk management

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NGT Slams DJB over Delay in STPs(21.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed Delhi Jal Board (DJB) over delay in construction of Sewage Treatment Plans (STPs) in the city.

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Delhi Jal Board

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NGT Raps UP Govt for Polluting Hindon and Yamuna(21.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped Uttar Pradesh Government for discharging industrial waste into Hindon canal and causing pollution in Yamuna r.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Uttar Pradesh Government

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Bombay High Court Directs Finance Ministry to Provide Proper Infrastructure for DRT/DRAT(21.08.2015)

Bombay High Court has directed Finance Ministry to consider providing proper infrastructure and space to Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) and Debt Recover.....

Tags : Bombay High Court,Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) , Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT)

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Delhi High Court Seeks Reply from DDA on Retention of Millennium Bus Depot(21.08.2015)

Delhi High Court has sought reply from Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on a plea by Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) seeking to retain Millennium .....

Tags : Delhi High Court,Development Authority,Delhi Transport Corporation

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Delhi High Court to Delhi Government: Why it Cannot Repeatedly Issue Ads to Deter Crime(24.08.2015)

Delhi High Court has asked the AAP Government as to why it cannot repeatedly issue radio and print campaigns for deterring sexual offences instead of .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Delhi Government, Ads, Crime

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Delhi High Court: Take Steps to Release 152 Tihar Undertrials(24.08.2015)

Delhi High Court has initiated steps to ensure the release of 152 women undertrials languishing in Tihar Jail for more than six months due to its conc.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Tihar undertrials

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NGT Slams Centre and State on Operation of Helicopters in ESZ of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary(25.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed Union Environment and Forests Ministry, Uttarakhand Govt National Board of Wildlife over threat to forest de.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,eco-sensitive zone(ESZ), Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary,Uttarakhand Govt

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Decision to represent India in a sporting event, best left to experts, interference by Court in selection criteria not called for.(11.08.2016)

Petitioner seeks quashing of action of Union of India and Sports Authority of India respectively in not selecting Petitioner for participation in Rio .....

Tags : Selection Criteria, Qualification System, Eligibility

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Delhi Juvenile Justice Rules not unconstitutional(19.11.2015)

The Delhi High Court rejected a petition calling the procedure for determining juvenility of an accused unconstitutional and in conflict with the law......

Tags : Juvenile, priority, proof, rules, variation

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Appeal against Single Judge order for further criminal investigation not maintainable(19.11.2015)

The Orissa High Court held that an appeal against a Single Judge judgment directing further investigation in a criminal investigation was not maintain.....

Tags : Appeal, single judge, maintainability, criminal

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Allegation of dowry harassment not established would by itself constitute act of cruelty(22.11.2016)

Marriage between Appellant and Respondent was solemnized on February 19, 1995. A male child was born to couple on November 27, 1995. Appellant filed a.....

Tags : Marriage, Cruelty, Annulment

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High Court having supervisory jurisdiction under Arbitration Act not expected to sit on appeal against Arbitral Award(21.11.2016)

In instant case, Arbitrator passed the Award, thereby winding up partnership firm and to settle accounts of the firm between parties in terms of Secti.....

Tags : Award, Review, Jurisdiction

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National Company Law Tribunal effective 1 June 2016(01.06.2016)

The Central Government constituted the National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal for hearing matters arising under the Companies Act and th.....

Tags : companies act, bankruptcy code, company law tribunal

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Consultation Paper on Cloud Computing(10.06.2016)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India introduced a paper read»

Interest claimed is taken into consideration for purpose of deciding pecuniary jurisdiction of Commission(29.08.2016)

Flat Buyers Agreement executed and booking made by Complainants. Possession of flat was not offered to complainant within 27 months from execution of .....

Tags : Service, Deficiency, Compensation, Pecuniary Jurisdiction

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Damages have to be actual and not superfluous, Courts are not supposed to do guess work and grant damages(23.05.2017)

Present suit has been filed by Plaintiff seeking permanent injunction against Defendants, restraining them from infringing its trademark, copyright an.....

Tags : Trademark, Infringement, Injunction

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Delhi High Court Decriminalizes Begging(08.08.2018)

Delhi High Court strikes down the provision as 'unconstitutional' which made 'begging' an offence. Further, High Court observed that, criminalizing be.....

Tags : Begging, Offence, Fundamental right, Violation

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Government likely to release a new industrial policy aiming to promote 'Make in India'(30.08.2017)

The process to formulate new Industrial Policy began in May 2017 by The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. The new Industrial Policy will .....

Tags : Industrial policy, Release, Comments, Invitation

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SEBI guidelines on utilisation of Investor Protection Fund(07.06.2016)

SEBI issued guidelines on utilisation and investment aspects of the Investor Protection Fund.

It notified use of the Fund for investor educ.....

Tags : investor protection fund, depositories, trust, investment

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Clarification on Recently Notified Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017(08.05.2017)

The Government has notified the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 on 28th March, 2017 and the provisions of the Amendment Act have come into for.....

Tags : Maternity Benefit, Amendment, Clarification

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NGT Stops Sale of Srivaikundam Dam Sand(08.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed TN Government to ensure that entire sand mined in process of desilting Srivaikundam dam should not be sold .....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,TN Government

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NGT Directs Trucks Entering Delhi to Pay Environmental Tax(08.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed all commercial vehicles entering Delhi to pay environmental compensation charge in addition to the toll tax.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Environmental Tax

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Bombay High Court Quashes Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Ruling in Rs 8500 crore Transfer Pricing Case(09.10.2015)

Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside an order of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, which had ruled that I-T department had powers to raise tax dem.....

Tags : Bombay High Court ,Income Tax Appellate Tribunal,Vodafone India

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NGT Drops Contempt Case After Mantri MD Apologises(09.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has dropped a contempt petition against a builder, after an apology from Mantri Developers came for having snatched equi.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Belandur wetlands

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SC Decides to Peruse NGT Order to Levy Environmental Tax on Commercial Vehicles Entering Delhi(09.10.2015)

Supreme Court has decided to peruse National Green Tribunal (NGT) order directing payment of environmental taxes by commercial vehicles entering Delhi.....

Tags : Supreme Court ,National Green Tribunal

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NGT Raps HP Govt. for Not Complying its Earlier Order on Green Belt Construction(09.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped HP Government for failing to get a study of carrying capacity of Shimla hills done so as to assess if any mor.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal , HP Government

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NGT Orders UP Principal Secretary to Submit Report on Hindon Pollution Control(09.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Principal Secretary of Uttar Pradesh to take immediate steps for controlling pollution in the Hindon river.

Tags : National Green Tribunal , Uttar Pradesh

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Online Registration Mechanism for Securities Market Intermediaries(02.05.2017)

Dear Sir/Madam, 1. Hon'ble Minister of Finance, Government of India, in his speech while presenting the Budget for FY 2017-18 on February 01, 2017, a.....

Tags : Registration, Online, Market intermediaries

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CBDT issues clarification in respect of residential status of certain individuals under Income-Tax Act, 1961(04.03.2021)

The Central Board of Direct taxes (CBDT) issues clarification in respect of Residency under the Income tax Act, 1962 (IT Act). The Board has received .....

Tags : Clarification, Issuance, Residential status

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Central Government set to expand Public Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure across the nation(19.02.2022)

The Government of India has undertaken multiple initiatives to promote the manufacturing and adoption of electric vehicles in the country. Due to the .....

