Tuesday, 26 January 2016

News

2.5 Days Grace Period for Making Remittances to EPFO by Employers is Withdrawn, Effective Feb 2016 - 19.01.2016
Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has withdrawn the grace period of 5 days for depositing of contribution and administrative charges. This shall apply from February, 2016.


Cabinet Allows Amendments to National Tariff Policy for Differential Power Prices - 21.01.2016
Cabinet has allowed amendments to national tariff policy that provide for differential power prices in a day, allow companies to pass on change in domestic taxes to consumers and expand generation capacity by 100%.


Cabinet Clears President’s Rule in AP - 25.01.2016
Union Cabinet has cleared imposition of President’s Rule in Arunachal Pradesh.


Centre Eases Land Norms for Engineering Colleges - 25.01.2016
Govt. has relaxed norms that define the size of tract of an engineering college in a metro from 2.5 acres to 1.5 acres now.


Centre Brings New SOPs to End Police Harassment of ‘Good Samaritans' - 25.01.2016
Centre has introduced a set of new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) aiming to put an end to police harassment of ‘Good Samaritans' who choose to assist an injured person or a person in distress.


Government Launches CRC to Ease Company Incorporation Procedure - 25.01.2016
Corporate Affairs Ministry has launched Central Registration Centre (CRC) to speed up company incorporation related services.


Govt. Notifies New Policy for Granting EC for Minor Minerals - 22.01.2016
Government has notified a new policy of granting Environmental Clearance (EC) for minor minerals to combat illegal sand mining.


Govt.: No Posting If Employees Fail To Submit Property Returns - 19.01.2016
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has said that all Central Secretariat Service officers are requested to submit property returns for year 2015 at earliest without waiting for last date to approach, otherwise vigilance clearance will be denied for empanelment, deputations, etc.


Labour Ministry Eases Compliance Norms for Start-Ups - 25.01.2016
Labour and Employment Ministry has decided to exempt start-ups from inspections related to key labour laws—including Industrial Disputes Act, Contract Labour Act, ESI Act, Trade Union Act and Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, in order to dispel fear and encourage businesses.


IRDAI Tightens Norms for Cross-Border Re-Insurers - 20.01.2016
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has tightened norms for Cross-Border Re-Insurers (CBR) operating in India. It has said that the CBR should have credit rating of at least BBB (with Standard & Poor's) or equivalent for the past five years.


India Patent Office Dismisses Compulsory License Application of Lee Pharma - 21.01.2016
Indian Patent Office has dismissed application of Lee Pharma for a compulsory licence to make a copy of AstraZeneca's antidiabetes drug saxagliptin, which is branded Onglyza.


Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Frames New Business Policy for Publications Division - 25.01.2016
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has framed a new business policy for Publications Division with the objective to streamline business practices in line with the contemporary trends prevailing in publications industry.


RBI Nods to Hike Service Charge on Deposits by Non-Chest Branches - 22.01.2016
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said currency chest holding branches can raise service charges to be levied on cash deposited by non-chest bank branches to 5 per packet of 100 pieces from existing rate of 2 per packet. Revised charges will come into effect from February 1.


RBI: Pensioner's Account Not to Exceed More Than 14 Credit Transactions in a Year - 22.01.2016
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed banks that a pensioner's account should not exceed more than 14 credit transactions in a calender year for retirement and arrear payments.

Maharashtra, the First State to Grant 180 Days Maternity Leave in Surrogacy Cases - 21.01.2016
Maharashtra Government has sanctioned a special childcare leave provision for its women employees who have had a child through a surrogate.


SC Gives Back Possession of Mine to Rajasthan Govt from UltraTech - 25.01.2016
SC has held that Rajasthan Government will take back possession of a mine from Gotan Limestone Khanji Udyog Pvt Ltd (GLKUPL), which was transferred to Ultra Tech, saying that competent authority was misled by concealing the real transaction.


SC: No Open Tenders for Critical Defence Spares - 25.01.2016
SC, while taking note of India’s substantial role as a defence power and need to keep lives of its personnel safe, has upheld Government’s policy against having any open advertisements inviting tenders for critical and specialised defence spare parts.


