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Monetary limits for filing departmental appeals in IT matters enhanced in order to reduce tax litigation

In supersession of CBDT’s Circular No. 21 of 2015 dated 10.12.2015, wherein monetary limits and other conditions for filing departmental appeals (in

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Brett Kavanaugh to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy as United States Supreme Court Judge

As reported by media, Justice Brett Kavanaugh was announced as the second Supreme Court of the United States judge by Donald Trump.

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Hot off the Press: Reconsideration of the ‘Naz Foundation’ case challenging re-criminalisation of Section 377 IPC

Supreme Court with its 5-judge Constitution bench comprising of CJI Dipak Misra, RF Nariman, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra JJ., would start

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Consent law revising criteria for rape takes effect in Sweden

A law that allows sex without explicit consent to be prosecuted as rape has gone into effect in Sweden. Previously, a person

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Breaking| Death penalty to ‘Nirbhaya’ rape convicts upheld: SC

Supreme Court: The long-awaited judgment of the Supreme Court for the death row convicts has finally been pronounced by the three-judge bench

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Nirbhaya Gangrape case: Story from a different world where humanity has been treated with irreverence

Supreme Court will deliver its judgment today in regard to the review petitions filed challenging the Apex Court’s Judgment in Mukesh v.

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Cabinet approves extension of Scheme of Recapitalization of Regional Rural Banks up to 2019-20

The Union Cabinet has approved the extension of the scheme of recapitalization of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) for the next three years

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Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel appointed Chairperson, National Green Tribunal

S.O.   3325(E).— In  exercise  of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 6 and Section 7 of the National

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Breaking| Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 10 years in jail in ‘Avenfield’ corruption case

As reported by media, the Accountability Court of Pakistan pronounced the verdict against Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif and daughter

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Published on July 6, 2018July 6, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Breaking| UK High Court issues enforcement order against Mallya’s UK assets

High Court of United Kingdom: An enforcement order has been passed favoring the 13 Indian banks and granting permission to the UK High Court

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CCI launches an Online Guidance System for determining notifiability of Merger & Acquisitions in terms of the Competition Act, 2002

Supplementing the Government of India’s vision for e-Governance and Digital India Programme, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) launched an Online Guidance System

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Yuji Iwasawa elected to International Court of Justice

International Court of Justice: Japanese international law professor Yuji Iwasawa was elected a Judge of the International Court of Justice, the UN’s

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WIPO Translate: Republic of Korea is First to Adopt WIPO’s “Artificial Intelligence” – Powered Patent Translation Tool

The Republic of Korea is adopting WIPO’s ground-breaking “artificial intelligence”-based translation tool for patent documents, making it the first member state to

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Date for linking PAN with Aadhaar extended till 31st March, 2019

Vide its orders dated 31.07.2017, 31.08.2017, 08.12.2017 and 27.03.2018, CBDT had allowed time till 30th June, 2018 to link PAN with Aadhaar

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Shri S. Ramesh takes over as Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Shri S. Ramesh, IRS (C&CE:1981) has taken over as Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs [CBIC], on superannuation of Smt.

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Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan appointed Chief Justice, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh High Court

The President in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 222 of the Constitution of lndia, after consultation with

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Foreign CourtsNews

USD 500 mn verdict against Facebook in Virtual Reality lawsuit modified to half

US District Court for Northern District of Texas: A federal court presided by Ed Kinkeade, J. halved the amount of USD 500

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Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai appointed Actg Chief Justice, Sikkim High Court

The President in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, appointed Smt. Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai,

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Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi appointed Chief Justice, Chhattisgarh High Court

The President in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, appointed Shri Justice

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Centre notifies new model code of rules for appointment of Judges to consumer fora

To dispose of pending consumer cases more smoothly, the Central Governement has notified a new model code of rules for appointment of

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