Earlier today, a Bill to raise maternity benefits was introduced and passed in Rajya Sabha. The Bill amends the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961. The Act regulates the employment of women during the period of child birth, and provides maternity benefits. ...
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The Bombay High court recently passed a John Doe order laying down a set of safeguards to minimise over-blocking. The Delhi High Court on the other hand ordered blocking of 73 websites for showing “substantial” pirated content. This blog post...
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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs ("MCA") has recently amended the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 ("Incorporation Rules, 2014") by way of Companies (Incorporation) Third Amendment Rules, 2016 ("Amended Incorporation Rules, 2016"), inter alia substituting existing Rule 3(2) of the Incorporation Rules, 2014...
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In a historic breakthrough, the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Second Amendment) Bill, 2014 (‘GST Bill’) has been passed unanimously by the Rajya Sabha of the Parliament. This is a significant step and takes the country closer to Goods and Services...
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The Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014 have been amended vide the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Third Amendment Rules, 2016 dated 19 July 2016, to bring major changes with respect to issuance of equity shares with differential voting rights...
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GST Impact: E-commerce Sector Featured
Plagued, as it is, by indirect tax disputes and ambiguities, the implementation of GST is expected to usher in a uniform tax regime and bring some clarity to indirect taxation in the e-commerce sector.
Introduction India is at the threshold...
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Monsoon Session Day 8:
The Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Amendment) Bill was introduced and passed in Lok Sabha today. The Bill replaces Section 44 of the Act, which required disclosures of assets by public servants. Further, it detailed the manner and timelines...
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By: Naren Thappeta, India Patent Agent/Advocate
Executive Summary
India policy/law makers are often confronted with questions of whether the Patents Act 1970 improperly denies patents to deserving inventions or grants patents to undeserving inventions. While the denial concerns are heard more with respect...
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Rajya Sabha saw repeated adjournments through the day due to protests over reported attacks on Dalits in Gujarat. In light of these protests, the Deputy Chairman informed the members that a discussion on the issue will be taken up tomorrow. ...
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It was on this day 13 years ago, that Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), one of the finest institutions imparting legal education in India was born. The early days of the institution were spent in a makeshit academic building in Gandhinagar's...
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A brief overview of the recent circular issued by Maharashtra Police inter alia directing the police officials in the State of Maharashtra to take cognisance of the complaints filed by real estate buyers against Developers.
CONCERNS OF REAL ESTATE BUYERS
The...
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The future of SIAC arbitration Featured
On 1 August 2016, the 6th Edition of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Rules (the "SIAC Rules 2016") will come into force. The SIAC Rules 2016 introduce noteworthy changes to the arbitration process, spurred by a desire to secure the position...
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Supreme Court slams Google, Yahoo and Microsoft for sex selection kit ads
http://goo.gl/P8ERNAThe Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed search engines Google, Yahoo and Microsoft for failing to keep out ads selling sex selection kits, and asked the Central government and the...
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The Council of Minister was expanded today. 19 Members of Parliament were sworn in as Ministers of State. The table below is a snapshot of their activity in Parliament during the period of the current Lok Sabha, with the last row...
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