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Bill To Give Statutory Backing To Sc/st Reservation In Posts Introduced In Parliament

   27 December 2008 at 23:37

Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Shri Prithviraj Chavan tabled in Rajya Sabha the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Reservation in Posts and Services) Bill 2008.The Bill seeks to give statutory backing to the i ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   231 Views


A Supreme Court Judgement Which Allowed High Courts To Hear Appeals Against Administrative Tribunal Awards Needs A ‘revisit,’ According To Expert Opinion.

   27 December 2008 at 23:37

The Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench a batch of over 100 petitions, challenging the constitutional validity of levying entry tax by state governments on goods.A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and S H Kapadia, while referring the ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   197 Views


Apex Court Judgement On Tribunal Awards Needs Revisit: Law Commission

   27 December 2008 at 23:36

A Supreme Court judgement which allowed High Courts to hear appeals against Administrative Tribunal awards needs a ‘revisit,’ according to expert opinion.The suggestion to ‘revisit’ the matter came in a Law Commission of India Report forwarded by cha ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   234 Views


Don'T Thrust Hindi On Apex, Hc Judges: Experts

   27 December 2008 at 23:35

The ‘non-feasibility’ of introducing Hindi ‘as compulsory language in the Supreme Court of India’ has been reported by the Law Commission of India.Acknowledging the right of ‘every citizen, every court’ to understand law, the Commission held that ‘at ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   203 Views


Law Commission Of India Submitted Its 215th Report To The Government

   27 December 2008 at 23:34

The Law Commission of India submitted to the Government of India, its 215th Report on “L. Chandra Kumar be revisited by Larger Bench of Supreme Court”. The Hon’ble Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Justice AR. Lakshmanan, former Supreme Court Judge, fo ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   212 Views


Indian Lpos Simplifying Us Business Complexities

   27 December 2008 at 11:26

MUMBAI, INDIA: When you lose something on one hand you are destined to get something else on the other. This simple law of nature seems to be relevant in the case of the impact of the US recession on Indian industries. Though the disaster in the US e ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   242 Views


Law Commission Against Making Hindi Compulsory In Supreme Court

   27 December 2008 at 11:15

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The Law Commission of India has rejected as 'non-feasible' a parliamentary panel's proposal to introduce Hindi as a compulsory language of work in the Supreme Court.In its report submitted to Union Law Minister H.R. Bhardwaj ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   286 Views


Faq

   27 December 2008 at 11:04

1. Which documents are to be verified before purchase of a Flat ? A. Before you purchase a flat, you have to have a title and document search conducted by a competent advocate. You cannot do it yourself. You have to use the services of a competent ad ..

Posted in Property Law |   592 Views


Bisleri-Geographical Indication

   26 December 2008 at 14:50

"Himalayan" for packaged mineral water. He opines that since the term "Himalayan" is a descriptive term, it could potentially acquire distinctiveness and is therefore capable of trademark protection. Apart from the issue of whether the plaintiff in t ..



Puffing-Commercial Disparagement

   26 December 2008 at 14:45

A recent judgment of the Madras High Court (Colgate Palmolive v. Anchor, O.A. Nos. 493 and 494 of 2008 in C.S. No. 451 of 2008) appears to have modified the law relating to comparative advertising in cases of commercial disparagement, particularly in ..