Highlights of the Bill The Bill sets up an independent authority, the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI), to regulate organisms and products of modern biotechnology. BRAI will regulate the research, transport, import, containment, environmental release, manufacture, and use of biotechnology products. Regulatory
The German public prosecutor accusesd nationalist Alternative for Germany party leader, Frauke Petry Wednesday, of giving false statements about campaign finance under oath.Petry is accused of lying to a committee of the regional parliament in Saxonyin 2015 regarding the AfD’s finances during Saxony’s 2014 election. In 2015, she told the committee that
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, CJ and AM Khanwilkar and Dr. DY Chandrachud, JJ, explaining the principles governing the inherent powers of the High Court under Section 482 CrPC, said that while the inherent power of the High Court has a wide
The Supreme Court collegium had unanimously taken the decision to transfer former Karnataka high court judge Jayant Patel to the Allahabad high court, sources said on Tuesday. Justice Patel resigned as a judge of the Karnataka high court last week, after Chief Justice of India
Capital markets regulator Sebi has directed Angel Allied India Limited and its directors to refund investor money that it raised by issuing securities without complying with public issue norms. Besides, the watchdog has barred the firm and its directors from capital markets for four years
The Supreme Court began the October 2017 term with oral arguments [day call, PDF] in two cases, one concerning employment dispute arbitration and the other concerning criminal-removal in immigration proceedings. The first, Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis [SCOTUSblog materials; transcript], questions the applicability and scope of two federal statutes: the Federal
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, was convicted and sentencedby a Moscow court to 20 days in jail on Monday after for calling on his supporters to join him in an unauthorized rally in Nizhny Novgorod. Russian officials claim that the planned rally is one among many
The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in Gill v. Whitford [docket], a case directly challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s congressional districts with broad implications for the limits of political gerrymandering nationwide. The Court will address both procedural and substantiveissues in this case. As a preliminary matter, the
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a 27-page report on Monday alleging that Jordan conducted mass summary deportations [press release] of Syrian refugees without affording them an adequate opportunity to challenge their removal from the country. The report claims that Jordan deported 400 registered Syrian refugees each month during the first
The Atlanta City Council on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance[text] decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana within the city limits. Following the path of other cities the council approved, by a 15-0 vote, Ordinance 17-O-1152 to make the possession of less than an ounce of marijuana a non-jailable offense