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SC directs authorities to environment, health data on GM trials

   18 April 2008 at 22:41

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 ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   251 Views


Largely positive reactions to OBC verdict

   18 April 2008 at 22:41

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 ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   492 Views


Taunting a woman for her dark complexion amounts to mental cruelty, says SC

   18 April 2008 at 22:41

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 ..

Posted in Family Law |   615 Views


Delhi HC imposes 50000-rupee fine on lawyer for frivolous petition

   18 April 2008 at 22:41

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 ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   294 Views


Ministry's website hacked over online porn law

   13 April 2008 at 00:17

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 ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   267 Views


India, Vietnam sign MoU

   13 April 2008 at 00:17

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 ..

Posted in Others |   331 Views


CBI meet focuses on cyber crime

   13 April 2008 at 00:17

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 ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   263 Views


French woman assaulted

   11 April 2008 at 08:26

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 ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   262 Views


‘Mistress’ at par with wife, says Delhi HC

   10 April 2008 at 00:10

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 ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   305 Views


Controversial ex-judge joins Gujarat riots probe

   10 April 2008 at 00:10

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 ..

Posted in Others |   340 Views