The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to accept one recommendation of the Standing Committee of giving effect to the amendments retrospectively with effect from 3rd April, 1997 and to move Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2008 in the Parliam ..
Patna High Court has directed the NDA government in Bihar to initiate steps to enforce the Domestic Violence Act, 2005. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha and Justice K K Mandal passed the order after hearing a public inter ..
New Delhi, Jul 31 The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to cancel the licences of all those telemarketing companies which do not get themselves registered under the Do Not Disturb (DND) scheme.A bench headed by Justice A K Mathur issued the dir ..
Japanese drug maker Daichii Sankyo, which has signed a share purchase agreement with Ranbaxy, today said its open offer for an additional 20 per cent stake in the domestic pharma major would undergo a change of schedule, pursuant to a delay in Sebi's ..
An employee's job status cannot be downgraded on being transferred, the Delhi High Court has said while quashing Air India's decision of demoting a cabin crew member after she was transferred from Mumbai to Delhi. "An order of transfer cannot depriv ..
The Bombay High Court has admitted a petition, challenging the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act and adjourned its hearing till August 1 while asking the government Medical experts to give their opinion on it.Admitting the petition yesterday ..
G M Akbar Ali, a Senior District Judge from Tamil Nadu, has been appointed a Member-Secretary of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).Mr Ali, who was a two-time Member-Secretary of the Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority(TNSLSA), becam ..
In the first of a series of expected corruption indictments against Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra ousted by the military two years ago, his wife was today sentenced to three years in jail for tax evasion.Thailand's Criminal Cour ..
Britannia Industries is keeping the channel open for negotiations with Groupe Danone for getting back the intellectual property rights (IPR) of the Tiger brand. Britannia has filed cases in Singapore and Malaysia against Groupe Danone for unauthorise ..
ACK Media, the owner of Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle comic brands, is planning to launch a general entertainment channel (GEC) as part of its gambit to turn itself into an integrated media company. For funding this initiative, the company may announc ..