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In the judgment of the two writ petitions filed by the as many Judicial Officers from Jharkhand - Arun Kumar Gupta and Raj Nandan Rai v.State of Jharkhand & Another, delivered on February 27, 2020, Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Deepak Gupta, at the Supreme Court have observed while dismissing those writ petitions that..

In a significant development, the Allahabad High Court just recently on February 18, 2020 has pronounced explicitly in a noteworthy judgment titled “K.P.Thakur And Another Vs. State of U.P. And Another” in Application U/S 482 No. - 40418 of 2012 that for constituting an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Sche..

The Supreme Court delivered a significant verdict stating that if an organisation is not involved in active politics or party politics, but support public causes by resorting to legitimate means of dissent like 'bandh', 'hartals' etc., then it cannot be deprived of its legitimate right of receiving foreign contributions. The petitioner..

Through two concurring judgments by a 3-judge bench consisting of Justice Arun Mishra, Justice Vineet Saran & Justice S. Ravindra Bhat at the Supreme Court, has disposed of a bunch of civil appeals, writ petitions and transfer petitions including the civil appeal of Dheeraj Mor v. Hon’ble High Court of Delhi, on February 19, 2020, hopefully clarifying it, fo..

Arbitration has always been a complex field to navigate around. Especially so in India, where there is an emerging need for alternate dispute resolution but also, a certain reluctance to accept anything but dispute resolution by the traditional system of Courts exists. Thus, the Government of India has attempted constantly to draft and create and perfect the laws rela..

Online Terms and Conditions With the advance use of electronic commerce and the internet, online contracts have gained value in terms of scope and multiplicity in particular. The online contract or electronic contract is an arrangement that is electronically modelled, signed and enforced, usually over the internet...

Responding to a question in the Lok Sabha today asking whether the Government has received any information / feedback about the Motor Vehicle Act, Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways stated that  few references have been received from the State Government of Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana and Kerala and from certain agencies like Soc..

Last date for public consultation April 3, 2020 Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) has invited suggestions and feedback for simplification of the adoption process from all stakeholders, including prospective adoptive parents, Specialized Adoption Agencies, Child Welfare Committees, State Adoption Resour..

The�outbreak�of the Corona Virus (2019-nCov) that started in the Chinese city of Wuhan (Hubei Province) in late 2019 has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO�declared�that core principles of human rights and health includes accountability, equality and non-discrimination, a..

Introduction The term “Trademark” is referred to a brand for a business containing a phrase and/or logo which differentiate a company from others. A trademark would stand your brand in the marketplace as well as it would protect the brand legally. It would be great to register for a trademark if you wan..

After the initial euphoria of being a hot-shot lawyer and working for long hours reduces, lawyers are forced to think about how fair they are being to the other aspects of life. Like their family, health, social life, special interests, society and other passions. According to surveys almost 50% of lawyers admit that they worry about the work-life balance/s..

The Supreme Court,on Wednesday, passed a judgement lifting the curbs imposed by the Reserve Bank of India’s 2 year old ban on trading in virtual currency, cryptocurrency and bitcoins. The Court held that the RBI's circular, which prevented regulated entities from providing banking services to those engaged in the t..

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has filed an intervention in the Supreme Court on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and informed India's Permanent Mission in Geneva about it. The application was filed by Michelle Bachelet Jeria, the UN High Commissioner for Huma..

  The target envisaged in National Health Policy, 2017 for relative reduction in prevalence of current tobacco use is 30% by 2025. The National Health Policy 2017 of the Government of India identifies coordinated action on ‘Addressing tobacco, alcohol and substance abuse’ as one of the seven priority areas as o..

The Central Government is fully committed to implement the Right to Information (RTI) Act in respect of public authorities under it.  Each State Government is responsible for implementation of the Right to Information Act in respect of the public authorities in the State concerned. In respect of the Central Information Com..