Tags : Electric Vehicle, Charging Infrastructure, Expansion

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NGT Dismisses Plea Seeking Cessation of work on Garudeshwar Weir Project(03.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has dismissed a petition seeking ceasing of work on Garudeshwar weir project at Pune for non-compliance of environmental.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Garudeshwar weir project

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NGT to U'khand : Why Are Choppers Flying So Low Over Kedarnath Reserve(03.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Uttarakhand Government to furnish explanation before it on why helicopters are flying so low over Kedarnath.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Uttarakhand Government

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National Green Tribunal Issues Notice to Ministry of Petroleum(04.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal, Eastern Zone Bench, has served notices to ministries of petroleum ,environment and forests, seeking to know why petrol pumps .....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Ministry of Petroleum

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NGT Directs State to Fix Norms for Declaration of Silence Zones(04.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Maharashtra Government to issue notification fixing norms for declaration of silence zones in cities and mu.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Maharashtra Government

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NGT Seeks Response from Centre on Construction in Asola Wildlife Sanctuary(07.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to Ministry of Environment and Forests, Delhi Govt., National Board for Wildlife and others, on a plea.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Asola Wildlife Sanctuary

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NGT Seeks Pollution Report on All Hotels from OSPCB(07.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and Chief Secretary to take stock of pollution level at all hotel.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Orissa State Pollution Control Board

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NGT Allows Widening of Highway through Karnala Bird Sanctuary(07.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has allowed National Highways Authority of India's plea seeking approval for diversion of a stretch of land in core area.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,National Highways Authority of India

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Packing materials are not raw materials, component parts or inputs used in manufacture of finished goods and are separately defined under enactment.(02.09.2016)

Appellant is a public limited company having a tea manufacturing unit at Dharwad and various other units which also manufacture tea. It is claimed tha.....

Tags : Notification, Exemption, Packing materials

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Power of arrest is to be used with great circumspection and not casually(01.09.2016)

Present writ Petitions filed by two entities operating on-line platforms/web portals raise important questions involving powers of Directorate General.....

Tags : Arrest, Fundamental rights, Violation

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Central Government amends Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020(23.06.2023)

The Government of India has introduced two changes to the prevailing power tariff system, through an amendment to the Electricity (Rights of Consumers.....

Tags : Power tariff, Rules, Amendment

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NGT Seeks Status Report of New Landfill Sites for Garbage Disposal(28.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered District Collectorate to submit the status of new landfill sites for disposal of garbage by Pune Municipal C.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Pune Municipal Corporation

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NGT Orders Municipal Corporations and Traffic Police to Make Action Plan to Control Noise Pollution(28.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the three municipal corporations and traffic police to make an action plan to control noise pollution in Panch.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal , three municipal corporations , raffic police , Panchsheel Park

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Delhi HC Takes a Look of Current Garbage Disposal Problem, along with National Green Tribunal (NGT)(29.10.2015)

Delhi HC along with NGT while taking note of current garbage disposal problem in Delhi, as safai karamcharis have been on strike for their arrears, ha.....

Tags : Delhi HC , safai karamcharis, Police Commissioner

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NGT Issues Notice to Chief Wildlife Warden over Safety of Tigers near Bhopal(29.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to Chief Wildlife Warden, Secretary Forest Department and Inspector General of Police, Bhopal, seekin.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal , Chief Wildlife Warden Bhopal

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NGT Concerns over Contamination of Groundwater at Bandhwari(29.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Municipal Corporations of Gurgaon and Faridabad to ensure proper dumping of waste, maintenance and collectio.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal , Municipal Corporations of Gurgaon ,Faridabad

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NGT Slams UP, Uttarakhand Pollution Boards over Failure to Suggest Ways to Clean Ganga(29.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed Pollution Control Boards of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand for failing to take and suggest measures for clean.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal , Pollution control boards of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Ganga

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Court cannot express opinion on evidence at interim stage of suit(18.08.2015)

Hearing a contractual dispute, the High Court of Hyderabad declined to rule whether on the evidence adduced it was acceptable to refer a document to a.....

Tags : Interim, document, expert opinion, prejudge

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Courts cannot usurp function of disciplinary authority, decision qua nature and quantum prerogative of disciplinary authority(09.12.2016)

A departmental inquiry was conducted against Respondent No.1, an employee of Appellant, into certain charges of misconduct. In said inquiry, charges w.....

Tags : Penalty, Alteration, Jurisdiction

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CERT-In issues “Guidelines on Information Security Practices” for Government Entities for Safe and Trusted Internet(30.06.2023)

To address the goal of safe cyberspace, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has released guidelines on information security practice.....

Tags : Security Practices, Internet, Guidelines

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Out of the barrel and into the chamber(08.07.2016)

What started out as a petition against extra-judicial executions by the armed forces in the north-eastern states of the country roused the Supreme Cou.....

Tags : north east, fake encounter, human rights, proxy war, terrorism

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Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade undertakes measures to encourage Manufacturing Incubators for Startups(31.05.2024)

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is undertaking various measures to encourage the startup ecosystem and the industr.....

Tags : Startup ecosystem, Manufacturing, Measures

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Bombay HC to Maharashtra: Improve facilities at Yerwada Prison(16.10.2015)

Bombay High Court has directed State Government to take corrective steps to improve facilities at the Yerwada prison and provide better facilities to .....

Tags : Bombay High Court , Yerwada Prison

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Delhi HC Looks for Govt’s Reply on Installation of Electricity Plant Working on Heaps of Garbage(19.10.2015)

Delhi High Court has directed Centre and Delhi Government to file reply explaining their stand on plea seeking direction to install an electricity pla.....

Tags : Delhi High Court , Electricity Plant, Delhi Govt.

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J&K High Court Attaches Unauthorized Structures Around Dal(19.10.2015)

J&K High Court has attached seven buildings including a commercial complex and a hospital building in Dal Lake area for violating Srinagar Master Plan.....

Tags : J&K High Court, Dal, Lakes and Waterways Development Authority

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Bombay HC Upholds Bail Granted to EX-Goa Chief Minister in Louis Bribery Case(19.10.2015)

Bombay High Court has upheld order of a trial court in Panaji that granted anticipatory bail to former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat in the Louis .....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Digambar Kamat, Louis Berger bribery case

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NGT Forms Expert Committee to Study Ecological Balance in Shimla(19.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted an expert committee to study forests, sewage system, water supply and carrying capacity strength of the .....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Shimla

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NGT Issues Notice to Centre over Use of Ponies in Vaishno Devi Shrine(19.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued notice to Ministry of Environment and Forests, Jammu and Kashmir Government, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board .....

Tags : National Green Tribunal , Ministry of Environment and Forests, Jammu and Kashmir Government, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board

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NGT Orders Chandigarh MC to Process Solid Waste from HP in its Garbage Processing Plant(09.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered that Chandigarh Municipal Corporation would process solid waste coming from Shimla, Solan and Baddi in Chand.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Chandigarh Municipal Corporation

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NGT Slams UP Government over Garbage in Gorakhpur(09.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed Uttar Pradesh Government and civic authorities to task for dilly-dallying on collection and disposal of muni.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal , Uttar Pradesh Government

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NGT Directs Inspection of Redevelopment Site of East Kidwai Nagar(09.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has appointed a local commissioner to inspect redevelopment of East Kidwai Nagar in southwest Delhi as was being alleged.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,East Kidwai Nagar

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SEBI Reviews Norms for Trading Capacity of Exchanges and Clearing Corporations(09.10.2015)

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has directed exchanges and their clearing corporations to have an installed capacity of at least 1.5 tim.....

Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India ,exchanges , clearing corporations

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Madras High Court Slams a Trial Court for ‘Illegal’ Conviction(12.10.2015)

Madras High Court has slammed a trial court for throwing to the winds the fundamental principles of criminal jurisprudence and “illegally” convicting .....

Tags : Madras High Court , trial court , Illegal Conviction

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NGT Orders for CNG Station in Manali by January(12.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Centre and all departments concerned of HP to extend their full cooperation for installation of a CNG stati.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal (NGT), Centre Rohtang

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NGT Directs MoEF to Submit Monsoon Schedule in MP(12.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Ministry Of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to submit the likely period of monsoon schedule in Madhya Pradesh.

