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Bar Reforms—weeding Out the “Fakes”

The Bar Council of India’s exercise to identify unregistered advocates is riddled with several hurdles, making it a long-winded and cumbersome process ~By VenkatasubramanianWhen the Bar Council of ...

US bill to raise H1B eligibility

By Sujit Bhar The H1B visa controversy in the US just won’t go away. Some days back, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts was sued by a section of its workers when the company laid off 30 of its technical...

Justice Verma’s ‘Hindutva’ judgments are fair and rational

BJP and its leaders have been constantly misquoting the apex court’s stand Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr In the wake of the Supreme Court’s seven-judge Constitution Bench’s 4-3 verdict on Monday, t...

Use of Religion a taboo in polls, says Supreme Court

A seven-judge constitutional bench by a 4-3 verdict upholds Section 123 (3A) of the Representation of the People Act Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr It is indeed a close call, but the majority view, h...

Important Judgments of 2016

From rescuing elected state governments from President’s rule, allowing women into religious shrines and permitting them to terminate pregnancy well past 20 weeks, to stepping in to clean up Delhi NCR...

Local Bodies Can Levy Tax on Mobile Towers

The Supreme Court has ruled that the mobile towers fall under the purview of state legislation and hence liable to pay taxes By Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr The Supreme Court has on December 16, r...

Competition Commission acquits TOI

India Legal Bureau Early this month, the Competition Commission of India ruled in favour of The Times of India in a case filed against the newspaper by a potential subscriber. The subscriber allege...

Husband gets divorce as wife inflicts mental cruelty

India Legal Bureau The Delhi High Court recently granted a decree of divorce to a man on the ground that he suffered mental cruelty from his wife. The wife wanted to live apart from her in-laws ...

Bombay High Court refuses bail to Chhagan Bhujbal

By Neeta Kolhatkar in Mumbai  The Bombay High Court on Thursday rejected the bailsought by NCP leaderChhagan Bhujbalon medical grounds. Bhujbal is in jail after he was arrested on March 14 this ...

SC reserves its judgment in Jaya case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its judgement in the disproportionate assets case related to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and others. The Karnataka government in a petition had challen...

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