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Introduction  The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 contains provisions for investigation and settlement of industrial disputes. There are special authorities constituted with a view to resolve the disputes, starting from conciliation officers, work committees, court of inquiry, Labour courts, Industrial Tribunals..

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In today's article we shall be discussing per incuriam cases in the tax domain. "Per incuriam" literally means "through lack of care". A per incuriam case is one which has ignored established judicial precedents, or statutory law and has hence laid down incorrect law. Ajudicial pronouncement is not a binding precedent i..

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids on Senior Advocates Anand Grover and Indira Jaising , in connection with the FIR  filed against Lawyers Collective for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act. .The raids follow the registration of a case by the CBI against the NGO, Lawyers Co..

The #MeToo movement and its growing momentum has raised eyebrows across India and the world. Each new exposé leaves a jolted onlooker asking the same question - whether India's legal framework falls short of providing adequate protection to a victim of s*xual harassment and creating a safe work environment. However, the central issue remains, m..

The Supreme Court has refused to entertain the petition filed by the Brahman Samaj of India seeking directions to change the title of the film “Article 15”.  The Bench asked the petitioner to approach the “appropriate authority under the Act”. The main contention of the petition was that the title o..

Union Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Harsh Vardhan introduced “The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019” today in the Lok Sabha. While introducing, the Union Minister said that this Bill is for the regulation of use and application of DNA technology for the purpose of establishing identity of missing persons, victims, offende..

As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (in short Forest Rights Act, 2006) and rules thereunder, responsibility for implementation of the Act lies with the States/UTs. As per the information available with Ministry, received from State Governments, till 31.03.2019, a total of 19,64,048 titles (indivi..

To start with, a woman advocate named Ms Indu Kaul who is a regularly practising lady advocate duly entered on the roll of bar Council of Delhi under Advocates Act, 1961 has approached the Supreme Court by filing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking CBI enquiry in the murder case of Ms Darvesh Yadav who was the newly elected President of UP Bar Council and who w..

Institution or filing of civil case commences with the presentation of plaint into civil court having jurisdiction to try the suit. Filing suit does not mean merely submitting a petition called plaint, it should be accompanied by other documents required under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC). Have a look at the provision, procedure and papers to be filed alon..

Judiciary and the Legislature have been in a head to head battle in almost all constitutions. It comes down to being at loggerheads with Legal and political controversy and what ultimately prevails.  It’s about coming out of the shackles of the limitations to establish the supremacy over the other institution. Both the i..

A Look Out Circular (LOC)  was issued against the former Chairman of Jet Airways Naresh Goyal after an inspection conducted by the Corporate Affairs Ministry. They  found the  large-scale irregularities at Jet Airways. The airline has a negative net worth for long and has run a loss of over Rs 13,000 crore in the past few years. Therefore, it has over..

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a PIL filed by the students of Delhi University. The PIL was seeking directions to be given to the University for ensuring hostel accommodation to the students. The division bench of Chief Justice Patel and Justice Shankar observed that there was absence of statutory obligation on the Universi..

After tabling the Economic survey for the financial year of 2018-19 on July 04, 2019, India's first-ever full time Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitaraman is set to present her first General Budget 2019 before the Parliament today, i.e. 05th July 2019 just a day after presentation of Economic Survey which quoted the low rate of growth of India&rs..

The International Court of Justice will deliver it's verdict the Kulbhusan Jadhav case on July 17. As per notification issued by ICJ on Thursday declared “ The International Court of Justice the principal judical organ of the United Nationals, will deliver on Wednesday, 17 July, it's judgment in the Jadhav..