KARNATAKA MINIMUM WAGE HIGH COURT

The Supreme Court has sought the Centre's response on a petition challenging the marital rape exception under new criminal laws. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud issued notice on the petition by the All India Democratic Women's Associ...

"While holding the highest regard for the Court's decision, the EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation) is actively evaluating the course of action in response to this judgement," the EPFO said in response to the queries pertaining to the judg...

The Centre determines wages under the flagship scheme under sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, which says the Central government may, by notification, specify the wage rate for its benef...

Google is providing an extended timeline to ten companies to pay the service fee applicable for in-app purchases made by users. According to sources, the timeline will be stretched till the time there is a concrete verdict from the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Judge Justice Abhay Oka urged the legal community to refrain from religious rituals like "pooja" in court premises and suggested inaugurating events by honoring the Constitution's Preamble instead. Speaking at a foundation laying cerem...

Motor Accident Death: Supreme Court Holds homemaker’s life as valuable as others and hence hikes compensation to car accident victim's family to Rs 6 lakh. The deceased who was a homemaker died when her car lost control and skid off the road and fel...

The Delhi government's Directorate of Education (DoE) shall frame a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for income verification and regular monitoring of the eligibility criteria, it said.

The Karnataka government is facing pressure from industry associations to contest a recent High Court ruling on minimum wages. They fear that a substantial increase could adversely affect manufacturing and service industries. They argue that minimum...

Karnataka's business and economy seemed to have taken a backseat amid a high-octane campaign for elections that are crucial for the overall political prospects of the two opposing parties as several states go to the polls this year before the Genera...

A separate manifesto for women is also in the works. The Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra recently announced 'Na Nayaki' ('I am the woman leader') project here under which the 'Gruha Lakshmi' scheme offering Rs 2,000 was pro...

The Karnataka government on November 25 directed the regional transport authorities to charge five per cent convenience fee and GST from the ride hailing companies on each autorickshaw ride by the passengers.

The verdicts may hurt developers in the country as it means they may have to develop apps with different specifications for different app stores.

Karnataka Transport Department secretary NV Prasad held a meeting with executives from ride hailing apps including Uber and Ola in Bengaluru on Saturday morning. Both sides, however, did not arrive at a consensus as the aggregators pressed for a 25%...

Court takes action after Ola, Uber fail to reach agreement with Karnataka transport dept over autorickshaw operations

​​​The apex court was hearing arguments on a batch of pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions of the state. A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia was told by se...

Oxfam India is working in seven districts of Assam—Biswanath, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Lakhimpur, Tezpur, Golaghat and Sivasagar.

The minimum wage before the Rs 50 interim hike was Rs 167 a day. On Friday, BJP MP Pallab Lochan Das told the media that the workers would get Rs 205 a day until the Gauhati High Court decided on a petition before it, as per the decision at a meetin...

As per the notification issued by the Assam govt on Feb 23, it notified an interim enhancement of wages for tea plantation workers by Rs. 50 per day. However, the wage rate hike was stayed by the Gauhati High Court while hearing a petition filed by ...

The national committee of the association reviewed the court direction at a meeting on Sunday and decided to enhance the wages by Rs 26 per day to workers in the Brahmaputra Valley and the Barak Valley with effect from February 22 this year.