Chennai: The Madras high court has quashed the appointment of Justice N Kannadasan, a former additional judge of the court, as chairman of the Tamil Nadu State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. Due consultation process, involving the state gov ..
The Government has taken various steps towards amending the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. The National Consultation for amending the Act was initiated in June, 2006 with the fi ..
Since its inception, the Central Information Commission has received 24145 complaints and appeals upto 30.09.2008. 8670 cases were pending for disposal as on 30.09.2008 for reasons like shortage of Information Commissioners vis-à-vis the workload. Al ..
Since its inception, the Central Information Commission has received 24145 complaints and appeals upto 30.09.2008. 8670 cases were pending for disposal as on 30.09.2008 for reasons like shortage of Information Commissioners vis-à-vis the workload. Al ..
Parliament has passed the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Bill 2008. Lok Sabha today gave its assent to the Bill which was earlier passed by the Rajya Sabha. Replying to the debate on the Bill in the Lok Sabha, Shri Prem Chand Gupta, Minister for ..
The Law Commission of India in its 209th Report (July 2008) on “Proposal for omission of section 213 from the Indian Succession Act, 1925” has observed that there is discrimination in respect of wills made by Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jainas or Parsi ..
The Government has signed an agreement with Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the Hague to open its regional facility in India. The main terms and conditions of the agreement are: (i) India shall be a host country for the PCA in order to facilita ..
The Chief Justice of India has recommended that any Judicial Officer who is "unfit, ineffective, incompetent or has doubtful integrity" may be retired from service.In a communique with Chief Justices of all High Courts, the CJI said, "with a view to ..
The Supreme Court on Friday said that courts cannot afford to deal lightly with cases involving public health and that escalating pollution levels need to be checked.A Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam said issu ..
NEW DELHI: Overwhelmed by the audacious terror strike in the heart of Mumbai, former attorney general Soli J Sorabjee gave vent to the public angst by moving the Supreme Court with a PIL for a direction to the Centre to equip and train the police mak ..