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Legislation

Op EdsOP. ED.

The Punishment Conundrum – Section 13 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Act and Sections 3 & 4 of Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002

by Rahul M. Shankhar*

Published on January 12, 2021January 12, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Legislation UpdatesStatutes/Bills/Ordinances

President promulgates Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021; Provisions relating to Services and Legislative Assembly amended

Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 President promulgates Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021. Amendment of Section 13 In Section

Published on January 8, 2021January 8, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Op EdsOP. ED.

Farm houses in Karnataka: Lacunae in Legislation

by Gautamaditya Sridhara*

Published on January 7, 2021January 7, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Legislation UpdatesNotifications

Centre declares entire State of Nagaland to be ‘disturbed area’ for 6 months more months

Central Government hereby declares that whole of the State of Nagaland to be ‘disturbed area’ for a period of six months with

Published on December 30, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Legislation UpdatesNotifications

Central Govt. extends the period for suspension of initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process by 3 months

S.O. 4638(E)— In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 10A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016), the

Published on December 23, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Legislation UpdatesNotifications

Central Government notifies enforcement of certain provisions of Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 [Read the list]

S.O. 4646(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 1 (2) of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 (29 of 2020), the Central

Published on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Legislation UpdatesNotifications

Central Government notifies enforcement of certain provisions of the Code on Wages, 2019

Central Government exercising the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of Section 1 of the Code of Wages, 2019 read with Section 14

Published on December 19, 2020December 21, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Legislation UpdatesStatutes/Bills/Ordinances

Draft Indian Ports Bill, 2020 issued for Public Consultation

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has circulated a draft of Indian Ports Bill 2020 for public consultation which will repeal and

Published on December 12, 2020December 12, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Legislation UpdatesRules & Regulations

FEMA (Non-Debt Instruments) Rules| Amendments to FEMA (Non-Debt Instruments), 2019 Rules introduced

Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2020 The Central Government makes the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) (Fourth Amendment) Rules,

Published on December 9, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Legislation UpdatesNotifications

Public suggestions invited for notifying rules for registering nominees of motor vehicle owners

Nomination facility is proposed to be incorporated at the time of registration of the vehicles.

Published on November 27, 2020November 27, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Hot Off The PressNews

Editors Guild of India urges Chief Minister of Kerala to withdraw disturbing amendment to Kerala Police Act

Editors Guild of India urges Chief Minister of Kerala to withdraw disturbing amendment to Kerala Police Act 118 A immediately, which provides

Published on November 25, 2020November 25, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Legislation UpdatesNotifications

Centre directs National Institute of Biologicals to act as additional facility in respect of COVID-19 vaccine

Central Government directs that the National Institute of Biologicals, Noida shall along with existing functions perform the function of Central Drugs Laboratory

Published on November 25, 2020October 3, 2023By Bhumika Indulia
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Legislation UpdatesStatutes/Bills/Ordinances

Kerala Governor promulgates Kerala Police (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 | Punishment for making, expressing, publishing any matter which is threatening, abusive, humiliating or defamatory

Kerala Police (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 Governor of Kerala, Arif Mohammed Khan promulgates an ordinance to further amend the Kerala Police Act, 2011.

Published on November 23, 2020November 23, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Legislation UpdatesStatutes/Bills/Ordinances

75% reservation in jobs to local candidates by employer in State of Haryana? Read the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2020

Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill, 2020 The above stated Bill provides seventy-five per cent employment of local candidates by the

Published on November 18, 2020November 18, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Op EdsOP. ED.

Weighing the effect and need of the ‘minimum threshold’ on the home-buyers

by Pareekshit Bishnoi & Parveen Kumar Aggarwal*

Published on November 14, 2020November 14, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020: Stakeholder get opportunity to seek unconditional stay of enforcement of arbitral awards induced by fraud or corruption

President promulgates Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 Amendment of Section 36 In Section 36 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

Published on November 5, 2020November 5, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Madras HC | “Framers trusted Constitutional Appointees to perform duties promptly”; Court invokes Art. 200 while enouncing Governor’s responsibility of taking early decision when a Bill is presented for assent

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of N. Kirubakaran and B. Pugalendhi, JJ., said that a Constitutional Authority has to take a

Published on November 3, 2020November 12, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Legislation UpdatesNotifications

Mandatory action by police in cases of crime against women: Advisory by MHA

Government of India has taken steps to strengthen legislative provisions to deal with incidents of sexual offences against women and girls. Government

Published on October 10, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Legislation UpdatesStatutes/Bills/Ordinances

Monsoon Session of Parliament | Here’s a quick recap of all the bills that received Presidential Assent

Here’s the list of all the Bills that received Presidential Assent for the Monsson Session of 2020: Act Presidential Assent The Banking

Published on October 5, 2020July 30, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Legislation UpdatesStatutes/Bills/Ordinances

Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020 | Co-operative banks brought under RBI supervision

Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 received Presidential Assent on 29-09-2020. The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020 The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020

Published on October 1, 2020July 30, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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