The defence in the 26/11 trial on Wednesday submitted that it wanted to call upon Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane to depose before the court, in the light of his public statement about a political link in the terror conspiracy. The court h ..
Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla on Wednesday felt that it was not possible to make voting compulsory nationwide. It was for Parliament to debate and decide on the subject. “I have to preface this by saying that it is for Parliament to ..
A petition was on Wednesday moved in the Supreme Court contending that the resignation submitted by the MLAs on the issue of Telangana be deemed to have been accepted by the Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The petition was mentioned before a ..
Ahead of the Reserve Bank’s quarterly monetary policy, RBI is likely to signal interest rate hikes to suck out liquidity from the market and check prices from spiraling further. Reserve Bank may also raise the amount banks need to park with t ..
NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented order, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Railways to recover the cost borne by its staff on travelling to attend RTI hearings from an applicant's salary. The applicant had sought details of his t ..
Committee on Comprehensive Regulation for Credit Rating Agencies suggests Strengthening of Existing RegulationsWednesday, January 27, 2010The Committee on Comprehensive Regulation for Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs), set up by the Department of Economi ..
Absence of written contract shouldn’t hamper dispute settlement: SC27 Jan 2010, 0310 hrs IST, Sanjay K Singh, ET Bureau NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court has ruled that the absence of a signed contract between the parties should not come in the way ..
Addressing the national conference on ‘Legal education’ jointly organized by the Karnataka State Law University and the Bar Council of India at Hubli, Karnataka on 26.01.2010, the Bar Council of India President Suraj Narain Prasad Sinha e ..
"Certain areas" of information gathered by the Chief Justice of India during the process of appointment of judges should be kept outside the purview of RTI Act, former Chief Justice of India, Justice Rajendra babu has said. Speaking to th ..
Income tax evaders are being pushed into an increasingly tight corner – the I-T department is planning restructuring that will help assessing officers spend more time on an assessee than they do now. Currently in Mumbai, an assessing officer, t ..