Supreme Court Judge B Sudershan Reddy said the greatest constitutional challenge would be to accommodate civil society institutions and their deliberations into the reckoning of formal institutions of the state and decision-making.The greatest consti ..
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan emphasised the need for speedy trial saying judges should ask relevant questions only.Justice Balakrishnan said the judges should have fair knowledge of law and should ask ‘relevant questions’ only. ..
The Union Government is likely to clarify its stand on the issue of legalising gay sex between two consenting adults, before the Supreme Court next week.Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has already indicated that the committee of three ministers, co ..
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court will resume hearing on the bail application of two police officers in Shopian double rape and murder case today.The case came up for hearing before the single bench of Justice Sunil Hali on August 28.However, after he ..
The Forum for Right to Information Campaign has welcomed the decision of the judges of Supreme Court of India on Wednesday to make public their assets and said that the issue had been haunting higher judiciary for quite some time.Terming it a decisio ..
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today prohibited chit funds from accepting deposits, a move that could make banks the sole public deposit-taking institutions in the country.The apex bank said these funds could accept deposits only from their sharehol ..
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan emphasised the need for speedy trial saying judges should ask relevant questions only.Justice Balakrishnan said the judges should have fair knowledge of law and should ask ‘relevant questions’ only. ..
The Madras High Court has admitted a winding up plea petition against Subhiksha, the beleaguered deep discount retail chain, filed by Kotak Mahindra Bank.While admitting the petition, Justice P Jothimani passed orders for publication of advertisement ..
The government will make necessary changes in tax laws to align them with provisions in social security pacts, as India gets ready to implement its first such agreement with Belgium from September 1. This would allow companies and employees to enjoy ..
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan said here on Sunday that eyewitness accounts in criminal cases must be examined properly for speedy disposal of cases. "In some states, eyewitnesses are not heard. On the basis of my personal experience, ..