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The term ‘writ’ is derived from an Anglo-Saxon term ‘gewrit’ equal to, Latin ‘breve’. It is an order in writing, issued by the English monarch to a specified person to undertake a specified action; for example, in the feudal era a military summons by the king to one of his ..

Let me begin at the very beginning by first and foremost explicitly pointing out that in a landmark judgment with far reaching consequences that shall benefit many students and teachers, the Uttarakhand High Court on June 19, 2018 in the case of Dr Bhupal Singh Bhakuni v State of Uttarakhand & others in Writ petition (PIL) No. 127 of 2014 ordered the State to est..

Coming straight to the nub of the matter, it has to be said at the very outset with a lot of appreciation that in the landmark case of Manoj Singh Pawar v State of Uttarakhand & others Writ Petition (PIL) No. 156 of 2016 which was delivered on June 18, 2018, the Uttarakhand High Court issued a slew of landmark directions to check drug peddling and abuse in the st..

Management of  NPA (Non Performing Assets) - New suggestion - An old wine in new bottle Recently Mr. Piyush Goyal, Finance Minister, announced setting up of a committee to give recommendations in two weeks on formation of an asset reconstruction company for faster resolution of stressed assets besides mooting the idea o..

There are around 8.7 million species of animals in the world and out of these only one, homosapiens aka humans, are known to have a wide array of opinions on every topic there is. The individual count of this species is around 7.6 billion which results in incoherence in opinions more than often than not. There are always clashes in view-point. One may think..

The Union Cabinet, in its meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 13.6.18,  approved the proposal for introduction of Dam Safety Bill, 2018 in the Parliament. The objective of this Bill is to help develop uniform, countrywide procedures for ensuring the safety of dams. p style="text-align: j..

Introduction Voted as one of the most hospitable and comfortable countries to live in, India has always been warm to humans. A 100 reasons to visit and stay but the petrol prices are not one of them. There are two things that are totally out of control of our government - The..

Mysterious Deaths, Rapes, Malnutrition, Unsanitary Conditions In Nari Niketans, Child Care Institutes: Uttarakhand HC Issues String Of Directions It is most dismaying, degrading and disappointing to note that shocked at the absolute pathetic state of shelter homes like Nari Niketans and Children Homes where many i..

The Bombay High Court, while hearing an application filed by SBI Cards and Payment Services, held that serving of a legal notice through WhatsApp is valid. Rohidas Jadhav, a Nalasopara resident, has been a credit card defaulter who was evading the bank had not only received the notice in a PDF file but also opened it and read its c..

Gone are those days, when the banks were the only medium to get small business loans. With the changing times, Non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), have become a go-to-place for entrepreneurs who want to take small business loans. Earlier, lending for business had been the forte of banks only and a href="http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/money-and-banking/nbfcs..

EVOLUTION As per the Resolution 6 passed at the Glasgow Conference 1860: “That the expense of warehouse rent at a port of refuge on cargo necessarily discharged there, the expense of reshipping it, and the outward port charges at that port, ought to be allowed in gen..

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for withdrawal of Nalanda University (Amendment) Bill, 2013 pending in the Rajya Sabha. The Nalanda University was established on the basis of a Joint Press Statement at the 4th East Asia Summit held in Thailand in October, 2009, which ..

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for introduction of Dam Safety Bill, 2018 in the Parliament. Benefits: It will help all the States and Union Territories of India to adopt uniform dam safety procedures which shall..

Introduction Let me begin at the very beginning by first and foremost pointing out that in a latest landmark judgment by the Bombay High Court titled Mr Ali Abbas Daruwala v/s Mrs Shehnaz Daruwala (Writ Petition No. 114 of 2018 with Civil Application No. 518 of 2018) which was pronounced on May 4, 2018, the Bombay ..

The Special Courts Act was first enacted in 2006 by Odisha and then by Bihar. When Acts of both the states came before the Apex Court for judicial review, while upholding them in December 2015, it advised all the states make their Acts on the lines of what prevailed in Bihar and Odisha. Many of states including AP followed the advice and enacted similar laws. ..