NOKIA gets a buyer for Chennai Plant, Delhi HC agrees for early hearing

Delhi HC has agreed to give an urgent hearing to dispute between Nokia and tax authorities over a claim of Rs. 10,000 crore in taxes by the IT Department. The hearing has been scheduled for next week.Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva agreed to schedule the hearing on May 26, instead of the original date, which was in September. The same was done after Nokia told the Court that...

Delhi HC refuses application for immediate cancellation of TERI's Dr. RK Pachauri's bail

The Delhi High Court refused an application to immediately cancel the anticipatory bail given to TERI Director Dr. RK Pachauri in a sexual harassment case.Posting the matter for July 16, the Court did not accept the plea of the woman that "free and fair investigation" cannot be carried out if Pachauri is "allowed to roam around freely".  Meanwhile, the Counsel for Mr. Pachauri sought more...

CLAT results out

The results for Common Law Admission Test were declared today. The results can be accessed from here.The undergraduate exam in which more than 40,000 students appeared was topped by Aakash Jain of Madhya Pradesh with a score of 141.25. Neha Ludha from Rajasthan topped in the female category with a score of 128.5 and an All India rank of 9.Anant Khanna from Lucknow topped from Uttar Pradesh...

SC demands response from Centre, CBSE and MCI regarding AIPMT 2015 Re-exam due to irregularities

A Vacation Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice U.U. Lalit has issued notices to the Centre, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Medical Council of India and Haryana, on a petition seeking re-conduct of the 2015-16 All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT).AIPMT examination is held for qualifying admissions to medical and dental courses...

Bishops and Barons to go on trial for treason…800 years after their alleged crime!

A group of Bishops and Barons who stand accused of having committed treason 800 years after their alleged crime, have been summonsed for trial on July 31, 2015 at the Houses of Parliament of the United Kingdom. Their alleged crime? These Barons and Bishops forced King John to agree to sign the Magna Carta which enshrined key rights such as the rule of law and protection of property.They will...

Difference of opinion between Law Commission and Attorney General on Arbitration Act as Government set to hold wider consultations

A difference of opinion has emerged between the Attorney General for India Mr. Mukul Rohtagi and the Chairman of the Law Commission, Justice AP Shah. As the Government is set to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 after the written opinion given by the Attorney General labeled the Act as a “complete failure”, the difference of opinion has arose on clauses relating to time...

TERI Director Dr. R.K. Pachauri seeks Court permission to rejoin TERI; matter adjourned till May 21

Additional Sessions Judge Raj Kumar Tripathi has adjourned till May 21, the hearing of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Director General RK Pachauri's plea seeking permission to enter his office after the complainant submitted that she has filed a plea before High Court for cancellation of his anticipatory bail."In the course of proceedings it was informed by the counsel for...

J & K High Court orders FIR against teacher who failed to write an essay on cow and solve class IV math problem

Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar of Jammu and Kashmir High Court has reportedly ordered filing an FIR against a teacher, after the teacher failed to write a proper essay on cow and solve a class IV math problem. The teacher sought permission to write the essay outside the Court room. Even after the permission was granted, the teacher failed to deliver the essay.The Judge observed, "The...

Why was access to homeopathy books refused to 2006 Mumbai blasts prime accused: Delhi High Court demands reply from jail authorities

The Delhi High Court has demanded a reply from the Superintendent of Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail, explaining why books on homeopathy could not be supplied to Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui, the prime accused in the 2006 Mumbai serial train blasts.The Court had converted a letter in to a Writ Petition. The accused had demanded 45 publications on homoeopathy free of cost in jail for studying as...

CLAT results on May 20

The results for the Common Law Admission Test, the entrance examination for gaining admission in the National Law Schools in India will be be released on May 20.In addition to the category wise merit list, a notice to the candidates for “indicating their choices of University preferences using online candidate portal” will also be released.CLAT 2015 was conducted online, with centres in...

Keep medical status of patients confidential, says Delhi HC

Hearing a petition filed by a woman whose medical status was displayed on her bed when she was admitted in the Guru Teg Bahadur hospital in 2011, the Delhi High Court on May 14 ordered that the medical status of patients must be kept confidential.Justice Rajiv Shakdher ordered the government to issue circulars to all hospitals in this regard and also ordered the government to seek...

Supreme Court rejects Telecom companies’plea for extension of licences by 10 years

The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of petitions filed by various telecom companies, including Vodafone and Bharti Airtel, seeking extension of their spectrum licences by a further period of 10 years.The Supreme Court had reserved its verdict in a batch of similar petitions filed by Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Vodafone Mobile Services and Loop Mobile India wherein they had sought...