The Union Cabinet today decided to recommend to the President that the Budget Session of Parliament be held from 2nd July 2009 till 7th August 2009.During the Session the Railway Budget would be presented on 3rd July 2009 and the General Budget would ..
Journalists reporting the Delhi High Court proceedings now have a place to sit and relax in the court’s vicinity. On the orders of the Court Registrar (Administration) A K Mahajan, seating arrangements for the media covering court proceedings h ..
The Centre on Monday appointed senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam as solicitor general, the second most important law officer of the country after the attorney general. While the promotion for his hard work as additional solicitor general during 2004- ..
The Madras High Court has stayed a Government Order (GO) dated October 3, 2007, which denied consequential seniority to police officials, who were given out-of-turn promotion for gallantry services.Justice K N Basha stayed the operation of the GO, wh ..
Changes Suggested for the Budget 2009Indirect Taxation Excise Duty (1) Removing the anomaly in duty structures relating to petroleum products The general rate of excise duty has been reduced from 14% to 10% on 07.12.2008 aand further reduced to 8% ..
Fewer British couples are filing for divorce as a sharp drop in property prices makes it hard for couples to sell a joint home, and the credit crunch dampens a desire to fund two separate households, a study shows.The study, published by Grant Thornt ..
A city court ordered that security be provided to the undertrial who has raised the issue of mobile phones being used by the undertrial in Tihar jail.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaweri Baweja also directed the Delhi police to make a fresh inquiry i ..
The Public Interest Litigation filed by the Peoples Health Organisation (India), regarding dwindling Medical Post-Graduate seats and inappropriate policies of Medical Council of India, is scheduled for hearing before the Bombay High Court tomorrow, a ..
The Madras High Court re-opened today after the customary 37-day summer vacation. During the summer recess, the vacation benches of Madras High Court and its Madurai Bench functioned on almost all the days.Legal circles are now discussing the likelih ..
The President is pleased to appoint Shri Goolam E.Vahanvati, Senior Advocate as Attorney General for India for a period of three years with effect from 8th June 2009 (Foornoon).Senior advocate Goolam E Vahanvati was on Monday appointed the next Attor ..