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As a sequel to the 9 July 2025 Delhi High Court (HC) order, in which the court granted the five petitioners – all journalists – the liberty to approach the central information commission (CIC) directly to amplify their demands for public hearing for second appeals and complaints under the Right...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 06 August 2025
The Supreme Court on Monday brought to an end an eight-year matrimonial dispute by dissolving the marriage of a man and his estranged wife by granting the latter a flat in Mumbai as alimony but turning down her demands for Rs12 crore, a BMW car and additional compensation.    The Court found...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 August 2025
The Supreme Court has given the Union and state governments a final four-week deadline to frame comprehensive guidelines for safe, obstruction-free and disability-friendly footpaths, warning that it will step in to issue its own directions if the authorities fail to act.   While hearing a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 August 2025
In an effort to ease congestion and improve traffic and pedestrian movement, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has launched a dedicated helpline for reporting abandoned or scrapped vehicles across the city.   As part of an awareness campaign, the Mumbai police recently urged...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 August 2025
In a stinging judgement, the Bombay High Court has pulled up multiple statutory and regulatory bodies—including the unique identification authority of India (UIDAI), the income-tax (I-T) department, Union Bank of India and goods and services tax (GST) authorities—for failing to act on a blatant...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 August 2025
In a stinging judgement, the Bombay High Court has pulled up multiple statutory and regulatory bodies—including the unique identification authority of India (UIDAI), the income-tax (I-T) department, Union Bank of India and goods and services tax (GST) authorities—for failing to act on a blatant...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 August 2025
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court (SC) has held that the right to safe, well-maintained and motorable roads is an essential component of the fundamental Right to Life under Article 21 of the Constitution. Declaring it a constitutional obligation of the State, the SC said that citizens...

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As per instructions issued by the department of personnel and training (DoPT), every ministry/ department and the organisations under it is required to designate an officer of the rank of deputy secretary, as liaison officer; to ensure that the appointing authorities comply with orders...

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As per instructions issued by the department of personnel and training (DoPT), every ministry/ department and the organisations under it is required to designate an officer of the rank of deputy secretary, as liaison officer; to ensure that the appointing authorities comply with orders...

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 July 2025
A powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 8.7 struck off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday morning, damaging buildings and triggering tsunami waves up to four metres high. The quake prompted widespread alerts and evacuations across several Pacific nations.   Authorities in...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 July 2025
Terming recent amendments to the Right to Information (RTI) Act as a grave threat to democratic accountability, citizen empowerment, and constitutional rights, justice Ajit Prakash (AP) Shah, former chief justice of Delhi High Court (HC) and ex-chairman of the law commission of India, has...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 July 2025
Terming recent amendments to the Right to Information (RTI) Act as a grave threat to democratic accountability, citizen empowerment, and constitutional rights, justice Ajit Prakash (AP) Shah, former chief justice of Delhi High Court (HC) and ex-chairman of the law commission of India, has...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 July 2025
Indian citizens residing abroad, including non-resident Indians (NRIs), remain deprived of the opportunity to participate in virtual hearings of right to information (RTI) appeals and complaints, a critical gap that threatens the core of India’s transparency regime. Commodore (Cmde) Lokesh K...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 July 2025
Indian citizens residing abroad, including non-resident Indians (NRIs), remain deprived of the opportunity to participate in virtual hearings of right to information (RTI) appeals and complaints, a critical gap that threatens the core of India’s transparency regime. Commodore (Cmde) Lokesh K...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 July 2025
In a significant step towards addressing India’s long-standing environmental legacy issues, the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has officially notified the Environment (Protection) Rules for Management of Contaminated Sites, 2025 under the Environment...

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Bar  and   Bench 25 July 2025
Private hospitals use patients like ATM machines, the Allahabad High Court said on Thursday while refusing to quash criminal proceedings in a medical negligence case against a doctor (Dr Ashok Kumar Rai v State of UP and another).   Justice Prashant Kumar found that Dr Ashok Kumar Rai, the...

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In a stern second appeal order issued by the central information commission (CIC) last week, the office of the chief commissioner for persons with disabilities (CCPD), has been pulled up for its failure to respond to an RTI (Right to Information) application concerning reservation in promotion...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 July 2025
India’s national highways have claimed more than 1.32 lakh lives in road accidents since 2023, according to a reply tabled in the Rajya Sabha by Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari. The government admitted that despite deploying artificial intelligence (AI)-based...

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In a move that resembles long-overdue damage control rather than a proactive reform, the unique identification authority of India (UIDAI) has finally deactivated 11.7mn (million) Aadhaar numbers belonging to deceased individuals. The announcement comes years after mounting criticism of...

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In a move that resembles long-overdue damage control rather than a proactive reform, the unique identification authority of India (UIDAI) has finally deactivated 11.7mn (million) Aadhaar numbers belonging to deceased individuals. The announcement comes years after mounting criticism of...

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