Month: November 2020

State Bills on farm trade ignites legal debate, Presidential assent unlikely

Source:-https://www.financialexpress.com However, SC lawyer Sunil Fernandes noted that, however well-intentioned an Act passed by the state legislature may be, unless the governor signs on it, the Act doesn’t become enforceable. The laws passed by Opposition-ruled states Punjab, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh to override three central laws governing agriculture trade and food stuffs may stumble upon the

Aiming to cut red-tapism: Industrial Relations Code: Govt notifies draft rules

Source:-https://www.financialexpress.com An establishment with 300 or more workers will have to seek government’s approval 15 days ahead of resorting to lay-off and 90 days in advance for closure as per the draft rules under the Industrial Relations Code. For retrenchment, the establishment will have to seek government’s permission 60 days prior to the intended action.

South African national arrested in drugs case denied bail

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court declined to grant bail to a petitioner, who is a South African national and against whom a case has been registered by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Hyderabad, under various sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act). Prima facie, the petitioner Mosiea Moosa has committed

Pak Move On Gilgit-Baltistan Attempt To Hide Illegal Occupation: India

Source:-https://www.ndtv.com New Delhi: Pakistan’s move to name Gilgit-Baltistan as its fifth province is meant to “camouflage its illegal occupation” of the area but it cannot “hide the grave human rights violations, exploitation and denial of freedom” of the people for over seven decades, India said as Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced provisional provincial status

It isn’t too late to hold a judicial inquiry into the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits

Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah recently called for a probe by a judge of the Supreme Court, into the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir valley in 1989-1990. He chose to blame the then Governor Jagmohan for the exodus saying that he ‘took them away’ on the false promise

Judge’s lament that country has become land of rapists should put every Indian to shame

Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com The other day a Madras High Court judge lamented that India, the holy land, has become the land of rapists, where a rape is happening every 15 minutes. Justice Kirubakaran, his name literally meaning merciful, made the observation while hearing a petition relating to the gang-rape of a migrant labourer in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur,

Police raids fireworks dealers in Jugsalai

Source:-https://www.telegraphindia.com Steel city police raided the premises of six firecracker dealers at Jugsalai and seized goods worth several lakhs on Sunday evening, Dhalbhum sub-divisional officer (SDO), Nitish Kumar said the raid was carried out keeping in mind the densely-populated nature of Jugsalai. “The Jharkhand High Court directive prohibits sale of explosives in heavily populated areas.

Andhra Pradesh private schools miffed over fee arrears

Source:-https://www.deccanchronicle.com Vijayawada: Managements of more than 15,000 private schools are unhappy with the state government for failing to address the issue of the clearance of arrears of last term’s fee worth crores of rupees from students, even though it issued an order reducing tuition fees by 30 per cent for the current academic year. They

Govt receives names of judges for Lokayukta

Source:-https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com Panaji: The state government has received the names of retired judges of the Supreme Court and high court to be appointed as the Lokayukta for the state. The post was lying vacant after Lokayukta P K Misra’s term ended on September 17, 2020.Speaking to TOI, advocate general Devidas Pangam said the high court has