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The periodic disclosures have been notified by the Authority. In order to have uniformity among the insurers on disclosures and to clarify the doubts raised by certain insurers and other stakeholders, Authority provides the following guidelines on periodic disclosures....

The Legal Services Authority Act, 1987 (`LSA’) was enforced with effect from 9th November,1995 after certain amendments were introduced by the Amendment Act of 1994 to the main act. The Act provides for scope of legal aid support for the economically weak, backward section and disabled persons . Legal Aid scheme was introduced by Justic...

India is a democratic country. In a democratic society, the responsibility of the government is more and the common masses have ultimate right to get information about every public act. If people do not know what is happening in their society, if the actions of those who rule them are hidden, then they cannot take a meaningful part in the...

Stealing is not just a violation of a moral code but is also considered criminal in most cases. But somehow, morality has not been emphasised in the corporate world and the new corporate professional has not been initiated into it. This ignorance has given rise to the new and improved, socially-accepted, ‘corporate thief’....

It was the then wandering monk, Swami Vivekananda who instilled the idea of a steel plant in India in the then merchant Jamshedji N. Tata during their journey in a ship together form the port of Oklahama in Japan to Boston in USA. The first steel plant in the country came up at Jamshedpur in the year 1912 under the entrepreneurship ...

With a very laudable objective of speedy disposal of cases, Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism (ADR) is mooted. Among the modes of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism, Arbitration is most discussed issue always as many agreements or contracts contain an Arbitration Clause now-a-days. The difference between Arbitration Mechanis...

Pledge of shares is a common practice adopted in the securities market by investors and intermediaries to raise finance. Banks and financiers have their own method of advancing money in pledge transactions. They keep a margin against the quotations of the shares. S 172 of the Indian Contract Act, 1972 defines pledge as bailment of goods ...

Many complain that there is so much delay before traditional Civil Courts and I do strongly feel that the possible delay before the Civil Courts and the presumptions makes a person to compromise with his rights too even. It is presumed that the enormous work load before the Civil Courts and the complicated procedures and especially the pr...

The Supreme Court on Monday filed an appeal before itself challenging a Delhi high court ruling that the Chief Justice of India (CJI) was covered by the Right to Information (RTI) Act. By doing so, the apex court has raised the broader issues of conflict of interest and of whether judges can judge themselves....

Central Information Commission (CIC) has opined that non-disclosure of feedback on probe in tax evasion complaints filed by whistle-blowers will dissuade them from giving any future information. Acknowledging that the investigation wing of the income tax department was exempted from the purview of RTI act, the CIC said such blanket ban...