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Child Rights Commission asks the states to take up social auditing to ban child labour

   16 July 2008 at 17:30

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has directed the State Governments and various export promotion councils to set up self regulatory mechanism to check the child labour from supply to export stage. It has also asked to in ..

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HC issues notice to MCD on issue of relocation

   15 July 2008 at 12:55

The Delhi High Court today issued a notice to the MCD to reply by September 2 on the contradictory stand taken by it on the issue of relocation of industrial units outside the state.A petition was filed by a factory owner seeking relocation of his un ..

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Competition Commission for revamp of labour laws

   14 July 2008 at 15:43

The country’s archaic labour laws might fail the test of the evolving competition regime. A study by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has underscored the need to revamp the labour rules in the country to remove the operational difficulties f ..

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Judiciary cannot allow the outsourcing of its work at any level, says Madras HC

   07 July 2008 at 15:10

The judiciary cannot allow outsourcing of any of its work at any level, a division bench of the Madras High Court told Home Secretary S Malathi.The bench comprising Justice S J Mukhopadhaya and Justice V Dhanapalan yesterday told Home Secretary S Mal ..

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Foreign lawyers get new UK transfer rules

   01 July 2008 at 13:42

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is set to bring in revised guidance for foreign lawyers looking to practise in England and Wales from 1 September after a delay of six months. The changes to the guidelines confirm that all transferees will h ..

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HC sends Kanoria Jute back to BIFR

   30 June 2008 at 15:36

Revival of Kanoria Jute Mill has got a glimmer of hope as Calcutta High Court today asked Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR), which has earlier rejected a revival package, to reconsider the matter.Justice Jayanta Biswas sent bac ..

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Vacancies for judges up twofold: Chief Justice

   25 June 2008 at 17:30

Admitting that lot of vacancies existed for judges posts in various courts, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan today said there was a twofold increase in the requirement. Inaugurating a 'Continuous Lok Adalat' at Madurai Bench of Madras High Cou ..

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Former Test cricketer to take legal action against board

   14 June 2008 at 15:36

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sacked its director Salim Altaf for leaking official and confidential papers to his ‘close journalists’. A spokesman for the PCB confirmed to Daily Times on Thursday that Salim, who was the head of a committee ove ..

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RBI sets m-banking norms

   13 June 2008 at 16:18

The wait for rolling out mobile banking seems to be over, with the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) issuing draft operative norms for such payment system. Now, RBI said, it will be easier and safer to use mobile phones for carrying out a gamut of bankin ..

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India's Taxes on Alcohol Are Legal, WTO Judges Rule

   12 June 2008 at 16:07

The U.S. failed to prove that Indian duties on alcohol imports discriminate against products such as Brown-Forman Corp.'s Jack Daniels whiskey, World Trade Organization judges said, after changes to Indian import rules. ``The U.S. has failed to estab ..

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