'What Gives Me Hope About India Is...'

'Our civil society here is vibrant, and courageous, although it is beaten up and beaten down, repeatedly.' IMAGE: A Tiranga walkathon on the eve of Independence Day in Mumbai, August 14, 2023.......

Bihar caste survey: SC refuses to overturn suspension order by HC

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to overturn the Patna high court's interim order suspending the Bihar government's caste survey. Photograph: Shrikant Singh/ANI Photo The first round of......

Blow to Nitish as Patna HC stays Bihar govt's caste survey

The Patna high court on Thursday ordered a stay on the caste survey being conducted by the Bihar government. IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Photograph: ANI Photo Hearing a bunch of......

SC nullifies 'gender cap' on performers in orchestra bars in Maha

The Supreme Court has scrapped the condition imposed by Maharashtra authorities that limited the number of female and male performers in orchestra bars to four each, saying rules based on gender......

What GST Council will likely discuss in its June meet

The focus will be on tackling the unfinished agenda requiring immediate attention like tax structure for solar projects, uniform tax rate on state-organised and state-authorised lotteries, taxing......

Homebuyers caught between banks and builders

N Sundaresha Subramanian, Karan Choudhury and Shreya Jai report on the sorry condition of homebuyers who invested in Jaypee Infratech and the Amrapali Group's Noida-based projects.Illustration:......

Lower fines, but more powers to assessing officers

The new penalty regime could create a fresh set of complications for tax payers. On the one hand, the government is trying to reduce litigation by giving additional freedom to income-tax assessees......

Sebi moves Supreme Court against DLF

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has moved the Supreme Court, challenging a tribunal order in the matter of disclosure norm violations by real estate major DLF. The regulator filed its......

'By removing advertising from cricket, will BCCI become better?'

'This is the only country where success seems to be viewed as a bad thing.''Other governments and countries go out of their way to protect a successful organisation. Here we find ways of destroying......

How the Supreme Court bowled Srinivasan and the BCCI!

- 'No one who has any commercial interest in the BCCI events (including Mr. N. Srinivasan) shall be eligible for contesting the elections for any post whatsoever.' - 'Rajasthan Royals owner Raj......

Full text of the Delhi High Court judgment

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHIWP (C) 1680/200004.10.2004Judgment reserved on:18.08.2004Judgment pronounced on: 04.10.2004RAHUL MEHRA and ANOTHER ...Petitioners- versus -UNION OF INDIA and......