Lok Sabha passes Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill 2017
Posted Date : 07-Apr-2017 , 07:23:22 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Lok Sabha today passed the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill,2017 which seeks to amend the Customs Act 1962, the Customs Tariff Act 1975, the Central Excise Act 1944, the Finance Act, 2001 and the Finance Act, 2005 and to repeal certain enactments.
The Customs Act is proposed to be amended to in...
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Cabinet approves changes to Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2016
Posted Date : 01-Apr-2017 , 08:39:38 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Union Cabinet has cleared changes to the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting held in New Delhi last evening.
AIR correspondent reports that among other decisions, the Cabinet also approved the ratification of two fundamental conventions of ...
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CCI issues order against CIL and its subsidiaries for abusing dominant position, imposes penalty
Posted Date : 25-Mar-2017 , 09:18:31 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries to be in contravention of the provisions of Section 4(2)(a)(i) of the Competition Act, 2002 for imposing unfair/ discriminatory conditions in Fuel Supply Agreements (FSAs) with the power producers for s...
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Railways launches Vikalp scheme to help wait-listed passengers
Posted Date : 23-Mar-2017 , 09:42:32 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Good news is in store for the Indian Railways. Reeling under massive financial losses, estimated to be at Rs 40,000 crore, the railways might be able to recover an estimated Rs 20 crore every day with its Vikalp scheme, which was launched nationwide on Wednesday.
Under this scheme, wait-listed pa...
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Parliament passes Enemy Property bill
Posted Date : 15-Mar-2017 , 09:12:36 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Parliament has passed the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016 with the Lok Sabha approving the amendments made to the Bill. The Rajya Sabha had passed the bill with some amendments on Friday.
The amendments to the bill in the Lok Sabha were moved by Home Minister Rajnath Si...
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Trade Mark Rules 2017 come into effect from 06th March
Posted Date : 07-Mar-2017 , 07:19:43 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Trade Mark Rules, 2017 have come into effect from 06th March which will replace the erstwhile Trade Mark Rules 2002 and streamline and simplify the processing of Trade Mark applications.
In the revamped rules number of Trade Mark forms have been reduced from 74 to eight. Commerce and In...
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Freedom 251 phone maker Ringing Bells’ MD detained for fraud
Posted Date : 24-Feb-2017 , 11:11:52 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Mohit Goel, the Director of Noida-based company Ringing Bells which had announced Freedom251 smartphones at an astonishingly low price of Rs. 251 apiece, was detained on Thursday on allegations of fraud, police said.
Mr. Goel has been detained after owner of Ghaziabad-based Ayam Enterprises filed...
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Bombay High Court bans Mobile, cameras etc.inside Court Halls
Posted Date : 15-Feb-2017 , 08:30:54 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
High Court, Bombay
No.: RG/1611/11/2017
NOTICE
All the parties/litigants and public at large are hereby informed that they shall not take mobile phones, cameras or audio/video recording devices and shall not record anything using them inside the Court Halls. These articles shoul...
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List of Padma Awards 2017 announced by Govt.
Posted Date : 25-Jan-2017 , 06:06:56 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and in...
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SC gives 2 weeks time to Centre for Verification of Mobile users
Posted Date : 23-Jan-2017 , 05:01:12 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to apprise it within two weeks about the steps which can be taken to scrutinise the existing and future mobile users in the country.
A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said mobile numbers are now being used for banking purposes also and asked Centr...
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TCS chief Chandrasekaran named Tata Sons Chairman
Posted Date : 12-Jan-2017 , 10:14:03 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Tata Sons today named TCS Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director N Chandrasekaran as its new Chairman over two months after the unceremonious sacking of Cyrus Mistry.
Popularly known as 'Chandra', the 54-year-old was chosen to step into the shoes of interim Chairman Ratan Tata, who...
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Govt junks plan for new law on grant of bail
Posted Date : 02-Jan-2017 , 08:21:53 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Just over a year after it was conceived, the government has junked a plan to come out with a new law that clearly sets out conditions for grant of bail as it now feels that amendments in CrPC can help do away with cumbersome procedures involved in getting the relief.
In September last year, the t...
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Whatsapp Group Admin Cannot Be Held Responsible For Defamatory Content - HC
Posted Date : 22-Dec-2016 , 08:25:46 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Last year, social media was rattled by the news of arrest of a Whatsapp Group admin, due to controversial content posted by the members of that group.
The incident happened in Latur, but its ripples were felt all over the country because it made the task of administrating a Whatsapp group (or a T...
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EPFO lowers interest rate on EPF to 8.65 percent for FY17
Posted Date : 19-Dec-2016 , 10:01:22 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation, EPFO has lowered the interest rate on provident fund deposits to 8 (point)65 per cent for the current fiscal, from 8 (point)8 per cent in 2015-16.
Talking to reporters in Bengaluru today, Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Da...
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IBBI notifies norms for liquidation process
Posted Date : 16-Dec-2016 , 08:17:39 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) today notified regulations for liquidation process whereby an insolvency professional is barred from acting as a liquidator unless that individual is independent of the corporate debtor concerned.
The regulations come into force with immed...
