The Competition Commission of India (Commission) in its meeting held on 5th December, 2014 (05.12.2014) approved the proposed merger between Sun Pharma and Ranbaxy, subject to the parties inter alia carrying out the divestiture of their products rel ..
The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development had issued advisories to all State/UT Government on 23rd December,2013 to ensure effective implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2 ..
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 which came into effect from 14th November, 2012 is a comprehensive law to provide for the protection of children from the offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography, wh ..
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has condoled the passing away of Shri Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer. In a condolence message, the President has said, “It was with profound sorrow that I learnt of the passing away of Shri Justice V ..
The Minister Of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya has said that Labour Laws reform is a continuous process in order to bring them in tune with the emerging needs of the economy after tri-partite consultations amongst Gove ..
Representations have been received from time to time from different organisations including Non-Governmental Organisations for withdrawal of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). Justice Jeevan Reddy Committee in its report submitted to Gove ..
As per intimation received about death in Police Custody, the total cases registered this year upto 15/11/14 is 82 as against 140 in the previous full year. Maximum such cases have been recorded from Maharashtra amongst all States/UTs since 2013-14, ..
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for introduction of the comprehensive Anti-Hijacking Bill 2014. The current law, the Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982, was last amended in 1994. After the hijack ..
The Lok Sabha has passed the Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Amendment Bill, 2014 today. The Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Shri Bandaru ..
A little more than a half of the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 (Act) came into force from 1st April 2014. Following this, several communications were received in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs from chamber of commerce and professional institu ..