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An Agenda For Agricultural Reforms Point of View provides a 360-degree perspective on crucial farm issues. Barun Mitra here outlines key issues on the political deadlock over farm laws Barun Mitra Mar 09, 2021 Indian agriculture is the largest private sector in the country; yet it is the most regulated, restricted, and prohibited sector of the economy today. Despite such a handicap, Indian farmers have performed a near-miracle in transforming a situation of food scarcity to one o...

Enact law for additional courts to deal with pendency of cheque bounce cases: SC suggests Centre Synopsis A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said that Centre has the power under Article 247 of the Constitution coupled with the duty to establish additional courts to deal with cheque dishonour cases under provisions of Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act. AFP The top court suggested that Centre can appoint retired judges or any experts on the subject to deal with such c...

The Supreme Court on Thursday stressed that Centre should come up with a law to create additional courts, for a specific period, to counter pendency of cheque bounce cases which runs over 35 Lakhs.A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed a <i>prima facie</i> view that the Union Government has a duty to create additional courts for the better administration of the laws made by the Parliament.A bench com...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the huge pendency of cheque dishonour cases has become an intractable problem, which accounts for 30-40 per cent cases in the trial courts and a very high percentage in the high courts.A bench comprising ...

NEW DELHI, Mar 3: The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Centre to suggest the names of the members, secretaries or officers from various departments for constituting a committee to come out with a solution to reduce the pendency of cheque bounce cases. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat asked Additional Solicitor General Vikramjit Banerjee to suggest the names by Thursday. The direction came after the law officer suggested that the matter requ...

SC suggests more courts for speedy cheque bounce case trials SC suggests more courts for speedy cheque bounce case trials Last Updated: Thu, Feb 25th, 2021, 22:42:06hrs New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Against the backdrop of staggering pendency of 35 lakh cheque bounce cases, the Supreme Court on Thursday suggested that the Centre examine the possibility of additional courts for speedy disposal of these cases. The observation from a bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices L. N...

I have written about Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS-s) in the past. But given the Union Budget and 15th Finance Commission’s report, the point is worth pursuing. In addition to the National Health Mission (NHM), the Budget announced a new CSS, the PM AtmaNirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana. However, the speech also said, “On the recommendation of the Fifteenth Finance Commission, we have undertaken a detailed exercise to rationalise and bring down the number of Centrally Sponsored Schemes. This ...

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...