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Assam government has decided to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act and Rules 1935 through the Assam Repealing Bill 2024. The government will table legislation in the next monsoon session of the state assembly. The state cabinet had its meeting on Thursday. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated in X, “We have taken a significant step to ensure justice for our daughters and sisters by putting additional safeguards against child marriage. In the meeting of the state cabinet today we have decided to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act and Rules 1935 vide the Assam Repealing Bill 2024”. He explained, “To bring parity in registration of marriage and divorce, the State Cabinet has accorded approval to The Assam Repealing Bill,2024 which aims to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages And Divorces Registration Act, 1935 and Assam Muslim Marriages And Divorces Registration Rules, 1935. The Bill will be placed before the next Monsoon Session of Assam Legislative Assembly for consideration”.

Canada largest airline has been ordered to pay a family of five who were separated on what’s being described as a “traumatizing” flight last year.

private companies has not yet been discussed in detail in the Cabinet as he came under pressure from the Opposition BJP to present the draft law in the ongoing legislature session itself. “There was some confusion (over the bill). We will clear the confusion in the coming days,” the CM posted on microblogging site X, while adding that it would be placed again before the Cabinet for detailed discussions. In a last-minute decision, Siddaramaiah Wednesday night announced putting the jobs bill on hold after it triggered widespread backlash from captains of the tech industry and the industry body NASSCOM.

Court officials say closing arguments in the espionage trial of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich will be held Friday, as the proceedings picked up speed in a case that has seen the reporter held in pre-trial custody for over a year

Supreme Court has dismissed pharmaceutical major Sun Pharma's plea against a demand notice of Rs 4.65 crore raised by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) to recover the amount overcharged by the company for anti-bacterial infection drug Roscilox. Sun Pharma has challenged the NPPA's demand notices of 2005. The company was directed to deposit the overcharged principal amount of Rs 2,15,62,077 for the period April 1996 to July 2003 and the interest on this amount (Rs 2,49,46,256) for Roscilox, a brand of a Cloxacillin-based drug formulation The amount charged was more than that fixed by the government under the provisions of the Drugs (Price Control) Order, 1995 (DPCO). The pharma company has already paid a sum of Rs 1.25 crore towards the demand made by the NPPA.

₹1 lakh. Bhutani received a favourable order at the very first hearing: he cited the state government's EV policy of 2022, which stated that EVs registered in Uttar Pradesh were eligible for a 100% road tax waiver for the first three years that the policy was in effect. The policy defined EVs as automobiles using an electric motor driven by batteries, ultra-capacitors or fuel cells.

bill mandating reservation for Kannadigas in the private sector, sparking an uproar. The decision was taken at the Cabinet meeting held on Monday and was subsequently put on hold after backlash from business honchos and tech tycoons. Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah said in a post on X, “The bill approved by the cabinet to provide reservation for Kannadigas in private sector organizations, industries and enterprises has been temporarily put on hold.”

Joe Biden on Thursday canceled another $1.2 billion in student debt for 35,000 borrowers, bringing the total number of people to benefit from his debt relief push to 4.76 million, despite Republican opposition. Republicans have called the Democratic president's student loan forgiveness approach an overreach of authority and an unfair benefit to college-educated borrowers while others received no such relief. Each of the beneficiaries under the plan will receive $35,000 in debt cancellation, the White House said in a statement.

Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday claimed that some BJP MLAs are keen on joining the NCP (SP). He said the «switch» to the Sharad Pawar-led outfit has started in the form of ex-corporators, referring to the resignation of Ajit Pawar-led NCP's Pimpri-Chinchwad unit chief Ajit Gavhane and two former corporators. Gavhane had said on Wednesday that they would seek the blessing of Sharad Pawar. Speaking to reporters after a press conference here, the senior NCP (SP) leader claimed that some MLAs from the BJP are also interested in being a part of his party as they are «disappointed after not getting representation in the government».