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Madhya Pradesh

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While framing charges Court is required to discuss material on record to show its application of mind in framing of charge(15.12.2016)

Aggrieved by common order on charge and the charge framed under Sections 420/467/ 468/448/120-B/109 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) present revision .....

Tags : Charge, Framing, Sufficiency of material

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Clarification regarding posting of Central Excise officer in Cigarette units-reg(01.05.2017)

1. Representations have been received from the field formations and members of the trade and industry regarding practicality of round-the-clock postin.....

Tags : Officer, Posting, Clarification

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Workshop On "Forest Rights Act, 2006 - its Implementation, Benefits to Tribal and other Traditional Forest Dwelling Communities(27.10.2016)

A Workshop on "Forest Rights Act, 2006 - its Implementation, benefits to tribal and other traditional forest dwelling communities and its challenges" .....

Tags : Workshop, Forest rights, Implementation

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Registration of Consumer Organisations (Amendment) Regulations, 2024(25.07.2024)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has notified the Registration of Consumer Organisations (Amendment) Regulations, 2024. TRAI registers.....

Tags : Amendment Regulations, Consumer Awareness, Organisations, Authority

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Department of Consumer Affairs launches ‘Jagriti’, a mascot to empower consumers and generate awareness towards consumer rights(15.07.2022)

The Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) has launched “Jagriti”, a mascot for empowering consumers and generating awareness of their rights. Jagriti .....

Tags : Jagriti, Launch, Consumer rights

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Multi System Operators to provide signals of TV channels to LCOs only with written interconnection agreement(17.08.2016)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued a cautionary to all multi system operators to provide signals of TV channels to LCOs only with.....

Tags : TV channels, Signals, Written interconnection agreement

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IRDAI (Investment) Regulations, 2016(24.08.2016)

The Authority had notified IRDAI (Investment) Regulations, 2016 vide file No IRDAI/Reg/22/134/2016 Dt. 1st August, 2016. As the Regulations mandate ce.....

Tags : Authority, Regulations

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NGT Directs to Impose Rs 20,000 Fine for Polluting Hindon(25.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued directive that anyone found throwing waste material in or around Hindon canal would be imposed a fine of Rs 2.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Hindon

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NGT Seeks Status Report on Periyar Pollution(25.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) - Southern Zone has ordered Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) member secretary to present a status report ove.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal , Periyar

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NGT Orders Delhi Police to Frame a “Traffic Policy”(25.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Delhi Police to frame traffic policy to ease the capital’s traffic. It has also instructed Police to hold co.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Traffic Policy,Delhi Police

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NGT Raps Delhi Government on Permitting Illegal Mining on Yamuna River Bed(25.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped Delhi Government for permitting sand mining in name of dredging and directed the authorities concerned to sto.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal , Delhi Government,Yamuna

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Sebi Approves New Norms for Commodity Derivatives Market(25.08.2015)

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), has approved new norms for India’s commodity derivatives market and its brokers for regulating the comm.....

Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi),commodity derivatives market

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NGT Imposes Fine of Rs 12 cr on Hospital in Faridabad(26.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has quashed environmental clearance of a 450-bed super-specialty hospital in Faridabad and fined it Rs 12 crore against .....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, ecological degradation

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NGT Orders No Construction Around Kaziranga National Park(26.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Assam Government to ensure that no construction is to be permitted in and around Kaziranga National Park. Al.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Assam Government ,Kaziranga National Park

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RBI imposes restriction on Mastercard from on-boarding new domestic customers(14.07.2021)

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed restrictions on Mastercard Asia / Pacific Pte. Limited (Mastercard) from on-boarding new domestic customer.....

Tags : Supervisory action, Restrictions, Mastercard

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CBDT signs record number of 125 Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) in FY 2023-2024(16.04.2024)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into a record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) in FY 2023-2024 with Indian taxpayers. This i.....

Tags : APA, Signing of, Transfer pricing

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Central Government approves an ordinance making triple talaq a punishable offence(19.09.2018)

Union cabinet passed the ordinance as it failed to get the majority on The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017 which had been pa.....

Tags : Ordinance, Triple talaq, Approval

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Doctrine of parity? Some more equal than others(29.09.2015)

Deciding an appeal against grant of bail to the Respondent, a history-sheeter, the Supreme Court made sure to reiterate that it had not cancelled bail.....

Tags : bail, antecedents, parity, criminal

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Court shall pronounce judgment where a party failed to present written statement within time permitted or fixed by Court(14.12.2016)

Plaintiff has filed present appeal impugning an order passed by d Joint Registrar whereby applications filed by Defendants for seeking permission to f.....

Tags : Written Statement, Filing, Time period

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Title of religious text not ordinarily registrable as trade mark(27.10.2015)

The Supreme Court left little room for interpretation in its ruling against registration of a trade mark in ‘Ramayan’ to be used on packaging for ince.....

Tags : Trade mark, religious text , title, public juris

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CBDT empowers Chief Commissioners and Directors General of income tax to condone delay in ITR-filing by Co-Operative Societies(26.07.2023)

In order to mitigate genuine hardship, Central Board of Direct Taxes directs that the Chief Commissionersof Income tax (CCIT) / Directors General of i.....

Tags : Delay, Condonation, Authority

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Electricity to Railway Stations by Solar Energy(04.08.2016)

In order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, Ministry of Railways has planned to harness 1000 MW of solar power through developer mode by putting up.....

Tags : Railway Stations, Electricity, Solar Plants

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Amendment in Sl. No. 57, Chapter 10 of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) regarding conditions for export of Basmati Rice(01.08.2016)

Central makes amendment in Chapter 10 of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import Items, in exercise of the powers conferred by Sect.....

Tags : Basmati rice, Exports, Conditions, Amendment

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Delhi High Court Directs Rajya Sabha Members Soni and Selja to Vacate Bungalows(08.09.2015)

Delhi High Court has slammed Ambika Soni and Kumari Selja over seeking bigger bungalows as residence without waiting for result of 2014 general electi.....

Tags : Delhi High Court,Ambika Soni and Kumari Selja

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NGT Serve Notices to Maharashtra Government and NHAI for Cutting Trees(08.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued show-cause notices to Maharashtra Government and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for cutting tree.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Maharashtra Government , National Highways Authority of India

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NGT Raps U.P. Govt. Over Failure to Submit Plan to Dispose Municipal Waste in Gorakhpur(08.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped UP Government and civic authorities for not submitting a complete action plan on collection along with dispos.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal , U.P. Govt.

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NGT Orders Chief Secretaries of UP and U'khand to Attend Meeting for Improving Water Quality(08.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Chief Secretaries of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to attend a chamber meeting this week for formulating a p.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Chief Secretaries of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Secretaries of Uttarakhand

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Tripura High Court Confirms Three Months Imprisonment of Tripura PCC President(08.09.2015)

Tripura High Court has confirmed three months' jail term handed down to incumbent PCC President and Congress MLA Birajit Sinha, accused of possessing .....

Tags : Tripura High Court,Birajit Sinha,

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Delhi High Court Seeks Details on TERI Funding(09.09.2015)

Delhi HC has sought Central Govt.’s reply over details of funds given to The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), after plea filed by victim in sex.....

Tags : Delhi HC ,TERI

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Centre amends the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 for enhanced protection of consumer rights(08.11.2021)

In order to protect interest of consumers, Central Government amends the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 for safeguarding Consumer .....

Tags : Rules, Amendment, Consumer rights

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Central Government decides to remove Minimum Educational qualification for Transport Drivers(18.06.2019)

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to remove the requirement of minimum educational qualification for driving a transport vehicle.....

