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What is the decision of the Supreme Court? A bench of three Judges of the Supreme Court on Thursday decided to transfer to itself a batch of writ petitions filed against provisions concerning personal guarantee under the ..

OVERVIEW Central government had assured the Supreme Court that a legislation will be introduced to tackle air pollution in Delhi-NCR after which the Court kept its order to appoint a one-man judicial committee. Ordinance sets up Commission on Air Quality Management in Delhi-NCR;..

WHAT IS THE CASE? An FIR was filed against a 29-year-old woman named Roshni Biswas for posting on Facebook that lockdown norms were being violated in Kolkata's Raja Bazaar area and that the police was complacent(satisfied with existing situation) in taking action in the area to safeguard "a particular communi..

Ministry of Food Processing Industries is headed by a Cabinet rank Minister as an additional charge along with portfolios under Rural Development, Agriculture, Family Welfare and Panchayat Raj assisted by a Minister of State. The Ministry has established its Goals and Roles to realise a strong and dynamic food processing sector through reduction in the wastage of pe..

One of the Main functions of Ministry of Finance is entrusted with the mandate of the Department of Financial Services covers the functioning of Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurance Companies and the National Pension System. The Department of Financial Services (DFS) oversees several key programs/initiatives and reforms of the Government concerning the Banking S..

The Department functions under the Ministry of Finance and has a published Vision to Promote people’s ownership of Central Public Sector Enterprises to share in their prosperity through disinvestment and efficient management of public investment in CPSEs for accelerating economic development and augmenting Government’s resources for higher expenditure/p..

One of the five critical wings of the Finance Ministry is the Department of Revenue. It functions under the overall direction and control of the Secretary (Revenue) and exercises control in respect of matters relating to all the Direct and Indirect Union Taxes through two statutory Boards namely, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Indi..

INTRODUCTION In essence, media ethics is a codification of a portion of basic moral principles, such as accuracy, objectivity, honesty, trustworthiness, decency, unprejudiced existence, and so on. Media ethics is part of applied morality that uses the knowledge of meta-morals and universal principles or rules to regularise mo..

WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND? • Recently, the Madhya Pradesh High judge stated that a lawyer who is admitted under Section 24 of the Advocates Act, 1961, could be subject to additional requirements until he is eligible to practise as a lawyer in court. Sanjay Yadav and Justice Rajeev Kumar Dubey, the Bench of Acting Chief Just..

What was the issue? A PIL was filled before the Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court alleging that various political parties were organizing political functions, which is increasing the Covid-19 cases and the State authorities are not taking any action against such political parties and its members. p style=..

A meeting of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) was held today. The Board, after detailed deliberations, approved the following regulations: a. International Financial Services Centres Authority (Bullion Exchange) Regulations, 2020 The Government of India, on the recommendation of IFSCA, notified the bullion spot delivery contract and ..

Supreme Court reiterates its decision A three judge bench of the Supreme Court (SC), in an order passed on 15th October 2020 in Asian Resurfacing Of Road Agency & another v Central Bureau Of Investigation, reiterated that any stay order granted by any court sub ordinate to the SC, including the High Court, in civil or cri..

What stops the Government of India from initiating prosecution against Twitter, when it has committed a criminal offence which requires the offenders to be prosecuted as per law? If the boundary of India would have been changed in the map on paper or the internet in general, it would have attracted a criminal offence whereas the impact of changing geo-location is mo..

Decision of the Supreme Court In the case of Bikramjit Singh v. State of Punjab, the Bench led by Justice RF Nariman of the Supreme Court observed that the accused has an indefeasible right to 'default bail'. The three-judge bench of the Supreme Court consisting Justices..

VIRTUAL FUNCTIONING OF COURTS Earlier on April 6th, 2020 the SC authorized High Courts across the country to formulate arrangements for video conferencing in courts in their respective regions, and issued some guidelines for how matters are to be heard while maintaining social distancing during theCovid-19 lockdown./..