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Banks are instructed to accept cheques written in regional language

   26 November 2009 at 20:04

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide its Master Circular dated July 1, 2009 has advised all Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) that all cheque forms would be printed in Hindi and English. The customer may, however, write cheques ..

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700 cases settled in lok adalats in Haryana

   23 November 2009 at 19:38

As many as 797 cases were settled in the Lok Adalats and Rural Lok Adalats, which were held in the state wherein an amount of over Rs 47.63 lakh was awarded as compensation. While stating this, the Member Secretary of Haryana State Legal Services Aut ..

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Union Govt tells SC it is absolute owner of all minerals

   19 November 2009 at 22:38

The Union Government contended before the Supreme Court that it is the absolute owner of all the minerals in the country both under the sea as well as on the earth in the country, including the Natural Gas in Andhra Pradesh Krishna-Godavari Gas Basin ..

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Govt to increase Court Fee in SC

   19 November 2009 at 22:37

The government has decided to raise court fee in the Supreme Court. According to highly placed sources in the Union Law Ministry, the government finds the rates of court fee, which were fixed over four decades ago way back in 1966, absurd and abysaml ..

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SC: Amendment plea in civil cases should not be entertained

   03 November 2009 at 19:00

The Supreme Court has held that amendment application in civil cases should not be entertained, if such pleas are filed with an ulterior motive to delay the proceedings. A bench headed by Justice Dalveer Bhandari in its judgement noted, ‘in our ..

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Government favours strengthening RTI Act, defends CAT

   02 November 2009 at 18:53

The union government Sunday said it is moving to amend and strengthen the country’s Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005 to bring in more transparency in the government’s functioning and to help resolve grievances of officials.“Th ..

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Amendment to the Essential Commodities Act 1955 and Sugarcan

   30 October 2009 at 16:32

Thursday, October 29, 2009Amendment to the Essential Commodities Act 1955 and Sugarcane (Control ) Order 1966 The Union Cabinet today gave its ex-post approval to changing the concept of “minimum price” to “fair and remunerative pri ..

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using of non judicial stamp paers one state to another state

   12 October 2009 at 19:04

My dependent bought the 20Rs/- stamp paper in tamil nadu but that stamp papers executed as a pronote in andhra pradesh.Issue: The court not accepting as a evidence because stamp papers purchased outside the andhra pradesh.Note: There is any ruling/de ..

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GRAMNYAYALAYAS NOTIFICATION ON 02OCT2009

   26 September 2009 at 17:06

ON 2ND OCT 2009, THE UNION GOVRNMENT ISSUING NOTIFICATION WHICH CLEARS WAY TO STATES TO FORM THE GRAMA NYALAYAS. THERE WILL 5 THOUSAND FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE COURTS IN ALL OVER INDIA, BUT THIS YEAR INTIALLY IT WILL BE AROUND 200NOS,LATER THE TOTAL CO ..

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GOVERNMENT FORMS PANEL TO REVIEW MOTOR VEHICLES ACT

   24 September 2009 at 07:52

The government announced a panel of experts to review the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and give a report in three months, suggesting changes to effectively meet requirements of the road transport sector in the current scenario.The ten-member committee ..

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