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The eCommittee, of the Supreme Court of India in association with the Department of Justice (DoJ) of the Government of India held a two day National Conference in New Delhi on December 2 and 3 in which all the Central Project Coordinators of various High Courts connected with the ongoing National eCourts Project along with eCommittee Members, senior officers from Do..

The Advisory Group of the Law Review Committee submitted its recommendations on 5th December 2017. Some of the recommendations have also been reported by some sections of the media. The recommendations of the Advisory Group have been referred to the Law Review Committee, consisting of senior officers of the Central and the State Governments, which, in turn, will e..

ESI scheme has presence now in over 461 districts of the country providing benefit to around 10 percent of Indian population- Santosh Kumar Gangwar  The Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment (I/C), Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar announced that the ESI Scheme is on the path of sustained growth wit..

The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017 (FRDI Bill), introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 10, 2017, is presently under the consideration of the Joint Committee of the Parliament. The Joint Committee is consulting all the stakeholders on the provisions of the FRDI Bill. Certain misgivings have been expressed in the media regarding “bail-in&rd..

The Registrar, Supreme Court of India v. R S Misra In the instant case, the Delhi High Court has rendered an in-depth analysis of RTI applications against any decision passed by the Supreme Court. The Court has also ruled that RTI Act does not prevail over the Supreme Court Rules (SCR). p style="text-al..

More and more people are asking this question. The number of legal bloggers is increasing at a staggering rate. Should the proud bloggers mention their best blogposts in the publication section of their CV? span sty..

Seminar on “Contemporary Challenges to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) due to changing nature of conflict in peacekeeping operations”    A Joint seminar between ICRC and CUNPK on “Contemporary Challenges to IHL due to Changing Nature of Conflict in Peacekeepi..

In a landmark judgment with far reaching consequences, the Supreme Court on November 3 came down heavily on deemed universities and declared invalid thousands of engineering degrees offered by four of them since 2001. It is beyond a straw of doubt that this is a major setback to thousands of students who pursued engineering studies through correspondence studies thr..

Shri Radha Krishna Mathur, Chief Information Commissioner, CIC delivers 25th CVC lecture on the topic “RTI Act for Transparency and Accountability”    The 25th lecture of the ‘Lecture Series’ organized by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) was delivered by Shr..

Coming straight to the nub of the matter, let me begin penning down my forthright views by first and foremost expressing my utmost happiness to note that Centre has finally decided to get its act together and constitute the All India Judicial Service (AIJS) about which we have been hearing since ages! AIJS is the crying need of the hour and must be debated, discuss..

Let me not hide my utmost happiness to observe that as per the Aviation Ministry’s new landmark rules, the Air passengers who indulge in unruly behaviour on flights can now be banned for a lifetime by both domestic and foreign airlines. What is even more laudable to note is that as per this landmark step, no exception has been made in favour of MPs and MLAs ma..

Let me begin first and foremost with a very candid confession: I don’t believe that we should rush straightaway into a hasty conclusion on the moot subject of whether there should be simultaneous Lok Sabha and State Assembly polls or not. We must discuss it thoroughly and weigh all the pros and cons before coming to any conclusion. Only then should we decide o..

Coming straight to the key point, a high-profile Committee of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on October 5 recommended a slew of measures, including increasing the number of directors on boards of listed companies, the appointment of at least one woman independent director, and a higher frequency of board meetings to enhance corporate gover..

Coming straight to the key point, let me begin by first and foremost pointing out that the Law Ministry has finally given its nod to a draft Bill termed as 'The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill'. It will give huge powers to government to confiscate the property of economic offenders and defaulters like Vijay Mallya who was chief of the erstwhile Kingfisher Airlines ..

What a terrific win it was for India! All of a sudden it was India who was grabbing all international headlines in all newspapers and news channels all over the world! It is beyond a straw of doubt that we all Indians felt on top of the world to see how India managed to shine par excellence and even left behind the UK once called Great Britain who ruled over us for ce..