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 ..
A section of lawyers today assaulted Additional District Judge Pankaj Gupta while he was presiding over his judicial function. The Additional Judge was hearing a divorce petition and inquiring about the authenticity of the petition filed in this matt ..
Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab requested the special court, hearing the 26/11 terror attack case, to provide him with books as he was ‘bored’ with the life in jail.Kasab, currently lodged in the highly-guarded Arthur Road Jail, duri ..
An interlocutory application was filed in the Jharkhand High Court today against Union Food Processing and Industries Minister Subodh Kant Sahay accusing him of amassing properties disproportionate to his known source of income.One Bhubaneshwar Tiwar ..
The proposed income-tax code is likely to consolidate all existing tax exemptions and concessions at one place, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman, Mr S.S.N. Moorthy, has said. This would to some extent remove the complexity in the inc ..
The dilution of Section 14A and Section 14AA of the Central Excise Act has been strongly opposed by the President of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI). The Finance Bill made an attempt to dilute the expertise of the profess ..
The Centre’s move to bring services provided by law firms under the tax net is unlikely to yield significant revenue for the exchequer. The legal consultancy market today is estimated to be at somewhere between Rs 400 crore and Rs 500 crore and ..
The Supreme Court has expressed deep shock and concern at the sacrifice of two small children due to superstition 31 years ago but, however, upheld the acquittal of the mother of the victim and another person with a heavy heart. A bench comprising Ju ..
The Allahabad High Court granted bail to Vibha Tiwari, the wife of ruling Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Shekhar Tiwari and main accused in the sensational PWD engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta murder case of Auraiyya district. The order was passed by Justice S K ..