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Food bill first drought casualty

   12 August 2009 at 10:16

With the country’s northern and eastern regions facing the spectre of a drought, the Manmohan Singh government’s ambitious plans of providing food security to all has taken a hit, at least for the time being. The propos ..

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AP HC upholds trial court's order

   12 August 2009 at 10:08

The Andhra Pradesh High Court confirmed the conviction imposed by trial court on rormer junior assistant in the office of the Guntur District Supply Officer Billa Nagul Sharief. The High Court dismissed the criminal appeal filed by him questioning hi ..

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Madras HC directs Chennai Municipal Corporation to rehabilit

   12 August 2009 at 10:08

Madras High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 20,000 on Chennai Municipal Corporation (CMC) and held that it was neither open to the authorities to evict cobblers for whom bunks had been constructed and allocated and whom the Corporation had given licen ..

Posted in Labour & Service Law |   497 Views


SC clears decks for 50% quota to SC/ST's, OBC's in UP

   12 August 2009 at 10:07

The Supreme Court today cleared the decks for implementation of the Uttar Pradesh government order dated July 22 providing 50% reservation to SC/STs and OBCs in admission to vocational and technical courses in the state.A bench headed by Chief Justic ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   175 Views


Gujarat govt tells SC it will pay 10 Lakh as compensation to

   12 August 2009 at 10:07

The Gujarat Government informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the family members of Sohrabuddin, who was allegedly killed in a fake encounter in November 2005.A bench, headed by Justice Tarun Chatterjee, d ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   194 Views


MP HC asks medical dept to file affidavit in admission case

   12 August 2009 at 10:06

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the (Medical Education) Principal Secretary and (Health and Family Planning Department) PS to file an affidavit regarding the rejection of a student’s admission application during counseling of Post-Gr ..

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Vijayan approaches SC against his prosecution in Lavlin scam

   12 August 2009 at 10:06

Kerala State CPM secretary and former Kerala Power Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, has approached the Supreme Court against the decision of the State Governor R S Gavai sanctioning his prosecution in the Lavlin scam.According to the petitioner, the Gover ..

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Bench recuses itself from lawyers’ case

   11 August 2009 at 17:40

Matter pertains to clashes between police and lawyers on High Court campusA Division Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday recused itself from the case relating to the incidents on the High Court premises on February 19 this year.The matter pertai ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   96 Views


Shopian case: Tampering of key forensic evidence?

   11 August 2009 at 17:25

Investigations into the rape and murder of two women in Shopian took a new turn when it came to light that key forensic evidence relating to the vaginal swabs of the two victims have been allegedly tampered with. While there was no official word from ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   269 Views


Direct tax collections increase 3.27% in first four months o

   11 August 2009 at 14:07

Net direct tax collections during first four months of the present fiscal (up to July 2009) stood at Rs.73,990 crore, up from Rs.71,648 crore in the same period last fiscal, registering a growth of 3.27 percent. Growth in Corporate Taxes was 2.61 per ..

Posted in Taxation |   393 Views