New bench to decide on AMU's minority status, rules SC

The contentious legal question over Aligarh Muslim Unversity's minority status would be decided by a new bench, the Supreme Court held on Friday and overruled the 1967 judgement that said the......

State has to ensure quality education in govt-run madrasas: SC

The State has a vital interest in ensuring quality education, other than religious teachings, at government-aided madrasas so that students live a "decent" life after they pass out, the Supreme......

'Chilling effect': HC quashes govt's fact checking unit order

The Bombay high court on Friday quashed the amended Information Technology rules aimed at identifying through a fact checking unit "fake and false" content against the government on social media......

And Thus Was Born NIA...

Even though the NIA claims that more than 90 per cent of cases charge-sheeted have ended in conviction, the figure is likely misleading. To date, very few cases investigated by the NIA have......

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......