Gujarat-owned PSU Discom doesn't need permission to pay compensatory tariff to Adani Power: Supreme Court [Read Order]

The Division Bench of the Apex Court comprising of Justices J. Chelameswar and Abhay Manohar Sapre while hearing a Civil Appeal preferred by M/s. Adani Power Ltd. held that Gujarat-owned Discom does not require its permission to pay "compensatory tariff" to Adani Power Ltd and such a decision would be subject to final verdict on the plea of the private power generating firm.Adani Power is...

CCI has not participated in any commercial event; Arun Jaitley

Under the mandate given by section 49 of the Competition Act, 2002, Competition Commission of India (CCI) takes measures to engage in competition advocacy, creating awareness and imparting training on competition issues. This is done, inter-alia, by participation of Chairperson, Members and officials of the Commission in various conferences, seminars and workshops organized by...

Headless Central Information Commission again: Reforms necessary

Central Information Commission (CIC) has once again headless after retirement of Vijai Sharma from post of Chief Information Commission on 01.12.21015. Earlier also post of Chief Information Commissioner lied vacant for nine long months before the then senior-most Information Commissioner Vijay Sharma was appointed Chief Information Commissioner.Chief Information Commissioner should be made...

Gujarat HC directs State Election Commission to make Poll affidavits online, within six months [Read Order]

If such information about the contents of the affidavit are made available to the voters through the website of the State Election Commission, it would certainly help the voters to take appropriate decision at the time of voting, the bench said.Gujarat High Court has directed the State Election Commission to make available all the Poll affidavits online, through the website of the...

Madras HC prescribes “dress code” for devotees to Enter the Temples [Read Order]

In a recent judgment, the Madras High Court  has prescribed a dress code for men, women and even children to visit temples maintained by Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR and CE) Department across the State. Justice S. Vaidyanathan gave the above direction in a Writ Petition filed by Mr.Rasu seeking to quash the order of the Sub-Inspector Thuvarankurichi Police Station,...

Supreme Court of South Africa holds Oscar Pistorious guilty of Murder: Holds identity of the victim is irrelevant to guilt of the perpetrator

I have no doubt that in firing the fatal shots the accused must have foreseen, and therefore did foresee, that whoever was behind the toilet door might die, but reconciled himself to that event occurring and gambled with that person’s life. This constituted dolus eventualis on his part, and the identity of his victim is irrelevant to his guilt, the Supreme Court said.The Supreme Court of...

Law to make Spot Fixing and Match Fixing Criminal Offences is coming

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has said that there are certain provisions in the Indian Penal Code to deal with match fixing and spot fixing in sports.In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today the Minister said, Government has felt the need to enact a standalone legislation to further strengthen the legal provisions to...

Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2015, is under inter-ministerial consultation; MoS (Health)

As per the Law Commission Report No. 228 of 2009, India is a favorable destination for foreign couples looking for Surrogacy and mentions ART industry is now Rs. 25,000 crore industry.As per two independent studies conducted by reputed agencies forwarded to the Department of Health Research, around 2,000 foreign babies are born to Indian surrogates every year and the international...

Process for Constitution of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has been initiated; Arun Jaitley

The Companies Law Committee was constituted (Annexure-I) in fulfillment of an assurance made by the Corporate Affairs Minister during discussion on Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014 in the Rajya Sabha in response to the concerns raised by Members in Rajya Sabha as well as for addressing issues raised by various stakeholders regarding the Companies Act, 2013.The CLC invited suggestions from...

Armed Forces Tribunal has no jurisdiction over a dispute involving a person yet to be enrolled into Armed forces : Allahabad HC [Read Judgment]

A dispute which arose prior to the enrollment of the respondent into the Armed Forces would not fall within the definition of the expression “service matters” under Section 3(o) because ex facie, the respondent is not a person who is subject to the Army Act 1950, the court said.The High Court of Allahabad has held that the Armed Forces Tribunal has no jurisdiction over a dispute...

Delhi HC dismisses Dabur Promoter Pradip Burman's plea in Tax Evasion Case [Read Judgment]

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Suresh Kait dismissed the plea of Dabur promoter Pradip Burman, whose name has appeared in the blackmoney list, seeking to stay proceedings in a case of alleged tax evasion against him in the trial court. Burman is facing prosecution in a complaint filed by the Income Tax Department alleging that he was holding foreign bank accounts which he had...

Reservation and Corruption destroyed this Country; Gujarat HC quashes Treason Charge against Hardik Patel [Read Judgment]

“The biggest threats, today, for the country is corruption. The countrymen should rise   and fight against corruption at all levels, rather than shedding blood and indulging in   violence for the reservation. The reservation has only played the role of an amoeboid monster sowing seeds of discord amongst the people. The importance of merit, in any society, cannot be understated”,...