Patna HC strikes down Bihar's quota hike to 65%

The Patna high court on Thursday set aside the amended reservation laws in Bihar, which enabled the Nitish Kumar government to hike quotas for Dalits, tribals and backward classes from 50 per cent......

Only English: PIL in HC against Hindi, Sanskrit titles to central laws

A public interest litigation has been filed in the Kerala high court claiming that Parliament does not have the authority to name legislations in any other language other than English. IMAGE: A......

SC stays Allahabad HC order scrapping UP madrasa education

In a breather to about 17 lakh madrasa students, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order of the Allahabad high court that scrapped the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 calling......

UP Board of Madarsa Education Act unconstitutional: HC

The Allahabad high court Friday declared the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, "unconstitutional" and violative of the principle of secularism, and asked the state government to......

SC rejects Kerala's plea against leasing Thiruvananthapuram airport to Adani

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the Kerala government against the state high court verdict rejecting the pleas challenging the Centre's decision to lease out......

How I-T dept hopes to ease compliance burden of taxpayers

The income tax department on Tuesday said its new utility developed to help TDS deductors and TCS collectors identify non-filers or "specified persons" on whom higher rate of taxes will be levied......

SC ruling on individual guarantors brings top industrialists under IBC ambit

In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Friday held that individual guarantors to corporate loans will also undergo insolvency proceedings along with firms under the Insolvency and......

Haryana's 75% job quota for locals challenged in HC

Experts have said the reservation provision will set unrealistic goals for organisational hiring, but will also reduce productivity by reducing the available talent pool to a few people within the......