Specific Relief Act
India now aid giver, lauded for relief operations worldwide: Anurag Thakur
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday said India has now emerged as an aid giver that rushes to help nations in need and its efforts in disaster relief operations have been lauded worldwide. "The new India is now extending help to others. India's stature and capabilities have changed. This is the face of transforming India, the face of an empowered India," Thakur said after releasing a book 'Operation Ganga' authored by senior IAS officer Tarun Pithode, on the relief operations mounted to evacuate Indian nationals, mostly students, after war broke out in Ukraine last year. Thakur said when Prime Minister Narendra Modi says this is not an era of war, the world pays attention. "Today, the world looks at India as a land of opportunities, whether it be the International Solar Alliance or our Mission LiFE," he said. In the time of crisis, India has extended help everywhere, be it Nepal, Afghanistan or Sri Lanka, Thakur said. The minister said during the Ukraine
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Amendments to the Specific Relief Act, 1963: Getting stalled projects going
Besides the "substituted performance", the Act provides for "specific performance" where the aggrieved party can seek court direction for execution of contractual obligation by the other party
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The Specific Relief Act: Mitigating the uncertainty in contract execution
The Cabinet on Friday approved amendments to the Specific Relief Act, 1963, in a bid to ease enforcement of contracts. The govt is likely to introduce the new Bill in the winter session of Parliament
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