Corporate Criminal Liability in Amended Prevention of Corruption Act
New Delhi (ABC Live): Corporate Criminal Liability : The previous post discussed amendments to Section 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 [PC Act], which will now punish giving bribes as a...
View ArticleKnow The ILO Minimum Wage Fixing Convention
New Delhi (ABC Live): Minimum Wage Fixing Convention : The Minimum wages have been defined as the minimum amount of remuneration that an employer is required to pay wage earners for the work performed...
View ArticleIMF Endorses China High-Speed to High-Quality Growth Model
Washington D.C (ABC Live): China High-Speed to High-Quality Growth : The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation[1] with China. The Chinese...
View ArticleAeronautical Meteorology Bats for Climate Sensitive Aviation Industry
New Delhi (ABC Live):Aeronautical Meteorology : Aviation safety and efficiency, environmental risks and protection, as well as extreme weather and climate change impacts are on the agenda of the World...
View ArticlePoor Management of Assets Turns Air India Maharaja to Beggar
New Delhi (ABC Live): Air India Maharaja : Air India Limited (“Air India” or “the Company”), wholly owned by the Government of India with Logo “Maharaja” is engaged in air transport operations, under...
View ArticleProsecuting Public Servants under Amended Prevention of Corruption Act
New Delhi (ABC Live):Prosecuting Public Servants : The previous posts on this Blog discussed two new additions brought by the 2018 amendments to the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 [PC Act], namely...
View ArticleKalpana Mehta Judgment on Conservative Vs Transformative Constitution
New Delhi (ABC Live): Transformative Constitution : In May this year, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court pronounced its decision in Kalpana Mehta & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors., where...
View ArticleAttachment and Forfeiture Provisions in Prevention of Corruption Act
New Delhi (ABC Live): Attachment and Forfeiture : The 2018 amendments to the Prevention of Corruption Act [PC Act] promise to bring major changes to how corruption offences will be prosecuted in India....
View ArticleAnalysis of Essential Practices Test in Sabrimala Entry Case
New Delhi (ABC Live): Sabrimala Entry Case : These reflections are inspired by Justice Chandrachud’s musings from the bench expressing doubts about the ‘essential practices test’. As I argue in this...
View ArticleWorld Breastfeeding Week Draws Urgent Attention
New Delhi (ABC Live): World Breastfeeding Week : Three-in-five babies, mostly born in low- and middle-income countries, are not breastfed within the first hour of life, placing them at higher risk of...
View ArticleIAEA Bats for Safe and Secure Uranium Transporting Regulations
Geneva (ABC Live): Uranium Transporting Regulations : Uranium shipments are like VIP travellers. They go by land, sea or air and have layovers like any other traveller, but their global influence and...
View ArticleStory of Singapore Turning Polluter’s Paradise to Biodiversity Model
New Delhi (ABC Live): Biodiversity Model : You wouldn’t know it today, but in 1965 Singapore was a polluter’s paradise: mucky rivers, polluted canals and raw sewage running rampant. It was a developing...
View ArticleFrequent Wildfires Cause Impacts on Climate Change: WMO
New Delhi (ABC Live): Wildfires : The unusually hot and dry summer in parts of the northern hemisphere has turned fields and forests into fuel for fires which are raging from the Arctic to the...
View ArticleUNEP Report on Single-Use Plastics: A Roadmap for Sustainability
New Delhi (ABC Live): UNEP Report Single-Use Plastics : The benefits of plastic are undeniable. The material is cheap, lightweight and easy to make. These qualities have led to a boom in the production...
View ArticleIAEA Conducts Saudi Arabia Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review
Geneva (ABC Live):Saudi Arabia Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review :An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded a twelve-day mission to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...
View ArticleICAO Chief Unveils Progress in Africa Aviation Development
Montréal and Niamey (ABC Live): Africa Aviation Development : ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu concluded the UN aviation agency’s 2018 ‘AFI Week’ series of events last week, reaffirming that the...
View ArticleDelhi High Court Defines Proclaimed Offenders under 82 CrPC
New Delhi (ABC Live): Proclaimed Offenders : A couple of years ago, this Blog discussed the legal position on Section 82(4) Cr.P.C.and the legal issue of how do we interpret the term “proclaimed...
View ArticleThe Corruption in Indian Judiciary on Public Trial
New Delhi (AJRI): Indian Judiciary Corruption : Corruption in Indian judiciary is considered pervasive: over 45% of Indians believe the judiciary is corrupt, a view shared by external assessments. Not...
View ArticleAbsolute Judicial Immunity Against Corruption Prosecutions?
New Delhi (AJRI): Absolute Judicial Immunity : Over the past four decades, India’s “activist” higher judiciary (the state High Courts and the federal Supreme Court) has significantly altered the...
View ArticleParliamentary Privileges and the Transformative Constitution
New Delhi (ABC Live): Transformative Constitution : This post is a response to Karan Lahiri’s absolutely fascinating post, on the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Kalpana Mehta & Ors. v....
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