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MCD officials not interested in completing abattoir project: SC

   26 February 2008 at 21:14

The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the MCD for misleading it on infrastructure development for the commissioning of an ultra-modern abattoir in the Capital, the deadline for which has been extended repeatedly due to a dispute between the civic bo ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   737 Views


Courts should not interfere in economic policies: SC

   26 February 2008 at 21:14

The Supreme Court on Tuesday cautioned courts not to interfere in matters related to economic and financial policies, saying it would amount to encroaching into the "domain of the executive and the legislature."Since economic policies involve plannin ..

Posted in Property Law  1 comments |   643 Views


SC rejects review plea of man who raped his daughter

   26 February 2008 at 12:26

New Delhi, Feb 25 (UNI) The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking review of its order dated November 17, 2005, sentencing Asharam from Himachal Pradesh to life imprisonment for raping his minor daughter.A Bench comprising Justices H K Sema ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   579 Views


W Bengal govt denies before SC excesses at Nandigram

   26 February 2008 at 12:26

New Delhi, Feb 25 (UNI) The West Bengal government has denied before the Supreme Court all allegations regarding the reported excesses committed by the state administration including police in Nandigram where 14 people were killed in police firing in ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   752 Views


Venkatapathy says, need for speedy justice to women

   26 February 2008 at 12:10

Minister of State for Law and Justice K. Venkatapathy has said that all concerned agencies should take special care to ensure speedy justice for women. Delivering his address at the “National Conclave of North Eastern States on Access to Justice to W ..

Posted in Others |   727 Views


Reservation for SC/ST in medical and dental courses

   26 February 2008 at 12:08

Widening the ambit of reservations, Government will introduce quota for SC/ST candidates for admission to undergraduate medical and dental courses from this year under the All India entrance examination."We have decided to introduce quota for SC/ST s ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   614 Views


Negligent driver-cum-victim entitled to less compensation: SC

   26 February 2008 at 12:08

There is some bad news for careless drivers who end up victims in road accidents, such drivers may get only 50 pc of the compensation claim once it is proved that they were partly responsible for the mishap, according to a Supreme Court ruling.In oth ..

Posted in Civil Law |   731 Views


SC defers hearing on WBengal Govt's plea on Nandigram

   26 February 2008 at 12:08

The Supreme Court has deferred for four weeks the hearing on a petition filed by the West Bengal govt challenging a Calcutta High Court order indicting it for "unjustified" firing which left 14 dead in Nandigran last year.A Bench headed by Chief Just ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   591 Views


HC grants protection to J Mitra's diagnostic kit

   26 February 2008 at 12:08

The Delhi High Court has granted protection to J Mitra Company's HCV TRI-DOT, a device used in detection of Hepatitis C, while refraining Span Diagnostics from making or selling any product violative of Mitra's patent on the diagnostic kit."The defen ..



45 Indian workers sentenced six months for strike

   25 February 2008 at 12:46

The Dubai Court of Misdemeanour sentenced 45 Indian workers to six months in jail each for endangering public security and damaging properties during a labour strike for protesting against their low salaries.The court said in its ruling which was pro ..

Posted in Labour & Service Law |   671 Views