PIL seeking to ban campus recruitments made by PSUs, dismissed
Madras High Court: While dismissing the present PIL seeking to ban campus recruitment’s and restrain the Central and State Public Sector Undertakings
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MoU signed to provide “Swavlamban Health Insurance Scheme” for Persons with Disabilities
On 21-9-2015, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed to provide a comprehensive and affordable Health Insurance Scheme – “Swavlamban Health Insurance Scheme”
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MoU signed to build up “next generation” Anganwadis in the Country
On 21-9-2015, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed to develop 4000 ‘next generation’ Anganwadi centres in the country, which will also function
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Amendments in relevant Rules, insofar as they prescribe absorption of Shiksha Mitras as Assistant Teachers, held ultra vires
Allahabad High Court- Deciding on writ petitions wherein relief was sought to set aside two notifications issued by the Government of Uttar
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Rajasthan Assembly passed Bill to extend reservation to Gujars and certain other communities under Special Backward Classes
Rajasthan Assembly passed he Rajasthan Special Backward Classes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions in the State and of Appointments and Posts
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The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly passed Bill to extend reservation to Economically Backward Classes
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly passed the Rajasthan Economically Backward Classes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions in the State and of Appointments and
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Charges of Illegal gratification cannot be brought in the absence of proof
Supreme Court: Dealing with a matter relating to illegal gratification, the 3-judge bench of H.L. Dattu, CJI and V. Goapa Gowda and
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RGNUL organizing an International Conference on “Victim Compensation and Restorative Justice and National Bill Drafting Competition on Victim Compensation, 2015”
Reported by Ayushi Sinha Centre for Advanced Studies in Human Rights (CASIHR), RGNUL Punjab in collaboration with Institute of Correctional Administration, Chandigarh
Continue readingPersons holding undisclosed Foreign Assets advised to file their declarations well within time limit under One-Time Compliance Opportunity which will end on 30th September, 2015
The Finance Ministry on 21st September 2015 issued a press release advising the persons holding undisclosed foreign assets to file their declarations
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Public access portal of National Judicial Data Grid inaugurated to provide easy and free access to the figures of pendency of District Judiciary Courts across the country
On 19.09.2015, considering the motto of judiciary to promote transparency and access of information for all the stakeholders of the justice delivery
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No leniency to be showed by legal forums in matters relating to corruption or embezzlement
Supreme Court: Coming down heavily upon the courts granting leniency in matters relating to corruption, the Court held that a legal forum
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Proceedings relating to economic offences not to be quashed even after settlement
Supreme Court: Dealing with an important question that whether continuance of criminal proceedings in case of loans taken from banks on the
Continue readingWord “Adivasi” does not mean people belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes
Delhi High Court: Deciding upon a plea seeking a ban on the screening of the film “MSG-2 The Messenger”. A single judge
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National Socialist Council of Nagaland–Khaplang (NSCN-K) declared as an “unlawful organisation” for five years
Considering the continued hostility and violence on the part of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland – Khaplang (NSCN-K) against the Indian
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RFMLR SPECIAL ISSUE ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
Reported by Ayushi Sinha RGNUL Financial and Mercantile Law Review (RFMLR) is an academic initiative Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law to promote
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Enercon (India) Ltd. directed to pay fifty lakhs for damage caused by setting up of wind mills in Ananthapur
National Green Tribunal (NGT): NGT has directed Enercon (India) Ltd. to pay Rs. 50 Lakhs for causing damage and degradation to the
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Penalty of Rs 25,000 imposed upon two information officers for repeated non-compliance of orders of CIC
Central Information Commission (CIC): In a case relating to a dispute of ownership of 20 bighas of land in Delhi worth around
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Environmental clearance of super-specialty hospital in Faridabad, quashed and fine imposed on “project proponent”
National Green Tribunal (NGT):While quashing the environmental clearance of a 450-bed super-specialty hospital in Faridabad granted by Haryana’s State Environmental Impact Assessment
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Additional Judges of the Chhattisgarh High Court appointed by the President
The President of India appointed (1); Shri Goutam Bhaduri, (2) Shri Sanjay Kumar Agrawal, and (3) Shri Puthichira Sam Koshy, as Additional
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Shri Amitav Kumar Gupta appointed as an Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court
The President of India appointed Shri Amitav Kumar Gupta as an Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court, for a period of
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