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Uttarakhand High Court dismisses petitions filed by hydropower companies According to the case, the Uttar Pradesh government conceptualised the Srinagar Hydro Electric Project in 1981 with a capacity of 330 MW The Uttarakhand High Court has dismissed petitions filed by various hydro-power project companies against the Uttarakhand government, upholding the water tax on hydropower generation. A single-judge bench of Justice Lokpal Singh passed this verdict on Friday (February 12). According to t...

We will soon have the Union Budget for 2021-22. Apart from policy announcements made, the Budget is about the Union government’s annual statement of receipts and expenditure. Receipts can be non-tax or tax. Most people want the Centre to spend. Indeed, as economists argue, multiplier benefits of government expenditure exceed those of tax reductions. That is, if there is going to be an expansionary fiscal policy, that is better accomplished by increasing government expenditure, not reducing ta...

Twin suicide bombings leave 28 killed in Baghdad; fear grips war-torn country again Amid a new controversy triggered over liquor policy in Karnataka, senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Chief Minister Uma Bharati on Thursday appealed to the partys national president JP Nadda to ensure a ban on alcohol in every BJP-ruled state. In a series of tweets, Bharti listed several reasons why the prohibition should be imposed on an urgent basis. "I am making a public appeal to our party presiden...

Abhijit Bhattacharyya Advocate, Supreme Court IN Minerva Mills vs Union of India (1980) and BR Kapur vs State of Tamil Nadu (2001), it was held by the Supreme Court, “People of the country, organs of the government, legislature, executive, and the judiciary, are bound by the Constitution, which is the paramount law of the land and nobody is above or beyond the Constitution”. In the light of the ongoing debate on the farm laws, is it time for the apex court to suo motu examine the law and th...

The parliament represents the <i>sovereign will of the people </i>and in law there is a <i>presumption of validity </i>in favour of legislations enacted by the Parliament/Legislatures(as has also been held in a...

Biggest movement in the world Early last week, the highest court of the nation, the Supreme Court (SC), had chosen to involve itself in trying to end the stalemate between the government and the farmers who had been agitating since the last week of November 2020, in an agitation that has become the biggest such agitation, not only of the country but also of the world. A prominent newspaper has even called it a revolution! In a country that is used to all kinds of groups agitating to get the at...

Being tethered to bars during a pandemic Updated: Updated: January 18, 2021 23:28 IST In India, COVID-19 must lead to an immediate review of the vulnerability of those in jail and the issue of decongestion Share Article AAA In India, COVID-19 must lead to an immediate review of the vulnerability of those in jail and the issue of decongestion A distance of two yards — do ghazh ki duri — we are enjoined to maintain between oneself and anyone else. The ‘pandemic’ message is relayed on...

by Sathyajith M S - Jan 15, 2021 09:30 AM The Supreme Court has not cited any glaring unconstitutionality to stay the laws. Snapshot While it is true that the court has stayed farm laws to uphold fair play, it sets a precedent that will encourage protests against government reforms. The Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the farm laws based on several petitions filed against the laws, and the protests associated with it. This order of the apex court sets a precedent wherein interest gro...

b. its successor in interest, c. or a trustee, guardian or receiver receiving rent for a premises on behalf, on account of or for the benefit of a person ineligible to enter into contracts. Premises- b. parking, garage or grounds, out houses, appertaining to building, not including d. hotels, lodging dharamshala, inn e. owned or promoted by government, government entities, cantt, religious, charitable institutions, owned by trust, wakf, f.  given on rent to employees as per service contract, g...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Model Tenancy Law has been prepared by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs with an objective to balance the interests and rights of the landlords and tenants. Chapter VI of the Model Tenancy Law deals with the Rent Authorities, their power and procedure for appeals and Chapter VII of the Model Tenancy Law deals with Rent Court, Rent Tribunal, procedure to be followed in rent court a...