SC Slams Tamil Nadu Builders over Failure to Comply with NGT Order - 25.01.2016
SC has ordered Centre to bring out comprehensive chart on status of environmental clearance and building projects of 7 builders from Tamil Nadu. The court also asked all the construction companies to deposit 5 % of project cost, imposed as fine by NGT.


SC: Armed Forces Not An Old-Age Home, No Place for The Unfit - 25.01.2016
Supreme Court, while rejecting a woman IAF officer's plea for permanent commission even though she had failed to clear the medical test, has said a physically-unfit person cannot be allowed to work for the defence forces.


SC Directs CBI Inquiry in BSP Leader Raju Pal Murder Case - 22.01.2016
Supreme Court has directed a CBI inquiry into murder of Bahujan Samaj Party leader Raju Pal in 2005 in Uttar Pradesh.


SC Imposes Provisional Fine on Erring Builders - 22.01.2016
Supreme Court has imposed provisional fine on erring builders who constructed buildings and then applied for green clearances.


SC Directs Sanskriti School to Not to Restrict 60% Quota - 22.01.2016
Supreme Court directed Sanskriti school to admit wards of all central government employees with transferrable jobs for upcoming academic year 2016-17 within the 60 per cent quota, as an interim measure.


SC Denies to Review 2014 Ban on Jallikattu - 22.01.2016
Supreme Court has denied three petitions filed by private individuals to review its May 7, 2014 judgment banning jallikattu (bull-taming sport) as an inherently cruel act.


SC: NGT Not Barred from Hearing Plea on Delhi Pollution - 22.01.2016
SC has clarified that it has not stopped National Green Tribunal (NGT) from passing any order in matters pertaining to pollution in Delhi and asked a body, which wants to organise a vintage car rally for a social cause, to approach the green panel instead.


SC Dismisses UP Govt’s Plea to Defer Hearing over Lokayukta Appointment - 20.01.2016
SC has dismissed Uttar Pradesh Government’s plea to defer hearing on a plea challenging appointment of Justice (retd) Virendra Singh as Lokayukta, saying the apex court has to function in a certain manner.


SC: If Wife Dies Mysteriously Within 7 Years of Marriage, Then Husband Can't Claim Stridhan - 20.01.2016
Supreme Court has held that a man would not be entitled to claim properties and stridhan gifted to his wife if she dies under mysterious circumstances within seven years of marriage, bring the case within the ambit of dowry death.


SC Upholds Land Acquisition by Haryana Government - 20.01.2016
Supreme Court, while setting aside Punjab and Haryana High Court order, has upheld acquisition of land by Haryana Government in 2003-04 for the expansion and systematic development of the Surajkund Tourist Complex, holding that it was meant for a public purpose.


Supreme Court to Centre: Maintain Status Quo on Hindustan Zinc Disinvestment - 19.01.2016
SC has directed Centre to maintain status quo on proposed disinvestment of Hindustan Zinc Limited.


Supreme Court Orders Police Protection for Petitioner and Lawyer in Sabarimala Case - 19.01.2016
SC has asked Delhi Police to ensure safety of the petitioner in Sabarimala case. The court told police to ensure safety of lawyer Naushad Ahmed Khan after he claimed that he is receiving death threats for challenging the decision of Ayyappa temple, Sabarimala, Kerala to ban the entry of women.


Bombay HC Suggests Family Courts to be Sympathetic While Deciding on Custody of Child - 21.01.2016
Bombay HC has suggested that family courts have to sympathetically consider the financial, physical, mental stress while awarding custody of child to warring parents.Further the court said that they should balance changing social, financial dynamics and progressive gender equations.


Delhi HC Junks Law on Imprisonment for Disobeying Public Servants - 25.01.2016
Delhi High Court has junked a British-era criminal law designed to put agitators/protesters behind bars for long if they disobey public servants.


Delhi HC Denies Relief to CBI - 22.01.2016
Delhi High Court has refused to stay a lower court's order that directed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to return a few files it seized during a December 2015 raid at offices of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar.


Delhi HC to AAP: Clarify Stand on Nursery Point System - 22.01.2016
Delhi HC has asked AAP Government to clarify its stand on point system for nursery admission in light of its recent circular.


