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Senior advocate Darius Khambata returns as trustee of 2 Tata TrustsIn late 2016, Khambata quit the trusts citing professional commitments as the reason. That was just before the dispute between the Tata Tru...
Arbitration best-suited dispute resolution mechanism for globalised world: CJI N V Ramana"Trust in the globalised world can only be built by creating institutions with a strong emphasis on the rule of law. Rule of law and arbitr...
Mediation Convention expected to make resolution of corporate disputes efficientThe Convention, which came into force in September, and is a significant development in international commercial dispute resolution and wil...
Piyush Goyal calls for removing hurdles in access to medicines at affordable prices"The minister called for removing multiple hurdles in access to medicines at affordable prices created by the lopsided WTO rules for protec...
Plans for body to grade arbitration institutions: PrasadThe law minister said with India attracting investments, it was essential to provide for a reliable platform, which includes arbitration, t...
Supreme court’s test: The institution that India depends on must move quickly to heal its fissuresThe CJI, a learned man, has it in him to do so and all the others are fully capable of transcending differences for India’s good. The count...
Let President, Prime Minister, Attorney General suggest judges to Supreme Court collegium: GovernmentThe Modi government’s suggestion to the court has come by way of the AG’s submissions in the case, which would come up again for hearing on...
Government options open, doesn't accept Supreme Court ruling on NJACThe government on Tuesday told a Supreme Court bench that it does not accept the ruling to quash NJAC and would keep its options open, but ...
Collegium system needs reform: DebateA debate on the now-struck down National Judicial Appointments Commission today saw participants sharply divided on the collegium system of...
NJAC fragile, laden with mischief, says constitutional expert Rajeev DhavanConstitutional expert Rajeev Dhavan told the Supreme Court on Friday that the recommendations of the proposed National Judicial Appointment...
NJAC row: Government urged Supreme Court to force CJI HL Dattu to take part in consultative processGovernment urged SC to force Chief Justice of India HL Dattu to take part in consultative process which will eventually culminate in the co...
Lokpal search panel gets more power: Government makes selection process more independentThis will now initiate the process to set up the Lokpal. The Department of Personnel and Training has issued a notification dated 27 August.
Judges selection debate far from overEminent jurists are desirous of moving the Supreme Court for a clause-by-clause scrutiny of the bill to test whether it impinges the sacros...
Legal eagles, ministers want SC collegium system of appointing judges junkedA high-level meeting of top jurists, academics, ministers and former chief justices overwhelmingly supported scrapping of the present colle...
Some traditions of office decor defy time as well as common sensePrime Minister Narendra Modi has promised change, and an eager India awaits the first concrete signs that he is delivering on his promise.
- Independent directors can't escape accountability
Recent developments in Nagarjuna Finance and Satyam Computers have once again brought the issue of accountability of independent directors ...
- Ill-Treatment: Doc drags govt to court
P Venugopal, the eminent cardiologist who was unceremoniously sacked from the AIIMS director’s post on Wednesday, refused to take the treat...