SC rejects SIT probe into electoral bonds scheme

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a batch of pleas seeking a court-monitored investigation into the electoral bonds scheme while observing that it cannot order a roving inquiry. Kindly note......

Plea in SC for court-monitored SIT probe into electoral bonds scheme

Two NGOs on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to consider listing their public interest litigation seeking a court-monitored probe by a special investigation team into alleged instances of "apparent......

What is price of human life, asks HC over death of 2 kids in Mumbai water tank

"What is the price of a human life in this city," an anguished Bombay high court asked on Thursday while taking suo motu (on its own) cognizance of an incident where two children died after falling......

H D Shourie: Common Cause warrior till the end

Retired civil servant H D Shourie and his NGO Common Cause were to the system and bureaucracy what the proverbial red rag is for the bull, knocking at the doors of the courts against what they......

Controversy over CAS hots up further

The controversy over the Conditional Access System aggravated further with a forum representing 50 leading consumer groups having a face-off with cable operators over the demand for deferring the......

Fight against corruption: How ordinary people made a difference

The roots of the cancellation of 2G telecom spectrum licences and coal blocks lie in two non-profit organisations - Common Cause and CPIL. In the late 1970s, phrases such as consumer protection......

IIMs for status quo in fee structure

Even as all the six Indian Institutes of Management have been slated to meet here on this Sunday to draft a Common Fee Charter following advise from Union Human Resources Development Minister Arjun......

If Sebi has its way, 'promoter group' may have a new definition

Markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday proposed to rationalise the definition of 'promoter group' and move to the concept of 'person in control' as well as reduce the minimum lock-in periods for......

Judgment of Justice John Hansen

BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL APPOINTED APPEALS COMMISSIONER IN THE MATTER OF an Appointment of an Appeals Commissioner to determine an appeal against the findings of ICC match referee......