Delhi HC Asks Centre and Police: Are Taxpayers in Delhi Getting Safety in Return? - 21.01.2016
Delhi High Court has asked Centre and Police, “people in Delhi are paying taxes but are they getting safety in return" and irked over Union Government’s attitude towards the national capital.


Delhi HC Scraps Civic Pension Scheme - 21.01.2016
Delhi HC has scrapped failed scheme of old-age pension floated by North, South and East civic bodies in Delhi, who have defaulted in payment for the past three years.


Delhi HC Junks Bail Application of Bhawna Arora, Accused of Ink Attack on CM Arvind Kejriwal - 20.01.2016
Delhi HC has junked bail application moved by Bhawna Arora, accused of throwing ink on CM Arvind Kejriwal with due intention to malign his reputation and remanded her to judicial custody after the investigating agency said she was not required for further custodial interrogation.


Delhi HC Restrains 203 Websites from Showing Movie 'Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3' - 20.01.2016
Delhi HC has restrained around 203 websites from showing, broadcasting or providing online access to film 'Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3'.


Delhi HC: Private Schools on DDA Land Need Prior Government Sanction to Fee Hikes - 20.01.2016
Delhi High Court has ruled that private unaided schools on land allotted by DDA have to take prior government sanction before hiking fees, while saying that schools cannot indulge in profiteering and commercialisation of education.


Gujarat HC Orders Closure of Illegal Foundries in Manek Chowk - 21.01.2016
Gujarat HC has directed Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to shut down around 1,800 units involved in manufacturing ornaments without licence in Manek Chowk area.


Gujarat HC: Husband Can't Skip Obligations to Wife - 20.01.2016
Gujarat High Court, while acting on a petition filed by an Australia-based petitioner to set aside an FIR of dowry harassment filed against him by his spouse, has observed that a husband cannot skip obligations towards his wife.


Karnataka HC Quashes 300% Fee Increase at KGF Kendriya Vidyalaya - 22.01.2016
Karnataka High Court has set aside 300 per cent increase for non-BEML category of students of the Kendriya Vidyalaya in BEML Nagar of KGF.


Karnataka HC Refuses to Interfere in IIT Row - 20.01.2016
Karnataka High Court, while observing that it can’t interfere in policy decisions, has dismissed petition which questioned grant of an Indian Institute of Technology to Dharwad instead of Raichur.


Kerala HC Quashes Case Against Prithviraj - 22.01.2016
Kerala High Court has quashed criminal case registered against actor Prithviraj for not properly displaying statutory warning against liquor consumption in a particular scene in a Malayalam film.


Madras High Court Rejects Plea of Insurance Firm - 25.01.2016
Madras High Court has irked over a nationalised insurance company vehemently resisting payment of a claim for angioplasty under a medical insurance cover for a maximum of Rs. 50,000 just because the claimant had undergone the medical procedure within nine months of taking the insurance policy.


Madras HC Adjourns PIL by 2 Months on Entry of Women to Temples - 22.01.2016
Madras High Court has adjourned by two months a PIL seeking to declare a rule of State HR & CE department preventing women from entering temples during a particular period in which they are not by custom and usage allowed to do so.


Madras High Court Directs Attachment of Aircel’s Property - 22.01.2016
Madras High Court has passed an order for attachment of assets of cellphone service provider M/s Aircel Cellular limited.

Madras HC to State: Pay Compensation for Deaths on Private Property Also - 20.01.2016
Madras HC, while taking note of death of four people in a septic tank of an eatery on Old Mahabalipuram Road, has declared that Government would have resposibility of paying compensation to relatives of victims even deaths occurred on private property.

Punjab and Haryana HC Dismisses Doda Bail Petition - 22.01.2016
Punjab and Haryana High Court has junked anticipatory bail petition filed by liquor baron Shiv Lal Doda, accused in the murder of a Dalit, Bheem Taank, on December 11 last year at his farmhouse in Abohar.


CCI Nods for Investment by FIL Capital - 22.01.2016
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has granted approval to proposed investment by FIL Capital Investments (Mauritius) II Limited in Cipla Health Limited.

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