{"id":259059,"date":"2021-12-24T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T12:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=259059"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:40:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:10:35","slug":"scc-online-weekly-rewind-episode-41-ft-prachi-bhardwaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/24\/scc-online-weekly-rewind-episode-41-ft-prachi-bhardwaj\/","title":{"rendered":"SCC Online Weekly Rewind Episode 41 ft. Prachi Bhardwaj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1346\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xAbD1vUH6rA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=8&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>STORY OF THE WEEK<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Three death row convicts to walk free as SC finds them \u201cnot guilty\u201d of murdering six family members\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">In a big relief\u00a0to\u00a0three death row convicts,\u00a0a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court\u00a0has acquitted all of them of charges of killing 6 members of their\u00a0own\u00a0family after it was found that the prosecution had failed to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On 23rd\u00a0January,\u00a02014, 6 members of a family, including two children aged 15 and 8 were\u00a0found\u00a0brutally murdered.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">It was Prosecution\u2019s case that\u00a0one\u00a0Momin Khan, with his wife Nazra, along with his first cousin\u00a0and nephew\u00a0came armed with knives and assaulted his parents, his brother,\u00a0sister-in-law and\u00a0two children.\u00a0While the\u00a0Trial Court convicted and sentenced all 4 to death, the\u00a0Allahabad High Court affirmed the sentence imposed on 3 men but acquitted the woman.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Supreme Court, however, found several loopholes and inconsistencies in the prosecution story\u00a0and was surprised at how the\u00a0Trial Court and the High Court had dealt with the case\u00a0in such a casual manner while\u00a0considering the question of life and death of\u00a0the\u00a0accused.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Court\u00a0observed that a greater degree of scrutiny, care and circumspection was expected while directing the accused to be hanged till death.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Read here:<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/16\/three-death-row-convicts-to-walk-free-as-sc-finds-them-not-guilty-of-murdering-six-family-members\/\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Three death row convicts to walk free as SC finds them \u201cnot guilty\u201d of murdering six family members\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">SUPREME COURT<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Consumer Protection| Can written statement be accepted beyond 45 days? SC settles the conundrum once and for all<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">After a series of judgments, before and after the Constitution Bench verdict in\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">New India Assurance company Limited case\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">on March\u00a04,\u00a02020, gave contradictory views with respect to discretion of NCDRC to condone the delay beyond 45 days, thereby creating uncertainty over the\u00a0applicability of the Constitution Bench verdict, the Supreme Court has settled the controversy once and for all and has held that the Constitution Bench judgment would not affect applications that were pending or decided before March\u00a04,\u00a02020.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">On March 4, 2020, the\u00a0Constitution\u00a0Bench had held that the limitation period under Section 13(2)3 of the Consumer Protection Act 1986 could not be extended beyond the statutorily prescribed period of forty-five days.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Read here<\/strong>: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/15\/consumer-protection-limitation\/\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Can written statement be accepted beyond 45 days? SC settles the conundrum once and for all<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Time to do away with Discretionary quota for allotment of Government Largesse<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Noticing that the allotment of government largesse\u00a0on the basis of\u00a0discretionary quota inevitably leads to corruption, nepotism and\u00a0favouritism, the Supreme Court has suggested that discretionary quota should be done away with, and allotments of the public properties\/plots must be through public auction by and large.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The observation came in a case where the officials of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority and the Housing and Urban Development Department, Odisha\u00a0Deptt\u00a0hatched\u00a0a criminal conspiracy\u00a0for\u00a0allotment of 10 plots in the discretionary quota arbitrarily and to their own family members\/relatives.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Read here:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/17\/allotment-of-government-largesse-discretionary-quota-inevitably-leads-to-corruption-nepotism-and-favouritism-time-to-do-away-with-it-sc\/\">Time to do away with Discretionary quota for allotment of Government Largesse<\/a><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">HIGH COURTS<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><u>KERALA HIGH COURT<\/u><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Forced Conversion Therapy of LGBTQA+ community; HC directs State to constitute an expert committee for forming guidelines against such therapies<\/b><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In\u00a0an\u00a0important\u00a0ruling on the rights of the LGBTQA community, the\u00a0Kerala High\u00a0Court\u00a0has\u00a0directed the Kerala Government to take strict action against the forced conversion therapy of LGBTQIA+ Community in the State. The Bench also directed the government to constitute an expert committee and form a guideline based on that in this regard.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Read here:<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/15\/forced-conversion-therapy-of-lgbtqa-community\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>Forced Conversion Therapy of LGBTQA+ community; HC directs State to constitute an expert committee for forming guidelines against such therapies<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Husband harasses wife, portrays her as a psychiatric patient; HC slams Child Right Commission for directing psychiatric treatment of wife without any medical assessment<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In an interesting development, Kerala High Court slammed the Kerala State Commission for Child Rights for directing psychiatric treatment for wife of the accused without any jurisdiction. Expressing anguish over the factum that the Commission had aided the accused in trespassing the house of the victim and forcefully admitting her in the hospital, the Bench remarked,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe case is very distressing insofar as, the\u00a0respondent\u00a0,\u00a0prima facie has been attempting to style his wife as a mental patient before various forums.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court noticed that the respondent; employed in the Law Department of the State and also once appointed as a temporary Magistrate, wants to use his official clout to witch-hunt his wife and children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read here: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/13\/husband-harasses-wife-portrays-her-as-a-psychiatric-patient\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>Husband harasses wife, portrays her as a psychiatric patient; HC slams Child Right Commission for directing psychiatric treatment of wife without any medical assessment<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Accused has no right to\u00a0Narco\u00a0Analysis Test to prove innocence; HC denies permission to 68 years old POCSO accused from voluntarily undergoing\u00a0Narco\u00a0Test<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Holding that accused have no rights to claim subjecting themselves to Narcotic Analysis Test to prove innocence,\u00a0the\u00a0Kerala High Court observed the limitation of\u00a0Narco\u00a0Test and stated that,\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe possibility of accused himself making exculpatory statements to support his\u00a0defence\u00a0also cannot be ruled out. There is no\u00a0mechanism\u00a0or the present Investigating Agency is also not equipped to assess the credibility of such revelations of the accused.