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PMLA prevails over Bankruptcy Act and Insolvency Code: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has ruled that Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) prevails over the Bankruptcy Act and insolvency code when it comes to attachment of properties obtained as ‘proceeds of crime’. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had challenged the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
RTI Act supersedes Official Secrets Law
Delivering a separate judgment in the Rafale case, Justice K.M. Joseph has made the following observations: The Right to Information Act confers on ordinary citizens the ‘priceless right’ to demand information even in matters affecting national security and relations with ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019
The Union Ministry for Health and Family Welfare has notified the Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019 with an aim to promote clinical research in the country. Features of the New Rules The new rules reduce the time for approving ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Governments Prerogative to Frame Schemes: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has censured the Uttarakhand High Court for framing a scheme to regularise hundreds of casual workers engaged by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) under the Ministry of Defence in the construction of roads for Char Dham Yatra ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Contempt Order against Shillong Times Editor, Publisher Put on Hold
The Supreme Court has put on hold the Meghalaya High Court’s judgment holding The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim and publisher Shobha Chaudhuri guilty of contempt and fining them Rs 2 lakh each. What was the Case? The Shillong Times ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Exclusion from draft Assam NRC will not affect voting rights: ECI
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has stated before the Supreme Court that exclusion of names of persons from draft National Registry of Citizens (NRC) in Assam will not affect their voting rights in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls provided ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Centre allows State Governments to put Enemy Properties to Public Use
The central government has allowed the state governments to put enemy properties into public use. The central government has amended the guidelines for disposal of the Enemy Property Order, 2018, to facilitate usages of enemy property by the state government ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
SC Proposes Mediation Panel for Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid Land Dispute Case
The Supreme Court has proposed a court-monitored mediation in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case to arrive at a permanent solution to the politically and religiously sensitive issue. The mediation panel consists of three members. Justice Kalifullah, Retired judge ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Cabinet Clears Ordinance on Reservation Roster for University Teachers
The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cleared the ordinance for the Reservation Roster for University Teachers. What was the issue? Following an order by the Allahabad high court in April 2017, the University Grants Commission had ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
President Approves Amendments to Indian Stamp Act 1899
President Ram Nath Kovind has given the assent for the amendments to the Indian Stamp Act 1899 introduced as part of the Finance Act 2019. Amendments Proposed The amendments proposed are: Creation of the legal and institutional mechanism to enable states ..