Inviting Proposals from Law firms in United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

UNDP is inviting proposals from Law firms to develop strategies for incorporating coastal and marine bio-diversity conservation considerations into sector policies and guidelines of production sectors in the East Godavari River Estuarine Ecosystem (EGREE), Andhra Pradesh. The proposal should contain technical and financial proposal.Guidelines:The proposal must be expressed in the English...

Majithia Wage Board : Pleas of Newspaper Managements to review judgment rejected by SC

The petition of Newspaper managements seeking review of judgment dated 7.2.2014 directing them to apply the recommendations of Majithia Wage Board for journalists and non-journalists on their pay structure has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. The Bench comprising Chief Justice P. Sathasivam and Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Shiva Kirti Singh said in its brief order pursuant to...

Supreme Court declines to stop Centre from granting quota to Jats

The Supreme Court, which took a serious note against the inclusion of Jat Community in the list of OBC category, today, refused to stay the Centre's decision to grant reservations in government jobs and educational institutions to the Jat community.The apex court had asked the Centre to provide complete material on the basis of which it founded its decision to bring Jats under the OBC...

Whether life imprisonment without remission is constitutionally valid?

Whether Supreme Court can impose life imprisonment without remission? This question was raised by Fali S Nariman. Earlier the Supreme Court had made it clear that in order to balance the scales of justice by imposing life sentence without remission the convict would spend rest of his life in prison.The power of remission is conferred with State and Central Government by the Constitution...

SC extends stay on execution of Delhi gang rape convicts

A Supreme Court bench comprising justices B S Chauhan and J Chelameswar asking for copy of certain documents, extended the stay on the execution of death penalty of two of the four convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case, till April 14 and said till April 14 the interim order will continue by which advocate M L Sharma, counsel for the two convicts, will submit the post-mortem...

Delhi HC restrains CCI from passing final orders in enquiry against JCB

Questioning the jurisdiction of Competition Commission of India (CCI) to order an inquiry into the allegation that British construction equipment maker JCB was abusing its dominant position to deny market access to a competing Indian firm, Justice Manmohan of Delhi High Court has asked fair trade watchdog CCI not to pass any final order against J C Bamford Excavators Ltd (JCB) till the...

24 held guilty by Kerala High Court in the Suryanelli rape Case

The Kerala High Court held 24 accused persons in the Suryanelli rape case guilty in its judgment on Friday. The prime accused Dharmarajan, who was a lawyer at the time of commission of the offence has been given life imprisonment and others were given rigorous imprisonment ranging from 3 to 13 years. Out of the total 31 accused persons, 7 were acquitted by the Court for want of evidence. The...

AOR Exam to be held from 3rd to 6th June [See the Notification]

Supreme Court has issued a Notification dated 02-04-2014 has informing that Examination for Advocates-on-Record (AOR) will be held in the Supreme Court Premises, New Delhi on 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th June, 2014.Advocates, who will be completing one year's continuous training on or before 30th April, 2014 can appear for the examination.Applicants are required to collect the application forms from...

Death Penalty to three convicts in the Shakti Mills Gang Rape Case, Section 376(e) IPC applied for the first time

A Mumbai Sessions Court today awarded Death Penalty to three convicts in Gang Rape case of a 23-year old photo journalist inside Shakti mills compound  on August 22, 2013.Three convicts- Vijay Jadhav, Mohammad Qasim Shaikh  and Salim Ansari, were awarded death penalty for being repeat offenders under section 376E of the Indian Penal Code. The newly-introduced section 376 (e) of IPC provides...

Indian MP indicted in bribery case in USA

A sitting MP from Andhra Pradesh Mr. K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao has been indicted in a case in the United States involving conspiracy and bribery. This has come to light through the press release by the Office of Public Affairs of the United States Department of Justice on April 2, 2014. Six foreign nationals are indicted, including an Ukrainian businessman, Dmitry Firtash. The offences...

Probe started by CCI in identical airfare pricing

All domestic airlines have been sent a letter by the antitrust watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI), after it found that airlines were selling seats at almost equal prices that offered little choice to travelers. CCI, which doubted that airlines were acting like a cartel, has sought details on the way they estimated their fares. CCI secretary Smita Jhingran has written a letter...

PIL against Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Virabhadra Singh; Delhi HC directs CBI to file status report

Today, the Delhi High Court directed CBI to respond to allegations raised in the Public Interest Petition filed by Common Cause. Common Cause is a registered society founded in 1980 by late H. D. Shourie.  The PIL is filed seeking  a thorough court-monitored investigation by the CBI or SIT into the alleged acts of corruption and bribery committed by Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh,...