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Read here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/16\/accused-has-no-right-to-narco-analysis-test-to-prove-innocence\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>Accused has no right to\u00a0Narco\u00a0Analysis Test to prove innocence; HC denies permission to 68 years old POCSO accused from voluntarily undergoing\u00a0Narco\u00a0Test<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Whether gifts given to the bride during marriage by parents will be covered under \u2018Dowry\u2019 or not?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In a very important decision Kerala High Court held that,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cPresents given at the time of marriage to the bride without any demand having made in that behalf and which have been entered in a list-maintained\u00a0in\u00a0accordance with rules made under the Dowry Prohibition Act will not come within the purview of Section 3(1) of Dowry Prohibition Act which prohibits giving or taking of dowry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Read here:<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/15\/dowry\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>Whether gifts given to the bride during marriage by parents will be covered under \u2018Dowry\u2019 or not?<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>DELHI HIGH COURT<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>\u201cAnd Then There Were None\u201d: Agatha Christie\u2019s most famous work in Del HC for trademark registration<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Justice Harishankar, expressing that he was an \u201cavowed aficionado and an admirer of Agatha Christie\u201d, quashed the order which refused the trademark registration to Agatha Christies\u2019 most well-known work\u00a0 \u201cAnd Then There Were None\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Delhi High Court also observed that,\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If the mark is distinctive, and is not identical or confusingly or deceptively\u00a0similar to\u00a0any earlier mark which is registered or in use from a prior date in respect of similar goods or services, or which results in the passing off, by the applicant, of its goods or services as those of another, registration of the mark is a matter of\u00a0right..<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read here: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/16\/agatha-christies-most-famous-work-in-del-hc-for-trademark-registration\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>\u201cAnd Then There Were None\u201d: Agatha Christie\u2019s most famous work in Del HC for trademark registration<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>If an advocate has appeared for a party in judicial or quasi-judicial capacity or even as a mediator, Can Court injunct him from appearing to maintain stream of justice?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In another decision, the Delhi High\u00a0Court\u00a0while expressing its opinion on the position of an advocate in\u00a0law\u00a0expressed that,\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an advocate owes, to the litigating public, the Court, his client and to the opposite parties, the highest degree of probity and transparency.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Court elaborated that <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">where the Court finds that the appearance of an advocate, before it, is not in keeping with the standards expected of the legal profession and is likely to prejudice a fair espousal and prosecution of the\u00a0lis, the Court can step in and restrain such appearance.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read here: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/17\/if-an-advocate-has-appeared-for-a-party-in-judicial-or-quasi-judicial-capacity-or-even-as-a-mediator-can-court-injunct-him-from-appearing-to-maintain-stream-of-justice\/\"><b>If an advocate has appeared for a party in judicial or quasi-judicial capacity or even as a mediator, Can Court injunct him from appearing to maintain stream of justice?<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Daughter-in-law claims right of residence in late husband\u2019s mothers\u2019 property under the head \u2018Shared Household\u2019: Mother-in-law approaches Del HC seeking eviction of daughter-in-law<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Explaining the significance of \u2018shared household\u2019, the\u00a0Delh\u00a0Highi\u00a0Court, explained that where a residence is clearly a shared household, it would not bar the owner from claiming eviction against her daughter-in-law, if circumstances call for it. While allowing the mother-in-law&#8217;s prayer seeking possession of the subject property to the\u00a0exclusion\u00a0of the daughter-in-law, the Court said that<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;The protection under the DV Act assuring the residence of the aggrieved person in the shared household does not vest any proprietary or indefeasible right on the aggrieved person. It is also subject to eviction being initiated in accordance with law.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Read here:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/17\/shared-household-3\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><b>Daughter-in-law claims right of residence in late husband\u2019s mothers\u2019 property under the head \u2018Shared Household\u2019: Mother-in-law approaches Del HC seeking eviction of daughter-in-law\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">LEGISLATION UPDATES\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Bihar Biological Diversity (Amendment) Rules, 2021\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Government of Bihar has notified the Bihar Biological Diversity (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to extend the tenure of Biodiversity Management Committees till tenure of Government Advisory Committees.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read here<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/16\/bihar-biological-diversity-amendment-rules-2021-extends-tenure-of-biodiversity-management-committees-till-tenure-of-government-advisory-committees\/\">:<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> Bihar Biological Diversity (Amendment) Rules, 2021 <\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Maharashtra Government revises Excise Duty for wine manufacturers<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Government of Maharashtra has revised the Excise Duty for wine manufacturers holding\u00a0licence\u00a0in FORM BRL.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As a result, the wines manufactured from any substance and without addition of alcohol and without manufacturing or blending with imported concentrate or imported Bulk Wine shall be exempted from Excise Duty\u00a0in excess of\u00a0Rs. 10 per bulk\u00a0litre.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Read here:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/16\/maharashtra-government-revises-excise-duty-for-wine-manufacturers\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Maharashtra Government revises Excise Duty for wine manufacturers<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Dam Safety Act, 2021\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Dam Safety Act received President\u2019s assent in order to provide for surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of the specified dam for prevention of dam failure related disasters and to provide for institutional mechanism to ensure their safe functioning. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span 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