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SC orders appointment of DERC chairperson, 2 members within two monthsThe Supreme Court has ordered the Delhi government's selection committee to finalize appointments for the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Comm...
Senior litigators exit top law firms to launch independent chambersTop lawyers are leaving big law firms to start their own chambers. They offer specialized advocacy and flexibility to clients. This trend i...
Three women, one track: Allegations of dowry and 'take me home' pleas that rang hollowThree young women died in their marital homes this month amid dowry demands. Twisha Sharma, Deepika Nagar, and Palak Ranjan could not retur...
Taken-for-granted separation between economics & strategy has collapsed in 21st Century: Pradeep MehtaThe lines between economics and strategy have blurred, as highlighted in CUTS International's geoeconomic webinar. Experts discussed how tr...
Separation between economics & strategy that was taken for granted has collapsed in 21stCenturyA recent CUTS International webinar under its Geoeconomic Monograph Series highlighted how global economics and geopolitics are now deeply ...
Supreme Court to hear suo motu plea on ED summoning lawyers for legal advice on MondayThe Supreme Court will hear a suo motu case regarding investigation agencies summoning lawyers. This action follows the ED summoning senior...
SC takes suo motu cognisance of summons to lawyers for advising clientsThe Supreme Court has expressed its initial view that probe agencies summoning lawyers for questioning about client information or advice i...
Jonathan Bloomer and others missing after superyacht Bayesian sinks in storm off SicilyThe superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily, leaving Jonathan Bloomer and other people missing. A tornado struck the boat, resulti...
UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch extradited to US on fraud chargesLynch faces 17 charges over Hewlett Packard's (HP) $11 billion acquisition of Autonomy, the company he grew into Britain's leading tech com...
SC to hear after four weeks PIL seeking greater autonomy for ECIBJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay has filed the PIL seeking to ensure more autonomy for the chief election commissioner's (CEC) office...
Aadhaar ID provides dignity to marginalisedThe Aadhaar judgement was the first case based on Right to Privacy after it was ruled a fundamental right in August last year.
Centre objects to Election Commission's plea for full autonomyThe election watchdog's bid for an independent secretariat along the the lines of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha also stands rejected.
Lawyers plan protest, want law panel report scrappedThe Law Commission has recommended action against striking lawyers and allowing entry of foreign lawyers and law firms, among other changes...
Lawyers plan nationwide stir against Advocates BillUpset over Law Commission's suggestions about action against striking lawyers and entry of foreign cos, Bar Council asks lawyers to burn co...
Former Sangh ideologue KN Govindacharya serves legal notice to government over demonetisationAccording to his lawyer Virag Gupta, Govindacharya has sent the legal notice to Department of Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das.
Provisional autonomy and functional freedom of ACB: HC stays single judge's orderKerala HC stayed an order directing the state govt to examine general issues relating to provisional autonomy and functional freedom of the...
Government rejects CBI bid for greater autonomyVahanvati was responding to the CBI lawyer who had insisted that the court should ensure financial and functional autonomy for the agency.
CBI to press for autonomy before SCCBI is likely to press before the SC that its demand for autonomy is legitimate and will pave the way for curbing interference in its funct...
Supreme Court mocks agency idea on CBI director tenureSC took up the issue of CBI autonomy amid a controversy over a former law minister and coal and PMO officials vetting the CBI’s status repo...
Karunanidhi leads protests against visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda RajapaksaDMK chief M Karunanidhi today led a state-wide protest in Chennai against the visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to India.