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You're playing with lives of students: Supreme Court to govt

   22 June 2009 at 20:22

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 ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   474 Views


Income Tax department demands rupees 10 crore from Mayawati

   22 June 2009 at 20:07

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 ..

Posted in Taxation |   160 Views


SC issues notice to Centre seeking security of Indian studen

   22 June 2009 at 20:05

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 ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   117 Views


SC: No fundamental right to do trade in intoxicants

   22 June 2009 at 17:59

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 ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  1 comments |   220 Views


SC: Appoint officers for speedy trial of SC/ST cases

   22 June 2009 at 17:43

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 ..

Posted in Others |   155 Views


Subordinate courts judges demands pay hike

   22 June 2009 at 17:35

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 ..

Posted in Others |   133 Views


Madras HC upholds labour officer's order

   22 June 2009 at 17:32

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 ..

Posted in Labour & Service Law |   204 Views


Central Vigilance Commission recommends action against 83 of

   22 June 2009 at 17:31

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 ..

Posted in Others |   138 Views


Lawyer asks 'callous' Kasab to stop laughing

   22 June 2009 at 17:16

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 ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   328 Views


Govt keen on bringing serious fraud agency into legal ambit

   22 June 2009 at 15:48

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 ..

Posted in Others |   431 Views