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Prime Minister inaugurates two new defence office complexes

On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated two new defence office complexes for the Defence Ministry. The office complexes are located at Africa Avenue and Kasturba Gandhi Marg, in New…

Jammu and Kashmir to implement Forest Rights Act, 2006

The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to implement the Forest Rights Act, 2006, which will elevate the socio-economic status of a sizeable section of the 14 lakh population of…

“The day the succession opens.”: Bombay High court

An appeal made by Janiwantabai Wankhade against an order which allowed Jaiwantabai's deceased son's widow Sunanda to get all his retiral dues. Jaiwantabai's son and Sunanda's deceased husband Anil used…

Amazon v. Future: Supreme Court stays proceedings

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Today, The Supreme Court put a stay order on the proceedings on the dispute between Amazon and Future Retail Limited pending before the Delhi High Court for four weeks. On…

Bihar court: grants bail to liquor smuggling accused on condition

Madhubani district in bihar granted bail to Nitish kumar who was accused of smuggling beneath the bihar prohibition and excise act, 2016. Nitish Kumar was arrested and detained after the…

Bureau of Police Research and Development to launch an online hackathon

Bureau of Police Research and Development works under the guidance of the Ministry of Home Affairs for improvement of delivery of police services. The Bureau of Police Research and Development…

Writ petition in Supreme Court challenges the decision of Uttarakhand High Court to have mandatory physical hearings

The Uttarakhand High Court had issued a notification on August 16th, which mandated that all lawyers would have to appear physically without an option of virtual hearings. All Indian Association…

Income tax deductions on certain transactions can only be claimed after actual payment

On Wednesday, The Supreme Court had observed that Explanation 3C to Section 43B of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is only clarificatory and meant to hold back the misuse of…

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 : protects the rights of transgender

On Monday, the Union government told the Karnataka High Court that The Transgender Persons act protects the rights of transgender persons by giving them right to self perceived identity and…

Delhi High court has requested the center’s response ta a petition seeking compliance to the manual scavenging law

In a PIL exclusively on the Prohibition of Employment in the Form of Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, the Delhi High Court has taken note of the Center’s…