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In a recent judgement dated 11.07.2018, Delhi High Court in the matter of HII Life care limited Versus Happy Lectricals (2018 SCC Online DL 9814) held that in case of not specifying the seat of arbitration in the arbitration agreement by parties and also seat is not determined by the arbitrator in its award, the court in which the application was fi..

 The Ministry of Labour & Employment, through its Labour Welfare Organizations across the country, implements welfare schemes relating to housing, education and health for beedi workers, mica mine workers, limestone & dolomite mine workers, iron ore manganese, chrome ore mine workers and cine workers. These schemes were earlier administered through 5 We..

As per the information received from the States/UTs, the number of employment exchanges functioning in the country (as on January, 2016) are 997 including Maharashtra, Bihar and Jharkhand. The State-wise detail is at Annexure-I. The Ministry is implementing the National Career Service (NCS) Project as a plan scheme for transformati..

Discussions are underway regarding a Policy for Domestic Workers, the salient features of  which are as follows: Inclusion of Domestic Workers  in the existing legislations Registration of Domestic workers. Right to form their own ..

As per the results of available labour force surveys on Employment-Unemployment conducted by Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment, the estimated unemployment rate for persons aged 15 years and above on usual status basis in the country in 2011-12,  2012-13, 2013-14 and 2015-16 was 3.3%, 4.0%, 3.4% and 3.7% respectively. p style="text-align: ..

"Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer but is the incentive to progress."  -Herbert Hoover Competition law have been one of the most underdeveloped law in India. The need for competition law came to the fore when MRTP Act revealed its inadequacy. In the matter o..

  The Ministry has prepared a draft Higher Education Commission of India Bill, 2018 for repeal of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Actand setting up Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) for promoting the quality of academic instruction, maintenance of academic standards and autonomy of higher educational institu..

It has to be conceded with grace right at the very beginning that in a landmark judgment with far reaching consequences hugely uplifting the sagging morale of lower caste pilgrims, the Uttarakhand High Court just recently on 15 June, 2018 in Pukhraj & Others Versus State of Uttarakhand and other in Writ Petition (PIL) No. 199 of 2016 warned high caste priests very..

Introduction Arbitration is a method of resolution and adjudication of disputes by the appointment of an Arbitrator or a panel of Arbitrators by the parties themselves, thus reducing the involvement of the Judiciary in the adjudication process and expediting the justice delivery system. Due to the increasin..

As per provisions of section 32 of the Waqf Act 1995 as amended, general superintendence of all auqaf  in a State is vested with the State Waqf Board (SWB) and the Waqf Board is empowered to manage the waqf property and take legal action against unauthorized occupation and encroachment of such properties. Further, as per section 54 and 55 of the Waqf Act, SWB m..

The promotions are given in accordance with the provisions in the Recruitment Rules/ Services Rule for the respective posts. The consolidated guidelines on Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) for making recommendations in regard to fitness of officials for promotion have been issued vide Department of Personnel & Training’s OM No. 22011/5/1986-Esst. (D)..

In terms of Rule 16(2) of the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968, every member of the Service shall submit an annual return to the Cadre Controlling Authority by 31st January of the year following the calendar year for which the return is being filed. In terms of DoPT’s O.M. dated 07.09.2011, vigilance clearance sha..

The Government is considering a proposal to amend the Right to Information Act, 2005. A notice of intention has been given to introduce “The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2018” in the Rajya Sabha for consideration and its passage during the current session of Parliament.  The purport of the amendments ..

Shram Suvidha Portal, launched by the Government on 16.10.2014, caters to four major Organisations under the Ministry of Labour & Employment, namely Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), Directorate General of Mines Safety, Employees’ Provident Fund Organization and Employees’ State Insurance Corporation. The main features of the Portal are ..

In Order to safeguard the interest of the Migrant workers, the Central Government has enacted the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Services) Act, 1979 which, inter alia, provides for registration of certain establishments employing Inter-State Migrant Workers, licensing of contractors etc. by the appropriate Government.  W..