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Delhi High Court sets aside monetary reward

   12 August 2009 at 12:39

The Delhi High Court has set aside a monetary award granted to a Delhi Development Authority contractor by an arbitrator, saying that “the arbitrator took upon himself the job of rewarding a corrupt contractor and thereby rewarding corrupt DDA ..

Posted in Civil Law |   695 Views


P.K. Misra Patna High Court CJ

   12 August 2009 at 12:34

Justice Prafulla Kumar Misra, a Judge of the Madras High Court, has been elevated and posted as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court. Mr.Justice Misra was accorded a farewell here on Tuesday. Chief Justice H.L. Gokhale and other judges were amon ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   247 Views


Panel: refresher courses won’t apply to lawyers

   12 August 2009 at 12:33

The Law Commission has ordered deletion of second part of a paragraph in its 230rd report on judicial reforms submitted to the government, viz “…that there should be a mechanism for refresher courses and attendance as a pre-condition fo ..

Posted in Others |   110 Views


SC directs centre to find solution for drought

   12 August 2009 at 12:23

Expressing serious concern over the drought situation prevailing in several parts of the country, the Supreme Court today directed the Centre, States and Union Territories to provide all assistance to the Expert Committee headed by Mr T Ramaswamy to ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   94 Views


Delhi: CP shootout not a conspiracy, Rathi's lawyer tells co

   12 August 2009 at 12:22

Assistant Commissioner of Police S S Rathi and nine others sentenced to life imprisonment for killing two innocent businessman 12 years ago in Connaught place have told the Delhi High Court that there was no conspiracy angle in the case and therefore ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   321 Views


Sold twice by parents, minor girl goes to NCW, NHRC

   12 August 2009 at 11:14

She was just 13 when she was sold off to a 30-year-old man for Rs 50,000 after a small bidding. Two years later she escaped her captor, but was sold off again, this time for Rs 100,000. Now 15-year-old Netra (name changed), who managed to give her s ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   115 Views


Kasab trial: US witnesses, FBI officers to depose

   12 August 2009 at 11:06

A few US nationals will be deposing before the special sessions court in the 26/11 terror attack case this week. According to sources, agents of Callphonex, a Voice over Internet Protocol service provider based in New Jersey, are likely to depose in ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   162 Views


MCA to ensure LLPs aren’t limited by law

   12 August 2009 at 11:00

The ministry of corporate affairs wants other ministries, state governments and sectoral regulators to recognise limited liability partnerships (LLP) after over 100 entities registered under the LLP Act enacted last year. The ministry will write to a ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   111 Views


FM to release ‘Direct Taxes Code’ tomorrow

   12 August 2009 at 11:00

FM to release ‘Direct Taxes Code’ tomorrowFinance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will release the draft of the Direct Taxes Code and a Discussion Paper tomorrow in the presence of Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram and Ministers of ..

Posted in Taxation |   192 Views


Case against journalists who 'stung' 11 MPs

   12 August 2009 at 10:16

In an ironic twist to the 2005 cash-for-questions scam, the Delhi Police have chargesheeted the two journalists who had conducted the ..

Posted in Others |   142 Views