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The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued a stay order on a petition that challenged the admission in reserved seats on first come first serve basis for Non-Residential Indians (NRIs) in private engineering colleges in the state. Chief Justice Aang Kumar Patnaik and Justice Ajit Singh issued the order to the state government during the hearing of the plea of Nitin Saxena, ye..

Annual year-on-year rate of inflation turned negative in the week ended June 6, 2009, from 0.13 per cent in the week ended May 30, 2009. This implies that the average wholesale price level was lower during the week ending June 6, 2009, than it was a year ago. The decline in the inflation rate this week is due primarily to decline in the inflation rate of fuel and power, whi..

 In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 222 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer Shri Justice Sushil Harkauli, Judge of the Allahabad High Court as a Judge of the Jharkhand High Court and to direct him to assume charge of his office in the Jharkhand High Court on or before 1st July, 200..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 222 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer Shri Justice Uma Nath Singh, Judge of the Punjab & Haryana High Court as a Judge of the Allahabad High Court and to direct him to assume charge of his office in the Allahabad High Court on or before 1st July,..

Madras High Court has declined to grant anticipatory bail to a college student accused of ragging his junior. While dismissing the petition, Mr Justice R Regupathi said stringent action should be taken against him and the co-accused if concrete material is made available against them.  In his order, Justice Regupathi stated that in spite of the ena..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notices to State government and Municipality Chairperson, for probe into irregularities in the construction of roads by open tender process. A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Anang Kumar Patnaik and Justice Ajeet Singh, was hearing the Public Interest Litigation Petition of a social worker of Seoni Satish Singh Thakur, who h..

India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Labour and Manpower Development with Bahrain. The MoU was signed by Shri Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Dr. Majeed Bin Muhsin Al Alawi, Minister of Labour of Bahrain today in Bahrain. Shri Vayalar Ravi is on a three-day visit to Oman and Bahrain. The salient features of the MoU are:  (i) Fac..

Social networking tools like Twitter might offer a platform for people to make new friends, but it can also raise a variety of legal issues concerning the right of publicity, says an intellectual property attorney. Citing the examples of Peyton Manning and La Russa incidents, Faber said Indianapolis Colts is..

 Fifteen years after it was first set up, a full-fledged Anti-Terrorist Cell (ATC) in the State still remains a dream. Officials say the existing ATC is a “toothless agency”. As of May 31, 2009, the ATC had only two employees. Inspector-General of Police (ATC) M.K. Nagaraj retired from service on May 31. Now, the ATC is functioning with only one employee, a stenographer. The ..

The Union Cabinet today decided to recommend to the President that the Budget Session of Parliament be held from 2nd July 2009 till 7th August 2009. During the Session the Railway Budget would be presented on 3rd July 2009 and the General Budget would be presented on 6..

Journalists reporting the Delhi High Court proceedings now have a place to sit and relax in the court’s vicinity. On the orders of the Court Registrar (Administration) A K Mahajan, seating arrangements for the media covering court proceedings have been made near gate number seven of the court building. They had long been demanding a room in the fully air conditioned building of the Delh..

The Centre on Monday appointed senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam as solicitor general, the second most important law officer of the country after the attorney general.  While the promotion for his hard work as additional solicitor general during 2004-09 was richly deserved, 51-year-old Subramaniam is not new to such rewards in his nearly 30-year illustrious career.&nbs..

The Madras High Court has stayed a Government Order (GO) dated October 3, 2007, which denied consequential seniority to police officials, who were given out-of-turn promotion for gallantry services. Justice K N Basha stayed the operation of the GO, while admitting and passing interim orders on a writ petition from inspector M Chandrasekaran, who was denied promotion as DSP,..

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Fewer British couples are filing for divorce as a sharp drop in property prices makes it hard for couples to sell a joint home, and the credit crunch dampens a desire to fund two separate households, a study shows. The study, published by Grant Thornton accountants, showed that almost half of all surveyed matrimonial lawyers believe the numbers of divorces has slumped — and will c..