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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is learnt to have told his union council of ministers on Monday that the government would disclose some names of those under probe for allegedly stashing black money abroad, to the Supreme Court when it reconvenes after the Diwali break. “Kuch naam batayenge (we will reveal some names),” Modi told his ministers […]

Calling the convicts “psychopaths” who should be kept away from society, a Delhi court on Monday sentenced all five convicts in the 2010 Dhaula Kuan gangrape case to life in prison. “The convicts are psychopaths, having no regard for the honour and dignity of women in the society and thus are a threat to the whole society.

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has ruled that a man can seek divorce if his wife puts pressure on him for abandoning his parents and demands a fixed sum every month for personal expenses. Terming such behaviour as ‘cruelty upon the husband’, the court also ruled that a woman who makes

The Delhi high court has issued a notice to Delhi University on an advocate’s plea alleging arbitrary admission process in two courses. A bench of Justice Manmohan asked DU to file a reply to the advocate’s plea and listed the matter for hearing March 16, 2015. The court was hearing the plea of advocate Jamshed

A petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer, Rajeev Agrawal demands a comprehensive website that upholds the spirit of RTI Act, wherein citizens can file RTI applications and appeals online in all the States, Union Territories, State Information Commission’s. It also demands a Voice based facilitation centre for registration and processing of RTI Applications, complaints, Appeals

Bar Council of Kerala has asked lawyers to confine their views only as legal experts, regarding details of ongoing cases. It is considering plans to restrain lawyers from discussing case details with the media, relying on Section 36 of the Bar Council of India Rules. According to Rule 36, “An advocate shall not solicit work or

A 72-year-old woman, who once worked for the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), was found murdered in her East Delhi home Sunday, police said. The house, in Preet Vihar, had also been robbed. “Suman Bala Bhatnagar’s body was found by her tenants, who called police. A case of murder and robbery has been registered and

The CIC Prof M Sridhar Acharyulu held that during the pendency of RTI application relevant record should not be destroyed by public authority even if its weeding out policy permits. The CIC cautioned that such a destruction of record would be serious breach of Right to Information Act and directed to explain why penalty could

The Delhi high court on Thursday upheld a 2011 circular issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India that increased the period of limitation for invoking arbitration from six months to three years. According to the petitioner, the circulars issued by SEBI were detrimental to the interest of the investors and have been issued

Petitioner in the Black money case Senior Advocate Ram Jethmalani had suffered another setback after his Advocate-on Record Karanjanwala & Company decided to withdraw their Vakalath because of Mr.Jethmalani’s statement against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, reports Times of India. It was on Mr.Jethmalani’s plea the Supreme Court had set-up a special