The Finance Act, 2008 received the assent of the President of India on the 10th May, 2008 which contains provisions for direct and indirect taxes for fiscal year 2008-09. The Finance Bill was earlier approved by both the houses of Parliament. Conseq ..
Expressing concern over the increasing backlog of cases in courts and the slow rate of disposal, Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan Monday said lawyers could try to settle most of the cases outside courts "as the present establishment cann ..
The former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, and his brother and Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, won a crucial political battle on Tuesday with the Supreme Court finally setting aside its own earlier order and a Lahore High Court verdict disqualif ..
The Kerala High Court admitted a writ petition, demanding voting rights for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs).A division bench comprising Chief Justice S R Bannurmath and Justice Kurian Joseph, directed to issue notices to the Union and state Governments a ..
Alarmed at the inflated figures shown by the unaided private schools, the Delhi High Court directed the schools as well as the Delhi Government to justify their stand on fee hike.The court made it clear committees would be formed to see how the schoo ..
Observing that 1.62 crore cases were pending in Indian courts, Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said he was not worried about the pending cases but would like more cases to come to courts.‘We are not worried about the pending cases. We are worrie ..
The Supreme Court has held that the Electricity Appellate Tribunal cannot determine the electricity tariffs for trading.A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Asok Kumar Ganguly, while allowing the appeal of CESC Limited against the judgment ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Siddharth Mridul, Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court, to be a Judge of the Delhi High Court with eff ..
The Delhi High Court dismissed the petition filed by mobile firm Nokia Siemens Network (NSN) seeking to stay the tender floated by the state-run telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) for GSM lines. The telecom firm had floated a 93-million GS ..
The Mayawati government approached the Supreme Court against the order of Allahabad High Court to reinstate 18,000 police constables in Uttar Pradesh by May 27 or face contempt of court proceedings.A vacation bench comprising Justices Markandey Katju ..