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Patna High Court ordered incarcerated MP Kameshwar Baitha, elected from Palamu (Reserved) Lok Sabha, constituency in Jharkhand, to be sent to Parliament for taking oath. While hearing a petition of Mr Baitha, Justice Mridula Mishra directed the Inspector General of Bihar to make suitable arrangements for escorting the newly elected MP from Sasaram jail to New Delhi and also..

Law Minister Veerappa Moily today said there was no immediate plan to introduce reservation for backward classes in the higher judiciary. The subordinate judiciary already has reservation for these classes, but there was no proposal under the Government’s consideration to bring in quota for SC’s, ST’s and OBC’s in High Courts and the Supreme Court.b..

The Supreme Court refused to stay land acquisition process for Mumbai SEZ owned by Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, involving 8,000 hectares of land worth about Rs 6,000 crore. A vacation bench comprising Justices B Sudershan Reddy and Aftab Alam, however, issued notices to the state of Maharashtra on a petition seeking transfer of the case pending in the Bombay High ..

The government is likely to present Budget for 2009-10 on July 3 and would try to pass it by July 31, so that another vote-on-account is not required. The railway budget is likely to be presented on July 1 followed by Economic Survey the next day and the General Budg..

The Madhya Pradesh Government today issued orders for extension of the term of law officers of the State Advocate General Office functioning in the High Court for a period of one month. State Advocate General Ravi Nandan Singh, informed that the proposal of the new term was already under consideration but could not be finalised. He said the term of the Law officers at Jab..

Nobody will explicitly acknowledge, but the US Supreme Court has become a kind of extra legislative body.   ..

President Pratibha Patil on Thursday outlined the priorities of the new government for the next 100 days: - Early passage of the Women's Reservation Bill providing for one-thir..

Judiciary has to find solution on judges' assets' issue: Moily New Delhi, PTI: td class="overviewfont..

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Indian bureaucracy ranked worst in Asia: Survey 3 Jun 2009, 1625 hrs IST, REUTERS ..

Pranab to meet state FMs to get their wish list The Manmohan Singh government is likely to break with the past before presenting the first General Budget of the second United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. After many years, the Union finance mini..

Union Minister of Law M Veerappa Moily today said the next term of five years of the UPA Government led by Dr Manmohan Singh will be an era of judicial reforms including emphasis on speedy disposal of pending cases. Talking to newspersons, Mr Moily said steps would be ..

 Detroit, WashingtonGeneral Motors Corp, the world’s largest carmaker until its 77-year reign ended last year, filed for bankruptcy protection in the US with a plan to create a 21st-century company that can compete in world markets. GM reported $82.29 billion in assets and $172.81 billion in debt. The..

Bangalore Karnataka High Court has quashed further proceedings initiated against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M Karunanidhi on a lower court order in connection with his controversial remarks on Lord Rama made about two years ago. Justice Anand Byra Reddy, agreeing with the contentions of the stat..

ChandigarhWhile everyone is anticipating sops for affordable housing in the next Budget of the UPA government, the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) has initiated a number of steps to cut on delays in the approval of residential building plans. The new guidelines would come in force from June 1, 2009. T..