Cabinet approves — Foreign Direct Investment policy on Civil Aviation
To permit foreign investment upto 100% by those NRIs, who are Indian Nationals, in case of M/s Air India Ltd., the Union
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Mega Consolidation in Public Sector Banks — Approved by Cabinet
Union Cabinet has approved the mega consolidation of ten PSBs into four which include the – (a) Amalgamation of Oriental Bank of
Continue readingDel HC | Petition dismissed seeking directions to NHRC to intervene and enquire into mental and physical state of 4 death row convicts in Nirbhaya Case
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ and C Hari Shankar, J. declined to entertain a petition seeking directions to
Continue readingTripura HC | Order of appointment of Satya Gopal Chattopadhyay as a Judge
President appoints Satya Gopal Chattopadhyay, to be a Judge of the Tripura High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge
Continue readingTransfer Order of Addl. Judge Subramonium Prasad from Madras HC to Delhi HC
President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer Justice Subramonium Prasad, Additional Judge of the Madras High
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Cabinet approves — Companies (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019; would enable listing of Indian companies on stock exchanges in foreign jurisdictions
The Union Cabinet has approved the Companies (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 to amend the Companies Act, 2013. The Bill would remove criminality
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LLP settlement Scheme, 2020 launched ; Shall allow a One-time condonation of delay in filing statutorily required documents with the Registrar
It has been observed that due to applicability of additional fee on late filing, which in case of inordinate delay could actually
Continue readingJhar HC | Expiration of road permit due to unforeseen circumstances while carrying goods will amount to no road permit; no relief granted
Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of H.C Mishra and Deepak Roshan JJ., dismissed the present writ application as it had no
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Nirbhaya Case | Mercy Petition of Pawan Gupta rejected by President
President rejects the mercy petition of Pawan Gupta one of the convicts in Nirbhaya Case. A Delhi court had deferred till further
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Bom HC | Act of pouring kerosene on the person of deceased and setting her on fire amounts to culpable homicide amounting to murder
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of S.M. Gavhane and T.V. Nalawade, JJ., while partially allowing the appeal, held that, “…with regard to
Continue readingHP HC | Mere transfer of vehicle would not absolve the registered owner of his liability to third person; S. 50 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 needs to be satisfied
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. held that the order of the Tribunal was devoid of any fault on the
Continue readingKer HC | Court decides it would be premature to quash an FIR since investigation is still pending; directs investigating officer to consider factors put forth by petitioner
Kerala High Court: Ashok Menon, J., disposed of a criminal miscellaneous application since the matter was under investigation and at an early
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In Rajya Sabha | Re-Introduction of COTPA Bill
The target envisaged in National Health Policy, 2017 for a relative reduction in prevalence of current tobacco use is 30% by 2025.
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In Lok Sabha — The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020; to bring co-operative banks on par with developments in banking sector
It is decided to amend the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 by the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 which was introduced in Lok
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The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 — introduced in Lok Sabha; Enhancing gestation period from 20 to 24 weeks
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was introduced in Lok Sabha on 02-03-2020. The said bill has been introduced to
Continue readingMinistry of Information and Broadcasting issues advisory regarding Coronavirus
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued advisory to all private satellite news TV channels and all private FM radio channelsregarding
Continue readingJhar HC | Regular bail granted considering the length of judicial custody
Jharkhand High Court: Rajesh Shankar J., held that the petitioner was in judicial custody for more than a year; hence he is
Continue readingSEBI (Infrastructure Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 — Notified
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Infrastructure Investment Trusts) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2020/05.—In exercise of the powers conferred under section 30
Continue readingUtt HC | No coercive action during investigation against rape-accused where prima facie consent of complainant found
Uttaranchal High Court: Alok Kumar Verma, J., allowed a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenging the impugned
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