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Complaint against SWIGGY rejected by CCI suggesting disclosures on pricing to put at rest any ‘misgivings’.

A complaint against Swiggy in relation to alleged unfair business practices was rejected by Competition Commission of India. It later suggested that the app-based food delivery platform can provide sufficient…

BANK SANCTIONS LOANS TO MESME AND OTHER BUSINESSES

Loan of 79k crore is sanctioned to 19lakh Msme and other businesses, out of which 35k crore has already been disbursed, top lenders are SBI,HDFC bank , Bank of Baroda,…

Supreme court direction on Jagannath Yatra

(1) All entry points into the City of Puri, i.e. airports, railway stations, bus stands, Or any other entry point shall be closed during the period of Rath Yatra festival…

SUPREME COURT STAYS ANNUAL RATH YATRA IN PURI DUE TO COVID-19

18 Jun 202018 Jun 2020

An organisation from Odisha, move to the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the possible celebration of the annual Rath Yatra at Puri's Jagannath Temple on June 23, in the light of…

Vinodchandra Sakarlal Kapadia v. the State of Gujarat

The Supreme Court Bench consisted of Justice UU Lalit , Justice Indu Malhotra and Justice AS Bopanna. This case arose when an agricultural land was given to the present appellant…

SC REFUSED TO INTERFERE IN ACADEMIC MATTERS.

17 Jun 202017 Jun 2020

Educationist Rajshree and Advocate Anindita Pujari ,filed a special petition before the Supreme Court. The appeal stated that close to 8.48 lakh students would be appearing for the Class 10…

SUPREME COURT ISSUES NOTICE IN PLEA ALLEGING BIAS BY IRDA IN DIRECTING INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS

The Supreme Court issued a notice in a plea seeking directions from the Central government and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) to all insurance companies to extend medical…

SC COMMITTEE PASSES RESOLUTION AGAINST PHYSICAL HEARINGS FOR NOW; CHAMBER MATTERS, CASES BEFORE REGISTRAR TO BE HEARD VIRTUALLY

15 Jun 202015 Jun 2020

A Committee of seven judges of the Supreme Court has affirmed that there will be no physical hearings for the time being, considering the development of COVID-19 cases in the…

HIGH COURT OF KERALA DISMISSES PLEA THAT SEEKS TO STRIKE DOWN SECTION 3 IN THE MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY ACT THAT ALLOWS ABORTION IN CERTAIN CASES

Section 3 of the MTP act allows abortion in certain cases before 20 weeks such as, If the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother.If there is a risk involved…

INDIA PLANNING TO DECRIMINALISE BOUNCED CHEQUES, SARFAESI PROVISIONS MAY HURT BANKS, CLOG COURTS

India planning to Decriminalise Bounced Cheques, Sarfaesi Provisions may hurt Banks, clog courts. Decriminalising economic offences including bounced cheques and violation of the provisions of a loan recovery law, a…