Re-opening of assessment to be based on concrete evidence
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT): The Raipur Bench of ITAT while deciding on an appeal has held that where more than 4
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NHRC issues notice to Madhya Pradesh Govt over stamping of castes on bare chests of aspiring constables from reserved categories
National Human Rights Commission: The NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about the stamping of castes on the bare
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CCI imposes penalty on leading zinc-carbon dry cell battery manufacturers for cartelisation
Competition Commission of India: CCI imposed penalty on three leading Indian Zinc-Carbon Dry Cell Battery manufacturers – Eveready Industries India Ltd. (‘Eveready’),
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NHRC issues notices to Telangana Govt and IB Ministry over reported sexual exploitation of women in Telugu Film Industry and lack of grievance redressal mechanism
National Human Rights Commission: The NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about the alleged sexual exploitation of women in
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NHRC issues notice to Madhya Pradesh Govt over reports of mowing down of a journalist who exposed sand mafia in Bhind
National Human Rights Commission: The NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report stating that a television journalist, who had
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NHRC issues notice to Uttar Pradesh Govt over death of a person in judicial custody in Unnao and related allegations
National Human Rights Commission: The NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about the mysterious death of the father of a
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NHRC issues notices to HRD Ministry, Chairman, CBSE and Delhi Police Commissioner over paper leak of Class 10 and 12 Board exams
National Human Rights Commission: The NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about the incidents of papers leak of Class
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NHRC issues notice to West Bengal Govt over reported unabated violence in Asansol- Raniganj area
National Human Rights Commission: The NHRC has taken suo-motu cognizance of media reports alleging failure of the law enforcing agencies in protecting
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NHRC issues notices to DGP, Assam and Mizoram over physical assault and lathi charge on journalists
National Human Rights Commission: The NHRC has issued a notice to the Directors General of Police, Assam and Mizoram calling for a
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Citizens cannot be forced to produce their Aadhaar to receive Government welfare schemes and benefits
Central Information Commission: The Commission recently dealt with a second appeal wherein the appellant contended that after having taken voluntary retirement from
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Ministry of External Affairs directed to provide details of travel bills of Prime Minister’s foreign visits for Financial Years 2013-14 to 2016-17
Central Information Commission: While addressing the appeal upon the applicant filed to seek details of bills, invoices as received in the Ministry
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NHRC: 15 students of Tribal communities get Rs. 30 lakh as relief for missing NEET due to the negligence of teachers in Tripura
National Human Rights Commission: On the recommendations of the National Human Rights Commission, 15 students of the State run Eklavya Model Residential School,
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Notice issued to Union Ministry and Drugs Controller General over reported sale of millions of unapproved antibiotics in India
National Human Rights Commission: The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that millions of
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Google penalized for abusing its predominance to create a ‘Search Bias’ being limited and not rooted to Universal Results and Common units
Competition Commission of India: In the order passed by a bench comprising of Mr. Devender Kumar Sikri (Chairperson), Mr. S.L. Bunker (Member),
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NHRC seeks factual report from Defence Ministry on allegations of human rights violations of armed forces by stone pelters in Jammu and Kashmir
National Human Rights Commission: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizance of a complaint requesting its intervention for an appropriate
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AFT grants Special Family Pension to aggrieved on account of her husband’s death attributed to military service
Armed Forces Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi: Hon’ble Justice Babu Mathew P. Joseph And Lt. Gen. Gautam Moorthy quashed a previous order
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NHRC issues notice on lack of health facilities to traffic police personnel facing the brunt of air pollution
National Human Rights Commission: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognizance of a complaint raising the issue of right to
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Personal information to be removed while giving out names of persons in reply to an application under S. 8(1)(j) of RTI Act
Central Information Commission: The Commission recently addressed a second appeal on the grounds that the appellant had not been provided the desired
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NHRC notice to Medical Superintendent, BHEL Hospital, Haridwar over reports of patient declared dead and sent to mortuary even as he was alive
National Human Rights Commission: The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that in Haridwar, Uttarakhand a
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NHRC notice to Uttar Pradesh Govt over police personnel in Saharanpur refusing to carry 2 injured boys to the hospital who later died
National Human Rights Commission: The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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