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The Genesis: The post-independence dawn of a liberated India saw itself immersed in various challenges of development. Nehruvian Socialism model of development, also called mixed economy, was chosen unlike the market economy of USA or the socialist economy of USSR. The unique feature of mixed economy is the complete control over strategic industries s..

A Delhi court today asked the Delhi Police to show what action have they taken on a complaint made by the party's national secretary on behalf of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others leaders of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) against "antisocial elements" running a Facebook Page called named "Paltu Aadmi Party". p style="text-align: justif..

The Madras High Court last week dismissed a plea that sought a direction to Central Government to enact a law prohibiting forced and induced religious conversions. Hindu Dharma Parishad had filed a Public Interest Litigation before Madurai bench of the High Court seeking a direction to the Centre to enact a new special law to p..

West Bengal Congress leader Sanmoy Bandopadhyay, who was arrested by Purulia district police for alleged violation of Cyber Crime Act, was granted bail by a court on Sunday. A Purulia court granted bail to Bandopadhyay on condition that he will appear before the investigating officer at Purulia police station once a week. Bando..

Thousands of investors see a ray of hope in a 20-year fight for justice after a Delhi court sentenced the three directors of two companies, who had induced the public to invest in the firms promising handsome returns, to five years in jail for cheating. Mujeeb-Ur-Rehman, his wife Shaista Nusrat and Habib-Ur-Rehman were sentence..

P Chidambaram was granted bail today in the INX Media corruption case by the Supreme Court, which ruled that there is no possibility of the former Union Minister absconding and 'no whisper' of any evidence that he tried to influence even one witness. But Mr Chidambaram will not be released as he remains in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate. Mr Chidambaram, arrested by..

Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar has sent P Chidambaram to 7 days of police custody in ED's application in INX Media case. SG Tushar Mehta submitted before the court that the application for police custody is being moved now because enough material to interrogate Chidambaram was not available at the time when he had wishe..

The Delhi High Court on Thursday quashed the order passed by the Sessions Judge staying the defamation proceedings of Mahua Moitra against Zee News Editor Sudhir Choudhary. The bench of Justice Brijesh Sethi passed the order while allowing Moitra's application. Trinamool Congress MP ha..

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday filed a special leave petition before the Supreme Court against the July 25 order of the Bombay High Court which granted interim relief to the NGO Lawyer's Collective and its founders Senior Advocates Anand Grover and Indira Jaising.. A Division bench headed by Justice Ranjit ..

In a letter addressed to the Union Law Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, CJI Ranjan Gogoi recommended that Justice S. A. Bobde should be made the next CJI. CJI Gogoi is set to retire on November 17 this year and while it was clear as per the tradition that Justice Bobde will be next in line for the position, Justice Gogoi made the..

In the proceedings before Special CBI Judge today, the counsel appearing for Shashi Tharoor argued that no evidence or reports have been put on record to prove the actual cause of Sunanda Pushkar's death. Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa, appearing for Tharoor, informed the court that since no report has been able to ascertain t..

The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it clear that it will conclude today the day-to-day hearing in the politically sensitive Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case at Ayodhya, saying "enough is enough". A 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that it is hearing the Ayodhya land di..

A plea has been filed before the National Green Tribunal seeking directions to e-commerce companies, Amazon India and Filpkart, to not use excessive plastic packaging materials. The Petitioner, a young environmentalist, Aditya Dubey, through his natural guardian, has sought enforcement of his right to live in a plastic-free env..

The Central Information Commission has held that Assam Rifles, a paramilitary force, does not fall within the purview of the Right to Information Act, 2005 as it is an exempted organization under Section 24(1) of the Act.   Section 24(1) states that the RTI Act shall not apply to intelligen..

The Delhi High Court refused to grant ad-interim injunction to Saregama India Ltd. in its copyright infringement suit against Maddock Films Pvt. Ltd. for the song "Ke Odhni Odhu Odhu Ne Udi Jaye". The Defendant is a film production company which is expecting release of its film 'Made in China', starring Rajkum..