Sucheta, Author at SCC Times

Legislation Updates Statutes/Bills/Ordinances

Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) (Amendment) Draft Bill 2015

On 13-01-2015, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare placed the draft COTPA Bill, 2015 in the Public domain to elicit

Others

OUTLAWED ’15

Reported by Apoorv Agarwal Outlawed and Invicta are back! The biggest fests in the sporting arena and cultural activities in the legal

Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Land records are neither private information nor ‘third party’ information

Central Information Commission (CIC): “The land records containing the names of different owners and describing boundaries and extent of the land are public

Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Builder entitled to forfeit the earnest money in default of payment of instalments

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC):While reiterating that builder would be entitled to forfeit the amount paid by way of installments in

Supreme Court

Employees voluntarily retired under any scheme would receive no subsequent raise in pension retrospectively

Supreme Court: Deciding the issue whether employees who had opted for voluntary retirement under the General Insurance Employee Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme,

High Courts

Anticipatory Bail granted to the hooligans responsible for moral policing which triggered “Kiss of Love” campaign -an immoral activity by youngsters

Kerala High Court: In a recent case of atrocities staged by some hooligans under the guise of moral policing in Kozhikode District-

Foreign Legislation

Coinage of One Hundred Rupees and Ten Rupees coins to commemorate the occasion of “Centenary Commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi’s Return from South Africa” Rules, 2014

On 31-12-2014, the Central Government made the Coinage of One Hundred Rupees and Ten Rupees coins to commemorate the occasion of “Centenary

Legislation Updates Statutes/Bills/Ordinances

The Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015

On 06-01-2015, the President of India promulgated the Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015. The objective of the Ordinance is to amend the Indian

Supreme Court

No provision at present mandating the banks to provide for reservation in promotions for posts of Scale VII and above

Supreme Court: While deciding the issue of rule of reservation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for promotion to the posts of

Appointments & Transfers

Justice S K Sinha appointed as the Chief Justice of Bangladesh

On 12-01-2015, President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid appointed Justice S K Sinha, the most Senior Judge of the Bangladesh Supreme Court as

Supreme Court

Order issuing summons to Sunil Mittal and others in 2G Scam case by Special Judge, CBI, set aside

Supreme Court: Making a significant development in the 2G Spectrum scam case, while deciding the validity of the order of 19.03.2013 passed

High Courts

Court rebukes the lethargic attitude of the local police in the Hyzel Stewert’s Unnatural death case

Kerala High Court: In a recent case of Hyzel Stewert’s unnatural death, a bench of Kemal Pasha J. directed to quash the

Supreme Court

Allahabad HC’s order of compulsory retirement from service to LIC cashier for embezzling insurance premium of Rs. 533 upheld

Supreme Court: While deciding the fate of a cashier employed in the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) who was charged with

High Courts

The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014

The RFCTLRR (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 came with a purpose to amend the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation

SCC Times

Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) (Amendment) Draft Bill 2015

OUTLAWED ’15

Land records are neither private information nor ‘third party’ information

Builder entitled to forfeit the earnest money in default of payment of instalments

Employees voluntarily retired under any scheme would receive no subsequent raise in pension retrospectively

Anticipatory Bail granted to the hooligans responsible for moral policing which triggered “Kiss of Love” campaign -an immoral activity by youngsters

Coinage of One Hundred Rupees and Ten Rupees coins to commemorate the occasion of “Centenary Commemoration of Mahatma Gandhi’s Return from South Africa” Rules, 2014

The Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015

No provision at present mandating the banks to provide for reservation in promotions for posts of Scale VII and above

Justice S K Sinha appointed as the Chief Justice of Bangladesh

Order issuing summons to Sunil Mittal and others in 2G Scam case by Special Judge, CBI, set aside

Court rebukes the lethargic attitude of the local police in the Hyzel Stewert’s Unnatural death case

Allahabad HC’s order of compulsory retirement from service to LIC cashier for embezzling insurance premium of Rs. 533 upheld

Right to have a conjugal life and procreation within jail premises is a component of Article 21 of the Constitution

The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015

Credit Agreement signed between India and IFAD for the Meghalaya Livelihood and Access to Markets Projects (Megha-LAMP)

Non-committal, consensual relationship without fulfilling the promise to marry is not rape

Complaint against Samsung India alleging unfair trade practices, dismissed

Insurance Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014

The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014