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CHENNAI: Transport Commissioner S. Machendranathan said that information regarding ‘Organ Donation Clause’ would definitely be included in the smart cards of driving licences, even while the Transport Department would consider whether to include the clause..

Even death row convicts have rights and should not be treated like inanimate objects. The Centre came in for severe criticism from the tbod..

A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court today urging it to monitor the investigations being conducted by CBI into the sensational murder of teenaged girl Aarushi Talwar and her domestic help Hemraj. The petition filed by advocate Ajay Agrawal has alleged CBI and the Noida police have failed to crack the case even 16 months after the gruesome killings and have come out with conflicting versions..

The Madras High Court has yet again refused to permit opening of about 35 containers of municipal garbage/waste' from the U.S, saying it would pose danger to land and water. The matter relates to the import of 40 containers of waste paper' by the ITC Limited through the Evergreen Specialities Inc. from the U.S in August 2005. In September 2005, customs officials found that waste paper wa..

Taking a serious note of the continuing attacks on women, home minister P Sabita Indra Reddy on Saturday directed the police to register non-bailable cases against those involved in harassment of women and arrest them without delay. The home minister held a review meeting with police top officials before leaving for Rajahmundry to console Anusha, who was attacked by a spurned youth and..

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The State Information Commissioner, Mr P.N. Vijayakumar, has said that there is nothing new about the declaration of assets by judicial officers and the present controversy is over whether the same is to be made public under the Right to Information Act. He said he is of the view that the assets of the judi..

All cases filed by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) related to municipal solid waste management and untreated sewage, pending with different courts in Maharashtra for years, are now likely to be disposed of within three months.  A bench comprising justices Mridula Bhatkar and J N ..

 Gujarat High Court has struck down rules that empower state government to appoint its secretary, an IAS officer, as president at Gujarat Revenue Tribunal. With this, a two-decade old dispute has come to an end and contention of Tribunal's Bar Association has been upheld. The lawyers had been i..

The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Police Reforms headed by retired judge Justice K T Thomas met state government officials on Tuesday to review compliance with directives.  It was found that Karnataka is only partially compliant with the SC directives, that too only by the recently pass..

 The Bombay high court on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the state government's refusal to put in place restrictions on private car users. "(Private car users) have no right to occupy 90% of road space,'' remarked a division bench of Justices Bilal Nazki and A R Joshi. "Till the government comes up wi..

Dear All, Checkout the website:  www.stpl-india.in/ for all the Apex Court Judgments from september 2009 onwards with full reported judgements facility. I found it useful but only drawback is it is from this September, 2009 onwards. regards  ..

Rajasthan High Court on Monday directed the state government to restore the light and sound show as well as the audio guide system for tourists at Amber Fort. On August 18, the court had banned all commercial activities at the fort in pursuance of which the state authorities directed these activities to be stopped immed..

The finance ministry has dropped its plans to amend or replace the Fiscal Responsibility & Budgetary Management (FRBM) Act of 2004, which laid down fiscal and revenue deficit targets until 2008-09. The ministry has breathing space until next year before making any fresh commitments, as the government ha..

In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court upheld 23% reservation in the Uttar Pradesh government contracts observing it was not in violation of the provisions of the Constitution of India. A division bench composed of Justices Ashok Bhushan and Ram Autar Sharma ruled that 21% reservation to Scheduled Caste and two per cent to Scheduled Tribes in the government contr..