The Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai on September 16th clarified that the Central Government has no proposal to amend the Official Languages Act to include Scheduled languages other than Hindi and English as its official languages as suggested by the Supreme Court. The Minister clarified this in a written reply
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In the latest judgment, the Supreme Court heard the petitioners who were challenging the National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT), the separate admission test held by the National law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore. The bench comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah heard the said matter on Wednesday. Wherein the
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September 16, 2020 Andhra Pradesh High Court restrains media from reporting on FIR naming former AG in corruption case [ by Legal Era News Network ] The Andhra Pradesh High Court Bench headed by Chief Justice JK Maheshwari has issued an order restraining the media from reporting on the FIR registered by the state’s Anti
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September 16, 2020 Fraud-hit PMC approaches other banks for possible merger: Administrator [ by Legal Era News Network ] Fraud-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC) has approached other banks over a possible merger after its efforts to recover funds from a big borrower have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, the bank’s administrator said
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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on September 15th informed the Lok Sabha that it has no plans to being a legislation on Custodial Torture and Violence. G. Kishan Reddy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, informed the House that the Indian Penal Code provides punishment for such offences and it has
... Continue Reading.[Shruti Rajan is a partner in the Financial Regulatory Practice at Trilegal. Vidhi Shah is an associate with the Financial Regulatory Practice at Trilegal.] Quasi-judicial authorities are not bound by strict rules of evidence. It is settled law that they are “entitled to act on material that may not be accepted as evidence in a
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In such a huge country where Startups, improvement and progress are the gripping topics, we have a very few ladies who are truly making mark in the business. There are numerous such ladies who are truly accomplishing acceptable work in their specialized topics. Yet at the same time this number is so less, so irrelevant
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In order to legalise gambling, a vigorous legal framework is needed which will govern the gaming industry and ensure that people don’t fall for excessive gambling. Introduction – Legalise Gambling The constant trade-off between morality and revenue has been the main issue of any debate related to gambling. Gambling has been practised throughout human civilisation.
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The Supreme Court has been hearing the National Law Aptitude Test (NLAT) challenges since 10:30. LiveLaw and Bar & Bench are live tweeting the hearing held via video conference. Senior advocate Nidhesh Gupta has been arguing on behalf of the CLAT consortium. 11:49: Gupta has just told the bench that 4,680 candidates had raised ‘queries’
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September 16, 2020 Bill to amend Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code tabled in Rajya Sabha [ by Legal Era News Network ] The Union Government has tabled a Bill in the Upper House of the Parliament to suspend the operation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) for at least six months from 25 March, replacing
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