The Supreme Court stayed till further orders the Bombay High Court order, directing the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (MMC) to kill all stray dogs in Mumbai.Coming to the rescue of unfortunate animals, a bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan ..
SC Commutes Death Sentence For 3 Accused1/23/2009The Supreme Court has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded by the trial court to two brothers for killing their brother-in-law by cutting his body into pieces over his illicit relat ..
India To Set-Up Air & Space Law Centre1/24/2009The Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University (RMLNLU) would shortly start courses on air and space law, which would provide to those aspiring to become legal experts in various airlines and research org ..
Parliamentary Standing Committee Urges SC To Withdraw Its Petition1/24/2009Parliamentary Standing Committee(PSC) on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Chairman E M Sudarshana Nachiappan appealed to the Supreme Court registry to withdraw it ..
Parliamentary Secretaries Case, Caveat Filed In SC1/24/2009Social activist Aires Rodriges filed a caveat before the Supreme Court praying that no appeal filed by the Goa government challenging the High Court order here on the Parliamentary Secretarie ..
Delhi HC: Legal Validity Of New House Tax Laws Challenged1/24/2009The Delhi High Court issued notices to the Centre, Delhi government, the MCD and the NDMC on a petition filed by the Airport Authority of India and others challenging the legality of t ..
SC Directs Vodafone To Respond To IT Authorities1/24/2009In a major setback to Netherlands-based Vodafone, the Supreme Court directed M/S Vodafone to respond to the Income Tax Department notice, demanding two billion dollars as capital gained tax in ..
Centre Rejects Recommendation For Reducing Marriage Age Of Boys1/24/2009The Centre has rejected the recommendation of the 205th Law Commission to reduce the marriage age of men from 21 to 18 years.Rajya Sabha member from Goa Shantaram Naik in a state ..
US Woman Held For Not Returning Library Book25 Jan 2009, 0914 hrs IST, AP Text: INDEPENDENCE, IOWA: An Iowa woman has been arrested because she failed to return a library book. Thirty-nine-year-old Shelly Koontz was arrested on Thursday night on a fi ..
138 OF N.I.Act., One Year Sentence With Fine of Rs. 80,000/- 24 Jan 2009, 2300 hrs IST, TNN KANPUR:Metropolitan magistrate, Kanpur Nagar, Ravindra Kumar Gupta, on Saturday, convicted a property dealer identified as Rizwan Khan, under Negotiable Instr ..