Explained| Can, in a declaratory suit, plaintiff be subjected to DNA test against his will?
“Indian law leans towards legitimacy and frowns upon bastardy. The presumption in law of legitimacy of a child cannot be lightly repelled.”
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Supreme Court Monthly Roundup – September 2021
“Time has now come to change the work culture and get out of the adjournment culture so that confidence and trust put
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COVID-19 vaccines imported into India exempted from custom duty
The Ministry of Finance has exempted the covid vaccines, when imported into India, from the whole of the duty of customs leviable
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‘You are throwing mud at all and sundry but we refuse to back off’; Supreme Court holds Suraz India Trust Chairman guilty of contempt
“Such litigants cannot be permitted to have their way only because they can plead and write anything they feel like and keep on approbating by sometimes apologising and then again bringing forth those allegations.”
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Drugs and Cosmetics (Draft Amendment) Rules, 2021; consultation launched
The Ministry of Ayush has notified the Drugs and Cosmetics (Draft Amendment) Rules, 2021 on 23rd September 2021. The draft Rules amend
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‘Labour Court’s decision should not be based on mere hypothesis’; SC upholds bank employee’s dismissal in a 33 year old case
“Judicial discretion, it is trite, cannot be exercised either whimsically or capriciously. It may scrutinize or analyse the evidence but what is important is how it does so.”
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USA- California | Governor signs new legislation on wage theft
The California’s Governor has signed Assembly Bill 1003, concerning wage theft by employer, into law on September 28, 2021. The highlights of
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Explained| Law on grant on bail in NDPS cases
Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud* and BV Nagarathna, JJ has elaborately discussed the principles governing the grant of bail,
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SEBI issues Risk Management Framework for Mutual Funds
The Securities & Exchange Board of India has revised the Risk Management Framework (RMF) for Mutual Funds vide circular dated September 27,
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MCA relaxes the last date of filing of cost audit report to the board of directors
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has extended the last date of filing of the Cost Audit Report to the Board of Directors
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Retrospective seniority from a date when employee was not even borne in service? A big no, holds Supreme Court
Supreme Court: The bench of R. Subhash Reddy and Hrishikesh Roy*, JJ has held that retrospective seniority cannot be claimed from a
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Explained| Can Chairman, Directors, Managers, etc. be automatically summoned in a criminal case involving the company?
Summoning of an accused in a criminal case is a serious matter. Criminal law cannot be set into motion as a matter of course.
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Goa Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Rules, 2021
The Government of Goa has notified the Goa Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Rules, 2021 on 23rd September 2021. The Goa Co-operative Societies (Amendment)
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Delhi Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Rules, 2021
The Delhi Labour Department has notified the Delhi Shops and Establishments (Amendment) Rules, 2021 on September 24, 2021 to further amend the
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Bail| Man with serious allegations against him cannot claim parity with a woman jailed with an infant: Supreme Court
Supreme Court: In a case where a man was allegedly murdered by his wife and colleague, the bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud*
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Compromise cannot be taken to be a solitary basis for reduction of sentence: Supreme Court
In a case where a compromise was reached between parties, 28 years after an incident left the victim crippled for life, the Court said that such a brutality cannot be ignored which is not against the individual but the crime is against the society which has to be dealt with sternly.
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Environment (Protection) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2021
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified Environment (Protection) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2021. The Rules shall come into force
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USA- Ohio | Government releases new guidance on COVID-19 booster doses
The Ohio Department of Health has released guidelines for administering booster shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine across the state. Key points
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Income-tax (30th Amendment) Rules, 2021
The Central Board of Direct Taxes has notified the Income-tax (30th Amendment) Rules, 2021 vide notification dated 24th September, 2021. The amendment
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No more Tareekh pe Tareekh! Repeated adjournments break the back of the litigants; kill justice: Supreme Court
“Any effort which weakens the system and shake the faith of the common man in the justice dispensation has to be discouraged.”
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