Tags : Minimum qualification, Removal, Drivers

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Puffery’ by advertiser permitted, so long as it doesn’t misrepresent(01.06.2016)

Delhi High Court dismissed an application Gillette India against Reckitt Benckiser for airing allegedly disparaging and false television advertisement.....

Tags : advertisement, comparison, commercial speech, protected

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Separate charges for distinct offences must be framed separately and cannot be clubbed together for more than one year(08.05.2017)

Present appeals arise out of three separate judgments of learned Single Judge of High Court discharging three Accused persons namely; Lalu Prasad Yada.....

Tags : Trial, Discharge, Validity

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Principle of res judicata is applicable between two stages of same litigation but issue involved must have been decided at earlier stage of same litigation(21.06.2017)

In facts of present case, Applicants before KAT were candidates, who appeared for 2011, Karnataka Gazetted Probationers' Examination. They were select.....

Tags : Application, Maintainability, Doctrine, Res judicata

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Madras High Court Rejects Appeal Filed by Sri Lankan Fishermen(18.09.2015)

Madras HC has rejected appeal filed by 10 Sri Lankan fishermen, who were convicted for fishing in Indian waters without permission in 2006, after it w.....

Tags : Madras High Court ,Sri Lankan Fishermen

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NGT Orders Delhi Chief Secy to Hold Meeting of Top Municipality Officials(18.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Delhi Govt. to conduct a meeting of top municipality officials to look into issue of heaps of garbage lying.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Delhi Chief Secy

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NGT Directs Pune Municipal Corporation to Develop Tree-Felling Compliance Norms(18.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Pune Municipal Corporation Commissioner to develop an apt compliance verification mechanism within three m.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Pune Municipal Corporation

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J&K High Court Seeks Reply on Residents’ Rehab Plea over Kishenganga Hydroelectric Power Project(21.09.2015)

J&K HC has issued notice to State Govt. and National Hydro Electric Power Corporation for response on a petition seeking directions for rehabilitation.....

Tags : J&K HC , Kishenganga Hydroelectric Power Project

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Delhi HC Seeks Reply From Centre, TERI in RK Pachauri Sexual Harassment Case(22.09.2015)

Delhi High Court has sought response from government on a plea filed by a TERI employee alleging that organisation had not acted against its chief RK.....

Tags : Delhi High Court,Centre, TERI

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Orissa HC Seeks Clarification from Govt. on Modalities of Evaluation of Potential Civic Bodies(22.09.2015)

Orissa HC has sought clarification from Odisha Govt. on modalities of evaluation of potential civic bodies in State for consideration of Central Gove.....

Tags : Orissa HC ,Odisha Govt.

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Order of confiscation can only be challenged, when it reaches it's finality(17.04.2017)

Instant petition is against order passed by Collector, wherein an application for interim custody of vehicle preferred by Petitioner while proceeding .....

Tags : Vehicle, Release, Interim custody

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Newly Amended Triple Talaq Bill Passed In Lok Sabha(27.12.2018)

The Lok Sabha has passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2018 in short ‘triple talaq’ bill in the ongoing winter session. T.....

Tags : Triple talaq, Bill, Amendment

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Minute differences are not to be reckoned as sufficient to defeat an otherwise good claim(06.12.2016)

Plaintiff seeks to protect its registered designs, alleging infringement and passing off. These are designs in respect of copper tubes. Plaintiff’s ca.....

Tags : Designs, Infringement, Injunction

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Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia, issues guidelines(09.03.2018)

The Supreme Court while holding that right to live with dignity is a fundamental right has allowed passive euthanasia for terminally-ill patients. The.....

Tags : Illness, Passive Euthanasia, Fundamental right

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Imperium of Constitutional Courts cannot be stifled(29.01.2016)

Whereas the Supreme Court recently rejected a petition asking for investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation into an alleged iron ore mining.....

Tags : Reinvestigation, cbi, irregularity, sc/st

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New Appointments Not To Be Made From In-Service Candidates Against Bar Quota Rules Supreme Court(10.05.2019)

Supreme Court has ordered that, no new appointments to the post of District Judges shall be made from in-service candidates against quota reserved for.....

Tags : Appointment, District Judges, Interim relief

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Comptroller General reiterates exclusion of software from patent regime(19.02.2016)

The Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks showed its intention to continue disallowing the grant of patents on software. In its repor.....

Tags : Patent, software program, copyright

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Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) signs four more unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs)(07.02.2017)

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance has entered into four more unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements .....

Tags : Agreement, Signing, Advance pricing

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Officers of credit society facing liquidation not disabled from enforcing or performing certain rights and obligations attached to the office(16.11.2016)

Issue in facts of present case is relating to participation of members of the Managing Committees of co-operative societies (against whom proceedings .....

Tags : Election, Right, Participation

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In a master and servant relation, master is vicariously liable for acts of omission of servant and liable to pay compensation for negligence and deficiency in service(15.11.2016)

21-year old educated son of complainant, lost his life by drowning at Boat Club, owned by Appellant, Paradeep Port Trust. Appellant has tried to shift.....

Tags : Compensation, Liability, Vicarious

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Portal for public access of National Judicial Data Grid launched(19.09.2015)

As a next step to the ‘eCourts’ initiative, the Supreme Court released the public access portal of the NJDG for District Courts. The same will provide.....

Tags : National judicial grid, ecourts

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Supreme Court: Can't Interfere in Animal Sacrifice Tradition(29.09.2015)

Supreme Court has denied to interfere with religious practices and said that judiciary could not stop centuries-old traditions of sacrificing animals .....

Tags : Supreme Court ,Animal Sacrifice Tradition

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NGT: Seize Illegal Sound Systems from Marriage Halls(29.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and police to take immediate possession of all illegally operated Dolby sou.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,Pune Municipal Corporation

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NGT Serves Notice to Govt. over Tobacco Consumption in Public(29.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) on plea concerning health problems, environmental damage caused by consumption of tobacco in public spaces, has sought r.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,government

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NGT Serves Notice to Centre Seeking Stay on Lakhwar Project(29.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought response from Ministry of Environment and Forests, Ministry of Water Resources and Uttarkahand Jal Vidyut Nig.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Lakhwar Project,Ministry of Environment and Forests, Ministry of Water Resources ,Uttarkahand Jal Vidyut Nigam

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SEBI Orders Attachment of 134 Properties of Saradha Realty(29.09.2015)

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has ordered attachment of 134 properties of Saradha Realty and its Managing Director Sudipta Sen to reco.....

Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India,Saradha Realty

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Larger bench to determine issue on 'light' transport vehicle licence(11.02.2016)

Does one holding a licence to drive a light motor vehicles require an endorsement to drive a transport vehicle even it falls within the class of light.....

Tags : Driving licence, transport vehicle, lmv

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Employees of private schools in Delhi ought to receive monetary emoluments equal to similarly placed employees in government schools(17.01.2017)

By present writ petition, Petitioners who are admittedly employees of Respondent no. 1/school, such persons working as Drivers, seek the relief of bei.....

Tags : Salary, Entitlement, Private schools

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NGT Directs Badarpur, Rajghat Plants to Control High PM Levels(17.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal(NGT) has ordered Badarpur and Rajghat Thermal Power Stations to bring particulate matter (PM) within permissible limits after .....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Badarpur Thermal Power Stations , Rajghat Thermal Power Station

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Delhi High Court Dismisses Petition Against AAP Govt's Order on Circle Rates(17.08.2015)

Delhi High Court has dismissed a PIL against an AAP Government notification enhancing circle rates of agricultural land in the capital by three times.

Tags : Delhi High Court,AAP Government,circle rates of agricultural land

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National Green Tribunal Seeks Responses from Delhi Government on Entry of Heavy Diesel Vehicle(18.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal has sought responses from Delhi Government on entry of heavy diesel vehicles to congested areas such as Chandni Chowk concerni.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Delhi Government

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Supreme Court Concludes Hearings in K-G Basin Arbitration(18.08.2015)

Supreme Court has asked Reliance Industries and Central Government to give their respective list of names for an arbitrator if their dispute over pri.....

