Author: Shaurya Mahajan

According to standards set forth by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), service charges cannot be added to food bills automatically or by default by hotels or restaurants. These are the regulations:  No service price shall be collected under any other name.  No hotel or restaurant may require a customer to pay a service fee and must expressly state that the fee is voluntary, optional, and up to the customer’s discretion;  Consumers shall not be subject to any access restrictions or service supply limitations based on the collection of service charges; and it is not permitted to…

The Justice of Delhi high court Mukta Gupta said that a LOC of “intimation” was meant to ensure that the investigating agency is kept in contact about the departure or arrival details of the citizens.“It is evident that unless a citizen is suspected to be involved in the commission or facing investigation or trial on the accusation of offenses, which are cognizable under the Indian Penal Code or other statutes, the citizens can neither be detained, arrested, or prevented from leaving the country and the originating agency can only seek intimation of his arrival and/or departure,” the order said. Further,…

For allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity through his tweet, Delhi court on Tuesday remanded Mohammed Zubair. According to CMM Snigdha Sarvaria the recovery of device through which the tweet was made is pending as Mohammed is not cooperative. The submissions regarding the image included in the tweet in question being a part of the film “Kissi Se Na Kehna” of the year 1983 are also of no assistance to him at this stage, claimed Senior Advocate Vrinda Grover. She said Zubair was called for questioning in a 2020 FIR, but he was detained under a separate FIR and…

The Telugu poet and Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad accused P Varavara Rao had filed a petition before the court against the impugned order of the Bombay High Court. Through the order passed on April 13, Varavara Rao was denied the permission to stay at his residence in Telangana and the court had given instructions to speed up the trial and three months’ worth of temporary bail to cover his cataract surgery. The Supreme Court bench, comprising of Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala, issued the direction on the matter and agreed to hear the case on July 11.The High Court,…

Introduction: The bench comprising of Justices Alok Aradhe and J M Khazi observed that, in the present case, even though the wife had invested over rupees sixty lakh in her husband’s failing business projects, she was mistreated by him, which had caused her mental and emotional agony. The court, in its judgement, said, “… it is evident that the husband has treated her as a cash cow and had a materialistic attitude towards her. He had no emotional ties with her. His attitude has caused her mental agony and emotional trauma, which is sufficient to make out a ground of…

Mr. Thackeray resigned from the top position after eight days of political unrest. After Mr. Shinde’s revolt, Team Thackeray, now consisting of only 15 or so MLAs, had requested the court to halt the floor test. When the Supreme Court declared that his government must undergo the floor test today as directed by the Governor Angry MPs:Mr. Kesarkar emphasized that “there are many MPs who are angry because of the Congress and NCP.” “The NCP state president used to visit our region and make his people’s names known. These people gained power as a result of us… Every night, Sanjay…

Senior Advocate KK Venugopal is to be granted a three-month extension in his tenure as the Attorney General – which was supposed to end tomorrow.He was appointed as Attorney General on July 1, 2017, for a term of 3 years, and he has been granted two extensions of one year each. He has agreed to a further extension at the request of the central government – despite earlier being unwilling owing to personal reasons.KK Venugopal has been practicing law for nearly 60 years, and he has also once served as Additional Solicitor General under the tenure of Morarji Desai’s government.…

Introduction: The Election Commission have announced the election of India’s next President on July 18.Lets take a look at the voting procedure, how the votes of MLAs and MPs are weighted, and how previous elections have played out.On July 18, elected MLAs and MPs across the country will vote to elect India’s 15th President. Under Article 62(1) of the Constitution, “an election to fill a vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of office of President shall be completed before the expiration of the term”. President Ram Nath Kovind’s tenure ends on July 25.The election for the office of…

Introduction:The world economy has changed more in the last 30 years than in the last 300 years. Today, we have what we call a Digital Economy, technology has integrated so much with the economy that it has now become one of its most vital aspects. The digital economy is one collective term for all economic transactions that occur on the internet. It is also known as the Web Economy or the Internet Economy. With the advent of technology and the process of globalization, digital and traditional economies are merging into one. This digital transformation is driven by the three primary…

The Bombay High Court  ban the use of Plaster of Paris (pop) On Monday, The Bombay High Court dismissed a petition filed by a social worker opposing the sustainability of the revised guidelines which were notified by the Central Pollution Control Board in 2010 and were revised in 2020 to ban the use of Plaster of Paris (PoP) for making idols which are used during Ganesh Chaturthi and Navratri. Plea: The plea by Ajay Sadashiv Vaishampayan said that the 2010 guidelines issued by the Central Pollution Control Board on idol immersion, were sufficient and a ban on Plaster of Paris…