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Nanda gets five year jail term

   05 September 2008 at 23:52

Sanjeev Nanda, grandson of former Naval Chief S M Nanda, was on Friday sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi court for mowing down six persons, including three policemen, with his BMW car in 1999. It sentenced co-convict and busin ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   219 Views


Lawyers eye HC judge posts

   05 September 2008 at 10:05

The impending central notification increasing the sanctioned strength of judges in the Madras high court by another 11, has triggered a virtual race among advocates for these constitutional positions. As four posts are lying vacant already, a total o ..

Posted in Others |   261 Views


SC clears highrises in place of old Mumbai buildings

   05 September 2008 at 10:05

The face of Mumbai will change forever as the Supreme Court on Thursday greenlighted the pulling down of all pre-1940 buildings, including chawls, to make way for highrises. The highrises to be constructed by developers to replace over 16,000 build ..

Posted in Others |   521 Views


Idiot ?

   04 September 2008 at 21:59

'Idiot' is a grossly misused word and an oversimplified epithet, if one goes by the Supreme Court's brand new definition of the term. It is almost impossible for a person to qualify as an idiot, says the Court and therefore, few can expect to get a r ..

Posted in Others |   250 Views


HC directed UPSC to reveal cut-off marks in C.S.Exam.

   03 September 2008 at 23:32

The Delhi High Court directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to make public the cut-off marks obtained by candidates in preliminary test of the civil services examination. A Bench comprising Chief Justice AP Shah and Justice S Muralidhar ..

Posted in Students |   366 Views


Wildlife Trust of India moves SC to save big cats

   03 September 2008 at 11:12

NEW DELHI: Opposing the proposed expansion of national highway in Madhya Pradesh's Pench Tiger Sanctuary, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has moved Supreme Court to save the big cats from impending vehicular-traffic disaster.In a petition filed recentl ..

Posted in Others |   285 Views


89-year-old lawyer dies of heart attack in HC while arguing case

   03 September 2008 at 11:12

MUMBAI: Vinayak Trivikram Walavalkar, senior-most lawyer of the Bombay high court, breathed his last doing what he did best.The 89-yearold counsel was arguing a case before Justice R M Sawant when he collapsed in his chair soon after the court day be ..

Posted in Others |   363 Views


Justice Mathur Assumes Charge as Chairperson of the Armed Forces Tribunal

   03 September 2008 at 11:07

Mr. Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, a retired judge of the Supreme Court has assumed the charge as First Chairperson of the Armed Forces Tribunal. His tenure will be for a period of four years.Born on August 07, 1943, Justice Mathur was enrolled as an ad ..

Posted in Others |   228 Views


Amendment in Excise Duty Exemption for SSI Units Notified

   03 September 2008 at 11:07

19:40 ISTNotification No.8/2003-Central Excise provides full exemption from Central Excise duty to goods manufactured by small-scale units i.e. units whose aggregate value of clearances did not exceed Rs.4 crore in the preceding financial year. The e ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   335 Views


Dr. D. Subbarao is the Next RBI Governor

   03 September 2008 at 11:07

Dr. Duvuri Subbarao has been appointed as the next Governor of Reserve Bank of India. He will take charge of the new post after the present RBI Governor, Dr. Y.V. Reddy demits his office on 5th of this month. This was announced by the Finance Ministe ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   421 Views