Source: indiatoday.in West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday demanded the setting up of a collegium on the lines of the Supreme Court to appoint election commissioners, asserting that the three nominated members of the poll panel should not be given the mandate to hold elections. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee hit out at
Source: hindustantimes.com A day after the government appointed justice R S Jha as acting chief justice of Madhya Pradesh high court overlooking the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendation to appoint justice A A Kureshi as chief justice of the high court, the law ministry defended its decision saying “there is nothing unusual about the appointment”. A
Source: dnaindia.com The Reserve Bank’s new circular for resolution of stressed assets is propelled by provisioning requirements and gives more freedom to bankers in taking decisions, Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) Chairman Sunil Mehta said Saturday. Two months after the Supreme Court struck down its February 12 circular, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Friday came
Source: business-standard.com Turning a deaf ear to suspension threats from the world body, the Archery Association of India will go ahead with two separate polls simultaneously in New Delhi and Chandigarh Sunday, which will lead to election of two presidents in a bizarre scenario. Union Minister of Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda and retired IAS officer
Source: thehindu.com Gujarat cadre IPS officer R.S. Bhagora, an accused in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case, was dismissed from service by the Union Home Ministry on May 30, a day before his retirement on May 31. The 60-year-old officer was set to retire on May 31 and was serving as Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic)
Source:- vice.com I have a friend who keeps adopting stray animals because this one time she read on someone’s Instagram that a local Panchayat in her city was plotting to wipe out all street dogs by poisoning their food. But a recent order has made her and probably all animal lovers, ecstatic; the Punjab and
Source:- .plantbasednews.org An Indian High Court has granted animals ‘legal person or entity’ status to animals, according to reports. The ruling, by Punjab and Haryana High Court, means animals in the state of Haryana will be accorded the ‘corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person’. It follows a 2018 landmark ruling by the Uttarakhand
Sourc:- emondaq.com The Hon’ble Supreme Court, vide its order dated 29 May 2019, while refusing to interfere with the order of the Bombay High Court, has held that the position regarding the arrest provisions under Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (CGST Act) and the corresponding state goods and services tax laws (SGST Acts) will be clarified
Source:- zeenews.india.com The apex court impleaded Narayanasamy as a respondent in the application filed by the Centre and Bedi seeking a direction for restoring the situation prevailing before the April 30 Madras High Court verdict which held that the LG “cannot interfere” in the day-to-day affairs of the elected government in the Union Territory. New
Source:-business-standard.com The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) to reopen and recast the accounts of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) and two of its key subsidiaries of five years starting 2012-13 (FY13). The order came on a plea moved by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), which sought to examine the
