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NEW YORKK: Lawyers representing investors in collapsed energy firm Enron Corp will get about $688 million in fees for recovering $7.2 billion from its lenders, auditors and directors, court documents revealed. In a ruling on Monday, Judge Melinda Harmon of the United States District Court in Houston said lead counsel Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins "performed with an extraordinary level ..

ROCKVILLE: A Pfizer Inc drug rejected by US regulators three years ago won support from an expert advisory panel on Monday for treating women with the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis. The committee voted 9-3 that the drug, Fablyn, offered benefits that outweighed risks such as blood clots. One member abstained. Pfizer developed the drug with technology from Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. Mo..

After the Kolkata High Court episode. Hon'ble Chief Justice of India allows CBI to question two Hon'ble Judges of Punjab and Haryana High Court in the latest Rs. 15 Lac bribe scam. the two judges to be questioned are Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Nirmal Yadav and the complainant Judge, Hon'ble Kumari Justice Nirmal Jit Kaur. a step towards improvisation of image of the judiciary...

The UPA government is considering a proposal to go beyond the Right to Information Act (RTI) by posting all but strategic information in the public domain. While the RTI is a tool for citizens to extract information from the government, the new system would give information without the public asking for it. "The central government is also examining our data sharing policy to bring all ..

The Government today announced that smoking would be banned in all public places from October two. The ban would include hotels, restaurants and offices, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said here today. If someone is caught smoking, then a fine of Rs 200 would be imposed on that person in accordance with the National Tobacco Control Act. "Though in the beginning, the fine wo..

A group of advocates today ransacked the police station in Madras High Court campus, demanding withdrawal of a case 'foisted' against an lawyer. The lawyers allegedly barged into the police station and damaged the furniture. They alleged that a case had been registered against an advocate by the Inspector at the police station. The case was registered on a complaint filed by a police const..

After getting the NSG waiver, the government on Tuesday has said it will amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1962 to allow private parties to enter the field. "Till now no private party was able to do nuclear trade and commerce. Now whatever amendment required in the law will be brought to allow them do nuclear trade," Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters on the sidelin..

The CJI has written to chief justices of all high courts to consider adopting the apex court judges' practice of declaring their assets at the time of their appointment and every year subsequently," said a Supreme Court official, as reported by NDTV/IANS nder mounting pressure for more probity and transparency in the judiciary, Chief Justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrishnan has written to all hi..

Dwarka district courts complex to be inaugurated today by CJI The District Courts Complex at Dwarka will be inaugurated today by Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan. This would be the fifth district courts in Delhi. The other four are at Tis Hazari, Patiala House, Karkardooma and Rohini. ..

On 06.09.2008 the state Telugu Desham Party legal cell meeting was conducted in it's state party office (N T R Trust bhavan). The State TDP President Mr. Nara Chandrababu Naidu demands to enhance death benefit of the Advocates from 2,00,000/- to 6,00,000/- in Andhra Pradesh. And he also promised that if his party comes to ruling immediately he will enhance it to 6,00,000/-. And he requested al..

In a significant judgement, the Supreme Court has made it clear that those tenants who misbehave with the owner of the premises are liable for eviction. Further, those tenants who are causing damage to property are also liable for eviction. The Madras High Court has directed the authorities concerned to take steps to demolish unauthorised and illegal constructions in three months in Ooty, Gudalu..

In a far-reaching order, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Friday revoked an order of a tahsildar banning a woman from officiating as a priest in a village temple in Nallathevanpatti near Usilampatti in Madurai district. Pinniammal, daughter of Pinnathevar, in a petition said her father, who was a priest of the Durgai Amman temple in Nallathevanpatti, passed away in 2004. While h..

A 45-day-long shoot in African countries for Sanjay Dutt, on bail after conviction by a Mumbai TADA court in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, got the green light from the SC. On Friday, it directed CBI to release his passport. CBI would get hold of his passport for just two days. Dutt, who is at present in Thailand on another film shoot, would come to Mumbai on September 18 and is likely to..

Sending out a warning to building violators and lax regulators alike, the Madras High Court on Friday refused anticipatory bail to the owners of Saravana Stores in T.Nagar, and wanted CMDA and corporation officials to be included as accused in the case relating to the fire mishap in the mall earlier this week. Rejecting the advance bail plea of the owners of Saravana Stores, Yogarathinam and R..

The legal enablement of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in India is becoming a big challenge for India. The Government of India alone cannot meet these challenges and we need “private initiatives” as well. With this noble objective in mind, Perry4Law, PTLB, PTLITC, etc are in the process of constituting a Working Group on Cyber Law in India headed by Mr. Praveen Dalal*, the Leading ..