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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Cyrus Mistry removed as Tata group chief, Ratan Tata returns
Posted Date : 24-Oct-2016 , 10:56:50 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a dramatic development, Tata Sons, the holding company of the $103-billion (around Rs 6.88 lakh crore) Tata group, said its board has removed Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, 48, as chairman of the conglomerate and named Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Trusts, the largest shareholder in Tata Sons, as interim ...
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Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed new DGFT
Posted Date : 13-Oct-2016 , 10:05:57 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Senior IAS officer Ajay Kumar Bhalla was today appointed as Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).
Bhalla, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, is presently Additional Secretary in Commerce Ministry.
He has been appointed to the post in place of Anup Wadhawan, who has been app...
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Govt issues more draft norms under bankruptcy code
Posted Date : 11-Oct-2016 , 08:17:03 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Government today came out with another set of draft rules, including for liquidation of insolvent corporate persons, under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
As part of implementing the Code, the government has already constituted the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) while the dra...
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Indirect tax mop up grows 26% to Rs 4.08 lakh crore in Apr-Sept
Posted Date : 10-Oct-2016 , 09:16:09 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Indirect tax collections during the first half of the current fiscal grew 25.9 percent to Rs 4.08 lakh crore mainly on account of 46 percent jump in excise duty mop up.
The net indirect tax collection in the April-September period accounts for 52.5 percent of the Budget 2016-17 estimates.
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Provisional certificate valid till degree is issued: HC
Posted Date : 05-Oct-2016 , 07:49:55 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Provisional certificate issued by a varsity continues to be valid till a degree is issued, Delhi High Court has said while pulling up Delhi University (DU) for denying admission to a student under Scheduled Tribe category on the basis of a provisional certificate.
Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva directe...
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Plz help the family of CA died in young age
Posted Date : 04-Oct-2016 , 08:54:49 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Untimely demise of CA Amit Garg s/o Sh. R.C.Garg (Membership No. 502815) due to cancer based at Faridabad had left his family high and dry (including non working wife and three schooling children).
Any monetary assistance to the bereaved family of deceased would be appreciated.
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Interest rates on small savings schemes cut by 0.1% points
Posted Date : 30-Sep-2016 , 08:13:51 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Interest rates on small saving schemes would be reduced marginally by 0.1 percentage points for the October-December quarter of financial year (FY) 2016-17, leading to lower returns on Public Provident Fund (PPF), Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) and Sukanya Samriddhi Account, a...
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Indirect tax up 27% in Apr-Aug; direct tax 15%
Posted Date : 13-Sep-2016 , 09:50:48 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Government's revenue collection in the first 5 months of current fiscal has shown impressive growth, with indirect taxes up 27.5 per cent and direct taxes, 15.03 per cent.
The total direct and indirect tax collections at the end of August stood at Rs 5.25 lakh crore, about a third of the Rs 1...
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Padma Awards Goes Public, Now Citizens Can Nominate Any Achiever
Posted Date : 10-Sep-2016 , 11:03:23 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Any Indian can now recommend any achiever for the prestigious Padma Awards, with the government throwing open the nomination process to general public to make it transparent and curb the crony culture of influence and lobbying.
The nominations can be made online but the nominators would be requir...
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