Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Handbook: NITI Aayog—in association with Agami and Omidyar Network India and with the support of ICICI Bank, Ashoka Innovators for the Public, Trilegal, Dalberg, Dvara, NIPFP—will launch the first-of-its-kind Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) handbook in India. The handbook is an invitation to business leaders to adopt ODR in India. It highlights […]
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Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2021
Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2021: The Government of India has notified Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2021. In India, the copyright regime is governed by the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Copyright Rules, 2013. The Copyright Rules, 2013 were last amended in the year 2016. The objective of the amendments is to bring the existing rules in parity […]
Dr Chintan Vaishnav : Mission Director Of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)
Mission Director Of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM): Dr Chintan Vaishnav: Noted socio-technologist Dr Chintan Vaishnav has been appointed the mission director of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), the government’s flagship initiative under NITI Aayog. Vaishnav will take over from Ramanathan Ramanan later this month. Ramanan has been leading AIM as its first mission director since June […]
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) : Modified Guidelines
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) Modified Guidelines: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has modified the guidelines pertaining to the transfer and posting of officials in the vigilance units of government organisations, restricting their tenure to three years at one place. There are 3 principal actors at the national level in the fight against corruption: the […]
Who is Justice N V Ramana? 48th Chief Justice Of India
Justice N V Ramana: 48th Chief Justice Of India: In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution, President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Justice N V Ramana as the 48th Chief Justice of India with effect from April 24, 2021, accepting the recommendation made by the outgoing CJI […]
Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021
Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021: The President of India has promulgated the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021, by which the appellate authorities under nine Acts have been done away with and the right to hear appeals under the statute has been conferred to High Courts. Section 184 […]
Supreme Court on Rejection of Candidate by Public Employer
Serious Crime Merely On The Benefits Of Doubt: The Supreme Court has held that a public employer can reject a candidate as unsuitable if he/she had, in the past, been acquitted of a serious crime merely on the benefit of the doubt. The benefit of the doubt is granted to the accused when there is […]
What is E-Courts Project?
E-Courts Project: E-Courts Project is a mission mode project undertaken by the Department of Justice, Government of India. The Chairperson of eCommittee is Dr Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India. The eCommittee of the Supreme Court has been overseeing the implementation of the eCourts Project, conceptualized under the “National Policy and Action […]
Article 244A Of The Constitution
Article 244A Of The Constitution: The demand for an autonomous state within Assam has been raised by some of the sections of the society in Assam under the provisions of Article 244A of the Constitution. In the 1950s, a demand for a separate hill state arose around certain sections of the tribal population of undivided […]
3rd Joint Logistics Node (JLN)
3rd Joint Logistics Node (JLN): Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat operationalized and dedicated to the Armed forces the 3rd Joint Logistics Node (JLN) in Mumbai. These JLNs will provide integrated logistics cover to the Armed Forces for their small arms ammunition, rations, fuel, general stores, civil hired transport, aviation clothing, spares and also […]
