CHENNAI, 3 Mar 2009 : The family court and small causes court complexes, which were the epicentre of the February 19 violence on the Madras High Court campus, reopened on Monday, but there was little activity. Surrounded by smashed glass pieces, brok ..
NEW DELHI, 3 Mar 2009: The Delhi High Court has tossed out the petition filed by Bihar cadre IPS officer Nirmal Dhoundial who is embroiled in a bitter property row with octogenarian former DU don Lotika Sarkar. HC's move came after the court commissi ..
26/11 Judge Gets Special Security CoverMUMBAI, 3 Mar 2009 :Unwilling to take any chances with the 26/11 terror attacks case trial, the Mumbai police have beefed up the security cover for special judge M L Tahiliyani who will be hearing the matter. So ..
New Delhi, March 02: The Supreme Court has said courts cannot force a man, accused of torturing his wife for dowry, to pay maintenance to her as a condition for granting anticipatory bail in the case. Holding that such conditions are "onerous and exc ..
New Delhi, March 02:The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking stay on a government notification which gives forest officers the power to take coercive steps in offences such as felling of trees and pasturing in forests in Harya ..
PTINew Delhi: With the US auction house not heeding to India’s request for stalling the auction of Mahatma Gandhi’s personal belongings on March 5, the Union government is all set to take recourse to legal course to prevent these five precious articl ..
Stock markets have fallen worldwide, rattled by fears that turmoil in the financial sector is far from over. On Wall Street, the US Dow Jones index fell below 7,000 points for the first time since October 1997. In the UK, the FTSE 100 index briefly h ..
New Delhi, March 02: The Supreme Court today indicated that amendments to the CrPC giving police the discretion to make arrest in offences punishable with seven years jail term was a beneficial move and asked the lawyers opposing it to understand the ..
MUMBAI : An order passed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Gamdevi, while exercising his power as a special executive magistrate, asking an accused to produce two sureties - one of a respectable gentleman and one of a respectable woman - ..
SC Admits Pleas Against SEBI The Supreme Court on Monday admitted petitions filed by directors of Bonanza Biotech Ltd challenging SEBI's decision that banned the latter from securities market for seven years. With this, it also admitted another petit ..