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Tourism and the Concurrent List Issues of putting tourism on the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule are more complex in the North-eastern states than perceived.   |  2021-08-04T10:00:11+05:30 Issues of putting tourism on the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule are more complex in the North-eastern states than perceived. A restricted travel regime coupled with complexities of land laws will give rise to a plethora of legal issues if the proposal is pushed without adequate consultatio...

updated: Jul 30 2021, 12:06 ist Resurgent after her re-election, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is on a short reconnaissance to explore Opposition unity for the 2024 general election. If the regional parties start working together now, she says, no one can stop a "political toofan (storm)" when the time comes. Her election strategist Prashant Kishor may have planted the seed of ambition in her mind to lead the Opposition to victory. However, she claims ignorance about who would lead...

SC dismisses Faccbook India VP Ajit Mohan’s plea SC dismisses Faccbook India VP Ajit Mohan’s plea NEW DELHI, July 8: The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a plea filed by Facebook India Vice President and MD Ajit Mohan challenging the summons issued by the Delhi Assembly’s Peace and Harmony committee for failing to appear before it as witness in connection with the north-east Delhi riots last year. A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul termed Mohan’s plea as pre-mature sayi...

The Centre cannot change this by executive order.

JUDGMENTS THIS WEEK1. Supreme Court Asks Govt Employees Holding Post Of State Election Commissioner To Immediately Step Down As SECCase Title : State of Goa and another v Fouzia Imtiaz Shaik Citation...

Supreme Court of India will on Friday hear a plea challenging the legislative competence of diverse State Assemblies in adopting Resolutions against central statutes like CAA and farm laws which...

Source: PTI New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday constituted a committee under the chairmanship of a former Bombay High Court judge to consider the suggestions and submit a report in three months specifying the steps to be taken for early disposal of cheque bounce cases across the country. A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the Centre has in principle accepted the need for creating additional courts to deal with such cases,...

Centre has “in principle accepted” the need for creating additional courts to deal with such cases, Solicitor General informs the Supreme Court.

The top court had last week termed the pendency of over 35 lakhs cheque bounce cases as “grotesque” and suggested to the Centre to come up with a law to create additional courts for a particular period of time to deal with such cases.