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New Delhi: The live coverage of the Mumbai terrorist attacks and the subsequent events by the media, in particular television news channels, drew critical observations from Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan here on Saturday. Speaking at a conference on terrorism, rule of law and human rights, Justice Balakrishnan said: “The symbolic impact of terrorist attacks on the minds of ordinary ci..

The Government would soon bring in a medical devices Act in a bid to regulate prices of healthcare equipment. Stating that 30 to 40 per cent of healthcare costs comprised diagnostic kits and other medial equipment, Union Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal said the Act will ensure an ISO certification procedure for medical equipment and it make manufactures of medical devices adhere t..

he Supreme Court issued notice to the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) on a petition challenging the decision of the Haryana Government to conduct preliminary examination for recruitment of Haryana Civil Judges in the state. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam issued the notice after hearing the counsel for the petitioner, who contended that the St..

The Ministry of Minority Affairs has almost finalised a draft Wakf Amendment Act which if enacted would place the state wakf boards under central monitoring, and make encroachment of wakf property a cognisable offence. The move is aimed at checking corruption in the state wakf bodies which have under them properties worth hundreds of crores of rupees and which have by and large failed to benefi..

The Government has taken various steps towards amending the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. The National Consultation for amending the Act was initiated in June, 2006 with the first consultation meeting at Patna with State Governments, experts NGOs and stakeholders. The second meeting was held in July, 2006 at Chennai and ther..

The Law Commission of India in its 209th Report (July 2008) on “Proposal for omission of section 213 from the Indian Succession Act, 1925” has observed that there is discrimination in respect of wills made by Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jainas or Parsis, where the will is made within the territories of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Courts of Judicature at Calcutta, Madras and ..

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed all proceedings pending in the Delhi High Court regarding construction of 1,100 flats for Commonwealth Games village near the Yamuna river bank. The High Court had earlier on November three refused legal sanction and appointed a committee to assess the ecological impact of the project. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan stayed the proceeding..

Student gets Rs 20 lakh for delay in marksheet 15 Oct 2008, 0556 hrs IST, TNN LUCKNOW: The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Lucknow, has awarded a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to a student who waited for five and half years to obtain his marksheet for a back-paper examination which he undertook in 1999. The commission also held that an educational institution, while imparting educ..

The Supreme Court has held that retirement benefits like pension and gratuity cannot be attached by authorities for recovery of dues. The apex court passed the ruling while quashing a Rajasthan High Court ruling which had ordered attachment of the retirement benefits of Radhey Shyam Gupta, who was a guarantor in a mortgage deal. The High Court had ordered attachment of Gupta's retirement b..

The Delhi High Court directed the Defence Ministry to pay compensation to a young man who lost his hand five years ago while on duty and reinstate him in his job immediately. Lashing out at the Colonel Commandant of Remount Training School and Depot in Saharanpur (UP) for refusing to pay compensation to a young man who lost his hand while on duty and terminating his services, a bench comprising..

Chennai Dec. 1: A consumer court on Monday ordered the Government General Hospital and the state health secretary to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for medical negligence at the hospital, which caused the death of a 14-year-old boy in 2001. According to the complainant, the boy K.Loganathan attended a ‘health check up’ camp jointly organised by his school and the state health department under ‘..

The Supreme Court has ruled on Monday that the Government has got every right to confiscate vehicles and other materials used by forest wood smugglers and auction them. A bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and Mukundakam Sharma said a forest being a national wealth, the Government is well within its rights to take necessary steps for preserving it and acting against those who seek to plunder it..

The Supreme Court has held that courts cannot entertain a petition filed by an electricity consumer accused of pilferage or involved in any other dispute pertaining to power supply unless he or she has exhausted all available alternatives for remedy. Interpreting sub-section (1) of Section 24 of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910, a bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and Mukundakam Sharma said th..

AHMEDABAD: A consumer court has asked the Western Railway to pay Rs 6000 to a commuter for issuing journey ticket for wrong date and not cancelling the same. The court held that verification of details in ticket is primarily the railway staffers' responsibility. As per case details, Kailash Malviya got two tickets booked from the Vastrapur Reservation Counter on July 9 last year. He sought rese..

When Ram Kali went to local a doctor last year complaining of abdominal pain, she had little idea the treatment would turn out to be a long-drawn ordeal, damaging both her kidneys in the end. In March 2006, Ram Kali visited the OP Nursing Home, run by one Dr A K Handa, because of pain in the right side of her abdomen. The doctor suggested surgery and a Ureteroscopy was performed the next day, a..