IPL 7 will go as per schedule; No players or Teams barred, Gavaskar interim President for IPL; SC [Read Order]

Supreme Court by an interim order today has confirmed that the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League will go on as per schedule and directed BCCI to appoint Sunil Gavaskar as an interim president till the IPL.Bench comprising of Justices A.K. Patnaik and Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla while posting the matter to 16th April passed interim order with following observations."Considering...

SC asks West Bengal government to pay Rs. 5 lakh to victim in West Bengal Gang Rape Case

Supreme Court today directed the West Bengal government to pay Rs. Five lakh compensation in addition to already sanctioned Rs 50,000 to the 20-year-old Birbhum gang-rape victim.A bench comprising of Chief Justice P Sathasivam, Justice S A Bobde and Justice N V Ramana has also said the state government has failed to protect the fundamental right of the victim, a young tribal woman who was...

Delhi HC finds BJP, Congress fall foul of the ban imposed under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 [Read the Judgment]

In a landmark judgment by Delhi High Court, BJP and Congress have been found guilty of taking foreign funding and violating the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act. Delhi High Court found them guilty for taking donations from the subsidiaries of Vedanta. The court also rejected the stand taken by ministry of home affairs for saying that FCRA has not been violated.This came on a petition...

Subramanian Swamy's PIL on Juvenile Justice Act declined by Supreme Court [Read the Judgment]

Refusing to read down the provisions of Juvenile Justice Act to account for the mental and intellectual competence of a juvenile offender, a three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Shiva Kirti Singh refused to interfere with the age of juvenility in cases where juveniles are found guilty of heinous crimes, in a Public...

Rules for 11 chapters of the new Companies Act 2013 notified

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) notified Rules for 11 Chapters of the new Companies Act of 2013, which replaces the Companies Act of 1956 and comes into force from 1 April. These include Rules for specifications and definitions, incorporation of companies, prospectus and allotment of securities, shares and debentures, registration of charges, management and administration, declaration...

Fine of rupees 1 crore imposed by Competition Commission of India on Google

Failure to co-operate in an ongoing investigation has landed Mountain View, California-based Google in trouble, as Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a fine of rupees 1 crore on the company. CCI stated in its order that the order was passed on a reference made by the DG (Director General of Investigations) to CCI alleging inter alia, non-cooperation by Google in the...

Enforce and fully implement Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993, SC to the State Governments [Read Judgment]

In a PIL filed by Safai Karmachari Andolan seeking a writ against Centre and State Governments for the strict enforcement and implementation of the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, Supreme Court observed that duty casted upon all States and the Union Territories to fully implement the provisions of the Act and to take action against...

Delhi High Court orders 3 percent Reservation for disabled in higher judicial service [Read Judgment]

Acting upon a writ petition moved by a lawyer, Nishant S. Diwan who is practicing as a lawyer since 1998 and claimed to be suffering from locomotor disability which entitled him to benefits under the Disabilities Act, including reservation in government employment, a Division Bench of Delhi High Court comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice R. V. Easwar, through its 24-page verdict...

Hanging of Afzal Guru was in violation of International Standards of Death Sentence and Execution, Says Amnesty International [Read the Report]

Amnesty International, in its report on Death Sentences and Executions in 2013 published this week, has condemned India for defying international standards for Death Sentences and Executions while executing Death Sentence of Afsal Guru.Report says as followsIndia carried out one execution on 9 February, when Mohammad Afzal Guru was hanged in secret at Tihar Jail in New Delhi. He had...

Revocation of Pfizer's patent on drug Detrol stayed by IPAB

An interim stay has been issued by the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) on an order issued by the Indian Patent Office removing a patent of Pfizer Health AB, for its extended release drug Detrol (tolterodine), which is used for treating overactive bladder symptoms of urinary frequency, urgency, and incontinence in old age patients. In an order issued on November 27, 2013,...

Former Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court and head of CAT alleges telephone tapping

Former Acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court Justice Pratap Kumar Ray has alleged that his phone was being tapped. Justice Ray who is presently 'Member Judicial' of Central Administrative Tribunal's Calcutta Bench has been in news recently as he is hearing IPS Officer Nazrul Islam's petition on promotion to DG.Justice Ray has alleged in his compliant to the Union home secretary on...

Gavaskar to replace Srinivasan as BCCI chief, suspend CSK and RR from IPL: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, which will pass its interim order on the IPL spot fixing and betting scandal on Friday, has in the meantime, proposed that Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals should not be part of IPL 7. It further added that till it gives final verdict in the matter Sunil Gavaskar should be interim President of BCCI in place of Mr. Srinivasan. It has also been suggested by the court...