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Gujjars to get 5 per cent quota in Rajasthan

   19 June 2008 at 12:54

Jaipur, June 18 (PTI) The Gujjar community will be given five per cent reservation as a special category under an agreement reached with Rajasthan government, bringing to an end the nearly month-long agitation for Scheduled Tribe status.Addressing ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   250 Views


Service tax liability rests with Sahara: Jet

   19 June 2008 at 12:54

Aviation leader Jet Airways today said that authorities are investigating alleged service tax evasion by Sahara Airlines, which it had bought from Sahara Group, and asserted that any liability would be with previous owner. "As per the provisions of ..

Posted in Taxation |   307 Views


SC reserves verdict on custody of divorced couple's son

   18 June 2008 at 22:53

New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on wednesday reserved its verdict in a matter, related to the custody of a divorced couple's 11-year-old son, which had earlier prompted it to observe that "the Hindu Marriages Act has broken more homes than uniting ..

Posted in Family Law |   383 Views


SC offers relief to Orissa's FTC judges

   18 June 2008 at 22:53

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that nine Additional District Judges (ADJs) of Fast Track Courts in Orissa, who were appointed on ad-hoc basis, need not appear for any fresh examination being conducted for appointment of regular judges. A benc ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   298 Views


RBI relaxes lending norms for housing loans by coop banks

   18 June 2008 at 14:25

Making it easier for urban cooperative banks to extend housing loans, Reserve Bank has relaxed the risk provisioning norm for purchase of residential properties up to Rs 30 lakh. The central bank issued notification yesterday in pursuance of the ann ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   316 Views


SC to hear on June 19 petition against Gujjar agitation

   18 June 2008 at 14:25

New Delhi, Jun 17 (UNI) The Supreme Court will hear on June 19 a petition seeking direction to Rajasthan Government to ensure that people of the state are not put to hardship by the Gujjar agitators who are demanding ST status for their community.Pe ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   260 Views


SC says HMA breaking homes instead of preserving them

   18 June 2008 at 14:25

New Delhi, Jun 17 (UNI) In an important observation the Supreme Court today said the provisions of Hindu Marriage Act have proved counter-productive and have broken more homes than it had kept together.The observations were made by Justice Arijit P ..

Posted in Family Law |   462 Views


Judges for Gujarat High Court

   18 June 2008 at 14:25

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Justice Harshvadan Binduprasad Antani and (ii) Shri Justice Bankim Nikhilbhai Mehta, Additional Judge of the G ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   313 Views


CEO jailed for illegal exports to India

   18 June 2008 at 14:25

Parthasarathy Sudarshan, the Indian-American CEO of Cirrus Electronics, was sentenced to 35 months in jail on Monday for illegally exporting electronic components to Indian government entities responsible for developing ballistic missiles, space laun ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   401 Views


Hindu Marriages Act breaking more homes than uniting: SC

   18 June 2008 at 14:25

Expressing concern over an increasing number of divorce cases flooding the courts, the Supreme Court Tuesday observed that the Hindu Marriages Act had done more harm to the family system in the country than strengthening it.The Hindu Marriages Act ha ..

Posted in Family Law |   633 Views