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Whether the workwoman employed in Beedi manufacturing process is covered under the purview of Employees’ Compensation Act? Telangana High Court answers
Telangana High Court: M Laxman, J. allowed the appeal and remanded the matter for adjudication on merits and held that
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11 Legal Stories of the Week: From Hijab ban to a Sexual Harassment complaint from an employee in ScoopWhoop & more
Let’s have a look at the most interesting legal stories reported this week on the SCC Online Blog from High Courts, Foreign
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If a person keeps tobacco at residence, would that amount to being an offence? Ker HC answers
Kerala High Court: While addressing a matter for an offence alleged under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, Juvenile Justice Act and
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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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Stopping increment for ‘chewing tobacco in office’ held to be a major punishment; Order set aside: All HC
Allahabad High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Mithlesh Kumar Tiwari, J. while allowing a petition quashed the impugned order whereby
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Restaurants entitled to provide tobacco products in the smoking area of licensed premises
Supreme Court: In the present case, the Court set aside the decision of Bombay, Madras and Gujarat High Courts barring the restaurants