Source – cointelegraph.com India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has urged the country’s Supreme Court to regulate cryptocurrencies, local news outlet the Financial Express reports July 21. In April of this year, the RBI announced it will stop providing services to businesses or persons dealing with cryptocurrencies, citing high risks. The RBI’s senior advocate Shyam Divan told a bench led
Source – mondaq.com 1. INTRODUCTION In April this year, the Reserve Bank of India (the “RBI“) issued a notification prohibiting the use of virtual currencies, preventing entities regulated by the RBI from dealing with virtual currencies or providing services facilitating any person or entity to deal or settle virtual currencies (the “Notification“).1 Pursuant to the Notification,
Source – indianexpress.com Hearing the contentious issue relating to the ban on entry of women between 10 and 50 years of age in Kerala’s historic Sabarimala temple, the Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that a woman’s right to pray is equal to that of a man and it should not be dependent on law. “Your (intervener)
Source – ndtv.com The Victorian-era morality, prohibitions, unsafe sex and living in denial have led to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases like AIDS and it cannot be blamed on homosexual relationships, the Supreme Court today said while observing the sexual intercourse itself should not be seen as a crime. The apex court termed the prohibitions
Source – economictimes.indiatimes.com The Supreme Court on Tuesday blamed the frequent instances of lynching being reported from different parts of the country on the rising “intolerance and polarisation”, and urged the Parliament to enact a fresh law to instil fear of law among those who take matters into their own hands. The top court also directed
Source – thehansindia.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the garbage disposal and waste management case concerning the national capital. On the last date of hearing, the apex court criticised the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi for failing its duty to dispose of the garbage accumulated in the national capital and not
Source – moneycontrol.com The Supreme Court yesterday said that compensation amount of Rs 25,000 which is paid to a victim of hit-and-run accident in case of death is “low” and a bill that proposes to raise this to Rs two lakh is “pending” before the Parliament. The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016, was passed by the
Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to apprise it as to whether petrol and diesel can have an equal pricing for four wheelers and private cars after the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) said pollution from diesel vehicles was a cause of concern. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and
Source – indianexpress.com SLAMMING THE Centre, the UP government and other authorities for the “apathy” and “lethargy” in their efforts to preserve and restore the Taj Mahal, the Supreme Court Wednesday gave vent to its anger and frustration: “You can shut down the Taj. You can demolish it if you like, and you can also do
Source – firstpost.com The Supreme Court has scheduled the hearing of the case related to reservations in promotions for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) categories on 3 August, while refusing to pass an interim order against its 2006 verdict which dealt with application of the concept of ‘creamy layer’ for reservations in government job