Tags : Supreme Court ,Reliance Industries

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NGT Summons DTC Chief on Their Plea to Introduce More Buses on Delhi Roads(19.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned Managing Director of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to appear before it and explain why Delhi Government.....

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National Green Tribunal Orders Municipal Corporations to Regulate Parking in Delhi(19.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal has ordered all Municipal Corporations in Delhi to ensure regulated parking on designated roads in their areas in order to min.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Municipal Corporations,Delhi

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NGT Orders Destructions of Idols Made Up of POP(19.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Madhya Pradesh Government to destroy idols made up of Plaster of Paris (POP).

Tags : Madhya Pradesh Government ,National Green Tribunal

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High Courts should not allow admissions in medical/ dental colleges lacking approval(11.04.2017)

In instant case, Respondent, a dental college, submitted its scheme for grant of permission to start post-graduate course of Orthodontics and Dentofac.....

Tags : Interim order, Validity

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For claiming right of residence, it is necessary that, two parties had lived in a domestic relationship in household(14.07.2017)

Appellant is 84 years old and Respondent is 62 years old. Respondent seeks to establish her status as wife/companion of Appellant who has been left hi.....

Tags : Domestic relationship. Right, Residence

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Diageo and United Spirits Settles Trademark War over Black Label(29.10.2015)

Trademark tussle between Diageo Brands BV and United Spirits' McDowell & Co Ltd over “Black Label” in the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB).....

Tags : Diageo , United Spirits ,Trade mark lack Label

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NGT Irks over Bad Execution of Clean Ganga Project(30.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has irked over bad execution of clean Ganga project and wondered why deficiency is there when Prime Minister Narendra Mo.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ganga project

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Supreme Court Restricts Womens' Right to Ancestral Property(02.11.2015)

Supreme Court while restricting right of women seeking equal share in ancestral property, has held that amended provisions of Hindu Succession (Amendm.....

Tags : Supreme Court , Womens' Right to Ancestral Property

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Bombay HC Orders State Government to Act Against Private Bus Operators(02.11.2015)

Bombay High Court has ordered State Government to take action against private luxury buses and vehicles ferrying passengers in the state thereby causi.....

Tags : Bombay High Court , State Government, Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation,private luxury buses

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Madras HC Permits TANGEDCO to Process Udangudi Tender, but Asks Not to Finalise it(02.11.2015)

Madras HC has held that Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) could process fresh bids received for Udangudi Supercrit.....

Tags : Madras HC , Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited,Udangudi Supercritical Thermal Power Project

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Madras High Court Preserves Vandiyur Lake(02.11.2015)

Madras High Court has said that it would never permit Madurai district administration to establish a Traffic Park Driving Training School on the weste.....

Tags : Madras High Court, Vandiyur Lake, Traffic Park Driving Training School

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Involvement of bank officials in money laundering during post monetization(07.02.2017)

Enforcement Directorate has intimated that bank employees have been found indulging in money laundering and other unfair practices during the phase of.....

Tags : Bank officials, money laundering, Investigation

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Pricing in case of Put or Call options in JV Agreements(05.07.2017)

The Reserve Bank of India had, vide amendment Notification No. FEMA 294/2013-RB dated 12th November, 2013, permitted the optionality clause (put and c.....

Tags : JV Agreements, Options, Pricing

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Money Laundering Law Prevails Over Bankruptcy Act, Insolvency Code Rules Delhi High Court(02.04.2019)

Delhi High Court in a recent judgment observed that, Money Laundering law prevails over Bankruptcy Act and Insolvency Code, when it comes to attachmen.....

Tags : Property, Attachment, Third party rights

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Specific prior approval of Commission is required for assigning licence to nominee of Security Trustee or transfer of any assets to them(24.05.2017)

First Petitioner, Warora-Kurnool Transmission Limited, has been granted transmission licence under Section 14 of the Electricity Act, 2003 to transmit.....

Tags : Approval, Security, Creation

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A deputationist can be reverted to his parent cadre at any time(30.05.2017)

Applicant has filed present O.A. under Section 19 of Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, seeking to set aside impugned order dated 12th February, 2017.....

Tags : Deputation, Repatriation, Validity

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If a person drives vehicle without a licence, he commits an offence that may not lead to finding of negligence as regards accident(15.12.2017)

The present appeal arises from a judgment of the High Court of Karnataka. Appellant who was riding a motorcycle met with an accident with a mini lorry.....

Tags : Contributory negligence, Basis, Compensation

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NGT Lifts Stay on Sand Mining in Madhya Pradesh(19.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has lifted stay imposed on river-bed sand mining in Madhya Pradesh but not on 61 mining leases where State Environment I.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal , Sand Mining, Madhya Pradesh

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NGT Dismisses Line Bazar Residents' Petition(19.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune Western Zonal Bench, has dismissed petition of residents from Line Bazar in Kasba Bawda seeking removal of the sol.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal, Line Bazar,Pune

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High Court in the UK dismisses review to make Bridge a sport(15.10.2015)

A High Court in the United Kingdom dismissed a challenge against Sport England’s decision to not make ‘Bridge’ a sport. ‘Bridge’ a popular card game p.....

Tags : Uk, bridge, sport, high court, lottery fund

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Daughter of Indian immigrant in UK gets British passport(18.10.2015)

Calling the British Home Office’s assertions of Deelavathi Bondada being fathered by someone other than her claimed biological father “absurd” in ligh.....

Tags : Passport, british, uk, descent

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‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ copied screenplay claims registered copyright holder(18.10.2015)

‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, after its ‘selfie’ headache, visits the court again, this time for claims that the movie’s screenplay is copy of a story that was.....

Tags : Copyright, bajrangi bhaijaan, screenplay

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State has no power to legislate in respect of denatured alcohol which is incapable of human consumption(13.12.2017)

The Petitioners are manufacturers of denatured spirit and have obtained a license for manufacturing under the Rules. The Petitioners claim that they h.....

Tags : Denatured spirit, Regulation, Power of state

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Unless possession of a party is adverse to rights of real owners, plea of adverse possession should not be accepted(18.12.2017)

Appeal arises against the judgment and decree passed in Additional District Court. The Plaintiffs filed the suit for declaration, for recovery of poss.....

Tags : Title, Adverse possession, Rights

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SEBI issues stricter norms to prevent client securities misuse(25.02.2020)

In order to prevent the misuse of client’s securities by broker, the Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a circular tightening the .....

Tags : Client securities, Misuse, Norms

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Validity of a decree can be challenged before an executing court only on ground of an inherent lack of jurisdiction which renders the decree a nullity(15.12.2017)

In 2002, a suit was instituted by the Respondents for a permanent injunction, alleging that the Defendants to the suit were threatening to interfere w.....

Tags : Decree, Execution, Jurisdiction

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Supervisory jurisdiction conferred on High Court is confined only to see whether an inferior Court or tribunal has proceeded within parameters of its jurisdiction(15.12.2017)

The present appeal arises from a judgment of the High Court by which an order of the trial Court allowing an application filed by the Appellant for am.....

Tags : Written Statement, Amendment, Validity

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Centre issues new Rules for appointment of Members to Tribunals(12.02.2020)

The Union Ministry of Finance has framed fresh rules prescribing uniform norms for the appointment and service conditions of members to various tribun.....

Tags : Tribunal Members, Appointment, New Rules

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NGT has jurisdiction to deal with substantial question arises out of enforcement of enactments given in Schedule 1 of NGT Act, 2010(01.05.2017)

Applicant after being shocked on reading the news item, reported in Daily Excelsior Jammu dated 17th February, 2016 giving details of transfer made by.....

