The medical effects of the Covid-19 virus are hitting home hard across the world. The seriousness of the economic impact is yet to be understood
Category: Legal
Supreme Court: We cannot direct government to pay migrant workers | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would not get into budgetary or financial domain of the Union government by directing it to pay basic
Video conference: Extend facility to district courts now | Deccan Herald
The Supreme Court has done well to issue a set of directions to the lower courts to conduct their sittings and hearings through video-conferencing as
Can’t sack staff: Companies get lawyers’ notice – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: In an innovation during the unprecedented lockdown, two lawyers replicated the Supreme Court’s three-decade-old PIL concept to suo motu issue legal notice to three
Can’t sack staff: Companies get lawyers’ notice – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: In an innovation during the unprecedented lockdown, two lawyers replicated the Supreme Court’s three-decade-old PIL concept to suo motu issue legal notice to three
Demand for cyber security insurance set to rise – The Hindu BusinessLine
Shobha Roy Kolkata | Updated on April 15, 2020 Published on April 15, 2020 Cyber security insurance, which has found increasing acceptance among corporates in India, is likely to
health insurance: Renewal date for health insurance policies extended but will you be insured in this period? – The Economic Times
Renewal date for health insurance policies extended but you may not get claim in this period. Normally, in case of health insurance, if a policyholder fails to pay
Force Majeure: What is force majeure? The legal term everyone should know during Covid-19 crisis – The Economic Times
It will also be interesting to see the stand which the insurance companies will take vis-a-vis insurance policies taken by companies to cover loss arising
In times of a lockdown, why the courts matter| Analysis – analysis – Hindustan Times
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on March 24 to put India under a nationwide lockdown was followed by a notification that contained a list of
Failed online transaction or transferred money to a wrong account? Here is what to do – The Financial Express
By Sunil Khosla Ever since demonetisation was announced, there has been a spurt in digital payments. More people from smaller towns and cities are paying
‘Be infected with coronavirus,’ lawyer curses judge after unfavourable verdict | Deccan Herald
In an “abominable” act of misconduct after failing to get a favourable order, a lawyer cursed a Calcutta High Court judge, swearing he be infected
Force majeure does not extend expiry dates in letters of credit: Expert | Business Standard News
Q. Many of the letters of credit opened by foreign buyers on us for export of goods expire during the lockdown. We have made the shipments but
What are the legal obligations to pay wages during a lockdown? – The Hindu BusinessLine
What are the legal obligations to pay wages during a lockdown? The directions issued by the government to employers to pay wages to all the
Insurers cannot decline death claim settlement in case of Covid-19–Indian Express
The Life Insurance Council on Monday said all the insurers are duty-bound to settle claims if a death occurs due to COVID-19. All life insurers, both
Centre amends mining law, exempts several activities from green clearance | Business Standard News
Removal of sand deposits from agricultural fields after floods will not require green clearance now, with the Centre amending the Mines and Minerals (Development and
Lockdown violation: UP police to home deliver FIR | Deccan Herald
The Uttar Pradesh police, which has been delivering medicines and essential items to the old and needy ones at their doorstep during the ongoing lockdown,
Father always out roaming during lockdown, son calls police | Deccan Herald
Virender Singh, a 59-year-old man living in the national capital, does not like to sit at home and his exasperated son found a way to
From Coal PSU appeal to trademark dispute, here’re the top court orders | Business Standard News
Leniency for mistakes in IT returns An assessee who makes a bona fide mistake while filing returns should not face penal action on a “mechanical
Bombay high court news: Bombay High Court directs to continue all interim order till April 30 – The Economic Times
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has extended the interim relief that it has granted in all the cases to April 30, due to pandemic Coronavirus
Reverse migration of workers raised new concerns – The Hindu BusinessLine
Hordes of workers clogging sealed State borders reflects the government’s poor grasp of migrant labour issues The Home Ministry’s announcement on Sunday evening to seal