The campaign by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and the Supreme Court’s Mediation & Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC) aims to amicably settle at least two lakh cases before it concludes on 30 September.
Terming them 'criminal wastage' of judicial time, SC tells courts to invoke suo motu powers in cases where legal firms or counsel design arbitration clauses that deliberately misguide.
The India International Arbitration Centre chairman believes process of arbitration needs to be institutionalised so arbitrations become effective alternative dispute redressal mechanism.
It is not clear whether the arbitration route has reduced the propensity of the government, or the private entity for that matter to litigate once it loses its case.
Oceans sit between the Assamese singer and the Bollywood actor. But what their deaths reveal is a study in human behaviour as performed in the public sphere.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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