Leading banks have told corporates that there can be no dramatic reduction in lending rates. While the government is nudging banks to cut rates, lenders have told apex industry bodies that rates cannot be lowered to the extent that corporates are dem ..
The Kerala High Court admitted a writ petition, demanding voting rights for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs).A division bench comprising Chief Justice S R Bannurmath and Justice Kurian Joseph, directed to issue notices to the Union and state Governments a ..
The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has asked the Managing Director of Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) and other authorities to inquire and send a report regarding stagnation of effluents on Grand Southern Trunk (GS ..
The vacation judge of Orissa High Court, Justice R N Biswal, today stayed execution of non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued against the controversial US writer Peter Heehs and author of book titled ‘The Lives of Sri Aurobindo’ The vacation j ..
The Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the Superintendent of Police (SP), Mandla, to provide security to a couple in the wake of their inter-religion marriage.Justice Rajendra Menon heard a plea by Tasleema alias Ankita Maravi seeking protection from ..
The Delhi High Court directed the private schools in the national capital not to collect arrears from parents, subjected to the huge burden of fee hike of their wards, giving them a substantial relief. Imposing a stay on the schools for collection of ..
Punjab and Haryana High Court held Bharat Inder Singh Chahal, former media advisor to former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, guilty of criminal contempt of court for interference and obstruction in the judicial process and administration of ju ..
Holistic reforms to make India’s judicial system accountable, and responsive to litigants, were stressed by Veerappa Moily who took over as new Law and Justice Minister today."Judicial reforms cannot be partial, cannot be fragmented," ..
In another jolt to Uttar Pradesh government, the Allahabad High Court today stayed the implementation of one of its most ambitious projects - Ganga Expressway, cancelling the permission of the environment department of August 23, 2007.The Court, thou ..
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has granted Maharashtra police time till June 2 to file its reply in connection with a petition seeking a probe by the CBI into the death of a seven-year-old girl, whose body was found in a car parked in the ..