Our country has been ruled by the invaders and kings for centuries. As a consequence to this, the present ‘rulers’ have a conviction that the government officials, be them administrative officers or doctors in Government hospitals are meek subordinates to the government without any right to expression, without a heart and without human emotions. A […]
Explore the 15-year journey of the RTI Act, 2005 in India and the need for reforms. Did it live up to the promise of transparency and accountability?
The Reserve Bank of India, in view of the Covid pandemic, realised the financial emergency and liquidity crunch in our economy due to lockdown, announced moratorium for all loans for a certain period. However, there is dispute about the chargeability of interest by the Banks/ Financial Corporations on this extended period. The business entities, particularly […]
SC against misuse of frivolous Public Interest Litigation (PIL) without any supportive technical data- slaps exemplary cost Public interest litigation(PIL) is a highly effective weapon in the armory of law for imparting justice to the common man. It is a unique and unparalleled phenomenon in the Indian Constitutional Jurisprudence. It is a litigation on behalf […]
Payment to labour during lockdown: SC on June 12 asks states to facilitate negotiations between employers & employees – no coercive action till end of July A number of writs were filed in the apex court questioning the orders issued under Disaster Management Act, 2005 and consequential orders issued by different States that all industries […]
The Modi government in a bit to improve ease of doing business and unclogging courts has decided that 39 sections in 19 different Acts, which have been identified, shall be decriminalised. The government intends to do away with minor financial offences and has sought comments from the stakeholders against this move of decriminalisation as they […]
It is common knowledge that the rich & the powerful abuse the process of law by litigating settled issues repeatedly with the aid of leading advocates, knocking the doors of higher courts over trivial issues and against interlocutory orders. It is also prevalent to get the appeal/SLP admitted in the higher courts in important matters […]
Modi Government announced early Lockdown to save the country from Covid- 19. The whole world applauded his timely action. The limited number of infected people & low mortality in our country as compared to the Western world speaks volumes of the timely imposition of lockdown and remedial measures undertaken by our government. But in haste […]
Plea For Decongestion of Jails Overcrowded With Under-trials During Coid-19 Pandemic It is indeed perturbing that according to statistics revealed four years ago by the National Crime Records Bureau, more than 67 per cent of 4.33 lakh inmates lodged in 1,400 jails in the country are undertrials. It is all the more disturbing that 1942 […]
On 04 June 2020, a 3 member bench of the Apex Court passed an interim order that no coercive action be taken against employers for their failure to comply with the 29 March 2020 order of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for payment of full wages to the workers during the Lockdown. The Court […]