Tags : Forest land, Transfer, Jurisdiction

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Retrial cannot be ordered, when there is a mere irregularity or where it does not cause any prejudice(23.01.2018)

Instant appeal arises out of the judgment passed by Kerala High Court allowing Criminal Revision Petition preferred by Respondent No. 1 thereby settin.....

Tags : Conviction, Validity, Retrial

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Central Government set to decriminalise minor technical and procedural defaults under Companies Act(17.05.2020)

In pursuance to objective of providing greater “Ease of Doing Business” to all stakeholders, Government decides to decriminalise the violations involv.....

Tags : Technical default, Decriminalization, Amendment

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Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Public Statement dated June 24, 2016(20.09.2016)

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has called on its members and other jurisdictions to apply counter-measures to protect the international financ.....

Tags : Money laundering, Terrorist financing, Measures

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National Civil Aviation Policy to Boost Tourism: Civil Aviation Minister(22.09.2016)

Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati, Minister of Civil Aviation has said that the Government has taken a number of initiatives to make tourism affordab.....

Tags : Policy, Boost, Tourism

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Trai Issues a Consultation Paper on Infrastructure Sharing in Broadcasting TV Distribution Sector(21.09.2016)

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper on infrastructure sharing in broadcasting TV distribution sector. T.....

Tags : Infrastructure Sharing, Consultation paper, Issuance

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Kerala’s attempt to regulate hartals, legislate world peace next(05.02.2016)

Public comment on Kerala’s Regulation of Hartal Bill, 2015 remained di.....

Tags : Kerala, hartal, bill, 2016, strike, labour

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Parliament Passes the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019(30.07.2019)

Parliament passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019, to ban practice of Triple Talaq. The bill is a historic step to prot.....

Tags : Triple Talaq, Practice, Muslim Women, Protection

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Mere breach of contract cannot give rise to criminal prosecution for cheating unless fraudulent or dishonest intention is shown right at beginning of transaction(31.05.2018)

Present application under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) has been filed for quashing the summoning order passed by Additional .....

Tags : Misappropriation, Proceedings, Quashing of

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Misappropriation of customers' money by a bank officer is a serious misconduct and does not warrant lenient view(01.06.2018)

In facts of present case, the Respondent was given compassionate appointment by the Appellant-Bank on the post of Clerk because his father died in har.....

Tags : Misappropriation, Penalty, Validity

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Special Advance Authorisation Scheme for export of Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories(11.08.2016)

Central Government makes amendments in the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020 with effect from 1st September 2016, In exercise of the powers conferr.....

Tags : Apparels, Export, Authorisation Scheme

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4604 DDG Projects Sanctioned for Covering 4745 Villages and Hamlets(08.08.2016)

Ministry of Power is implementing Decentralized Distributed Generation (DDG) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) through Rural Elect.....

Tags : Electricity, Access, Un-electrified villages, Sanction

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Pharmacopoeias and Formularies containing monographs and formulations of AYUSH drugs are being published by the Government: Shri Shripad Naik(25.07.2017)

The Government has established Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy under the Ministry of AYUSH. Prime mandate of the Pharmaco.....

Tags : Pharmacopoeias, Formularies, Monographs, Publication

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Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Against BCCI(09.09.2015)

Madras High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation petition, seeking direction to Centre to take over management and administration of crick.....

Tags : Madras High Court ,Board of Control for Cricket in India

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NGT Slams Delhi Police on Failure to Submit Complete Details on Route Plan(09.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed Delhi Police for not providing complete details on alternate routes for commercial vehicles passing through .....

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Delhi Police

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NGT Says Realty Projects’ FSI (floor space index) Area, to be Computed for Environmental Nod(09.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held that fire safety provisions, parking spaces and recreation grounds must be included while computing a realty pr.....

Tags : National Green Tribunal ,realty project's

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NGT Seeks Report from Chief Secretary on Arsenic Contamination(09.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, has directed Chief Secretary of West Bengal to file a report on arsenic situation in West Bengal.

Tags : National Green Tribunal,Chief Secretary of West Bengal

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NGT to Haridwar District Administration: “If You Can’t Control Things, the Court Will”(09.09.2015)

Expressing displeasure over non-compliance to its plastic ban order at Haridwar, National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairman Swatanter Kumar directed Harid.....

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Critical Content on PM: Delhi High Court Refuses to Stay Centre's Warning to News Channel(10.09.2015)

Delhi High Court has refused to stay Centre’s 'warning' issued to a Tamil News Channel for allegedly airing contents critical of Prime Minister Narend.....

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Bombay HC Issues Restrain Order against FMCG Company for Infringing Realtor Kalpataru’s Trademark(10.09.2015)

Bombay High Court has granted realty developer Kalpataru Properties‘ request for a preliminary injunction restraining fast moving consumer goods (FMCG.....

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Once Session judge has found that order of authority is not accordance with law, then that order cannot be quashed(28.10.2017)

In the instant petition, the Petitioner has assailed the validity of the order passed by Additional Sessions Judge, whereby the order passed by Petiti.....

Tags : Proceedings, Legality, Supervisory jurisdiction

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The service of notice under Section 80 of CPC is a condition precedent for the institution of a suit against the Government or a public officer.(23.10.2017)

Present is a Plaintiffs' appeal against affirming judgment. Trial Court held that, no prior notice under Section 80 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (.....

Tags : Notice, Service, Right to ferry

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Extended period of limitation is only applicable in case of fraud, collusion, wilful mis-statement, suppression of facts or contravention of provision with intent to evade payment of Service Tax(04.12.2018)

The present appeal is directed against the impugned order passed by the Commissioner (Appeals) whereby the Commissioner (A) has rejected the appeal of.....

Tags : Demand, Confirmation, Extended period, Legality

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Right of private defence does not extend to inflict more harm than it is necessary in exercise of right of private defence(01.04.2019)

The challenge in the present appeals is to a judgment maintaining conviction of the Appellant for an offence under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code, 1.....

Tags : Conviction, Private defence, Applicability

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Union Ministry of Power promulgated Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020(21.12.2020)

Central Government lays down Rights to the Electricity Consumers through “Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020”. The Rules would play a signi.....

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INDIA –BRAZIL SIGNED SOCIAL SECURITY AGREEMENT(16.03.2017)

India and Brazil signed a Social Security Agreement which will exempt detached workers from making social security contributions in either countries,.....

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Centre Mandates Trucks with Air Conditioned Cabins for Drivers(24.07.2017)

The Central Government has mandated vide its notification no G.S.R 1034(E) dated 02nd November, 2016, that with effect from 01st day of April, 2017 al.....

Tags : Air Conditioned, Cabins, Drivers, Mandatory

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Measures taken to check irregularities in MGNREGA(24.07.2017)

The Government today said that the launching of National Electronic Fund Management System (NeFMS) in 21 States and one UT for direct transfer of wage.....

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High Court laments quality of civilisation in custodial death(20.10.2015)

“…quality of a nation’s civilization can be largely measured by the methods it uses in enforcing criminal law”, opined the High Court, in determining .....

Tags : Custody, death, court, ineffective, riot

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International Financial Services Centres Authority notifies the regulatory framework for distribution of capital market products and services(21.12.2022)

The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), in furtherance of its mandate to develop and regulate financial products, financial se.....

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In ceiling proceedings, it is the duty of land owner to show which portion of his land is exempt from ceiling proceeding(25.04.2018)

In facts of present case, Satwarao, predecessor-in-interest of the Appellant, held huge tracts of land but did not file return under the Ceiling Act. .....

Tags : Ceiling, Revenue entries, Validity

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Aarti Industries Gets Approval from Bombay, Gujarat High Court for Amalgamation Scheme(22.09.2015)

Chemicals & pharma firm Aarti Industries has received approval from High Courts of Bombay and Gujarat for a scheme of amalgamation of Gogri and Sons I.....

