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New health minister may bring fresh perspective on Sec 377:

   02 July 2009 at 18:30

Home Minister P Chidambaram indicated that there could be a change in the perspective of the Home Ministry on repealing Section 377 thereby legalising homosexuality in the country.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Az ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   133 Views


RIL will have to pay royalty on KG basin gas: Govt

   02 July 2009 at 17:28

The government today said Reliance Industries will have to pay royalty on natural gas it is producing from KG basin fields as per the Production Sharing ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   160 Views


RIL to move SC against KG gas ruling

   02 July 2009 at 17:19

The dispute between the Ambani brothers is headed to the Supreme Court, with Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries (RIL) planning to challenge the Bombay High Court’s order asking it to sell natural gas at a sharply redu ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   215 Views


Shiney's JC extended till July 16, actor says 'he is not wel

   02 July 2009 at 17:04

A local court extended the judicial custody of actor Shiney Ahuja, held on charges of raping his domestic help, till July 16, even as the actor informed he was not keeping well."I am not well but even then I came to court," Ahuja said when ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   111 Views


Religious leaders disapprove HC judgement on homosexuality

   02 July 2009 at 17:02

Certain religious leaders on Thursday strongly disapproved of the Delhi High Court judgement which legalised gay sex among consenting adults. "This is absolutely wrong to legalise homosexuality. We will not accept any such law," Jama Masj ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   114 Views


Historic judgment: Delhi HC legalises gay sex

   02 July 2009 at 17:02

In a breakthrough judgment, the Delhi High Court on Thursday legalised gay sex among consenting adults holding that the law making it a criminal offence violates fundamental rights.However, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homo ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   104 Views


Sibal asks IITs to expand into areas of medicine, law

   02 July 2009 at 12:38

Seeking to take forward reforms in education, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal asked the IITs to expand into new areas like medicine and law and evolve a framework in this regard.Interacting with the IIT directors, Sibal said the institutes need to explore ..

Posted in Others |   135 Views


Kasab video out: 'From Lashkar... father said we will have m

   02 July 2009 at 12:25

Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman captured in Mumbai during the 26/11 terror attacks, is lying on a clean hospital bed. Wrapped in a blanket, his face scratched and a wound in the neck freshly covered, he tells his police interrogator that he is from ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   157 Views


Gay sex among consenting adults legal: Delhi HC

   02 July 2009 at 12:17

Gay sex among consenting adults legal: Delhi HCJuly 02, 2009 11:03 ISTIn a historic judgment, the Delhi [Images] High Court on Thursday legalised gay sex among consenting adults.The amendment in Section 377 will decriminalise homosexuality, said th ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   148 Views


Madras HC: Bar chief for contempt notice to caller minister

   02 July 2009 at 10:55

Madras High Court Judge R Regupathi’s disclosure about a Union Minister having tried to influence his view was hailed by a Supreme Court Bar spokesman tonight.But Supreme Court Bar Association President M N Krishnamani wished the culprit were ..

Posted in Others |   172 Views