civil law

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide its Master Circular dated July 1, 2009 has advised all Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) that all cheque forms would be printed in Hindi and English. The customer may, however, write cheques in Hindi, English or in the concerned regional language. This information was given by Minister..

As many as 797 cases were settled in the Lok Adalats and Rural Lok Adalats, which were held in the state wherein an amount of over Rs 47.63 lakh was awarded as compensation.  While stating this, the Member Secretary of Haryana State Legal Services Authority said out of the 797 cases settled in these Adalats, 3..

The Union Government contended before the Supreme Court that it is the absolute owner of all the minerals in the country both under the sea as well as on the earth in the country, including the Natural Gas in Andhra Pradesh Krishna-Godavari Gas Basin which is the main bone of contention between two Ambani brothers. /br..

The government has decided to raise court fee in the Supreme Court.  According to highly placed sources in the Union Law Ministry, the government finds the rates of court fee, which were fixed over four decades ago way back in 1966, absurd and abysamly low. At present Rs 250 has to be paid..

The Supreme Court has held that amendment application in civil cases should not be entertained, if such pleas are filed with an ulterior motive to delay the proceedings.  A bench headed by Justice Dalveer Bhandari in its judgement noted, ‘in our considered view Order 6, Rule 17 is one of the important pr..

The union government Sunday said it is moving to amend and strengthen the country’s Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005 to bring in more transparency in the government’s functioning and to help resolve grievances of officials. “The historic Right to Information Act, 2005, has brought great transparency in governance,” said Minister of..

Thursday, October 29, 2009 Amendment to the Essential Commodities Act 1955 and Sugarcane (Control ) Order 1966 The Union Cabinet today gave its ex-post approval to ch..

My dependent bought the 20Rs/- stamp paper in tamil nadu but that stamp papers executed as a pronote in andhra pradesh. Issue: The court not accepting as a evidence because stamp papers purchased outside the andhra pradesh. Note: There is any ruling/decision against using of non judicial stamp paers one state to another state.  ..

ON 2ND OCT 2009, THE UNION GOVRNMENT ISSUING NOTIFICATION WHICH CLEARS WAY TO STATES TO FORM THE GRAMA NYALAYAS. THERE WILL 5 THOUSAND FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE COURTS IN ALL OVER INDIA, BUT THIS YEAR INTIALLY IT WILL BE AROUND 200NOS,LATER THE TOTAL COURTS WILL FUNCTION IN PHASE MANNER:: BY MR T.K. VISWANATHAN,SECRETARY,LAW MINISTRY. ..

The government  announced a panel of experts to review the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and give a report in three months, suggesting changes to effectively meet requirements of the road transport sector in the current scenario. The ten-member committee headed by Mr S Sunder, a former secretary of the Transport Ministry, has be..

The government has constituted a 10-member expert committee to review the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, so that its provisions meet the present days requirements of the road transport sector. The committee will be chaired by S Sunder, former secretary, Ministry of Surface Transport. "It will review the Mot..

With Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee having indicated her opposition to the proposed law on land acquisition, her Ministr..

Now, computers become lawyers! Washin..

  The admission tangle involving two medical colleges run by Mangalore-based deemed universities have shifted to the Supreme Court with the high court refusing to pass a modified order.  The 47 students who were allotted seats by Karnataka Examination Authority on July 24 and admitted..

A majority of Public Information Officers (PIO)s appointed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act who have been penalised by central information commissioners for providing incomplete or delayed information have escaped paying fines thus far. Only around 38.66% of the fines levied by the seven central information commissioners over the past four years October 12, 2005 to August 24, 2009 hav..