The Supreme Court granted six weeks time to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to respond to the affidavit filed by the CBI seeking its permission to file a chargesheet against her in a disproportionate assets case.A bench comprising Chief Justice ..
The Supreme Court while acquitting a rape convict, has said that the victim seemed to be a woman of easy virtue.A bench comprising Justices Mukundakan Sharma and B S Chauhan while holding that the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond reaso ..
Madras High Court fixed August 3 for final hearing on appeal petitions filed by the convicts in the Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case.When the case came up before a specially constituted Bench comprising Ms Justices Prabha Sridevan and M Sathyanaray ..
A local trial court acquitted all the six accused in Prof H S Sabharwal murder case on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to prove charges against the accused.District Judge Nitin Dalvi delivered the judgment this afternoon in a packed court ..
The Centre is most likely to seek reference of the five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on the issue of decriminalising homosexuality between two consenting adults.In view of stiff opposition to Delhi High Court judgment dated July 2, d ..
Infusion of money into the banking systemWith a view to mitigate the impact of the global economic recession on the Indian economy, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) initiated measures, which included reduction in the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) from 9 pe ..
Popularization of the New Pension SchemeIn the Finance Bill, 2009, the Government has proposed to provide necessary fiscal support to the New Pension System (NPS). Accordingly, it has proposed to exempt the income of the NPS Trust from income tax and ..
Justice Muzaffar Jan who headed the judicial probe into the rape and murder of two women in Shopian, created a sensation on Sunday by saying that the parts of his report which were derogatory to the victims of the crime were not his.Justice Jan said ..
The Law Commission of India has recommended that the required fee for any transaction/court fee can be paid by demand draft/cash/postal order/banker’s cheque instead of through non-judicial stamp papers or special stamps.In its report to be su ..
The Madras High Court has declined to interfere with an interim order passed by a single Judge directing the Customs authorities to issue necessary sail order to a vessel M V Asean Express, carrying river sand to leave Karaikal port to the Republic o ..