LEGAL UPDATES

• PhD degree has been made mandatory for direct recruitment to the post of assistant professors in universities from 2021-22, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday, June 13, 2018.

• The European Union’s top court backed the fashion brand in a decision on Tuesday, ruling that its use of the iconic red color means that its shoes can be trademarked [June 12, 2018] READ MORE

• RBI increases repo rate to 6.25%, interest on home loans likely to go up[6th June 2018]

• The World Bank has forecast a growth rate of 7.3 percent for India this year and 7.5 percent for the next two years, making it the fastest growing country among major emerging economies. [6th June 2018]

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Recent Supreme Court Decisions  

1. U.P.P.S.C., Through its Chairman & Anr. Vs Rahul Singh & Anr. 14/06/18
2. Disha Panchal and Others Vs Union of India  13/06/18
3. Medical Council of India Vs. Vedanta Institute of Academic Excellence Pvt. Ltd. 01/06/18
4. Jayaswamy Vs. State of Karnataka 01/06/18
5. Swaraj Abhiyan (VI) Vs Union of India & Ors 18/05/18
6. State Of Tamil Nadu  Vs P.K. Sinha And Anr 18/05/18
7. State by Lokayukta Police Vs H. Srinivas 18/05/18

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1. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)  admitted the insolvency plea filed by the State Bank of India (SBI)
2. Unwarranted invasion of privacy of an individual comes u/s  clause (j) of Section 8(1) of the RTI Act, shall not be disclosed [ Central Information Commission Dated 06.06.2018 ]

LAW AT MARKET    

India INX is now India’s first International Exchange set up at GIFT City and was inaugurated by Shri Narendra Modi, on 9th Jan, 2017. India INX offer a diversified portfolio of products and technology services at a cost which is far more competitive to Indian exchanges as well as other global exchanges. India International Exchange IFSC Limited (India INX) and India International Clearing Corporation IFSC Limited (India ICC) are wholly owned subsidiary of the BSE Limited. India INX and the India ICC have commenced mock trading from India INX’s data centre at GIFT City from December 17, 2016. The International exchange received final approval from Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on December 30, 2016. 

June 12, 2018 -WASHINGTON —Federal judge Richard J. Leon of United States District Court in Washington on Tuesday approved the blockbuster merger between AT&T and Time Warner, rebuffing the government’s effort to stop the $85.4 billion deal, in a decision The judge, observed that the Justice Department failed to  proved that the telecom company’s acquisition of Time Warner would lead to fewer choices for consumers and higher prices for television and internet services. [Read more] 

TECHNOLOGY

Human cells resist gene editing by turning on defenses against cancer, ceasing reproduction and sometimes dying, two teams of scientists have found  reported in the journal Nature Medicine

POLICY

President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are set to meet face to face in Singapore to discuss denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. [12.06.2018] READ MORE.…

Pre-Iron age [2000 BCE] chariot found in an excavation in  Bagpat District of UP  gives ‘new dimension to the Indian history’. READ MORE …