Make In India: Bombay HC Grants Relief To 3 Chinese Firms, 69 Chinese Workers; Quashes ‘Leave India’ Notice Issued

A Hong-Kong based concern claiming to be working in India under the ‘Make in India’ initiative secured relief from the Bombay High Court on Friday. Some 69 workers of the said concern were invited by Pacific Cyber Company Pvt Ltd, an Indian company engaged in development and assembly of mobile phones, to visit the Pacific’s plants in Daman and Silvasa, to provide technical know-how...

Vedanta Copper Plant: Madras HC Temporarily Rolls Back NGT Verdict; Orders Status Quo On Reopening [Read Order]

In a major setback to the Vedanta Group, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday stayed the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT’s) December 15 order that had permitted it to reopen its copper smelting plant in Tuticorin.A bench comprising Justice KK Sasidharan and Justice PD Audikesavalu ordered status quo to continue, thereby restraining Vedanta from reopening its copper...

Women Wall Campaign : Participation To Be Voluntary; Children Must Be Excluded, Rules Kerala HC [Read Order]

The High Court of Kerala has directed the exclusion of persons below the age of 18 years from the 'Women Wall'(vanitha mathil) campaign of the Government.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice A K Jayasankaran Nambiar was considering a batch of petitions challenging the program.'Women Wall' is an awareness campaign announced by the Women and Child Department, whereby...

How Is Pt. Nehru’s Legacy Being Erased, Effaced Or Defamed By Centre: Delhi HC Rejects AJL’s Plea Challenging Centre’s Order To Vacate Herald House [Read Judgment]

“This Court is conscious of the fact that Young Indian Company is a charitable company, but modus operandi to acquire 99% of AJL's shares speaks volumes.”The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the plea by Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), challenging the Centre’s order to vacate the premises in the national capital.Justice Sunil Gaur observed that AJL will have to vacate the premises...

Lok Sabha Passes Consumer Protection Bill 2018 [Read Bill]

The Lok Sabha today passed the Consumer Protection Bill 2018, which seeks to wholly replace the Consumer Protection Act 1986.Union Minister for consumer affairs Ram Vilas Paswan introduced the Bill.The Bill seeks to establish a national level regulator -Central Consumer Protection Authority- to deal with consumer complaints on a proactive measure. The present law does not have a...

Centre Took 45 Months To Call First Meeting Of Lokpal Selection Committee: RTI Reveals

A Right to Information (RTI) application concerning the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 has revealed glaring inaction on the part of the Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.As per the information revealed on an application filed by one Ms. Anjali Bhardwaj, the Selection Committee, under the chairmanship of PM Modi met for the first time only in March, 2018. This was more...

“Till You Believe In The Wrong Story, You Can’t Have The Right Law”: Javed Akhtar At the IDIA Annual Conference 2018

“Till you believe in the wrong story, You can’t have the right law,” lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar said at the recently-organized IDIA Law Annual Conference, 2018 in New Delhi.Speaking on the conference’s theme of ‘Law and Storytelling’, Mr. Akhtar said that laws around the world will be correct, only when they speak about the human story, which at present is going...

Laminating Identity Card Destroys Its Legality And Authenticity, Says Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

“It is hard to notice the thickness, seal, embossment or any other identification marks used to check the authenticity of identity card if the same is laminated to make it glossy and water proof.”Recently, the Kerala High Court observed that laminating an identity card destroys its legality and authenticity.While hearing a co-operative society matter, the division bench comprising of...

Insolvency Proceedings – Safe Passage for Defaulters?

Recently, on 26th November 2018, the Corporate Affairs Secretary Mr.Injeti Srinivas informed the country that out of the 9,000 cases filed before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), 4,400 cases have been disposed of, leading to a recovery of approximately Rs.71,000 crores. The total bad debts assessed so far that is owed to the public sector banks in India amounts to Ten Lakh Crores of Rupees.As per the report published by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India("IBBI"),in respect of...

Meghalaya HC Judge Justice Sen's Proceedings On Judges' Post-Retiral Benefits Stayed By DB

The Division Bench of Meghalaya High Court on Monday stayed the proceedings before Justice S R Sen for enhancing the post-retirement benefits for judges. This was after Justice Sen had served contempt-notice on Chief Secretary and other officials of the Government for failing to comply with his orders within time.Justice Sen was in news last week following his controversial observations in...

Manoj Prasad,Alleged Middleman In Rakesh Asthana Bribery Case,Granted Default Bail By Delhi Court [Read Order]

Manoj Prasad, an alleged middleman arrested in connection with bribery allegations involving CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana, was granted default bail by a Delhi Court today, due to failure of CBI to submit charge sheet within 60 days of the arrest.Prasad, who was arrested on October 17,prayed for release on default bail. The court had on November 3 denied bail to Prasad, saying it was not...

Senior Advocate Rajendra Tiwari Appointed Advocate General For Madhya Pradesh

Senior Advocate Rajendra Tiwari has been appointed as the Advocate General for the State of Madhya Pradesh.The appointment comes in the wake of the change in government in the State post the Assembly elections. Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath took oath as the 18th chief minister of the State, replacing former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.As per reports, Mr. Tiwari began his...