Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman quits

Eighteen months after his appointment as Solicitor General of India, senior advocate Rohinton Nariman has resigned from the post amid speculation that the decision came over his differences with......

Read the full report by Justice Verma on sexual offences

The Justice J S Verma committee, set up to recommend measures to improve laws dealing with sexual offences, had received around 80,000 suggestions and wrapped up its work within 29 days. Verma, the......

SC accepts Guj appeal in fake encounter case

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Gujarat government to file an appeal directly before it against a trial court order refusing to grant police custody of a senior police officer N K Amin for......

Cash-for-MLA scam: 'No case against Ajit Jogi'

No case can be registered against Congress leader Ajit Jogi in the cash-for-MLA scam as he was a caretaker chief minister of Chhattisgarh at that time, according to legal opinion the Central Bureau......

Cigarette packets to carry pictorial warning

The Supreme Court Wednesday recorded the undertaking of the central government that the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, including the rules related to......

Now your tax cases to be solved sooner

With tax related cases mounting in various courts, government on Thursday appointed two senior counsel as Additional Solicitors General exclusively to deal with direct and indirect tax cases in......

HC orders status quo on allotment of Chhattisgarh coal block

The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Centre to maintain status quo on a Chhattisgarh mine, the bid for which by Jindal Power Ltd (JPL) had been cancelled by the government. While......