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India’s megacities—Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Pune—are all suffocating under the weight of their own success. Poor infrastructure, unplanned development, inadequate roads, crumbling public transport, massive traffic congestion, high pollution levels and rampant corruption...

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The Leaflet 12 February 2025
Last week, a two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices Abhay S. Oka and N. Kotiswar Singh handed down an important decision regarding the furnishing of grounds of arrest to accused.    The Bench observed that informing the detained person of the grounds of arrest is not a...

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Meera Emmanuel (Bar  and   Bench) 10 February 2025
The Supreme Court on Monday sought the assistance of Attorney General (AG) R Venkataramani on a plea seeking a permanent ban on those convicted of criminal offences from contesting elections to the parliament and State assemblies.    The Court was hearing an interim application (IA) filed by...

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Dr Gopal Krishna 07 February 2025
In the context of 'promoting ease of living of residents' of India, “India Digital Financial Inclusion: Journey Map Report” (March 2019) by Mobile Solutions Technical Assistance and Research (mSTAR) project of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) refers to the Aadhaar and...

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After a long time, I came across the third edition of the book The 80/20 Principle written by Richard Koch. The strapline to the title is “The secret to achieving more with less”. I have always loved this book and I tried to tie up the ideas here with what I had learnt from Steven Covey, who...

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Dr Gopal Krishna 04 February 2025
The Aadhaar Act disallows an individual access to the biometric information that forms the core of her unique ID (Aadhaar). The lack of access is problematic for the following reasons: First, verification of whether the biometrics have been recorded correctly or not in the first place is not...

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Bar  and   Bench 03 February 2025
The Karnataka government has ordered the establishment of medical boards in state hospitals to process requests for dignified deaths through execution of living wills of terminally ill patients, Indian Express reported.    This decision follows a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that recognized the...

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Avani Kapur  and   Sharad Pandey (IndiaSpend) 03 February 2025
The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday comes at a time when India faces the challenge of balancing economic growth with inclusive social development. While debates often centre on fiscal deficit targets, capital investments, and tax reforms, the social...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 February 2025
The focus on Bihar was so intense in Union finance minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speech that social media, particularly X (formerly Twitter), erupted with memes. Some even went to the extent of calling it the 'Bihar Budget' rather than the Indian Budget. So, the question arises—did...

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Dr Brajesh Kumar Tiwari 31 January 2025
Finance minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman will present her eighth consecutive Union Budget on 1 February 2025. This will be the first full Budget of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-3 government for the financial year (FY)25-26.    Broadly, there are two categories of taxes: direct and...

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Shreehari Paliath (IndiaSpend) 29 January 2025
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government will present the second full budget of its third successive term in office, amidst concerns of a slowdown of the economy based on government estimates.   The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme...

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Bar  and   Bench 28 January 2025
The Supreme Court has ordered the police to not use WhatsApp or other electronic modes as an alternative or substitute mode to serve notice to the accused under Section 41A of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) or Section 35 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).   Section 41A, CrPc...

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As India gears up for the Union Budget on 1st February, the lofty slogans and promises of ‘Viksit Bharat’ (developed India) are looking increasingly hollow. After a decade of ‘rapid progress,’ the middle class, considered the backbone of the nation’s economy, continues to grapple with poor...

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Many decades ago, in the corporate world, it was Swraj Paul who first showed the way to quietly buy shares in the open market; and, when he had acquired a fair number, he moved to take over the company and have management control. He did this in the case of Escorts and DCM and there was a...

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Sahyaja MS (Bar  and   Bench) 24 January 2025
Use of loudspeakers is not an essential aspect of any religion and no fundamental right is violated if permission is denied for the same, the Bombay High Court held on Thursday (Jaago Nehru Nagar Residents Welfare Association v Commissioner of Police).   A Bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 January 2025
A lot of ink has been spilled on the controversial issue of the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund, including the debate on whether it is a public authority. However, the latest audit statements, uploaded after a delay of over two years by the...

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Varsha Torgalkar (IndiaSpend) 17 January 2025
It was the first day of Diwali, and Rupali Hukire (name changed), a 42-year-old beautician, hurriedly cleaned big buckets and steel pots. She draws water from her neighbour's borewell at a cost of Rs100 for 30 minutes of pumping. Though her home, in Khandavi village in the Barshi tehsil of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 January 2025
Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) has reported 834 accidents involving its buses over the past five years, resulting in the tragic loss of 88 lives. The administration disclosed this information in response to a query filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act by...

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Suchak Patel (IndiaSpend) 13 January 2025
India is currently benefiting from a large working-age population. However, by 2050, the elderly will make up more than 20% of the total population. The UN Population Fund's India Ageing Report from 2023 predicts that by 2046, there will be more elderly people than children aged 0 to 15. This...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 09 January 2025
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central government to formulate a scheme for cashless medical treatment for motor accident victims in the "golden hour" period mandated under law (S Rajasekaran v. Union of India).   The golden hour is the the first 60 minutes after a traumatic...

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