The 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…
READ MOREAs a recent development in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, the Lok Sabha, on 29th March 2017, has passed four key GST Bills, i.e. Central GST (CGST) Bill, Integrated GST (IGST) Bill, Compensation GST Bill…
READ MOREAdoption Regulations, 2017 is framed by ‘Central Adoption Resource Authority’ (CARA) became effective from 16 January 2017. The Adoption Regulations find their basis in the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 which was notified on…
READ MOREOn December 16, 2015, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, which had struck down the National Judicial Appointments Commission as unconstitutional, had left the task of preparing the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) to the Central Government. A year…
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