Facts at A Glance (FIRST PHASE OF LOK SABHA ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON 16. 04.2009)GENERAL ELECTIONS-2009Backgrounder -20 S. No. Item : Number of constituencies going on poll – 124 PCs in 17 States/ UTs (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, ..
Chances of Pilibhit BJP candidate Varun Gandhi being released from jail brightened when the Supreme Court today sought an undertaking from him that he will not make any provocative and inflammatory speech if released from jail.A bench comprising Chie ..
The Supreme Court today reserved its judgment on the petitions seeking transfer of cases related to the 2002 Gujarat communal violence outside the state of Gujarat to ensure free and fair trial.A bench headed by Mr Justice Arijit Pasayat reserved the ..
To suggest that the legal profession be treated as any other commercially rendered services and that law firms be considered a commercial entity or a business is sacrilege. One of the reasons for the opposition to the entry of foreign law firms, part ..
The government may set up an expert panel to advise it on how to prepare norms for companies to record and submit sensitive operational details on cost of production. The government, which is reviewing the scope of cost audit for enterprises, aims to ..
HC notice to Centre on plea over Sikkim CM's citizenship New Delhi, Apr 8 The Delhi High Court today issued a notice to the Centre on a petition which claimed that Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling was not an Indian citizen and sought a dire ..
The security threat to the Karnataka High Court appears to have been taken seriously at last by the city police which on Monday deployed 12 gunmen armed with sophisticated SLR rifles to patrol its grounds.The gunmen will check every vehicle entering ..
Accounting regulators yet to recognise LLPAmendments needed in regulations.Though the government has initiated the process of registering Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) firms, it would take a while before the chartered accountant (CA), company s ..
The Supreme Court declined to give early hearing to a petition challenging the decision of the organisers of IPL Cricket tournament to shift it to South Africa.A bench, comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam, declined the ..
Houston (PTI): Supreme Court Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan paid tributes to Martin Luther King Jr in a special ceremony in Atlanta to mark the 41st death anniversary of the anti-apartheid activist.The chief justice, along with a delegation of Minist ..