The Gujarat HC quashed the termination of 53 women, employees of health department and asked the state to pay Rs.5000 to them each. The court blamed the state to needlessly forcing ordinary employees to move to courts and lose time Read More …
15 tainted judges sacked by Allahabad HC
Showing ‘zero tolerance’ against tainted judges posted in different district courts of Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court has punished 15 judicial officers by removing them from their posts. The HC has removed the judges after a full court meeting prescribed Read More …
Marital rape may become crime: Maneka Gandhi
In a reversal of her earlier stand, Maneka Gandhi said the Centre was considering criminalizing marital rape. The issue is under consideration of the law commission. Maneka Gandhi has gone back and forth on this controversial issue.On March 10, Maneka had Read More …
Bombay High Court expresses concern about students and institutions who waste time in litigation in courts.
Expressing concern about the students and Institutions who waste their time in litigation in Courts, the Bombay High Court has directed the State Government and the Universities in the State of Maharashtra to evolve a mechanism by which the students Read More …
Temporary relief for drugmaker Glenmark, Delhi High Court grants interim stay.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday, 15th March,2016 granted interim injunction to the drug-maker Abbott’s India unit, and domestic companies Glenmark Pharmaceuticals and Macleods Pharmaceuticals, on the prohibition on sale of several combination drugs. India banned 344 drug combinations over Read More …
Google wins book-scanning copyright case against Authors Guild.
Google’s massive book-scanning project has cleared its final legal hurdle, with the US Supreme Court denying an appeal from an authors group which claimed the tech company was breaching copyright laws. In a decade-long case, authors and their backers claimed Read More …
Allahabad High Court put stay on notification on Service Tax on lawyers.
The Allahabad High Court on Monday stayed a notification issued by the Central Board for Excise and Customs (CBEC) whereby senior advocates had been brought under the purview of service tax. Passing the order, a division bench, comprising Justice V Read More …
JOB POST: Research Associate @ India Legal Associates, Delhi: Apply by May 5
Job Opportunity India Legal Associate, Delhi NCR a Law Firm is looking for Research Associates. Work Responsibility 1. Legal Research analysis 2. Visiting Courts 3. Reporting on all the major cases of Supreme Court, High Court, Tribunals Eligibility Law Graduates Read More …
Judges question why criminal elements continue to play a decisive role in elections.
During the three-day retreat at the Bhopal judicial academy judges including Chief Justice T S Thakur questioned former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on preventing criminal elements from entering the candidate of election. This three-day retreat at the Bhopal Read More …
Government tells Supreme Court, Kohinoor was a gift, not stolen by British rulers.
The centre told Supreme Court on Monday that the Kohinoor diamond was neither “forcibly taken nor stolen” by British rulers, but given as a “gift” to East India Company by rulers of Punjab. Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar said India should Read More …