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SC bench to decide on insurers' liability to pay claims

   03 September 2009 at 12:34

A larger bench of the Supreme Court will decide the issue of whether insurance companies can be compelled to pay the claim even if they are under no liability to pay such amount? A bench comprising Justice Markandey Katju and Justice AK Ganguly said: ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   182 Views


Duty Drawback and Entitlement schemes are incentives: SC

   03 September 2009 at 12:33

The Supreme Court has said profits derived from the Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme and the Duty Drawback Scheme are incentives and cannot be termed as profits from business to claim income tax deductions. A bench headed by Justice S H Kapadia dismi ..

Posted in Taxation |   275 Views


Centre directs States/UTs to enforce HSRPS for vehicles

   03 September 2009 at 12:04

The Centre has directed all the States/Union Territories to enforce the Supreme Court directive, under the Motor Vehicle Act, of fixing High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) for all vehicles forthwith to check their theft by criminals.In a letter ..

Posted in Civil Law  1 comments |   454 Views


Haryana: Legal advice helpline inaugurated

   03 September 2009 at 12:04

The people in Haryana can now obtain legal advice regarding their cases on a helpline. Justice Adarsh Kumar Gel of Punjab and Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman of Haryana State Legal Services Authority (HSLSA) inaugurated the legal services h ..

Posted in Others |   210 Views


Madras HC orders notices to Indian Cricket team

   03 September 2009 at 12:02

A lawyer filed a suit in the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on August 31, seeking a ban on the Indian cricket team’s visit to Sri Lanka in the wake of the alleged Tamil genocide in the island nation.Jel Paul Antony, a lawyer, who is a resid ..

Posted in Others |   116 Views


MRTP Commission closed down after 40 years of its existence

   03 September 2009 at 12:02

The Union Government has closed down Monopoly and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) Commission after 40 years of its existence. According to the notification issued by the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs, MRTP has stopped functioning with effect ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   792 Views


MP HC serves notices to Govt on pension issue

   03 September 2009 at 12:01

The Madhya Pradesh High court has issued notices to state government and state Accountant General (AG) on irregularity in disbursement of pension to a retired Judge of High court.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Anang Kumar Patnaik and Justi ..

Posted in Others |   328 Views


Delhi HC says cannot interfere in DUSU polls

   03 September 2009 at 11:57

Delhi High Court dismissed the petition of five Delhi University candidates who challenged the University’s decision to disqualify them in the students union election.Three ABVP and two NSUI candidates had approached the Delhi High Court agains ..

Posted in Others |   170 Views


NO TELCOM DISPUTES IN CONSUMER COURT

   03 September 2009 at 10:41

IMPORTANT JUDGMENT ON CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT RELATING TO TELEPHONE DISPUTES. If you are a telephone subscriber and have a dispute with the service provider over an inflated bill or disconnection, then you can no longer rush to the neighbourhood con ..

Posted in Civil Law  5 comments |   2221 Views


CJI's office falls under RTI Act: HC

   03 September 2009 at 08:53

In a landmark judgement, the Delhi High Court held that the office of Chief Justice of India falls under the purview of the Right to Information Act and the details pertaining to judges' assets could be revealed under the law. "The CJI is a pub ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  1 comments |   204 Views