The Allahabad high court has cancelled land acquistion in three Greater Noida villages -- Abdullahpur, Devla and Saberi. It has further ordered that an additional 64% compensation be provided to the farmers as well as 10% of developed land. On Sep ..
At a time when it's reeling under allegations of scams and scandals, official documents show that the government gave the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) more immunity from the Right to Information (RTI) Act than what the agency had orig ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (1) Shri Justice Rakesh Kumar, (2) Shri Justice Birendra Prasad Verma, (3) Shri Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh, (4) Shri ..
The Delhi high court will on Wednesday hear the bail pleas of Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, arrested for his alleged role in the cash-for-votes scam. On Tuesday, justice Suresh Kait decided to hear Singh's interim as well as regular bail pleas ..
Despite Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs request to support the Koodankulam nuclear plant, Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa said on Tuesday work on the project will remain suspended until local concerns are allayed. Protestor ..
Under the provisions of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968, candidates put up by registered unrecognized political parties at elections were hitherto allotted election symbols by the Returning Officers of the constituencies ..
The Bombay high court on Monday dismissed cross petitions against the enforcement of an arbitral tribunals settlement on the dispute between Jet Airways and the Sahara group. The four-year legal battle between Jet Airways (India) Ltd and Sa ..
Eighteen days after his arrest and 13 days after rejecting a compromise with the Gujarat government, IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt – who has accused chief minister Narendra Modi of complicity in the 2002 riots – got bail from the Ahmedabad se ..
The Centre has turned down Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati's request asking it to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to close an eight-year-old corruption case against her. With barely six months to go for the Uttar Prade ..
India's transparency law - the Right To Information Act - will not change but the government wants to restrict its applicability to some areas of sports and nuclear safety through other laws. Two new draft laws - the National Sports Developm ..