Patna HC lawyers on strike, Bihar govt rules out roll back Bihar's government has rejected the lawyers' demand for roll back of the court fees even as over 8,000 advocates of Patna High Court launched a three-day strike paralysing the functioning of
SC refuses to order probe against Bachchan in Barabanki case The Supreme court on Monday refused to order investigation into the controversy involving Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan in the Barabanki land deal case in Uttar Pradesh. The apex court d
Compromise can be arrived in personal criminal matters: SC In criminal proceedings where the question involved is of a purely personal nature and not related to public interest, courts can accept the compromise deed arrived by the disputing parties,
TRAI phases out ADC, paves way for lower mobile tariffs Local and domestic long distance mobile call tariffs may drop further since the telecom regulator TRAI on Thursday announced that private telecom operators would be exempted from paying a fee ca
HC takes up Dalmiya's perjury case against BCCI, Pawar The Calcutta High Court on Friday took up a perjury case filed by former BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya against BCCI and its president Sharad Pawar for allegedly producing false documents before the
SC stays trial against Chandraswami in FERA case The Supreme Court stayed the trial in a foreign exchange violation case against controversial tantrik Chandraswami after he sought permission to examine through video-conferencing, Saudi Arabia-based a
SC okays proceedings against Ramoji Rao The Supreme Court directed a trial court in Andhra Pradesh to go ahead with criminal proceedings against Media Baron Ramoji Rao, who had allegedly collected Rs 2,610 crore from public by setting up a chit fund
Green signal to ED for proceeding against Natwar, Jagat : HC New Delhi, Mar 28 (PTI) The Delhi High Court today gave a green signal to the Enforcement Directorate to proceed against former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and his son Jagat S
Kolkata court asks Red Chillies to file affidavit in IPL case Kolkata, Mar 28 (PTI) A city court today directed petitioners and Red Chillies Entertainment to file affidavits by April 8 on a plea seeking free tickets for the 31,000 Cricket Associat
hese may still be early days for foreign law firms to set foot in India, but they sure are shaking up the legal fraternity here. Top foreign law firms like Clifford Chance and Allen and Overy are stocking up on Indian talent, thereby effecting big sa
New Delhi, Jan 27 If the government has its way, teachers in Indian law schools will be able to practise in courts and work as consultants too.This is being proposed to retain talent in law schools where the remuneration is far less compared to what
Chief justice suggests out-of-court settlement of cases New Delhi, Dec 3 Expressing concern over the increasing backlog of cases in courts and the slow rate of disposal, Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan Monday said lawyers could try to settle
In a bid to curb piracy, Microsoft India and industry players like Dell, HCL, HP, Lenovo, Sahara, Wipro and Zenith have launched a campaign "Asli Window ka Asli offer" aimed at making genuine software easily accessible.The customers are liable to get
Novartis AG has moved the Madras High Court challenging the rejection of its patent application for beta crystalline form of imatinibmesylate, as well as the provisions of the Patents(Ammendment) Act 2005 under which it was rejected.The pharma major
Appu Ghar, an amusement park in the Capital which was closed last month may make a comeback with a new address.The DDA on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that an application filed by the amusement park authorities for an alternative site was unde
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday moved to the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a single judge's order which stayed the Acting Director's decision to permit a former ad-hoc registrar to rejoin duty.Filing a petition
The Government on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to dismiss a fresh petition filed by Shaukat Hussain Guru, a convict in the 2001 Parliament attack case, challenging his 10-year jail term.Shaukat's earlier review and curative petitions on the issue
Setting up of "Fire Task Force" in every school and imparting compulsory fire fighting training to teachers and students are some of the measures suggested by a team of three Supreme Court-appointed lawyers.The suggestions come in the backdrop of the
Maha assembly orders jail term to state CEO Mumbai, Mar 27 (PTI) The Maharashtra Assembly and the state's Chief Electoral Officer Nand Lal were today on a collision course when the House sentenced him to two-day custody for breach of privilege, a
Law bends before justice: Shanti Bhushan New Delhi, Mar 27 (UNI) Former Union Law Minister and Senior CounselShanti Bhushan, appearing for Shaukat Hussain Guru who has been serving ten year imprisonment in the Parliament attack case, today told the