About 70,000 cases, some of them pending for decades, were settled by Lok Adalats since 2007 amicably in Jammu and Kashmir where 3807 cases have been disposed of by the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) and 1035 cases have been recommended for ex- ..
Sarva Dharam Sansad (SDS), a religious organisation having representatives of all religions, decided to approach the Supreme Court, seeking direction to the authorities to remove all religious structures built on public land through encroachment acro ..
The Madhya Pradesh High Court issued notice of contempt of court to two state government officials in Uraon and other tribal caste Certificate matter.A division bench while hearing the contempt petition yesterday issued notice to Chief Secretary Rak ..
In order to have an appropriate mechanism to deal with matters relating to equal opportunities for deprived groups and diversity in living, educational and work spaces, the Government had constituted two Expert Groups. One Expert Group was to examine ..
The Madras High Court had directed the Tamil Nadu government to pay a compensation of Rs 50,000 to a victim, stating that there was gross dereliction of duty by officials with regard to the safety and security of inmates of the Special Prison for Wom ..
A very important issue about what will be the date when the duty is payable for warehoused goods which are cleared illegally. This concerns a very large number of importers who warehouse the goods and clear them as and when they need them. This is an ..
Should you seek information from the Centre through a Right to Information (RTI) petition, you better be conversant in all Indian languages.Even so, chances are you may still not get what you have asked for. M.K. Haridas of The Proper Channel petiti ..
16 FDI proposals approvedBased on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held on July 10, 2009, Government has approved 16 Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment amounting to Rs. 891.71 Crore approximately. ..
According to NASSCOM, the H-1B visa restrictions may not affect employees of Indian outsourcing companies as they do not receive any TARP support. Visa issue being a sovereign function of a foreign Government, Government of India has been sensitizing ..
In an unsual instance so to speak, a local court yesterday issued bailable warrants against the ruling Congress MLA Raghu Sharma for making derogatory remarks in Rajasthan Assembly against Leader of the Opposition and former chief minister Vasundhara ..