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Before the revocation of Article 370 and 35A, ‘The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004’ was in force to provide reservation in jobs to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Socially and Educationally Backward Classes in the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir. After revocation of Article 370, ‘Th..

  The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of the Industrial Relations Code, 2019 in the Parliament. Benefits: Setting up of two-member tribunal (in place of one mem..

The instructions issued by Government on India under Article 16 (4) and 16 (4A) of the Constitution are, mutatis mutandis, followed by the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), Financial Institutions including the Public Sector Banks under the Central Government. Implementation of the reservation provisions are insisted upon as a pre-condition to receive grants-in-aid ..

As per extant provision of law, the investigating agency has to seek sanction for prosecution.  Hence the question of CVC awaiting sanction to prosecute staff/officers does not arise.  The grant of sanction for prosecution is done in a continuous process, which inter-alia involves scrutiny and analysis of voluminous case ..

  The National Green Tribunal has directed State of Uttar Pradesh to pay Rs 10 crore as Environment Compensation, for causing damage to the environment by permitting discharge of untreated sewage, containing toxic Chromium, into 'River Ganga'.. A bench led by Chairperson Justi..

Delhi High Court has rejected an application seeking quashing of a rape case, filed under section 376 of IPC, on the ground of a settlement being reached between the victim and the accused. Refusing to exercise the inherent power under section 482 of CrPC, Justice Brijesh Sethi held that rape not only causes serious injury to a..

The Registrar of Companies (ROC) cannot strike off the name of a company during Corporate Interim Resolution Process, which is reported to have pending litigation, the Ahmadabad Bench of National Company Law Tribunal has held. A bench of Harihar Prakash Chaturvedi (Member Judicial) and Prasanta Kumar Mohanty (Member Technical) ..

In the backdrop of Delhi-NCR gasping for fresh air due to severe pollution, the Allahabad High Court pulled up Uttar Pradesh administration for failure to stop the operation of illegal brick kilns without Environmental Clearance and asked the administration to show cause as to why contempt proceedings must not be instituted against it. p style="text-align: j..

As hundreds of aggrieved depositors of the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank protested outside the Bombay High Court, Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday filed a detailed affidavit listing out the reasons why the financial irregularities at Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank were not detected earlier by the Central Bank and steps being taken to ease the fi..

This article was authored with the contributions from Mr. Navin Kumar Jaggi, Advocate at JJ&J Attorneys. This article is the second part in a series that examines how precautionary principle can aid the implementation of NREP Even after precautionary principle was firmed up at the Rio Declaration under principle 15..

It will take some time for me to come to terms with what I have read in various newspapers including Amar Ujala and Dainik Jagran among others dated 17/11/2019 wherein none other than the UP Bar Council Chairman and senior advocate Harishankar Singh who has an impeccable track record has openly not just espoused the creation of a hig..

A Delhi Court has admitted a plea filed by the parents of 2012-gangrape victim, seeking transfer of the case to another judge. The victim's parents have sought court's direction to Tihar Jail authorities to expedite the execution of the rape convicts. The court will hear the matter..

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking a ban on video app TikTok for being a medium of "unfiltered sexual content, and harming youths of the country". The petition was filed on November 11 by Mumbai-resident Heena Darvesh, a mother of three children. p style="text-al..

The Delhi High Court declined on Monday to entertain a plea by two lawyers seeking to replace the police with some other security force in the courts here in view of the clash between the two sides earlier this month. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar refused to hear the matter saying the situation b..

The Winter Session of the Parliament commenced on Monday and will continue till December 13. The session is likely to consider as many as 27 bills. Some important Bills that are likely to be discussed during this session are: The Pesticides Management Bill, 2019 p ..