Legal doyen Fali Nariman passes away

Legal doyen and veteran advocate Fali S Nariman died here on Wednesday at the age of 95. Photograph: ANI Photo He was suffering from multiple ailments, including cardiac issues. Born on January......

'I don't act under pressure'

'Whatever duties I have to dispense off as a Speaker, I will do the needful in accordance with the provisions of the law.' IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Maharashtra Deputy......

'Speaker's only option is to disqualify the 16 MLAs'

'The Speaker has to act in an impartial way and in accordance with what the Supreme Court has laid out in its judgment.' IMAGE: Rahul Narvekar, after his election as Maharashtra assembly speaker......

'Deadly for democracy': Ex SC judge tears into Rijiju

Former Supreme Court judge Rohinton Fali Nariman has slammed Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju for his "diatribe" against the collegium system for appointment of judges, and said the government......

More trouble for Anil Ambani as lenders may not bail out RCom

In a meeting on Thursday evening, the RCom management, led by CEO Punit Garg, requested the bank representatives to release Rs 260 crore it received as I-T refund so that it could repay the dues to......

Vedanta got Sterlite unit reopened, well almost

The plant had been kept shut in violation of the order of the NGT and a subsequent interim order of the top court. Mining conglomerate Vedanta on Thursday almost got a favourable order on the......

Call drop penalty: It was never the right solution

  Trai, in its directive, said that service providers would have to pay consumers for all dropped calls: Re 1 per call, subject to a maximum of Rs 3 a day. Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman,......

Jousting over Jaipur's jewel

A legal tussle is currently on between a civil society group led by a professor, ostensibly working to further public interest, on the one hand, and the state government and an influential but......