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The Supreme Court said that there was a need to impose stricter punishment on those infiltrating into the country from neighbouring countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh. "Considering the large number of infiltrators who come to India without valid document, there is a need for imposing stricter sentence," a bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and P P Naolekar observed, while dismissing t..

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the Government Pleader (GP) to inform the court within a week the action taken against the statutory authorities responsible for school administration in connection with the collapse of a roof of a nursery and primary school in Pudukottai last year. The First Bench comprising the Chief Justice A.K.Ganguly and Justice F.M.Ibrahim Kalifulla said the GP sho..

Cherthala, June 12It was a fatherÂ’s battle for justice for 20 long years. But when the law finally caught up with the perpetrators he was not there to witness it. For 11 years Thankappan, a daily labourer, had preserved his sonÂ’s body soaked in formalin (a disinfectant and preservative) in a concrete tank he had especially built for the purpose after Gopi, 21, died mysteriously in po..

SC dismisses petition seeking ban on ''Dashavataram' New Delhi, Jun 12 The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking a ban on the screening of a movie ''Dashavataram'' on the grounds that it hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus. A vacation bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and P P Naolekar refused to entertain the petition filed by International Sri Vaishnav Dharam Sana..

Kerala HC directive on distribution of ration items Kochi, Jun 12 The Kerala High Court today observed it was desirable for the government to hand over wholesale distribution of ration articles to the Civil Supplies Corporation run by it. Mr Justice C N Ramachandran Nair observed that in a phased manner, the government could assign the wholesale distribution of ration articles to the corp..

In a virtual snub to the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes has said the state had the "worst track record" across the country in terms of atrocities on Dalits. "Uttar Pradesh continues to be at the top in terms of the number of cases of atrocities against Dalits reported in states across the country. The latest data available with us is for ..

IAS officer to apologise to Kerala HC Counsel for senior IAS officer Nivedita P Haran, serving as the Kerala Revenue Principal Secretary, today gave an undertaking in the High Court that the official will apologise to the court for her action in taking over the Golf Club in Thiruvananthapuram. Following the counsel's statement to this effect, Justice S Sirijagan dispensed with Ms Haran's perso..

Unauthorised absenteeism from work means no work no pay: SC The Supreme Court has ruled that an employee who has remained absent from duty for a long time in an unauthorised manner is not entitled to any back wages and the principle of 'no work no pay' comes into play. In this case an assistant engineer of the Airports Authority of India(AAI) Shambhu Nath Das was allowed 50 per cent back wages..

Tata Sky climbs down, assures restoration of channels before Delhi HC Direct-to-Home Service Provider Tata Sky today assured the Delhi High Court of restoring all channels of sports broadcaster ESPN on its basic offers within 12 days. Recording the statement of Tata Sky's Counsel Ramji Srinivasan that the pack which was prevalent on May 20 will be restored to all subscribers, Justice Manmohan ..

Lawyers stage court boycott in Pondicherry Work at the district civil court here was affected today as lawyers kept away from the court to protest the 'wrong approach' of a judge. The lawyers maintained they would not attend court till the judge was transferred. The lawyers kept away from work yesterday also for the same reason. UNI ..

Chautala, son chargesheeted in teachers' recruitment scam The Central Bureau of Investigation today chargesheeted former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, his MP son Ajay Chautala and 58 others, including two bureaucrats in the teacher appointment scam. Over 3,000 junior basic teachers were appointed in the state during 1999-2000. Sanjiv Kumar and Chautala's former Officer on Spec..

HC orders CBI probe into police recruitment scam in Mulayam's regime The Allahabad High Court today ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe into the police recruitment scam in the state held during the Mulayam Singh Yadav regime in 2005. A division bench comprising Justices Anjani Kumar and V K Verma pronounced this decision. Earlier, on Februrary 4, Uttar Pradesh governm..

SEBI passes its first set of consent orders in IPO cases In accordance with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) guidelines, dated April 20, 2007 for consent orders, SEBI has passed its first batch of consent orders today in the matter of irregularities in IPOs. SEBI had passed an ad interim ex-parte order on April 27, 2006 in the matter of irregularities in IPOs, wherein the applican..

Bar Council launches in Europe The Bar Council today launched a new Brussels office in a bid to expand the representative body's reach into the European Union.The office will also house the European arms of other legal organisations including the Austrian Bar, German Federal Bar as well as the Law Societies of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.Bar chair Tim Dutton QC said, "The pre..

Tussle for Bar Council top post turns ugly The tussle for the chairman's post of the Tamil Nadu-Pondicherry Bar Council turned ugly today with one of the members appealing to Madras High Court Registrar General not to permit Council Chairman R K Chandramohan to take part in the function to greet new Chief Justice A K Ganguly at a function. Mr D Selvam presented a memorandum to High Court Regis..