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Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) during its 183rd Meeting held yesterday under the chairmanship of Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Labour & Employment (I/C) has taken several significant decisions to improve its delivery of medical services and other benefits to workers. Medical ser..

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF INDIA SHRI KK VENUGOPAL HAS CONSENTED TO INITIATE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ARTIST RACHITA TANEJA ON A PLEA FILED BY A LAW STUDENT. WHO IS RACHITA TANEJA? Rachita Taneja is a cartoonist and founder of the Sanitary Panel, an instagram ac..

LATEST UPDATE The Punjab & Haryana High Court recently quashed a defamation suit under Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) It stated that a defamation suit can be filed only by family members, relatives and near relatives only, and not by any unrelated person. ..

OVERVIEW The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday ruled that two consenting adults in a relationship had the right to live together without any interference from their families. The court noted that though live-in relationships are not accepted by the Indian society, they do not amount to any offence under law. l..

SUMMARY The Kerala High Court has held that a Rent Control Court has the power to condone delay under Section 5 of the Limitation Act. The appointment of a Munsiff as Rent Control Court is not as a persona designata or a quasi-judicial authority, bench observed while overruling ..

MATTER IN ISSUE On 15th June 2017, Karan and Sunny (appellants) and MB (a juvenile in conflict with law) dragged Gulfamout of his house. Appellants held Gulfam while MB stabbed him in his back with a (chhuri)knife thereby causing fatal injuries. FIR was lodged and the appellants..

SYNOPSIS This article is a reflexive piece that would be dealing with judicial review. The article deals with judicial review from its origin to its usage and application in the current scenario. Major judicial verdicts whereby the power of judicial review is exercised by courts are also discussed in brief. h2 style="..

Synopsis This piece will take a look at the modern approach that emerged in the field of the judiciary, which is technology infused processes in the day to day activities of judiciary. Technology is the major drive force in various industries and fields looking into the effects and efficacy of tech in the legal field, in part..

SYNOPSIS The text will be discussing about Fraud and its effects on arbitral awards in India will be the prime nature of this paper. Furthermore, the text will also take a look at the recent changes made by the Supreme Court of India in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to clear the muddied waters surrounding the arb..

LATEST JUDGEMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT The Supreme Court in a recent judgment held that the offence of dowry death under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code cannot be made out if the cause of death has not been established as unnatural. The Court in this case settled that for a..

My paper titled "MINIMUM GOVERNMENT & MAXIMUM GOVERNANCE - KNOW YOUR MINISTRY" published earlier laid a strong foundation for my study and analyze the role functions of 63 Ministries /Departments of Government of India. This preliminary study involved referring to the respective official websites of the Ministries as the only primary and secondary..

The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports was initially set up as the Department of Sports in 1982 at the time of the organization of the IX Asian Games in New Delhi. Its name was changed to the Department of Youth affairs & sports during the celebration of the International Youth Year, 1985. It became a full-fledged Ministry on 27th May 2000 resulting in t..

BRIEF OVERVIEW • "Number of cases/decisions could be quoted, wherein the Constitutional Courts have suggested or bringing the new Act or to bring suitable amendments in the various existing Acts and till date, they have not been done."While observing that either the Parliament or the State Legislature, are not ..

MATTER IN ISSUE · The High Court of Calcutta was hearing a Petition for anticipatory bail filed by one Ranjit De who was served a notice under Section 41A to appear before the officer in relation to a crime in the case of Ranjit De @ Ranjit Kumar De v. State. · Three people..

Synopsis This article is a reflexive piece which would delve into the order of the Calcutta High Court whereby it came down heavily on an investigating officer for harassing a citizen by abusing the provision of law enshrined under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Pro..