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Proposal to charge corporates higher fee in SC is before panel

   30 June 2008 at 11:17

Calculating the cost of conducting one hour of hearing in Supreme Court and recovering it from corporate litigants is among a bunch of proposals being considered by a House panel for generating additional financial resources for the apex court.The pa ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   242 Views


Justice Cyriac Joseph appointed Supreme Court Judge

   30 June 2008 at 11:17

n exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Cyriac Joseph, Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court, to be a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, with effec ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   318 Views


Exemps fully the levy of service tax on supply of goods carriage to GTA for use in transportation of goods by road

   28 June 2008 at 15:23

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZZETE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) New Delhi, the 26th June, 2008 Notification No. 29/2008 ..

Posted in Taxation |   353 Views


Huge case backlog clogs India's courts

   28 June 2008 at 15:23

India's woefully underfunded court system, with its shortfall of judges but excess of corrupt lawyers, is also saddled with a gargantuan backlog of 29.2 million cases pending across hundreds of subordinate state-level courts, 21 high courts and the S ..

Posted in Legal Documents |   2104 Views


National Consumer Redressal Commission fines Ansals 27.3 lakhs

   28 June 2008 at 15:23

Frowning on real estate developers who refuse to pay compensation for delayed deliveries, a court here has fined leading builders er Ansal Properties and Infrastructure (API) Rs. 27.3 lakhs for not handing over an apartment on time.The National Consu ..

Posted in Others |   333 Views


Kerala unveils intellectual property rights policy

   28 June 2008 at 15:23

Kerala Friday unveiled its intellectual property rights (IPR) policy aimed at safeguarding the state’s rich base of ayurveda and herbal medicine. With this move, Kerala has become the first state in the country to have an IPR policy in place. Chief M ..



Delhi NGO opposes patent for Roche's HIV drug

   28 June 2008 at 15:23

HIV patient group—Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+)—has filed a post-grant opposition against Swiss major Roche’s patent for its HIV drug Valganciclovir at the Chennai Patent office. The Chennai patent office granted the patent to Roche last ye ..



SAP to pay $83.3 million in Patent Settlement

   28 June 2008 at 15:23

SAP has agreed to pay i2 Technologies, maker of supply chain management software, $83.3 million to settle a patent claim i2 brought against the enterprise software maker. The Dallas company had sued SAP in 2006, claiming that it had infringed on a nu ..



Proxy womb law set for birth - Govt mulls rules to monitor surrogacy & pre-empt custody fights

   27 June 2008 at 16:37

The government is thinking of enacting a law to regulate surrogacy in a bid to make the deal struck between the prospective parents and the woman lending her womb legally binding on both sides.Central ministers said the Indian Council of Medical Rese ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   528 Views


e-passports launched

   27 June 2008 at 16:37

India became one of the few developing countries to launch the ‘e-passports scheme’ with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee presenting the first copy to President Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Wednesday. The e-passports wil ..

Posted in Legal Documents |   7724 Views