The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the government for permitting law colleges, some of which are run in basements and rooftops, without even basic infrastructural facilities saying "you are playing with the lives of students". "It's ..
In fresh trouble for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, the Income Tax Department has filed two appeals in the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) demanding additional tax of about Rs 10 crore for her income for the financial years 2005-2006 and ..
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Union government on a PIL seeking direction to work out a mechanism in consultation with the governments of Australia and Canada for ensuring safety and security of Indian students studying there.A vacatio ..
The Supreme Court has ruled that nobody has the fundamental right to conduct trade or business in intoxicants and the state has the power to impose a complete ban these activities such as its manufacture, storage, export, import, sale and possession ..
The Supreme Court has directed Andhra Pradesh government to make appointment of officers for speedy investigation and trial of the cases registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, for ensuring the ..
Around 16,000 Judges of the subordinate courts in the country are going to get pay hike very soon. The Supreme Court will hear the matter on July 28. Justice E Padmanabhan committee appointed to look into the issue of pay hike for the judges of the s ..
While construing the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act (ID), the view that advances the object of the Act and serves its purpose must be preferred to those that obstructs and paralyses the purpose of the Act, as held by the Supreme Court, the ..
The Central Vigilance Commission advised initiation of major penalty proceedings against 83 officers, which include 39 of public sector banks, eight of Airports Authority of India and seven of Central Warehousing Corporation, while disposing of 389 c ..
The lone surviving gunman behind the Mumbai terror attacks, Ajmal Amir Kasab, has been reprimanded by lawyers for laughing during the court proceedings, and recently a lawyer asked him to be serious or else he would call Dara Singh.Kasab is the gunma ..
The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) is set to get more teeth. The government is planning to give legislative recognition to the agency that probes financial frauds, a move that will give SFIO more autonomy and allow it t ..