Cracking down on the growing menace of spurious drugs, government will introduce measures including roping in private detective agencies, setting up a separate intelligence network and giving rewards upto Rs 25 lakh to informers to check the problem. ..
The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of R K Anand advocate for trying to win over the prosecution witness to save Sanjeev Nanda, accused in the BMW hit-and-run case, resulting in the death of seven people.A bench comprising of Mr. Justice B ..
A Division bench of the Karnataka High Court dismissed a PIL for restraining the State Government from unveiling the statue of Tamil Saint-Pet Tiruvalluvar in the city on August nine.The petition was filed by a few pro-Kannada outfits which had been ..
The Madras High Court ordered notice to the Chennai Municipal Corporation Commissioner on a contempt case related to removal of unauthorized advertisement boards in and around the Chennai City.While admitting the petition filed by Social Activist Tra ..
The President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil inaugurated the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) here today. Calling it an important milestone in the history of the Armed Forces, the President, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, hoped that ..
Notaries (Amendment) Rules, 2009. In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 15 of the Notaries Act, 1952 (53 of 1952), the Central Government hereby makes the following Rules further to amend the Notaries Rules, 1956, namely:— 1. (1) Th ..
The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari inaugurated the “50th Anniversary celebrations of Bar Association of India” at a function here yesterday. Delivering inaugural address he said that the contributions of the common law trad ..
In a decision that brought relief to thousands of parents, the Supreme Court on Friday held that private unaided schools do not have the right to hike fees.Deciding on the review petitions filed by the Action Committee for Unaided Private Schools in ..
The Government has said that not all states have constituted the State Minorities Commission. Giving this information in the Lok Sabha in a written reply Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister for Minority Affairs, said that the State Minorities Commissions ..
The Law Commission has recommended that a practising advocate of a High Court should not be appointed as a judge in the same court as it "affects impartiality" of justice. The report said such reform was needed as there have been complaint ..