Madras High Court has said that homemakers too should be considered earning members and compensation should be computed accordingly in case of their death due to accidents.A division bench comprising Justice Prabha Sridevan and T S Sivagnanam yesterd ..
July 28, 2009 The Ministry of Environment and Forests is in process to amend Wildlife Protection Act to control wildlife crimes. Speaking at the opening of Bengal Tiger Consultation organized by Wildlife Conservation Trust, Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minist ..
The Food Security Act (FSA) of the UPA government has two blind spots. The right to produce food and national food security, the two key points aspects of food security and food sovereignty, are ignored, said environmental and development activist Va ..
A Bill seeking to amend the Rubber Act 1947 to reflect the “immense changes” the industry has undergone over the years was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday by the Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Anand Sharma. Titled The Rub ..
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by a shareholder challenging the Company Law Board’s (CLB) order to induct a strategic investor into Satyam Computer Services Ltd. The designated judge to hear cases arising ou ..
In an important judgment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of high-profile criminal lawyer R K Anand for contempt of court in the BMW hit-and-run expose and issued notice for enhancement of punishment. The apex ..
The judicial custody of Sri Ram Sene Chief Pramod Mutalik, who was arrested for allegedly making inflammatory speech at Kyathamaranahalli, a Mysore suburb, in April this year, ends Tuesday.On July 25, the Sessions Court sent him to judicial custody t ..
In the backdrop of the recent hooch tragedy in the state that claimed over 130 lives, the Gujarat assembly on Tuesday passed a bill proposing stringent punishment upto death penalty to deal with illicit liquor trade.The Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Am ..
The Bombay High Court, in a recent order, restored the additional lands granted to partition refugees.Satramdas Ramdas and several others had filed a petition challenging the 1995 decision of then state revenue secretary to cancel allottment of land ..
Following are the highlights of the first quarterly review of RBI's annual monetary policy Key short-term rates, ratios unchanged Repo rate at 4.75%, reverse repo 3.25% Bank rate at 6%, CRR 5% Growth pegged at 6% with upward bias for 2009-10 WP ..