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New Delhi, April 1 The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that approximately 4.7 million out of the 6 million objections in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal have been addressed by March 31.A bench...

New Delhi, March 30 The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday dismissed an appeal by state-owned trading firm MMTC, challenging the one-time settlement (OTS) between National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL), backed by 63 Moons, and traders.The Mumbai bench of the National Company...

Mumbai, March 28 Former Raymond chairman Vijaypat Singhania died here on Saturday evening, his family said.He was 87 years old.His son, Gautam Singhania, who is currently the chairman and managing director of the group, announced the death on the microblogging platform 'X'.Singhania passed...

Gandhinagar, March 25 – The Gujarat Legislative Assembly passed an amendment to the state’s law on disturbed areas on Wednesday, renaming such zones as “specified areas” and introducing a series of changes to regulate the transfer of immovable property, following a heated debate in the House...

New Delhi, March 25 The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has failed to achieve its intended purpose, as tribunals with limited capacity have been unable to ensure timely resolution of matters, opposition members said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.Participating in the debate on the Insolvency and...

New Delhi, March 20 A parliamentary committee has raised concerns about the shortage of law officers across high courts to represent the central government in legal disputes.The committee on law and personnel noted that out of the total 39 sanctioned posts of Additional Solicitors General of...

New Delhi, March 18 A nine-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday said its ruling on the correctness of a 1978 judgment, which gives a broad interpretation of the term "industry" to govern labor relations, would apply to existing cases under the now-repealed Industrial...

New Delhi, March 18 The Central Administrative Tribunal sent a notice to the Ministry of Labour and the Employees' State Insurance Corporation on Wednesday regarding alleged irregularities in the allocation of postings to newly recruited nursing officers.A bench presided over by RV Sinha was...

New Delhi, March 14 A nine-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to commence hearings on March 17 on the contentious issue of defining the term "industry" under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.According to the Supreme Court's cause list for March 17, the matter will be...

Shimla, March 12 BJP leader Surat Negi on Thursday criticised Himachal Pradesh Minister Jagat Singh Negi for criticising the governor over land-related cases when he was the minister of tribal affairs in the state.Jagat Singh Negi accused the former governor, Shiv Pratap Shukla, of treating...

Shimla, March 11 Himachal Pradesh Minister Jagat Singh Negi accused former Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla of "unfairly" treating the tribal community living in the state's border areas by denying them approval in cases related to Nautor land.Addressing the media here, Negi said he met Shukla...

Kochi, March 2 – The Kerala High Court on Monday admitted appeals filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IAPMR) challenging a recent single-judge ruling that allowed physiotherapists, along with medical practitioners, to...

Chennai, February 28 PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss alleged on Saturday that the Tamil Nadu government is reluctant to appoint Motor Vehicle Inspectors despite "a persistent shortage of officers.""There is negligence in the appointment of Motor Vehicle Inspectors, which started during the previous...

Jammu, Feb 24 Courts across Jammu and Kashmir face a backlog of 3,89,210 cases as of January, with criminal cases accounting for nearly two-thirds of the total, and over 58,000 cases lingering for five to 30 years, according to official data.The government is actively implementing measures to...

Washington, February 24 – US Senate Democrats have introduced legislation to force the Trump administration to refund billions of dollars in tariffs after the Supreme Court ruled them unlawful.US Senator Ben Ray Lujan said that President Donald Trump "ignited a global trade war the moment he...

FGN12 US-INDIA-TARIFFIndia faces lower tariff rate of 10% as Trump issues proclamation on new leviesNew York/Washington: India now faces a lower tariff rate of 10 per cent, down from 18 per cent, after US President Donald Trump announced a new global levy on items imported into America in...

New Delhi, February 20 The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to prevent the construction, establishment, or naming of any mosque or religious structure in the name of Mughal emperor Babur or Babri Masjid.After a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep...

New Delhi, February 18 The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced the final hearing of a petition related to the Centre's 2023 notification, which initiated a fresh reference under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act concerning the Krishna river water-sharing dispute between Telangana and...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 18 The Kerala government announced a major decision on Wednesday to regularize nearly 20,000 teachers working in aided schools, subject to the final outcome of pending cases before the Supreme Court.Addressing a press conference here, General Education Minister V...

Palakkad (Kerala), February 17 Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly, V D Satheesan, on Tuesday criticised Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for his "silence" on the issue of women's entry into the Sabarimala temple and accused the state government of attempting to avoid the matter...