Directions of ECI Regarding Protection to Election Officials Working in States/UTs
Many instances have come to the notice of the Election Commission of India wherein Chief Electoral Officers and some other officials working
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Delhi High Court’s 11 Benches to hold Physical Courts from January, 18
Extension of the present system of hearing of matters before Delhi High Court till 20-02-2021 The Full Court orders that 11 Benches
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CBDT launches e-portal for filing complaints regarding tax evasion/Benami Properties/Foreign Undisclosed Assets
Taking another step towards e-governance and encouraging participation of citizen as stakeholders in curbing tax evasion, the Central Board of Direct Taxes
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NCLT approves NHPC’s Resolution Plan for Jalpower Corporation Limited
National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Hyderabad bench approved NHPC’s Resolution Plan for taking over Jalpower Corporation Limited (JPCL) as going concern vide its
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RBI introduces Legal Entity Identifier for Large Value Transactions in Centralised Payment Systems
Legal Entity Identifier The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is a 20-digit number used to uniquely identify parties to financial transactions worldwide. It
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NHRC notice to Uttar Pradesh Govt over the death of 23 people and injury to several others due to collapse of a shelter at a crematorium
The National Human Rights Commission, India has taken suo-motu cognizance of a media report that at least 23 people were killed and
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Subject Expert Committee (SEC) meets to consider Emergency Use Authorisation request from Pfizer, SII and Bharat Biotech
The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) in the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to consider the Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) request of
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Extension of time limits for income tax returns
In view of the challenges faced by taxpayers in meeting the statutory and regulatory compliances due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the
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CBIC | Detection of evasion of customs duty by exporter on export of Iron Ore Fines; recovery of customs duty more than Rs 8 Crore
On the basis of specific intelligence, under the direction of the Commissioner of Customs (Preventive), Bhubaneswar Shri Debashish Sahu, investigation was initiated
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BCI decides to hold next All India Bar Examination on 21st March, 2021; No change in dates for AIBE–XV
Bar Council of India decided to hold the next All India Bar Exam on 21-03-2021. AIBE-XV is to be held on the
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Air Quality Commission directs for 100 % switching over of industries in Delhi to PNG
Delhi Pollution Control Committee directed to identify the industries using unapproved fuels and take stringent penal action in case of non-compliance The
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Temporary Suspension of flights from United Kingdom to India
In view of emerging COVID-19 situation in the United Kingdom, the competent authority has temporarily suspended flight to/from the United Kingdom with
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Archaeological Survey of India removes cap on the number of visitors to its Centrally Protected Monuments/ sites
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) of M/o Culture has removed the cap on the number of visitors to its Centrally Protected
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NHRC issues SOP on collection & processing of scientific/forensic evidences in case of sexual assault on women to ensure effective prosecution leading to conviction
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India, in order to ensure effective prosecution leading to conviction in cases of sexual assault on
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RBI permits banks to open specific accounts without any restrictions
Opening of Current Accounts by Banks On a review, it has been decided to permit banks to open specific accounts which are
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RBI | India becomes one of the few countries in the world to operate its RTGS system round the clock throughout the year
Reserve Bank had announced in the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated October 09, 2020, that the Real Time Gross Settlement System
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Texas’ bid to overturn the results of US Presidential Election 2020, rejected due to lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution
Supreme Court of The United States: The Court on Friday rejected a bid from Texas’ Attorney General, supported by President Donald Trump,
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Central Consumer Protection Authority refers Honey Adulteration matter to FSSAI & extends cooperation in investigation for taking class action under S. 10 of New Consumer Protection Act
It has been reported to the Department that most of the honey brands sold in the market are adulterated with sugar syrup.
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SCOTUS issues “one-sentence” refusal to Republicans seeking to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS): In a major setback to the Republican Party’s attempts to invalidate the results of recent
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SEBI issues operational guidelines for Transfer and Dematerialization of re-lodged physical shares
SEBI has fixed March 31, 2021, as the cut-off date for re-lodgment of transfer requests and has stipulated that such transferred shares
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