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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...

On January 9, 2021, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued its No. 1 Order of 2021 titled “The Rules on Blocking Unjustified Extraterritorial Application of Foreign Legislation...

Under Article 7 of the Law of Turkmenistan “On Appellations of Origin of Goods”, the President of Turkmenistan has signed a Resolution, approving the list of government agencies authorized to issue a document which acknowledges that the applicant p...

Olga Plyasunova Under Article 1478 of the Russian Civil Code, only legal entities or individual entrepreneurs may own the exclusive rights to a trademark in Russia. In accordance with Paragraph 1 of Article 1477, “an exclusive right certified by a trademark certificate (Article 1481 hereof) is recognized for the trademark, i.e., a designation serving for individualizing goods of legal entities or individual entrepreneurs”. Similarly, service m...

The Pakistan Supreme Court will hear a petition on February 1 filed by the Sindh government against the recent order to release all the accused persons in the murder case of American journalist Daniel Pearl. The provincial government challenged the Supreme Courts decision on Thursday, maintaining that the Sindh High Courts (SHC) order did not contain detailed reasons. The petition calls on the court to order a stay on the SHCS December 24, 2020, decision regarding the release of the four con...

Pakistan SC to hear plea against Daniel Pearl murder accused The SHC ruling in the case has not gone well with the US administration. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that the US was "outraged" by the decision. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By IANS ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Supreme Court will hear a petition on February 1 filed by the Sindh government against the recent order to release all the accused persons in the murder case of American journalist Daniel Pearl.  The provinci...

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 The Cross-Border Payments Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 (CBPR) is the EU legislation that sets out the principle of equality of charges for intra-EU cross-border euro payments and corresponding national payments within an EU member state. CBPR has been amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/518 (Amending Regulation), which extends the equality of charges principle to any non-euro currency of an EU member state and inserts new transparency requirements on currency co...

Bury your dead January 18, 2021 “Bury your dead and I shall arrive”. This is what the Hazara community was told after eleven Hazara coal miners were blindfolded and slaughtered. The prime minister of our country pretty much blackmailed a persecuted community, feigning concern that their dead should rest in peace. No one – least of all those in government – had the right to tell families that had lost their loved ones how to grieve. Yet, it was done. And it has (rightfully) left a bad ...

  In March 1948, the Maharaja appointed an interim government in the state, with Sheikh Abdullah as prime minister. In July 1949, Sheikh Abdullah and three other colleagues joined the Indian Constituent Assembly and negotiated the special status of J&K, leading to the adoption of Article 370. The controversial provision was drafted by Sheikh Abdullah.     Parliament needs the Jammu & Kashmir governments approval for applying laws in the state — except in cases of defence, foreign affa...

SINCE independence in 1957, Malaya/Malaysia has experienced three national Emergencies – Indonesian confrontation (1964), May 13 (1969), and the Covid Emergency declared on Monday. In addition, there have been five localised Emergencies – Sarawak (1966), Kelantan (1977), Batu Sapi, Grik and Bugaya (2020). Definition: Under Article 150(1), the term “emergency” refers to threats to the security, economic life or public order of the Federation or any part thereof. In Stephen Kalong Ningkan...