There should be a legislation for funding elections through budgetary allocations and making corporate and individual donations legal and transparent, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has said.In a paper titled 'Fu ..
NHRC ASKS ORISSA GOVT ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SECURITY DURING CHRISTMAS SEASONNew Delhi December 18, 2008The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, Orissa seeking reports within thr ..
SONIA GANDHI CAN HOLD COVSTITUTIONAL POST 21-12-2008 08:08:42 IST The Centre has asserted in the Supreme Court that there is no bar on Congress president Sonia Gandhi holding high constitutional posts, though she obtained citizenship by her long stay ..
Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad has been appointed acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court after Justice R M Lodha left for New Delhi to take oath as judge of the Supreme Court.A notification to this effect was issued by President Pratibha Devisin ..
The Supreme Court decided to fix a petition seeking reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Post Graduate Medical Science courses in Haryana for final disposal in February next year.Earlier, counsel Krishan Singh Chauhan co ..
The poor state of roads of Municipal Corporation Delhi (MCD) has come under the scanner of the Delhi High Court which slammed the civic agency for its non-serious attitude towards repairing potholes."The roads of the national capital are bumpy, full ..
NEW DELHI, Dec. 20 -- First, a prominent bar association passed a resolution telling its members not to represent Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving gunman in last month's attacks in Mumbai. Then, the home of a noted criminal lawyer who offered to ..
LUCKNOW: In a bid to make law graduates globally competitive, the Bar Council of India (BCI) has decided to make legal education inter-disciplinary from the next session. At present, legal education is dominated by the students of arts but from 2009- ..
HC ALLOWS WIFE TO DIVORCE HIV-POSITIVE HUSBAND21 Dec 2008, 0005 hrs IST, TNN MUMBAI: The Bombay high court recently upheld a family court order that dissolved a marriage on the grounds that the husband was HIV-positive and cruel. The court was heari ..
SC notice to CBI on petition by Ashok Todi in Rizwanur caseThe Supreme Court issued a notice to the CBI on a petition filed by Kolkata-based businessman Ashok Todi on his bail application in the Rizwanur suicide case.Todi, who along with others is fa ..