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Life imprisonment for dowry death only in rare cases: SC

   07 February 2010 at 17:25

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has taken a view that only in rare cases life imprisonment should be awarded to those convicted for causing theTwitter Facebook ShareEmail Print Save Commentdeath of women in dowry-related cases.A bench of ..

Posted in Family Law  1 comments |   1270 Views


Law minister releases Gopalaswami's letter seeking Navin Chawla's ouster

   07 February 2010 at 15:59

New Delhi: In a curious case of the right hand not knowing what the left is doing, the law ministry has released the letter written by then chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami to the president seeking removal of fellow election commissioner Nav ..

Posted in Civil Law |   994 Views


Let bygones be bygones, advises Bombay HC

   07 February 2010 at 15:58

An aggrieved Nashik lawyer has been advised by the Bombay high court to let go his long crusade of vengeance and get on with his life. art_imgs = 0; cur_art_img = 1; function prev(){ for (i=1;i More than 14 years have pa ..

Posted in Criminal Law  2 comments |   566 Views


CYBER LAW AMENDED; CYBER APPELLATE TRIBUNAL TO BE SET UP STRINGENT PENALTIES FOR CRIME

   07 February 2010 at 12:51

A Cyber Appellate Tribunal will be constituted by the Centre and selection of chairperson and its members made in consultation with Chief Justice of India. The Chairperson then shall have benches comprising of one or two members. The benches will s ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   1068 Views


Entry Tax Imposed on New Goods in Punjab

   06 February 2010 at 13:19

The Government of Punjab,Department of Excise & Taxation has levied Entry tax on 12 new items Punjab Tax on Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act, 2000 (Punjab Act No.9 of 2000) with effect from 05-02-2010 vide notifications dated 01-02-2010. The n ..

Posted in Taxation |   2077 Views


SC grants bail to Satyam's PWC auditor Tullari Srinivas

   06 February 2010 at 11:40

The Supreme Court granted bail to Tullari Srinivas, PWC-auditor of Satyam Computers Limited, involved in a Rs 7,000 crore scandal. Srinivas had allegedly colluded with Satyam Computers chairman R Raju who is also in jail. Raju and Srinivas alongwith ..

Posted in Others |   431 Views


CJ of Allahabad HC Chandramauli Prasad elevated to SC

   06 February 2010 at 11:39

Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court Chandramauli Kumar Prasad has been elevated to the Supreme Court. Warrant of appointment of Justice Prasad has been signed by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil. Justice Prasad was to take oath as Supreme Court J ..

Posted in Others |   1192 Views


Judiciary appointment

   06 February 2010 at 11:36

The Union Government and Judiciary are once again on crossroad on the issue of the appointment of Judges of High Court and the Supreme Court. According to sources, Government wants the Judges to be selected from its list of the candidates and Union L ..

Posted in Legal Documents  18 comments |   7440 Views


SC to consider petition on black money in foreign banks

   06 February 2010 at 11:34

The Supreme Court will consider yet another petition on bringing back black money stashed away in banks abroad. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Mr Justice M K Sharma and Mr Justice Deepak Verma will hear the petition alleging that ..

Posted in Others  1 comments |   367 Views


Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court appointed

   05 February 2010 at 11:19

Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court appointedIn exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Kurian Joseph, Judge of the Kerala High Court, to be ..

Posted in Others |   490 Views