civil law

The term of the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry has been extended by two months up to 30th April, 2008. The Commission is inquiring into the destruction of the Ram Janma Bhoomi-Babri Masjid structure at Ayodhya on 6th December 1992..

The court in its August 31, 2007 order had put on hold demolition of the 'Rama Setu', while on September 14, 2007 it had allowed the Centre to re-examine the Sethusamudram Project. The Cabinet Committee of Political Affairs (CCPA), chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which met on Thursday, cleared the affidavit to be filed in the Supreme Court next week. The government on Thursday dec..

There is some bad news for careless drivers who end up victims in road accidents, such drivers may get only 50 pc of the compensation claim once it is proved that they were partly responsible for the mishap, according to a Supreme Court ruling. In other words, careless motorists would be held responsible for contributory negligence even if they are the victims in accidents. A bench of Justic..

The Supreme Court has fumed over the fact that the proposed slaughter house at Gazipur in east Delhi has failed to meet the deadline, yet again, and asked the MCD why it should not be penalised for its "failure". The court lost its cool when the civic agency informed the court that the project may not get operationalised by the end of this month, as directed earlier. "Tell us why we shou..