Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 came into force on May 1, 2016 culminating the eight year long efforts in this regard and setting in motion the process of making necessary operational rules and creation of…
READ MOREIn the past few years, the Government has brought a number of legal advancements, policy reforms for protection of women from various sources of violence and atrocities and schemes for launching women helpline, prevention of trafficking and sexual…
READ MOREThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, proposed a fresh set of regulations regarding Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) which seek reporting of all deals which are not on the automatic route, to be more stringent, time-bound…
READ MOREThe Central Information Commission on 23rd April 2017 made it clear that ‘missing files’ is no defence and it cannot be used as an excuse to deny information. Under the Right to Information Act, it is mandatory to publish…
READ MOREThe Government of India has recently passed the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act 2017 and the Integrated and Services Tax (IGST) Act 2017 and has announced that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime will tentatively…
READ MOREThe Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill has been passed by both Houses of the Parliament (Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha) and will be effective from 1st July, 2017. The new GST regime is expected to lead to…
READ MOREIndia is creating a liberal mechanism that would allow all taxpayers to determine their liabilities beforehand. It is planning a significant shift towards a litigation free environment under the GST regime. The advance ruling mechanism will allow…
READ MOREThe Supreme Court inquired about the reasons for which the Government chose to close the window allowing all categories of people to deposit old notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 after December 31, 2016, under some…
READ MOREIn a major boost for anti-death penalty jurisprudence, the Supreme Court of India on Friday, 7th April, 2017 observed that death penalty breaches the reformative theory of punishment under Criminal Law. A Bench of Justices Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Rohinton F….
READ MOREThe Bombay High Court has disposed off a public interest litigation petition seeking for directions to be issued to the Bar Councils of Maharashtra and Goa for withdrawing their resolutions of a one-day strike on 31st March…
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