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 ..
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 ..
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 ..
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 ..
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 ..
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 ..
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 ..
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 ..
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 ..
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 ..