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NGT Raps Maharshtra Govt. for Not Enforcing Eco Norms for Sand Mining(22.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped state environment department for failing to ensure compliance of environment clearance conditions for sand mi.....

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Dr Reddy's, BioMarin Settles Patent Dispute Over Kuvan 100mg Tablets(22.09.2015)

BioMarin Pharmaceutical has entered into a settlement agreement with Dr Reddy's Laboratories to resolve patent litigation in the US regarding Kuvan, t.....

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SC Directs Centre to Reply to Plea on Releasing Bose Files(22.09.2015)

Supreme Court has directed Home Ministry and Prime Minister's Office to respond to a representation to declassify several files on Netaji Subhas Chand.....

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Allahabad High Court: Appointment of Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Services Chief is Illegal(23.09.2015)

Allahabad High Court has declared appointment of retired IAS officer Lal Bihari Pandey as the chairman of the UP Higher Education Services Commission .....

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MP High Court Directs Action Against Policeman who Beat Up Lawyer in Pandarinath(23.09.2015)

MP High Court while taking a petition seeking immediate action against policemen who thrashed a lawyer during violence in Pandarinath area, has direct.....

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Supreme Court Dismisses Govt.'s Allegation Over RIL Arbitration(23.09.2015)

SC has dismissed Govt.'s allegation of biasness against an arbitrator in an ongoing arbitration to resolve a row with Reliance Industries over Panna-M.....

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For issuance of writ of quo warranto, appointment has to be contrary to statutory rules(14.05.2019)

The Petitioner, himself a lawyer, would seek quashment of the appointment of Respondent No. 3 on the post of Deputy Advocate General by issuance of wr.....

Tags : Appointment, Legality, Writ, Issuance

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Revision of North East Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy, 2007 for new industrial units(24.11.2016)

1. Government had approved a package of incentives and concessions to promote industrialization and investment in the North East Region (including Sik.....

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Restrictions on Promoters and Whole-Time Directors of Compulsorily Delisted Companies Pending Fulfillment of Exit Offers to the Shareholders(07.09.2016)

In terms of section 21A of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (SCR Act) read with rule 21 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules,.....

Tags : Restrictions, Promoters, Delisted Companies, Investors interest, Protection

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Ministry of Finance amends Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal and other Authorities (Qualifications, Experience and Other Conditions of Service of Members) Rules, 2020(30.06.2021)

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 184 of the Finance Act, 2017, the Ministry of Finance notifies Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal and other A.....

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SEBI notifies simplified norms for processing investor’s service requests by RTAs and norms for furnishing PAN, KYC details and nomination(17.11.2023)

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) vide its Circular No. SEBI/HO/MIRSD/POD-1/P/CIR/2023/181 dated November, 17, 2023, has simplified th.....

Tags : SEBI, Registrars’ Association of India, Benami Transactions (Prohibitions) Act, 1988, Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002

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Loss of Ecology Authority shuttered(07.04.2016)

The Loss of Ecology Authority, functioning intermittently to entertain claim petitions form farmers seeking compensation for damage caused to agricult.....

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Present Court ought not to interfere with impugned order, since provision of appeal under Section 22 of National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 is akin to that of second appeal(14.06.2019)

The present challenge under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been directed against an order whereby the National Green Tribunal passed a d.....

Tags : Inspection, Jurisdiction, Appropriate forum

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RBI Announces OMO Purchase of Government of India Dated Securities(06.09.2016)

Based on the current assessment of prevailing and evolving liquidity conditions, the Reserve Bank has decided to conduct purchase of Government securi.....

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Driving Licenses and Vehicle Registration Certificates can now be accessed through Mobile App(07.09.2016)

Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping and Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Electronics & Information Technology .....

Tags : Mobile App, Access, Driving Licenses, Registration Certificates

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NGT to Delhi Police: Tell us Count of Trucks Entering City(10.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Delhi Police that how many heavy commercial vehicles entering via Panipat are destined to the capital and dire.....

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Bombay HC Asks "Is it a Feasible Decision to Impose Ban on Meat for 4 Days in a City Like Mumbai"(11.09.2015)

Bombay HC while hearing petition filed by Bombay Mutton Dealers' Association challenging four-day meat ban during Jain festival (Paryushan), has quest.....

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Allahabad High Court Says Minor Girl's Marriage is Legal(11.09.2015)

Allahabad High Court on a petition moved by girl through her husband has ruled that minor girl's marriage could not be termed void ab initio (not mai.....

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NGT Raps DDA Over Delay in Submitting Report on Deconcretisation of Trees(11.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for not submitting report on deconcretisation of trees in Delhi, even when.....

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NGT Appoints Panel to Watch Srivaikuntam Dam Desilting(11.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Bench has appointed a five-member committee to monitor desilting of Srivaikuntam dam in Thoothukudi.

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NGT Seeks Concluding Report on Taj’s Eco Sensitive Zone before Finalization(11.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered both UP Government and environmentalist MC Mehta to file their concluding reports before the final argument .....

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Government allows direct listing of securities by public Indian companies on International Exchanges of GIFT-IFSC(24.01.2024)

The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, has amended Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules, 2019, and notified the .....

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Joint Communique issued at the end of the two day Meeting of the BRICS Heads of Revenue and Experts on Tax Matters at Mumbai(06.12.2016)

The Heads of Revenue of the BRICS countries, namely the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People's Rep.....

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Clarification regarding availability of Transitional Credit for GST(17.08.2017)

As per the rules, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for the month of July 2017 has to be paid by 20th August, 2017. Only after the payment of full GST,.....

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Power of rejection or refusal can be exercised by State Government after giving an opportunity of being heard(18.06.2019)

The challenge in present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is to the order passed by the first Respondent which has been confirm.....

Tags : Personal hearing, Opportunity, Entitlement

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When a legislative intent is clear from the language of provision, Court should give effect to it(24.09.2018)

The background facts of the case are that, the Respondent filed a Civil Suit for possession by enforcement of the right of prior purchase against the .....

Tags : Prior purchase, Right, Statute, Interpretation

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If Court passes a decree having no jurisdiction over the matter, it would amount to nullity(02.11.2018)

In instant second appeal, learned counsel for the Appellant has raised issue of jurisdiction of the trial Court as well as the Appellate Court on the .....

Tags : Matrimonial dispute, Jurisdiction, Nullity

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State Government had no jurisdiction and authority to convert a statutory appeal in a representation and issue directions(01.11.2018)

The Petitioner is the owner of plots carved out in a private layout within the municipal limits of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation ('municipal .....

Tags : Power, Jurisdiction, Legality

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SC Dismisses BCCI's Plea to Review its Verdict on N Srinivasan's Conflict of Interest(30.09.2015)

Supreme Court has dismissed N Srinivasan's plea seeking clarification whether he could attend governing body meeting in his capacity as President of T.....

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NGT Slams Haryana Government over Carrying Car-free Gurgaon Initiative through NGO(30.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed Haryana Government over its submission that study on impact of pollution on recent 'car-free day' in Gurgaon.....

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NGT Raps Vrindaban Authorities over Reckless Dumping of Municipal Waste(30.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) while taking note of reckless dumping of municipal waste in Vrindavan, has rapped civic authorities and directed removal.....

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NGT Extends Time to Pay Royalty on Coal till Oct 31(30.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has extended time for payment of royalty of already extracted coal in Meghalaya by a month, as heavy rains had hampered .....

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NGT Seeks Report on Number of Vehicles Entering Delhi from All Points(30.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought report on number of vehicles entering Delhi from all entry points.

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Sebi Exempts 3 PSBs From Takeover Code Obligations(30.09.2015)

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has exempted Centre from discloser of takeover code obligations for its investment in Dena Bank, Bank of.....

