SC directs authorities to environment, health data on GM trialsThe Supreme Court has directed the authorities concerned to make public all data that is relevant to determining environment and health safety including toxicity and all allergenicity dat ..
Largely positive reactions to OBC verdictHailing the Supreme Court decision upholding 27 per cent OBC quota in elite educational institutions, several organisations today said the weaker sections of society will now have access to higher education.Th ..
Taunting a woman for her dark complexion amounts to mental cruelty, says SCWidening the scope of the phrase "mental and emotional cruelty" the Supreme Court has ruled that taunting a woman for her ugly looks or dark complexion amounted to mental crue ..
Delhi HC imposes 50000-rupee fine on lawyer for frivolous petitionThe Delhi High Court today imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on a lawyer who had filed a frivolous suit against the Registrar General of the Supreme Court, the Delhi Police Commissioner and ..
Ministry's website hacked over online porn lawIndonesia's parliament on 25 March passed a new information bill that criminalises the transmission of pornographic material on the web. In response, hackers defaced the website of Indonesia's information ..
India, Vietnam sign MoU for bilateral cooperation on security India and Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for bilateral cooperation on security matters which would include international terrorism, illicit drug trafficking and trans-n ..
GHAZIABAD: If one is a victim of cyber crime, one can file a direct individual complaint with the CBI. This was revealed by the special joint director of CBI, M L Sharma, at the inauguration of an 18-day ‘train the trainers’ workshop on Information T ..
Fri, Apr 11 12:55 AMTWO MOTORCYCLE-BORNE youth snatched a bag from a French national after dragging her along a 10 feet stretch on Mall Road here on Wednesday evening. The victim, Tiphaine Angioletti, who suffered serious head injuries, was given fiv ..
New Delhi, April 8: In a judgement that expands the ambit of the Domestic Violence Act, the Delhi High Court has held that the law protects not only a man's wife but also a 'mistress' or a live-in partner. "We find no reason why equal treatment shoul ..
Justice Akshay Mehta was on Tuesday appointed as a second member of the Justice Nanavati commission, which is probing the Godhra train carnage and the riots in Gujarat after it. And there lies a controversy. Civil society groups allege that Mehta, wh ..