Two lawyers were on Thursday arrested in connection with the alleged manhandling of a judge at a district court in the capital following a verbal duel during the hearing in a matrimonial dispute case. Vikas Gupta and Rekha Sharma were arrested for al ..
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre on a petition challenging the Delhi High Court judgement legalising gay sex among the consenting adults.The apex court posted the matter for hearing on July 20. The Bench headed by Chief Justi ..
Companies in the BSE 500 index are expected to save over Rs 2,025 crore this financial year, if the Budget proposal to remove the fringe benefits tax (FBT) is passed by Parliament. Importantly, these companies account for about 90% of the market capi ..
The provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 do not define the term ‘Independent Director’. The Act only defines the term ‘Director’, Managing Director/Whole Time Director’. However, as per Clause 49 of the Listing Agreemen ..
The Supreme Court cleared the decks for demolition of a jail in Lucknow to facilitate the construction of Dr B R Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram Memorial high tech eco-park.A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices P Sathasivam and J M ..
The Government of India has been implementing schemes for Jail Reforms in the country. The Government had constituted following committees for various jail reforms in the country.(i) All India Jail Reforms Committee in 1980 headed by justice A.N. Mul ..
The Government proposes to strengthen right to information by suitably amending the laws to provide for disclosure by government in all non-strategic areas. In this regard, it is proposed to review the number of organizations in the second schedule t ..
Review/updation of labour laws is a continuous process in order to bring them in tune with the emerging needs of the economy. The required changes in the labour laws are accomplished by the Government after detailed consultation with the social partn ..
A Task Force has been constituted on the recommendation of the 42nd Session of the Indian Labour Conference to revisit the provisions of the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970. The first meeting of the Task Force has been schedule ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Justice Mihir Kumar Jha and (ii) Shri Justice Kishore Kumar Mandal, Additional Judges of the Patna High Court ..