Goods and Service Tax as the new indirect tax regime will re-institutionalize the present arrangement of indirect taxes. In the hitherto established framework, greater say of States pre-existed as the original scheme of the Constitutional mandate, but it seems that it will be minimized by the proposed setup of GST.
In an era when firms allure you with mind-zapping money, taking up a career in litigation after graduating top of the class from NLS is a distinct feat in itself. Brothers Ashish K. Singh and Vagish K. Singh followed their calling and ventured into litigation and in no more than
“…media persons can reach to the places where the relief supplies have not reached, at this point can’t they take a first-aid kit or some food supplies with them as well?”
Birds have the fundamental right to ‘live with dignity’ and fly in the sky without being kept in cages or subjected to cruelty, Delhi High Court has said while holding that running their trade was a ‘violation of their rights’. In the instant case, Justice Manmohan Singh expressed anguish that
Tech Mahindra has moved to the Supreme Court against the order of the Enforcement Directorate(ED) naming the company an accused in the Satyam Scam case. Section 70, Prevention of the Money Laundering Act 2002, ED is empowered to investigate where an offence under the act is committed by a company.
The Madras High Court has quashed a plea challenging a loan recovery proceeding for recovery of bank loan. The loan was obtained for building the houses in Kanyakumari district under the Rajiv Gandhi rehabilitation package for Tsunami-affected and habituation areas. The district collector has given contract to S Vallinayangam herein
The Supreme Court has made partners living in a live-in-relationship a valid marriage. Supreme Court observing the question of maintenance to woman in a live-in-relationship showed a conflict between the provisions for maintenance under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and Section 125 Code of Criminal Procedure Code,
Man-made laws, unlike Divine laws, aren’t timeless diktats. Essentially time-bound and space-bound, it is required of them to keep pace with the time and context they are set in. It’s a sign of a healthy, intellectually-driven society that legislation be reviewed and counter-reviewed time and again so as to keep
The foreign visits made by the head of a government are of great significance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the first year in office has made many such visits. Starting from his first visit to Bhutan to his recent visit to Bangladesh, Modi has so far represented the country in
The promise of full-statehood for Delhi has been on the manifesto of the political parties for a much long time. Delhi was referred to as the Union Territory of Delhi by the Constitution prior to the insertion of Art. 239AA. But due to the questions of administration in the national
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