"Amnesty's Allegations Are Serious" NHRC Issues Notice To Govt. On Amnesty's Decision To Close India Operations Because Of "Witch-hunt" By Govt.

National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India takes suo motu cognizance of the matter and directs issuance of the notice to the Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, New Delhi, calling for their comments on the allegations levelled by the Amnesty International."The Amnesty International is a reputed non-governmental organization raising its voice globally whenever there is...

[Challenge Against NUJS 30% Domicile Reservation] Calcutta HC Division Bench Refuses To Interfere With Single Bench Refusal To Stay Publication Of Merit List

A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court has refused to interfere in the Single Bench order which refused to grant interim relief in a writ petition challenging the constitutionality of the law mandating 30% domicile reservation for admission in West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS). A Bench of Justices IP Mukherjee and MD Nizamuddin, at the outset, noted that...

NHRC Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Hathras Gang Rape Case; Seeks Report From UP Govt

Taking suo moto cognizance of the "serious issue of violation of human rights" in the Hathras Gang-Rape case, the National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday issued notice to the UP Government, asking it file a report in the matter. The Commission has issued notice to the DGP, UP directing him to look personally into the matter to ensure a speedy trial. It has also directed the...

[Coal Block Auction] SC Calls Jharkhand's Plea For Revenue Maximisation 'Abominable', Says Neither State Nor Centre Reliable In Environment Matters In View Of Tendency To 'Exploit Nature For Money'

The hearing, on Wednesday, in the suit by the Jharkhand Government against the launch of the auction process of coal blocks for purposes of commercial mining by the Centre was privy to interesting observations by the Supreme Court.Chief Justice S. A. Bobde pulled up the state of Jharkhand for its prayer that the auction be withheld until such time the global investment climate has...

Situation In Maharashtra Continues To Be Grim; All Interim Orders Passed By Bombay HC & Subordinate Courts Extended Till October 31 [Read Notice]

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday in view of Covid-19 situation in Maharashtra extended the operation of interim orders passed by the High Court and its subordinate courts in Maharashtra and Goa till October 31. Previously, the Court had extended all interim orders on August 31 to September 30.The bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta, Justice AA Sayed, Justice SS Shinde and Justice KK...

Can't Provide Legal Opinion In Application Moved Under Sec 151 of CPC: Delhi HC Holds While Advising Petitioner To Seek Advice Judge After He Demits Office [Read Order]

Delhi High Court has clarified that it doesn't have the advisory jurisdiction to provide legal advice to the parties in applications moved under section 151 of the Civil Procedure Code. The Division Bench of Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Justice Asha Menon further advised the Petitioner that he's free to seek the opinion of Justice Endlaw after he demits office on August 13...

Centre Amends Motor Vehicles Rules For Protection Of 'Good Samaritans' [Read Notification]

The Central Government has notified amendment to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 which inserts Chapter IX to deal with examination of Good Samaritan and Enquiry."Good Samaritan", as per Section 134A of the Motor Vehicles Act, 198, is a person, who in good faith, voluntarily and without expectation of any reward or compensation renders emergency medical or non-medical care or assistance...

Centre Notifies Bills To Relax Tax Filings; Allow RBI Supervision Over Cooperative Banks [Read Notifications]

The Central Government has notified the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Act, 2020 to relax time limit on compliance with tax laws, GST payment, filing, etc., amid the Covid-19 pandemic. It was passed by the Lok Sabha September 19, 2020 and was returned by the Rajya Sabha on September 22, 2020. The Act amends as many as eight legislations viz. the...

Kerala Govt Moves HC To Quash CBI FIR In 'LIFE Mission' Case

The Kerala Government has approached the High Court of Kerala against the FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation alleging violations of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act in relation to the 'LIFE Mission' project.The plea seeks to quash the FIR registered by the central agency on September 24 to the extent it relates to public servants under the...

Centre Notifies Three Labour Codes [Read Notifications]

The Central Government on Tuesday notified the three Labour Codes namely: Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020The Industrial Relations Code, 2020The Code on Social Security, 2020 The three codes are part of the four codes that consolidate 29 central labour laws. In 2019, the Code on Wages was passed. These three Bills relax labour laws to...

Delhi HC To Continue With Restrictive Functioning Till October 8 [Read Order]

The Delhi High Court has decided to continue with the current hybrid model of both physical and virtual hearings. The court has decided to extend the restrictive functioning till October 08 in light of the ongoing COVID19 pandemic. However, the number of Benches notified for conducting physical hearings have been reduced to 3 in light of rise in the number of COVID19 cases in...

Centre Notifies Companies (Amendment) Act & Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Act [Read Notifications]

The Central Government on Monday notified the following two Acts to enhance the ease of doing business in India: Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Act, 2020 The former was passed by the Parliament on September 22, 2020 to decriminalize minor procedural or technical lapses under the Companies Act, 2013, into civil wrong. It...