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Gujarat High Court is set to become the first court in the country to implement the model e-court project, synergising technology with the judicial process to reduce bottlenecks in the system. The project, which will be implemented on a pilot basis from Sunday, will provide tamperproof, authenticated audio-video recording of courtroom proceedings along with multipoint video conferencing facil..

India and Finland agree to explore new areas of cooperation to widen trade basket During the bilateral meeting between Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Dr. Paavo Vayrynen, Finland Minister for Foreign Trade & Development, here today, both sides have agreed to encourage businesses to explore new areas and sectors to widen and deepen the trade basket. Both sides felt th..

Centralized Processing Centre for Income Tax Returns to be set up at Bangalore ________________________________________ The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Income-tax Department to establish a Centralized Processing Centre (CPC) at Bangalore for processing of all electronically filed returns in the country and the paper returns filed in Karnataka. The CPC will enable the..

New Delhi, Feb 5 (PTI) Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who is on bail in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, today got Supreme Court's permission to extend his foreign visit by two weeks to fulfil his commitments as United Nations' Goodwill Ambassador on malnutrition. Dutt moved an application seeking to modify the apex court's January 14 order by which he was allowed to go abroad till February..

NEW DELHI: A Supreme Court judge, three Allahabad High Court judges and one Uttarakhand High Court judge have been questioned by CBI in connection with the Ghaziabad PF scam. The investigating agency asked them if they had any links with Ashutosh Asthana, the main accused in the scam. The judges denied even knowing Asthana. Asthana during his interrogation had named 36 judges, who he cl..

In the wake of a report claiming that harmful levels of trans-fat content in cooking oils make them unfit for consumption, the govt has said it will ensure correct labelling on products to create awareness among the people about the issue, but ruled out any immediate ban on trans-fats. Describing trans-fats as a "danger on the health of Indians", Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said while h..

Pointing towards the high cost of litigation, the Supreme Court has said that the common man cannot afford to come to courts for justice as only the rich and affluent have the wherewithal to fight legal battles over their grievances. "No man will dare to come to the Supreme Court. Only those who have Rs 50 crore, or Rs 100 crore or Rs 200 crore can come to the court. Why Supreme Court, it wou..

Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court A P Shah inaugurated the evening courts at Tees Hazari, Rohini and Dwarka sports complex. Evening courts at Patiala House and Karkardooma courts were inaugurated by Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Nov 12, 2008. In order to get over with the burden de to heavy pendency of cases, particularly under the section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act..

The Supreme Court declined to give an urgent hearing to an application seeking directions to CBI to conduct investigation the novo (fresh) into Rs 1 lakh crore scam involving alleged diversion of wheat allotted for Public Distribution System(PDS) for black-marketing from Uttar Pradesh. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam told the applicant Vishwanath Chatu..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court issued a notice to the Inspector-General, Special Armed Force, Jabalpur, to show cause why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against the officer for non-issuance of an appointment letter to a candidate who successfully appeared for an entrance examination for constables. Chief Justice Anang Kumar Patnaik heard the plea of Mr Kanshi Ram who submitted that..

The Allahabad High Court directed that the employees of the Uttar Pradesh Awas Vikas Parishad be given family pension and gratuity. The directions were given by the Lucknow Bench comprising Justice Uday Krishna Dhawan and Justice B A Zaidi. The officers and workers of the Parishad were not given any such facility. Pronouncing the judgement on a petition filed on behalf of Pritam Singh, t..

The Delhi High Court directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to inquire from its Chairman Lt Governor Tejender Khanna why applicants of the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) from other states were included in the housing draw meant for Delhiites. Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice Sanjiv Khanna directed the DDA to file its reply to the crucial question which led to the hous..

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed MNC banks to charge hefty penal interest up to 49% on defaulted credit card payments, ending the respite that lakhs of card holders have had since September last year when the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission capped the penalty at 30%. The SC stayed the apex consumer forum's directive to banks not to charge more than 30% interest on..

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday termed bandhs as legitimate means of expressing people's feelings in a democracy, reversing a trend judiciary has followed since 1997 when it had come down hard upon political parties for causing inconvenience to the public by forcing shutdowns. The volte face, which will be celebrated by a political class which had chaffed at judiciary's opposition to ch..

NEW DELHI: Jitender Kumar Mohala could be suffering from what psychiatrists call a frustration aggression syndrome. Mohala was arrested on Sunday night and was sent to jail for 14 days for creating a hijack scare on board an Indigo flight, leading to a security crisis at the IGI airport. Mohala, a 42-year-old chartered accountant from Dwarka and son of a retired Air Force commodore, was ret..