GUWAHATI, March 20 — The Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising Chief Justice J Chelameswar and Justice Hrishikesh Roy today after setting aside the detention of Rabin Dhekial Phukan under National Security Act, 1960, ordered his release ..
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked Uttar Pradesh govt to give monetary relief to 11 families that lost their bread-earners in a blast in a cracker factory in Saharanpur in 2004.The Commission in its order said since the concerned a ..
The Finance Ministry said the proposed amendment in the Finance Bill, 2008, with retrospective effect, to empower the assessing officer for levying penalty for concealment of income will not affect the taxpayers' right to contest the decision."This r ..
Normal life was hit in western Orissa as shops and business houses remained closed on Sunday during a bandh called by lawyers demanding a permanent High Court Bench in the region, while police used mild force to disperse agitators staging a road bloc ..
Arms dealer Suresh Nanda, charged with receiving kickbacks in defence deals, his son and two others have been arrested by CBI for allegedly conspiring to fudge their account books seized by the IT department during a raid last year. They were arreste ..
In an attempt to ensure smooth functioning of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), a bill would be introduced in Parliament soon to amend the Act governing the strategic think-tank."The draft of the amendment was approved by the Union Cabinet, ..
The Supreme Court has decided to hear the issue of discharge of untreated sewage into the Ganga posing a cancer threat to people living on its banks.Two applications filed in the apex court pointed to threat of deadly diseases afflicting due to domes ..
Cancelling the anticipatory bail of the prime accused in the hit-and-run incident involving two highways engineers, the Madras High Court today said certain material factors were not brought to the court's notice when it passed the impunged order gra ..
The Supreme Court was today informed that the Centre and four tea-growing states have failed to respond to notices issued by it over alleged starvation deaths by workers of tea gardens illegally abandoned by companies.The court was informed that only ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Justice Shrishen Ratanlal Dongaonkar, and (ii) Shri Justice Vikas Ramchandra Kingaonkar, Additional Judges of ..