Tags : Securities and Exchange Board of India,Dena Bank, Bank of India, Corporation Bank.

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NGT Serves Notice to Centre over Plea Seeking Cattle Slaughter Ban(01.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has served a notice to Centre looking for its response to plea demanding nationwide ban on slaughter of indigenous cattl.....

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Right to use passage granted in sale deed will not terminate in terms of provisions of Easements Act(16.07.2019)

In present matter, the Defendants are in appeal aggrieved against the judgment and decree passed by the High Court, whereby judgment and decree passed.....

Tags : Easement, Necessity, Right

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Bombay HC Issues Notice to Centre, Others over PIL Seeking End on Pune Film Institute Strike(20.10.2015)

Bombay High Court on a PIL seeking directions to put an end to the ongoing strike at Pune-based film institute, has served notice to Union I&B and Hom.....

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NGT Issues Notice to Larsen & Toubro(20.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) on plea against operation of concrete-manufaturing plant on Yamuna flood plains, has issued notice Larsen & Toubro which.....

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NGT Restrains two Developers from Dumping Debris in Buckingham Canal(20.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained two developers,Olympia Infratech and ECR Coastline Resorts from dumping debris in Buckingham canal, as we.....

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Supreme Court Transfers 300 Cases to NGT, Central and State-Level Committee(21.10.2015)

SC in order to speed up various projects across the country that are stuck awaiting for permission from Supreme Court’s Green Bench, has transferred m.....

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NGT Issues Notice to NTPC for Sand Mining in Gadarwara Thermal Plant(21.10.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has served notices to NTPC and Bridge and Roof Company (India) Ltd for alleged illegal excavation of sand for constructi.....

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Indian Patent Office Disallows Patent for Boehringer Ingelheim’s HIV Drug, Nevirapine(21.10.2015)

Indian Patent Office has disallowed Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim a patent on its HIV drug, Nevirapine, sold as Viramune XR (extended release), yet a.....

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Rights of a bona fide tenant would not be automatically terminated by forfeiture of property(17.08.2017)

In present case, vide impugned order, one Krishna Budha Gawde was detained under Section 3(1) of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention o.....

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Powers of revision of Special Tribunal are wide and include the power to re-appreciate evidence and record its own findings(16.08.2017)

Present intra Court appeal is against the judgment of learned Single Judge whereby order of Jammu & Kashmir Tribunal has been quashed and the Appellan.....

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If law provides for a particular manner in which a particular thing is to be done, it should be done in that way only and none other(22.02.2019)

The present petitions is preferred for quashing the impugned orders passed by the Respondent No. 2 and restore the order dated April 10, 2017. Consequ.....

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Unless a prima facie case exists, Informant has no vested right to seek investigation into alleged contravention of provisions(26.02.2019)

The Appellant is aggrieved of order dated 9th November, 2018 passed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) under Section 26(2) of the Competitio.....

Tags : Bid rigging, Investigation, Closing of

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Jurisdiction of civil Courts cannot be completely taken away in spite of either an express or implied bar(19.08.2019)

The order of assessment and the demand for payment of property tax made on the Respondents was the subject matter of challenge in a civil suit filed b.....

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Supreme Court Dispenses Kejriwal from Personal Appeareance in Amethi Court for Now(23.09.2015)

Supreme Court has dispensed with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal , for now, from personal appearance before a court in Amethi in Uttar Pradesh in.....

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Supreme Court Confirms Delhi HC Order on Royal Assets(24.09.2015)

SC has confirmed Delhi HC order to transfer some shares of Maharani Gayatri Devi to her grandchildren (Devraj and Lalitya Kumari) and dismissed object.....

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NGT Looks for Data to Check Car-Free-Day Effect(24.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Haryana Government to submit air pollution data to substantiate the actual impact of Gurgaon's experiment with.....

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NGT Issues Notice over Unauthorized Structures on Green Belt in Gaziabad(24.09.2015)

NGT on plea seeking demolition of unauthorized structures located on green belts in Gaziabad, has issued notice to Ministry of Environment and Forests.....

Tags : NGT ,Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), UP Govt., Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA), UP State Industrial Development Corporation (UPSIDC)

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NGT Put Stay on Construction at Chirayu Medical College, Bhopal(24.09.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has put an interim stay on all construction activity of Chirayu Foundation near Bairagarh township, as they were alleged.....

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Lindt Wins Legal Battle over Gold Chocolate Bear Logo(24.09.2015)

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli has defeated rival confectioner Haribo, who sought to stop it from making its gold chocolate bears. Germany's .....

Tags : Lindt & Spruengli, Haribo,gold chocolate bears

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Expiry of Certificate of Authorization (CoA)(20.10.2016)

Under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, The Reserve Bank of India had issued Certificate of Authorization (CoA) to M/s Done Card Utility L.....

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Cabinet approves MoU between India and BRICs countries to set up BRICS Agriculture Research Platform(02.08.2017)

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed.....

Tags : MOU, Approval, Agricultural research

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RBI issues directions on Digital Payment Security Controls(18.02.2021)

In order to set up a robust governance structure, RBI issues direction on Digital Payment Security Controls. The Master Direction provides necessary g.....

Tags : Digital Payment, Security, Direction

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Faridabad Bar Association Bars Outstation Lawyers from Appearing in Courts Sans Local Counsel(22.06.2018)

The District Bar Association of Faridabad has passed a resolution barring all out station advocates from appearing in any court without local counsel......

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Ministry of Labour and Employment mandates Aadhar Information for Social Security Benefits(05.05.2021)

Ministry of Labour and Employment has now been mandated to seek the 12-digit unique identification number Aadhaar from people like employees and unorg.....

Tags : Social Security Benefits, Aadhar Information, Necessity

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NGT Seeks Report on Diesel and Petrol Vehicles Registered in 2014 and 2015(26.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought report from Delhi Transport Department on total number of vehicles registered in 2014 and 2015 and a break-up.....

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Bombay High Court Directs Salman Khan's Lawyers to Submit List of 'Missing' Documents(26.08.2015)

Bombay High Court has directed Salman Khan’s lawyers to submit fresh list of documents that they feel are missing from records in 2002 drunken driving.....

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Bombay High Court Appreciates BMC for Setting Grievance Redressal Mechanism for Mumbaikars(27.08.2015)

Bombay High Court has appreciated efforts taken by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to set up Grievance Redressal Mechanism to enable Mumbaika.....

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Supreme Court Stays Trial Against Italian Marines on Orders of ITLOS(27.08.2015)

Supreme Court has put stay on all proceedings against two Italian marines accused of killing Indian fishermen from Kerala in 2012, honouring order of .....

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NGT Orders Delhi Police to Devise Alternative Routes on Delhi Roads(27.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Delhi Police to devise fresh alternative routes for commercial vehicles passing through Delhi so that traffi.....

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NGT Serve Notices on Auto Centres(27.08.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought reply from Centre on a plea alleging inaction for allowing automobile service centres to operate in residenti.....

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PMO to CIC: Cannot Declassify Bose’s File(28.08.2015)

Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has admitted before Central Information Commission (CIC) that it has files related to Bose but did not give any specific.....

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RBI issues regulations under the amended Factoring Regulation Act, 2011(20.01.2022)

In the recent past, Central Government has amended the Factoring Regulation Act, 2011 widening the scope of companies that can undertake factoring bus.....

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Lok Sabha passes Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill(21.12.2023)

In a historic decision, the Lok Sabha passes the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023, repealing the colonial era law of the Press and Reg.....

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National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) implemented throughout India(04.11.2016)

The National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) is finally implemented throughout all the territories of India including all States and Union Territories......

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NGT to CGWA: Test Ground Water in Malanjkhand Copper Project(02.11.2015)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) to test ground water in 10 kms radius in the Malanjkhand copper projec.....

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