Trade Marks Act - Petitioner has no locus to challenge order as petitioner is not claiming itself to be manufactory in Madhya Pradesh and registration of its label under M.P. Beer & Wine Rules : HC (See 'Legal Desk') SARFAESI Act - Discretion to grant reduction in pre-deposit rests with DRAT and Petitioner has failed to make out any ground for interference : HC (See 'Legal Desk') Constitution of India - Petitioner is entitled for Capital subsidy : HC (See 'Legal Desk') Coast Guard inks MoU with Jindal Steel for boosting indigenous manufacturing capacity (See 'Corp Brief') Companies Act - Winding up proceedings pending before High Courts, which are at nascent stage and have not progressed to advanced stage, can be transferred to NCLT : HC (See 'Legal Desk') PMLA - Considering involvement of applicant in selling fake Remdesivir injection at higher price, applicant is not entitled for anticipatory bail : HC (See 'Legal Desk') Arbitration Act - Any amicable settlement not incompatible with arbitration agreement is encouraged by Arbitral Tribunal : HC (See 'Legal Desk') M.P. Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam, 1973 - Order passed by respondents is devoid of merit as land of petitioner is left open for purpose of any future road expansion : HC (See 'Legal Desk') Arbitration Act - Since appellant has failed to establish loss suffered, Arbitral Tribunal rightly rejected appellant's claim in this regard : HC (See 'Legal Desk') PMLA - Arrest order and consequent remand order are not illegal : HC (See 'Legal Desk') Keel-laying ceremony performed at Goa Shipyard (See 'Corp Brief') Companies Act - Winding up proceedings pending before High Courts, which are at nascent stage and have not progressed to advanced stage, can be transferred to NCLT : HC (See 'Legal Desk') SEBI Act - Extension of time can be allowed to SEBI to complete investigation : SAT (See 'Legal Desk') Arbitration Act - Respondent no.3 is not liable for repayment obligations of financial facilities extended by appellant to respondent no 1 company : HC (See 'Legal Desk') Mineral production grows by 8 percent in February (See 'Corp Brief') SARFAESI Act - Court refrains to adjudicate matter on merits when matter is already pending in DRAT : HC (See 'Legal Desk') Coal production in April up by 7.4% (See 'Corp Brief') SEBI Act - Appellants have made case for stay as rigours of directions of SEBI order would adversely affect business of Appellant as well as their clients : SAT (See 'Legal Desk') Trade Mark Act - Marks 'BETSONE' and 'BETASON' are deceptively similar to registered trademark 'BETNESOL' and visually, phonetically and structurally alike, with minimal alterations : HC (See 'Legal Desk') Voting by tribal communities blossoms as ECI's outreach to them bears fruit (See 'Corp Brief') SARFAESI Act - No fault can be found with respondent financial institution invoking Section 14 of SARFAESI Act by approaching District Magistrate, Rewa : HC (See 'Legal Desk') Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs observes Swachhata Pakhwada (See 'Corp Brief')

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Naidu to inaugurate CIC's Annual Convention tomorrow

Published: Dec 05, 2017

By TIOLCORPLAWS News Service

NEW DELHI, DEC 05, 2017: THE Vice President, Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu, will inaugurate the Central Information Commission (CIC)'s 12th Annual Convention on ‘Right to Information', here tomorrow. This year the Convention follows two seminars held in May and July this year, to discuss ‘Implementation of the Right to Information Act 2005' and ‘Land Records and RTI Act' respectively.

The Central Information Commission has invited well researched original presentations, including case studies from academicians, practitioners, researchers, NGOs/civil society groups, students and other stakeholders to cover three subjects namely ‘Suo-motu disclosures', ‘Record keeping' and ‘Emerging issues in implementation of RTI Act' for the Convention.

During the 11th Annual Convention of CIC, held in November last year, a new software for registration and disposal of appeals and complaints was launched by the Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh. The software enables registration of appeals and complaints online as well as offline. Second Appeals/Complaints are generally registered as a case within 48 hours of receipt, if found to be complete.

The new software also provides for a public authority module. This interface makes the appeals/complaints registered in the Commission visible to the public authority immediately after registration, enabling them to take corrective action without waiting for hearing notices from the Commission. Currently, about 1,000 out of approximately 2,000 Public Authorities have registered for this module.

The Commission has digitized all its records of old and current cases (1.70 lakh files) over the past year. The fresh cases registered in the Commission are also in a digitized format. The digitized records assist in more efficient scheduling and hearing of cases and their disposal.

A facilitation desk, functioning in the Commission since 1st July 2016, facilitates applicants in filing appeals/complaints before the Commission as well as handles their queries relating to cases registered before the Commission. The Commission also offers applicants the facility of hearing through Video Conferencing enabling applicants and Public Authorities from across the country to attend case hearings at the NIC studio in a nearby district headquarters, instead of coming to Delhi. In the year 2016-17, the CIC conducted 15,228 video conferences. The Commission has conducted 8,124 video conferences upto November 14, 2017.

The Commission has registered 16,753 cases till November 14, 2017 and has disposed 19,899 cases for the same period. During the year 2016-17, the CIC had registered 23, 811 cases and disposed 32,344 cases, as compared to registration of 25,960 cases and disposal of 28,188 cases in the year 2015-16. The Commission had 27,137 cases pending as on April 01, 2017 as against 34,982 pending cases as on April 01, 2016. As on November 14, 2017, the CIC has 24,211 cases pending before it.

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