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Mad, bad, dangerous anthropocentrismThe Supreme Court's recent order on stray dogs in Delhi-NCR has sparked controversy, overriding previous rulings and the Animal Birth Contr...
Arnab Goswami seeks stay to filing of chargesheet in suicide caseGoswami, one of the accused in the case which is being re-investigated, was arrested by Alibaug police last month before the Supreme Court ...
Donning CA’s hat means being an accountant & be accountable 24x7CAs found guilty of bringing 'disrepute' to profession may end up losing licence, face ban.
One year of resolving big defaults: Post RBI diktat, glass half fullWhen the banking regulator ordered banks to try the top 12 defaulters under the new bankruptcy law, it was the beginning of a journey to re...
CJI JS Khehar can’t donate blood anymore, say doctorsThe doctors attending to the CJI at the premier medical institute had asked him to desist from donating blood as soon as he turned 60.
States with multiple association affiliated to BCCI can rotate membership: Supreme CourtMaharashtra and Gujarat have four and three cricket associations, respectively, affiliated to the cash-rich Board for Control of Cricket in...
Supreme Court on verge of giving NJAC case judgmentA process that instituted a judicial appointments commission was held by the court to be in consonance with the independence of the judicia...
Women advocates not happy with dress code decree issued by Karnataka Bar CouncilThe Bar Council, in a circular last month, decreed that advocates appearing in courts shall wear “proper and dignified dress as prescribed ...
Delhi discoms demand 20 per cent hike in power tariffSources said the three private power distribution companies have sought up to 20 per cent hike in tariff to meet rising cost of power procu...
Supreme Court ruling: Are Shariat courts and khaps, cultural necessities or evils?At least 80% of disputes are resolved by biradiri panchayats,” she says. Kishwar isn’t the only one supporting khaps and Shariat courts.
Subramanium's appointment case: Reform the mechanism for judicial appointmentsThe hubris of the judiciary in considering itself the sole guardian of judicial independence is chief culprit for a process that is indefen...
For Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, khaps are like NGOs, RWAsKhap panchayats are akin to Gurgaon's resident welfare associations. That's the definition of the self-styled caste panchayats given by Har...
Supreme Court slams govt for not giving CBI coal block allocation filesThe Supreme Court has slammed the government for not providing the CBI all the relevant documents on the controversial allocation of coal b...
- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar favours reducing age of juvenile to 16
Kumar also favoured reducing the age of juvenile offenders to 16 from 18 at present in view of increasing number of crimes committed by you...
Judges should follow the philosophy of ConstitutionJudges do not have to be committed to socialism or any other ‘ism’, but only to the Constitution. This is what our great Constitution expec...
- Peruse the statute books to prevent future nasty surprises
It may be worthwhile to beat the babus to the statute books and figure out which other (c)laws are just waiting to spring out.
- Trinamool nailed? Trivedi's defiance exposes crumbling legitimacy of Mamata's brand of politics
Trinamool Congress veteran Dinesh Trivedi has had to resign for breaking with party diktat for his tryst with reform, on his first – and la...
- Centre likely to announce time-bound panel soon
Even as the Congress Working Committee gets set to discuss the Telangana issue at its next meeting expected within a fortnight’s time, ther...
- Moily panel wanted cream skimmed
The creamy layer issue was not to be touched, the panel was told. The final report, thus, came out in favour of granting the benefits of re...
- Drug makers may lose their licence for price violation
The government is arming itself with greater powers through a new law to rein in pharma corporations violating price control notifications.