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The Punjab and Haryana High Court, while dealing with the case Payal Meehta v. Sanjay Sarin, 2016 by its judgment and order dated 27.01.2016 referred the matter to the Law Commission of India for consideration as to whether the provisions of Section 64(1A) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 require an amendment to provide for exemption from clubbing of minor’s income..

The Employees’ Provident Funds Organization (EPFO) has taken various steps for speedy settlement of claims which inter alia include: • Composite Claim Form (Aadhaar) and Composite Claim Form (Non-Aadhaar) has been introduced by replacing the erstwhile Claim Forms No. 19, 10C and 31, with a view to simplify the submission of claims by t..

The upcoming Draft Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill' 2017, aims to prevent trafficking of persons, to provide care, protection and rehabilitation to the victims of trafficking, to prosecute offenders and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. The proposed legislation defines "child" as a person who..

The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, (as passed by the Lok Sabha on 10th March 2017), when enacted, will repeal five obsolete British statutes on admiralty jurisdiction in civil matters, namely, (a) the Admiralty Court Act, 1840 (b) the Admiralty Court Act, 1861, (c) Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890, (d) Colonial Courts of ..

The Office of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) under Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment organised a “National Seminar on Challenges in Implementation of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016” here today with a view to draw out plan for effective implementation of Rights of Persons with Disabilities A..

The Government has taken a decision for modification in the Employees' Provident Funds (EPF) Scheme, 1952 to add a new paragraph 68 BD under which a member of Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), being a member of a co-operative society or a housing society having at least 10 members of EPF, can withdraw upto 90 per cent from the Fund for purchase of dwelling ..

Rs. 31733.76 crore have been collected as Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess by the States/UTs upto 31.12.2016, at the rate of 1% of the cost of construction. Out of it Rs. 6872.51 crore has been spent. The Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996, provides for levy and collec..

In view of the concerns raised on the sale of drugs over the internet, the Drugs Consultative Committee (DCC) in its 48thmeeting held on 24th July, 2015, constituted a sub-committee to examine the issue of the sale of drugs on the internet. The Sub-Committee, in its report, has inter alia recommended:- li style="text-align: ju..

As per the information received from District Project Societies 12 Lakh 15 Thousand 755 Children have been rescued/withdrawn from work and rehabilitated and mainstreamed under the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme from its inception in 1988 to December 2016. The Scheme is sanctioned in 270 Districts of 21 States, out of which Special Training Centres (STCs..

This Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment implements a "Central Sector Scheme of Assistance for Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance (Drugs) Abuse" under which financial assistance is provided to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) etc for, inter-alia, running and maintenance of Int..

Lok Sabha passed today on 9th March, 2017 the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 which inter-alia includes increasing maternity benefit to woman covered under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 from 12 weeks to 26 weeks up to two surviving children in order to allow the mother to take care of the child during his/her most formative stage, providing maternity bene..

According to National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of Home Affairs, the specific information is not maintained by the Bureau separately regarding the tendency to commit crime among adolescents due to influence of mobile and internet, thereby increasing the number of juvenile offenders in the country. However, under Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special & L..

 As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, a total number of 222, 280 and 293 cases have been registered under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) 2006 in the year 2013, 2014 and 2015 respectively. The reasons for child marriage are complex and it is mind set problem which considers girl child as a burden. Social customs, tradition, illit..

Section 16 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 stipulates that ‘No child admitted in a school shall be held back in any class or expelled from school till the completion of elementary education’. Thus, the policy covers elementary stage of schooling covering classes 1 to 8.  p style="text-align: justify;..

Reports have appeared in some newspapers and media channels regarding Cash transfers under the ICDS (Integrated Child Development Scheme) Scheme of the Ministry of Women & Child Development and making Aadhaar mandatory for benefits under the programme. It has also been reported that for children aged up to six years, Government has decided to replace the provisi..