Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura get high courts

A bill seeking to set up separate high courts in Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura was on Wednesday passed by Parliament. The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment)......

Pleas filed in HC against Wangchuk's detention

Petitions were filed in the Delhi high court on Tuesday against the detention of climate activist the  and several others at the Delhi border. IMAGE: Activist Sonam Wangchuk along with his......

How many judges' appointment is pending with you, SC asks govt

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to provide information about the numbers and names reiterated by the apex court Collegium for appointment as judges in higher judiciary with reasons why......

High courts in India are short of 392 judges!

At a time when there is no mechanism in place to appoint or elevate judges to the higher judiciary, 8 high court judges have retired in a month, raising the vacancies from 384 in August to 392 this......

GST Council may take up e-game tax in December meet

It will also be new Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra’s first GST Council meeting. He will take charge after the incumbent Tarun Bajaj retires on November 30. IMAGE: Finance Secretary TV......

Vivo told to give Rs 950 cr bank guarantee to ED to operate frozen A/Cs

The Delhi high court on Wednesday allowed Chinese smartphone maker Vivo to operate its various bank accounts frozen by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money-laundering probe......

States fight over online lotteries

Lottery agents who have gone online met with some bad luck in the courts recently. In order to protect their own lotteries, some states tend to bar lotteries conducted by other states.This results......

BCCI needs Ombudsman, Ethics Officer at the earliest: COA to Supreme Court

The COA, comprising former CAG Vinod Rai and former women's team captain Diana Edulji, also called for a forensic audit of state associations to deal with the misuse of funds. IMAGE: Committee of......

Ranji Trophy set for kick-off; all eyes on northeast states

While Vidarbha won their maiden title last season, Gujarat were the winners the season before. Ahead of another season, it would be too early to speculate if there will be another first-time winner......