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CBI probe: court for exercising caution

   18 February 2010 at 18:03

NEW DELHI: A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, while holding that itself and the High Courts have the power to order a CBI probe, without a State’s consent, into a cognisable offence allegedly committed within the State&rsquo ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   526 Views


Result of written part of Tax Assistant (Central Excise & Income Tax) exam 2009 announced

   18 February 2010 at 17:29

Result of written part of Tax Assistant (Central Excise & Income Tax) exam 2009 announced Thursday, February 18, 2010 The Staff Selection Commission has announced result of the written part of the Tax Assistant (Income Tax & Central Excise ..

Posted in Others |   765 Views


Appointment system of judges should be changed

   18 February 2010 at 16:56

The outgoing Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice A P Shah has said the 17-year-old system of appointment of judges through a collegium should be changed and not left to a single body, but to be transparent and broad based. The selection of jud ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  2 comments |   583 Views


SC to consider MoD plea to construct roads along China border

   18 February 2010 at 12:17

The Supreme Court will consider on February 19 the application of Ministery of Defence (MoD) blaming red tapism and Supreme Court-appointed Centrally empowered committee (CEC) for delay in construction of roads within the radius of 50 kms along the ..

Posted in Others |   444 Views


Rename Madras High Court - Need of this Hour

   17 February 2010 at 18:04

Change the name of High Court of Madras as High Court of Tamilnadu and Puducherry! Federation for People's Rights (FPR), Secretary G. Sugumaran sent a memorandum to President of India Ms. Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Un ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  6 comments |   924 Views


Courts can order CBI probe without states' consent: SC

   17 February 2010 at 14:03

Courts can order CBI probe without states' consent: SC PTI, Feb 17, 2010, 11.18am IST NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today ruled that courts have powers to order CBI probe without the consent of state governments with a rider that this should ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   664 Views


Validity of Section 80IA (4) of income Tax Act, 1961 challenged in the Bombay High Court

   17 February 2010 at 13:36

A writ Petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Explanation inserted by the Finance No.2 Act 2009 to section 80IA (4) of the Act with retrospective effect from 1.4.2000 has been admitted today (16.2.2010) by the Bombay High Court in ..

Posted in Taxation  1 comments |   3269 Views


COURTS POWER TO ORDER CBI PROBE

   17 February 2010 at 13:15

SC UPHELD CONSTITUTIONAL VALIDITY OF COURTS POWERS TO ORDER CBI PROBE WITHOUT STATE GOVERNMENTS CONSENT WITH A RIDER TO USE IT CAUTIOUSLY AND SPARINGLY. ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   806 Views


Haryana raises VAT to 5% on 101 goods

   17 February 2010 at 12:43

The Haryana government has increased the rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) on 101 goods from four per cent to five per cent with immediate effect. An official spokesman said the VAT on all goods from serial number 1 to 101 of Schedule C of the Haryana ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   1841 Views


Centre to bring bill on standard & accountability of judges: Law Minister

   17 February 2010 at 12:40

The Union Government will come out with a Bill to prevent tainted lawyers by becoming judges, Law and Justice M Veerappa Moily said. He said a Bill on Standard and Accountability for judges, to replace the Judges Act of 1968, would be introduced in ..

Posted in Others  1 comments |   675 Views