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RIL agrees to CAG audit as 'exception'

   25 August 2009 at 12:12

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd has agreed to a special audit by the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) of its Andhra offshore (KG-D6) contract, but said it hopes this will be a one-off case. In a letter conveying its `no objection' to suc ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   107 Views


CJI goes slow on judicial accountability

   25 August 2009 at 12:08

Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan's dismissal of a conscientious objector in the judiciary as a ``publicity seeker'' is the latest in a series of attempts by him in recent months to play down or cover up serious issues concerning judicial accou ..

Posted in Others |   69 Views


State moves high court over dropping of MCOCA

   25 August 2009 at 12:07

The state government has moved the Bombay high court to challenge the dropping of all charges under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against 11 Malegaon blast accused, including former armyman Lt Col Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pr ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   143 Views


The Concept of Public Policy

   25 August 2009 at 08:00

Supreme Court Judgement in the matter of Zoroastrian Cooperative Housing Society Ltd Vs. Distric Registrar, Cooperative Societies (Urban) published in AIR 2005 SC 2306, according to, A. Patrawala Advocate, Surat is injurious to the Unity & I ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   233 Views


NCTE decision cannot be overruled: Rajasthan court

   24 August 2009 at 18:31

In a landmark judgment, the Rajasthan High Court has held that the policy decision of the National Council for Teachers’ Education (NCTE) to control “mushroom growth” of teachers’ training colleges in the country cannot be pu ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   325 Views


CJI constitutes committee of judges to simplify laws

   24 August 2009 at 18:25

Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan has constituted a Committee of Judges to bring out an authoritative series of ‘Restatements of Law’ on about 100 topics to remove ambiguities surrounding the legal principles and their applicabili ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  1 comments |   196 Views


Law panel for 10 years’ imprisonment for death caused by ras

   24 August 2009 at 18:24

Expressing serious concern over the increasing number of deaths caused by road accidents due to rash and negligent driving, the Law Commission has recommended 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for such offences, up from a two-year term provided ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   218 Views


SCIC to directly hear RTI appeals concerning commission

   24 August 2009 at 13:19

The RTI complaints and appeals dealing with the State Information Commission and its nodal department -- administrative reforms department -- will be heard by the state chief information commissioner (SCIC) Ranjeet Singh Pankaj himself. The new SCIC, ..

Posted in Others |   137 Views


Lawyers for national judicial commission

   24 August 2009 at 13:14

The state unit of All India Lawyer's Union (AILU) on Sunday demanded the constitution of a national judicial commission and decided to send a proposal to this effect to the law ministry. In a meeting held under the chairmanship of its state presiden ..

Posted in Others |   178 Views


Satyam Scam: Leading stock broker under scanner

   24 August 2009 at 13:09

The investigations in the multi-crore Satyam accounting scam has indicated the role of a prominent stock broker prompting the Central Bureau of Investigation to seek filing of another charge sheet in the case, which may be done soo ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   186 Views