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Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parsaran, who appeared in place of Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian, prayed to the Supreme Court to grant him time to go through the brief in disproportionate assets case against former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members. A bench comprising Justices Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph adjourned the hearing till Fe..

Member of Commission on Centre-State Relations N R Madhava Menon opined that the Centre and states should undertake comprehensive law reforms to tide over the dysfunctionality between the Constitutional tenets and the Indian Statute Book. Inaugurating a seminar on ‘Law Reforms as an Instrument of Social Engineering’, Mr Menon said ‘unless comprehensive law reform is undertaken by the Cent..

The Supreme Court put the brakes on the 400-year-old traditional bull-taming sport of Jallikattu, organised in Tamil Nadu as part of Pongal celebrations, saying guidelines to prevent cruelty against animals have been violated. "Apparently guidelines have been not followed. It appears that guidelines have been violated," a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said on Friday and direc..

The Supreme Court Thursday rebuked the government for being ineffective in tackling high-sea piracy and caring little for lives of Indians falling prey to pirates in international waters.Upset by the government’s failure to provide details of maritime casualties since 2002, a bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice Aftab Alam said: “Do the lives of Indians have no value? You are carrying out ..

New Delhi, Jan 28 The Delhi High Court today sought a detailed report from the Centre and the city government on a PIL alleging illegal constructions in the Ridge which are allegedly preventing recharge of ground water in south Delhi. The Court also sought a report from the Central Ground Water Authority for not taking appropriate steps to preserve the ground water in the Ridge area. A Divisio..

New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed the Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to file a detailed status report on the lack of facilities, especially for dialysis, in government-run hospitals.A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjeev Khanna expressed surprise when the MCD informed the court it had three machin..

New Delhi: The third most senior judge Arijit Pasayat of the Supreme Court has said terrorists are animals and rubbished the case of human rights violations in dealing with terrorists. Pasayat made a rare and scathing attack against terrorists and terrorism at a public forum. Addressing a seminar on terrorism, Pasayat said, “We should not talk of the human right violation of terrorists. They..

Blago impeachment trial begins today Takes His Defence To TV; Says Considered Oprah Winfrey For Obama Seat Springfield (Illinois): Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, taking his defence to television rather than his impeachment trial, lashed out at his accusers on Monday and revealed he had considered naming Oprah Winfrey to the US Senate. The embattled governor told ABC’..

ICC starts its first-ever trial for war crimes The Hague: The first-ever trial of the International Criminal Court began on Monday with a Congolese militia commander denying he committed war crimes by recruiting hundreds of child soldiers to kill and rape. “At this stage our client would like to plead not guilty,” said Catherine Mabille, Thomas Lubanga’s lawyer at the start of the trial..

INDIA CELECBRATES 60TH REPUBLIC DAY 26 Jan 2009, 1046 hrs IST, PTI Text: NEW DELHI: Kaleidoscopic images of India's rich cultural diversity and the might of its military were on full display on the magnificent Rajpath as the nation celebrated its 60th Republic Day amid an unprecedented security cover. An impressive and colourful parade, a traditional attraction of the nationa..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Prashant Kumar and (ii) Shri Pradeep Kumar, to be Additional Judges of the Jharkhand High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices. PIB ..

The Delhi High Court issued notices to the Centre, Delhi government, the MCD and the NDMC on a petition filed by the Airport Authority of India and others challenging the legality of the new Municipal Laws that govern the house tax computation by the unit area method. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Suresh Kait issued the notices to the respondents and asked them to file their reply b..

Houston lawyer Richard T. Howell Jr., whose firm was scammed out of $182,500 by a client who contacted and hired him through e-mail, says he is talking publicly about the situation so he can prevent other Texas lawyers from making the same mistakes. "I'm a capital 'D' Dumbass," says Howell, who has practiced law for 23 years and is a partner in Buckley, White, Castaneda & Howell. In October ..

In a major setback to Netherlands-based Vodafone, the Supreme Court directed M/S Vodafone to respond to the Income Tax Department notice, demanding two billion dollars as capital gained tax in 10 billion dollar-Vodafone-Hutch deal of February 2007. A bench comprising Justices S B Sinha and M K Sharma disposed off the petition filed by Vodafone challenging the jurisdiction of Indian Income Tax A..

The Supreme Court stayed till further orders the Bombay High Court order, directing the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (MMC) to kill all stray dogs in Mumbai. Coming to the rescue of unfortunate animals, a bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam also issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the MMC on the petition filed by All India Welfare Board, who cont..