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Cabinet passed Ordinance to implement Food Security Bill

In order to implement the Food Security Bill, the cabinet unanimously approved an ordinance regarding the same. The Food Security Bill guarantees food entitlements to two-thirds (67%) at highly subsidized rates. The bill...

July 7, 2013

Curb sale of adulterated milk: Supreme Court to State govts

Expressing concern over the sale of adulterated milk in the country, the Supreme Court has directed the governments of Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Delhi to file their response...

July 5, 2013

Even foreign nationals are entitled to right to life, liberty: Apex Court

The Supreme Court, while quashing the Videocon case filed against three Ugandan nationals, observed that the right to life and liberty, enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution,...

June 21, 2013

Lawsuit filed against the copyright of ‘Happy birthday to you’

The copyright of the most famous song of English language “Happy Birthday to You” has been challenged by a production company Good Morning To You Productions Corp. who...

June 18, 2013

RTI Act allows public access to Government employee’s service book: CIC

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that a public authority was obligated under Section 4(1) (b) of the RTI Act to disclose information related to the service of...

June 16, 2013

Karnataka HC upholds withdrawing of tax exemptions for SEZs

The Karnataka High Court has upheld the amendments made to the Income Tax Act in 2011 withdrawing exemptions given to the business and service units as well as...

June 15, 2013

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill

Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill gets Cabinet’s nod With the aim to bring uniformity in the regulation of realty sector, the Union Cabinet has cleared the Real Estate...

June 5, 2013

GoM approves Coal Regulatory Authority Bill

The Coal Regulatory Authority Bill which seeks to set up an independent regulatory authority for the coal sector to address contentious issues such as pricing, supply and quality has been...

June 1, 2013

Union Cabinet approves Amendments in the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959

The Union Cabinet has given nod to amendments in the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959 by introducing of a Bill in Parliament, namely, the Parliament (Prevention of...

May 12, 2013

US rejects India’s request to serve summons against Google Facebook

US authorities held that they will be unable to execute the request by India for serving summons to 11 US-based websites including Google and Facebook. US  authorities also held...

May 6, 2013

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