Chennai Dec. 1: A consumer court on Monday ordered the Government General Hospital and the state health secretary to pay a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for medical negligence at the hospital, which caused the death of a 14-year-old boy in 2001. Accordi ..
The Supreme Court has ruled on Monday that the Government has got every right to confiscate vehicles and other materials used by forest wood smugglers and auction them.A bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and Mukundakam Sharma said a forest being a nat ..
The Supreme Court has held that courts cannot entertain a petition filed by an electricity consumer accused of pilferage or involved in any other dispute pertaining to power supply unless he or she has exhausted all available alternatives for remedy. ..
AHMEDABAD: A consumer court has asked the Western Railway to pay Rs 6000 to a commuter for issuing journey ticket for wrong date and not cancelling the same. The court held that verification of details in ticket is primarily the railway staffers' res ..
US President George W Bush will sign the legislation on the Indo-US nuclear deal, approved by the Congress, into a law on Wednesday, the White House said on Saturay.Bush will sign the Bill H R 7081, named after Howard Berman, a Democrat who was stron ..
When Ram Kali went to local a doctor last year complaining of abdominal pain, she had little idea the treatment would turn out to be a long-drawn ordeal, damaging both her kidneys in the end.In March 2006, Ram Kali visited the OP Nursing Home, run by ..
The Allahabad High Court ruled that if any employee was suspended on ground of pendency of a criminal charge after his acquittal in the case, the said suspension would automatically come to an end and as an effect the suspension would be deemed to be ..
SC: Law on adverse possession needs changeThe Supreme Court has recommended to the Union government to suitably amend the law of adverse possession as it puts premium on dishonesty by legitimising possession of a rank trespasser on the land at the co ..
A division bench comprising of hon'ble justices C. K.Thakker and D.K.Jain ruled that a high court has no authority to transfer a civil case including a matrimonial suit outside a state and only the SC has the power to do so. ..
In a move that will enable companies to raise debt at a lower cost and help deepen the country''s bond market, the government has slashed stamp duty on key financial instruments - debentures and promissory notes (P-Notes).As per the notification, the ..