AG cautions Supreme Court of intruding into policy domain

Attorney General K K Venugopal on Wednesday defended The Tribunals Reforms Act of 2021 in the Supreme Court and said that many times the top court through its judgments had waded "into the policy......

Why is govt taking pangas with RBI, CBI etc?

Has the Modi government been more at odds with institutions than other governments? There is no doubt that there have been more run-ins. While the RBI and CBI cases have drawn attention, there have......

In a first, SC collegium to upload its decisions on website

The Supreme Court collegium has decided to upload on the apex court's website decisions taken by it including elevation, transfer and confirmation of judges in order to ensure transparency in its......

When India got her first female Supreme Court judge

It was in 1989, 39 years after the setting up of the Supreme Court in 1950, that Justice M Fathima Beevi was appointed a judge in the highest court in the land.28 years on, only six women have been......

Want to save LTCG on property sale?

'To save the LTCG, it's always better that the owner of the property that was sold also becomes the title holder in the new one.'Tinesh Bhasin reports. Photograph: Reuters Recently, the Income-Tax......

Hits and misses from the last Budget

Five key capital market announcements from the previous Budget. Proposal: Foreign investor investment ceiling on bourses raised from 5% to 15% Impact: None of the exchanges have seen any of their......

Why no one has gone to jail for money laundering

The Enforcement Directorate has managed to sniff out over Rs 9,000 crore as suspected haul from money laundering in a decade, but it has yet to link those against anyone successfully in a court.......

Visionary Budget but devil lies in the implementation

Image: India set for high growth. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters     The government has provided a long-term vision, avoiding any "big-bang" reforms but the devil will be in the......