Ayodhya’s disputed structure 1949 missing documents case would be heard by a special full bench at Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on July 14.The case could not be heard in the court due to the lawyers strike in the state capital agai ..
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court directed the state government to furnish details by Monday on the action it has proposed to initiate against striking doctors of Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) in accordance with governmen ..
The Madras High Court has said the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board(TNEB) is bound to pay Rs 1.75 lakh (balance amount) as compensation to the family of a woman who died of electric shock nine years ago.In his order on a writ petition seeking a direction ..
The Finance Bill proposes some changes in the Customs laws, two of which are noteworthy. One relates to refund of duty on imported goods found to be defective and the other relates to retrospective amendment to notification dealing with Duty-Free Imp ..
In an article which appeared on 29 June 2009 in these columns, it was suggested to enlarge the scope of Advance Ruling to provide a more effective mechanism for resolution of tax disputes between the tax department and foreign companies operating in ..
The Supreme Court held last week that a deputy general manager is not a person who is responsible to the company for the conduct of the business of the company and therefore he could not be held liable for issuing a cheque which was dishonoured. The ..
The Law Commission has, inter alia, suggested in its 214th Report that the primacy of the Chief Justice of India and the power of the executive to make appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts should be restored. The Department- ..
The Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 inter-alia include provisions for addressing protection of critical information infrastructure; privacy of information held in computer system and networks, breach of confidentiality and privacy, audit ..
In all, 37 cases were referred to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) during the last three years i.e. during the years 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09.Out of these 37 cases, investigations in respect of 9 cases have been completed. The number ..
The erstwhile National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (NCSCST) submitted its last report (7th Annual Report) on 19.02.2004. After bifurcation of NCSCST into two Commissions namely the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NC ..