₹12.2 trillion stuck in various tax squabbles, experts said. “Over the past seven years, India's tax framework has undergone significant reforms, yet a persistent challenge remains—the substantial amount of money entangled in litigation," said Saurabh Agarwal, a tax partner at EY, referring to the ₹12.2 trillion, as per data from previous budget documents. “This issue causes financial strain for both taxpayers, who must bear interest on pending liabilities, and the government, which is deprived of these funds for developmental purposes.

Indian embassy on Thursday issued an advisory for its citizens in Bangladesh after the students' protest intensified over the government jobs quota. Student protesters in Bangladesh have been demanding an end to quotas for government jobs and have called for a nationwide shutdown following deadly clashes this week that resulted in six deaths and hundreds of injuries. Angered by high youth unemployment, with nearly 32 million out of work or education among a population of 170 million, the students have pressed for the abolition of a quota of 30% reservations for the families of freedom fighters.

homebuyers across the National Capital Region (NCR), ruled that no coercive action can be taken against those who have booked flats under subvention schemes but are yet to receive possession due to delays by developers. This ruling applies to actions by both banks and builders concerning EMI payments, and cheque bounce cases. Under a subvention scheme, banks disburse loan amounts directly to builders, who are responsible for paying the EMIs until the buyers take possession of their flats. However, many builders have defaulted on these payments, prompting banks to seek repayment from the buyers. This situation has led to homebuyers approaching the Delhi High Court, which did not grant them relief, which led them to appeal to India's apex court. A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court heard the case, ordering an interim stay on all coercive actions, including complaints under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

NEET-UG 2024 controversy said that re-examination can be done only if it is concrete that the entire test was affected, while noting that the case has social ramifications. «Re-examination has to be on concrete footing that the sanctity of the entire test was affected,» CJI DY Chandrachud said as the bench heard a clutch of pleas related to the controversy-ridden medical entrance exam NEET-UG 2024. On the issue of the ongoing probe, the bench said, «The CBI probe is on. If what the CBI has told us is revealed, it will affect the investigation and people will become wise.»

Usha Chilukuri Vance, the wife of Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick, will step into a glaring spotlight when she introduces Sen. JD Vance on stage at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night. The Southern California native brings a résumé studded with elite legal credentials to a campaign defined by the former president’s fiery populism.

New Delhi: Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice N Kotiswar Singh on Thursday took oath of office and became the first judge to have been elevated to the Supreme Court from Manipur. Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court R Mahadevan was also sworn in as judge of the apex court. Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud administered the oath of office to both judges at a function in the apex court premises here. With the swearing-in, the top court has attained its full strength of 34 judges, including the Chief Justice of India. The Supreme Court will function with 34 judges until Justice Hima Kohli retires on September 1, 2024, followed by CJI Chandrachud, who superannuates on November 10 this year.

South Korean prosecutors have asked a court to issue an arrest warrant for a crypto market maker implicated in an altcoin-related fraud case.

Catch all the LIVE Updates on NEET UG SC hearing hereThe Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a batch of petitions related to the controversy-ridden medical entrance exam NEET-UG 2024 which was held on May 5.According to the cause list of July 18 uploaded on the apex court's website, a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra would hear more than 40 pleas, including those filed by the National Testing Agency (NTA) seeking transfer of cases pending against it in various high courts on the NEET-UG row to the Supreme Court to avoid multiplicity of litigations.

South Korean prosecutors have asked a court to arrest the Hancom CEO Kim Sang-cheol as part of a probe into an alleged crypto “slush fund.”

TikTok owner ByteDance can’t avoid the bloc’s crackdown on digital giants, a European Union court says

A federal judge has suspended the lease stemming from a 2022 oil and gas sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet basin after finding problems with the environmental review it was based on

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is to visit Serbia later this week to discuss a tentative deal with the Balkan country for the controversial excavation of lithium, a critical substance in making batteries for electric vehicles