The Securities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2014 received the Presidential assent
The Securities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2014 received the Presidential assent on August 22, 2014. The objective of the Act is to give
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The Securities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2014 received the Presidential assent
The Securities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2014 received the Presidential assent on August 22, 2014. The objective of the Act is to give
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Attorney General asks Supreme Court to exempt 40 functional coal blocks from cancellation
Supreme Court: Deliberating upon the fate of the coal blocks declared illegal and arbitrary by the court via order dated 25.08.2014, the
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Patients cannot be denied access to their medical records under RTI
Central Information Commission (CIC): “A patient has a right to his/her medical records which is rooted in Articles 19 and 21 of
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Foreign company gains deriving less than 50% of its value form Indian assets, not taxable
Delhi High Court: Answering the question, whether the transaction of sale and purchase of shares of an overseas company deriving only a
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Fair price shop license cannot be granted arbitrarily to the Gram Pradhan or his family
Allahabad High Court: Highlighting the importance of Public Distribution System (PDS) in a case where Petitioner made a complaint that fair price
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Confessions elicited through “Mr Big” technique, presumed inadmissible
Supreme Court of Canada: Ruling against the “Mr Big” technique of extracting confessions from an accused wherein the state recruits an accused
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Prime Minister to decide the disqualification of minister of Council of Ministers having criminal antecedents
Supreme Court: Dismissing the decade old petition seeking disqualification of the Ministers of the Council of Ministers involved in serious and heinous
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Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2014
The Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2014 has been introduced in Lok Sabha on August 7, 2014. The Bill is introduced to amend the
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Workers of statutory canteen are deemed employees only for the purpose of Factories Act, 1948
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of H.L. Dattu, R.K. Agrawal and Arun Mishra, JJ deliberated upon the question whether the workmen engaged
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TISCO Fire Accident: Inspector had the knowledge as under S. 106 of Factories Act
Supreme Court: The instant case arose under Sections 106 and 88 of the Factories Act, 1948 as indicated by the facts wherein
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Married daughters born before 2005 have equal rights on ancestral property
Bombay High Court: In a landmark judgment, a Full Bench comprising of Mohit Shah CJ, MS Sanklecha and MS Sonak, JJ. held
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Dr. Faizan Mustafa, VC of NALSAR gets SAARC best Law teacher award
Dr. Faizan Mustafa, the Vice Chancellor of NALSAR,University of Law, Hyderabad is honoured with the SAARC best Law Teacher award. He
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Coal Block allocation since 1993 by the Central Government illegal
Supreme Court: Pronouncing the much awaited judgment, the 3 judge bench of R.M. Lodha, CJI and Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph,
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Gift deed transferring the corpus to the donee gives no right of claim to donor’s legal heirs
Supreme Court: In the instant case the question arose that whether transfer of the gifted property was a transfer of the corpus
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Reserve Bank of India seeks comments on its draft Charter of Customer Rights
Reserve Bank of India on August 22nd, 2014 placed a draft Charter of Customer Rights comprising of five basic customer rights and
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‘No work, yet pay’ principle applicable only in case of compulsory waiting
Supreme Court: Elucidating the principle of ‘No work, no pay’, the bench of Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph, JJ held that
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Magistrate does not become functus offcio after accepting final negative report of the police
Supreme Court: Giving an affirmative answer to the question that whether a Magistrate after accepting a negative final report submitted by the
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The Waqf Properties (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Bill, 2014 as introduced in the Rajya Sabha
On 18-02-2014, the Waqf Properties (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Bill, 2014 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill contains 23 Sections.
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Persons buying shares as an investment are covered under the definition of “consumer”
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): NCDRC has held that though trading in shares is a commercial transaction outside the purview of
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