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High Court not a disciplinary authority - SC
Posted Date : 10-Dec-2016 , 11:30:32 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
A High Court is not a disciplinary authority and it is not its job to impose a punishment even if an employer hands down a "shockingly disproportionate" penalty to an errant employee, the Supreme Court has said.
Holding that the power of awarding a particular penalty rested with the dis...
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Triple talaq is unconstitutional, it violates rights of Muslim women - Allahabad HC
Posted Date : 08-Dec-2016 , 12:27:54 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Pronouncing its order on the sensitive issue, the HC said the triple talaq system practice in the Muslim community violates the rights of Muslim women.
The court slammed All India Muslim Personal Law Board's stand of supporting triple talaq saying, "No Personal Law Board is above the Con...
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Justice JS Khehar to be next Chief Justice of India
Posted Date : 06-Dec-2016 , 09:54:19 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Justice Khehar, who will be sworn in on January 4, will hold the tenure for over seven months till August 27, 2017.
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, who led the five-judge constitution bench in the Supreme Court which had struck down the controversial NJAC Act for appointment of judges, was on Tuesd...
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NIRC Premier League 2016 - Match Result & Points Table
Posted Date : 01-Dec-2016 , 04:53:30 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
NIRC Premier League 2016 - Points Table & Every Match Result.
Total 24 Teams are playing in NIRC Premier League. 6 Groups has been formed, Every Team will play 3 matches in each Group. Quarter Final will be in Top 6 Team from Each Group & 2 Top Teams as per NRR.
Every Team had pl...
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Reliance Jio extends free voice & data till March 2017
Posted Date : 01-Dec-2016 , 04:21:40 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Industrialist Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio on Thursday announced to extend the freebies including free voice call, and data services till March 31, 2017 through “Jio Happy New Year” offer, a move seen to rapidly double the Jio subscribers to over 100 million from 52 million now.
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NGOs need to register with NITI Aayog for grant-in-aid: Govt
Posted Date : 01-Dec-2016 , 08:05:15 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Government has said, it is now mandatory for all Non-Governmental Organisations, NGOs and voluntary outfits to register with the NITI Aayog to receive grant-in-aid from Ministries and Departments of the Central government.
Minister of State for Planning Rao Inderjit Singh said this in a...
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National anthem must be played before screening of films - SC
Posted Date : 30-Nov-2016 , 05:26:49 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court today directed that cinema halls across the country must play the national anthem before the screening of a film and people should stand up as a mark of respect.
The court also directed that the national flag should be shown on screen when the anthem is played.
"People m...
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Son has no legal right in parents' house, can stay at their mercy: Delhi HC
Posted Date : 29-Nov-2016 , 08:23:41 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
A son, irrespective of his marital status, has no legal right to live in the self-acquired house of his parents and can reside there only at their "mercy", the Delhi high court has said.
The court also said that only because parents have allowed the son to live in their house as long as...
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Govt exemts parking fee at airports till Nov 28
Posted Date : 22-Nov-2016 , 10:27:24 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
As people continue to face cash crunch after the scrapping of high value notes, the government has decided not to levy parking fee at airports for another week, till midnight of November 28.
The waiver, which was initially for a week starting from midnight of November 14, had ended yesterday.
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Next action will be against 'Benami' Properties: PM Modi
Posted Date : 13-Nov-2016 , 06:02:41 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on detractors of the demonetisation move, especially the Congress, saying those involved in mega scams were now standing in queues to exchange Rs 4,000 and announcing that more anti-graft measures were on the anvil including action agains...
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Entry tax on goods from other states constitutional - Supreme Court
Posted Date : 11-Nov-2016 , 04:41:27 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Declaring that the state governments have the legislative competence, the Supreme Court Friday held as constitutional the levy of entry tax by states on goods imported from other states. A nine-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India T S Thakur held by majority that state governments could impose ...
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PM announces scrapping of currency notes of Rs 500, 1000 denomination w.e.f. midnight tonight
Posted Date : 08-Nov-2016 , 08:53:01 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
1,000 and 500 rupee notes will cease to be legal tender from midnight tonight and those who are in possession of these notes can deposit the notes in their accounts in banks and post offices from 10th of this month to 30th of December this year.
In a special nationwide televised address this even...
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Health Alarm - New Delhi most Polluted city on Earth
Posted Date : 08-Nov-2016 , 08:14:47 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
As Delhi is choking with pollution with most of its parts witnessing smog levels that are almost five times higher, the US environmental protection agency on Monday said that the national capital is the most polluted city on earth right now.
The measurements taken at the US Embassy in Delhi rec...
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EPFO issues guidelines to settle death claims in seven days
Posted Date : 02-Nov-2016 , 07:50:17 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Tuesday said it has issued guidelines to its field offices to settle death claims within seven days and retirement cases before a worker retires from the job.
Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on Tuesday took stock of the action taken on d...
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New Benami Act to take effect from Nov. 1
Posted Date : 29-Oct-2016 , 11:14:46 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act will come into force on November 1, 2016, the Central Board of Direct Taxes said on Friday.
Following this, the existing Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act will be renamed as the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act (PB...
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