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 ..
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 ..
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 ..
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 ..
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 ..
SC UPHELD CONSTITUTIONAL VALIDITY OF COURTS POWERS TO ORDER CBI PROBE WITHOUT STATE GOVERNMENTS CONSENT WITH A RIDER TO USE IT CAUTIOUSLY AND SPARINGLY. ..
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 ..
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 ..
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the States and Union Territories to formulate, within eight weeks, a comprehensive policy on removal, relocation and regularisation of unauthorised religious constructions. A Bench of Justices Dalveer Bh ..
The supreme court today ruled that directors of a company cannot be prosecuted in cheque bounce cases unless it is proved that the person was directly responsible or was"in charge"of the firm 's operation at the time os issuing the ch ..