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CHEAP CHINESE MOBILE - SECURITY THREAT TO INDIA

   02 February 2009 at 18:35

Cheap Chinese mobile phones are posing as a security threat to India as unlike proper, branded handsets, these duplicate copies have fake International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. They are also eating into earnings of branded manufacture ..

Posted in Others |   284 Views


RECOMMENDATION OF CEC - SHOCKING CONSTITUTIONAL OVERREACH

   02 February 2009 at 18:29

Shocking constitutional overreachThe “recommendation” of Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami to the President that Election Commissioner Navin Chawla should be removed on the ground of bias is a gross constitutional overreach that is shocking ..

Posted in Others |   167 Views


British commercial law major to expand to India

   02 February 2009 at 10:18

London, Jan 29 (PTI) British commercial law major Beachcroft has announced that it is entering into a joint venture in India as part of its international expansion plans.Beachcroft is entering into a joint venture arrangement with the Indian business ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   242 Views


Pak to share Mumbai report once vetted by law ministry: Gilani

   02 February 2009 at 10:17

Islamabad, Feb 1 (PTI) Pakistan will share the findings of its probe into the Mumbai attacks with India and the rest of the world once the report of an investigation team is vetted by the law ministry, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said today.He ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   186 Views


Court extends judicial custody of Rajus till Feb 7

   02 February 2009 at 10:16

Hyderabad, Jan 31 (PTI) A magistrate court today extended till February 7 the judicial custody of Satyam's disgraced founder Ramalinga Raju, its former managing director B Rama Raju and ex-CFO Vadlamani Srinivas.The 6th additional chief metropolitan ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   169 Views


EC likely to issue fresh guidelines on exit polls

   02 February 2009 at 10:15

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Fresh guidelines banning publication of exit and opinion polls before the coming Lok Sabha elections are likely to be issued by the Election Commission.The move comes against the backdrop of the Supreme Court leaving it to the ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   144 Views


Collectors are not judges, liable for criminal prosecution: SC

   02 February 2009 at 10:15

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) The Supreme Court has held that a district collector is not a judge and as such cannot seek immunity from prosecution in criminal cases.A bench of Justices R V Raveendran and J M Panchal ruled that the immunity granted to judge ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   282 Views


All 17 accused in attack on missionaries acquitted

   02 February 2009 at 10:14

Kozhikode, Jan 31 (PTI) A court here today acquitted all the 17 accused in connection with the 2004 attack on seven missionaries, including two nuns, at Olavanna near here.Pronouncing the verdict, Kozhikode District Fast Track Court-I Judge Dharmaraj ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   232 Views


Moorthy takes over as CBDT chairman

   01 February 2009 at 14:26

S S N Moorthy on Saturday took over as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes, after the retirement of N B Singh.Moorthy, a 1973 batch Indian Revenue Service officer, has served as a CBDT member and was the Director General of Income T ..

Posted in Taxation |   265 Views


Change in CrPC to help curb harassment in dowry cases: CJI

   01 February 2009 at 14:23

Amidst debate over the recent amendment in the CrPC, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Saturday said that the police has not been given blanket power to arrest a person and the change in the provision would help reduce harassment in dowry ca ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   223 Views