No night shifts for women at work beyond 10PM: Kerala HC

While disposing of the petition filed by women employees of Sitaram Textile Mill at Thrissur questioning the management's decision to make women employees work during night shifts, the Kerala High Court held that women employees will work only till 10 pm. It was also alleged in the petition that the management didn’t yield to the demand of not fixing night shifts for the women employees....

Home Ministry issues Guidelines on Citizenship to Children Born to a Surrogate Indian Mother

The Ministry of Home Affairs has developed guidelines for the foreign nationals intending to visit India for commissioning surrogacy. These guidelines have been notified vide MHA letter no. F No.25022/74/2011-F.I dated 9th July 2012 and have also been circulated to all the Indian missions/posts.The following provisions have been made under these guidelines for the foreign nationals coming...

HP High Court directs state government to implement Shetty Commission report within 2 weeks

The First National Judicial Commission, known as Shetty Commission may be implemented in the State of Himachal Pradesh soon as the High Court on Monday directed the State government to implement it within two weeks for the employees of subordinate courts.The Division Bench consisting of Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan also acted on a contempt petition filed...

Relief for MNCs as Delhi High Court lays down rules regarding tax on advertisements [Read the Judgment]

Addressing the issue of taxation of advertising and marketing spends by multinational companies; the Delhi High Court today laid down rules regarding the same. The dispute before the Court involved questions regarding applicability of transfer pricing rules, which apply to transactions between multinational companies and their Indian arm.The court decided that promoting and...

Over 8.80 Lacs Cases Related Land Acquisition, Revenue and MNREGA, Involving Rs.200 Crores were Settled at National Lok Adalat Yesterday

Over 8.80 lacs land acquisition, revenue and MNREGA related cases were settled involving over Rs.200 crores at a National Lok Adalats that were held across the country yesterday. This is the second in a series of National Lok Adalats which are being organized one a month on a specific subject matter. The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) had drawn up a Calendar for this purpose under...

All India Judicial Service, an unending wait

An idea mooted in 1960s that is still to see the light of the day, All India Judicial Service is unlikely to shape soon. As in earlier years, there are States that oppose the idea and the issue is all set to come up for discussion in the meeting of Chief Justices and Chief Ministers next month.The meeting, scheduled for April will see the Chief Justices of various High Courts meet the...

Government notifies Email Policy but is it an eyewash?

The Centre informed the Delhi High Court that “Office memorandum (O.M.) dated 30.09.2014 has been issued by the Department of Electronics & IT (DietY) to all Government Ministries and Departments advising them to comply with “Framework & Guidelines for Use of Social Media for Government Organizations” notified by DietY” and that “Email policy of the Government of India has...

Supreme Court gives a final chance to Sahara to raise funds

The Supreme Court accepted to give a final chance to Sahara to raise funds in order to comply with its earlier orders regarding reimbursement to investors. If Sahara fails to raise the funds, the Supreme Court would then appoint a receiver and an auction of Sahara’s properties would be held.Meanwhile, Subrata Ray, Chairperson of Sahara India continues to be in Tihar Jail, where he has...

Delhi High Court seeks replies from DU and BCI on lack of infrastructure at Faculty of Law

Hearing a petition alleging lack of adequate infrastructure in Faculty of Law, Delhi University, the Delhi High Court through an order asked Bar Council of India(BCI) and Delhi University(DU) to file their responses.The Division Bench consisting of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Ashutosh Kumar sought answers regarding new proposed law faculty campus and asked about its built up area. In his...

Delhi HC declines to stay ban on ‘India’s Daughter’ says “Media trials do tend to influence Judges”

The Delhi High Court while hearing a petition in relation to the documentary India’s Daughter has reportedly observed,"Media trials do tend to influence judges. Subconsciously a pressure is created and it does have an effect on the sentencing of the accused/convict."Declining to pass interim orders in the BBC Documentary case, the Bench of Justices BD Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva observed,...

National Judicial Appointments Commission: SC restricts all High Courts from hearing Petitions challenging validity of the Acts

A Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice A.R. Dave, Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice M.B. Lokur has restrained all High Courts from entertaining any petition challenging validity of the 121st Constitutional Amendment Act and the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act brought to replace the collegium system introduced in 1993.The Apex Court, on Tuesday, began heading on...

Is right to eat the meat of one's choice a fundamental right? Bombay HC started hearing PILs against Beef Ban asks Govt. to clarify the date of implementation

A public interest litigation filed before the Bombay High Court has challenged the recent amendments in Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act, 1976 by which a punishment has been mandated for possessing and selling beef.The petition, filed by activist Ketan Tirodkar calls the beef ban atrocious and reportedly states that right to eat should not be affected. The petition has claimed that the...