The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking that the Leader of Opposition status in Lok Sabha be granted to Congress party, saying it cannot decide political issues filed under the garb of Public Interest Litigation.
The apex court said Ambani and the others will have to purge contempt by paying Rs 453 crore to Ericsson in four weeks. A bench comprising Justices R F Nariman and Vineet Saran said if the 'contemnors' failed to make the payments within the specified period, they will undergo a jail term of three months.
The top law officer said that even if some people of the community have come up, the stigma of caste and backwardness is still attached to them.
The British Council in Mumbai is offering Studying in the UK briefings for students departing for UK studies.
The British Council in India provides a UK pre-departure orientation for students heading to the UK.
The fourth convict, Pawan Gupta, has not filed a curative petition, which he still can if he chooses.
Senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam on Wednesday asked the Chief Justice of India to withdraw the recommendation about his candidature as the judge of the Supreme Court.
The whole month of November, British Council will provide workshops and seminars around India in order to raise awareness about education opportunities in the UK.
Sibal said that Trai had compared India with China.
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it had already come to the conclusion that the Ram Sethu doesn't fulfill the criteria for being declared a national monument."As far as we are concerned, the stand of the government is very clear that the Ram Sethu could not fulfil the criteria of a national monument," senior advocate Fali S Nariman, appearing for the Centre, told a bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan.
A nine-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar, heard marathon arguments for six days over a period of three weeks and reserved its verdict on the issue whether right to privacy can be held as a fundamental right under the Constitution.
On the last date of hearing, the Maharashtra police had produced additional letters to establish Moist links of the arrested accused even as the petitioners described it as cooked-up evidence.
The Express group is expected to get around Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) from the deal.
The court held that the states were not required to 'collect quantifiable data' reflecting the backwardness among these communities.
The Indo-American Society invites management students and business professionals to a seminar on importing from USA.
The inquiry by will not deal with the allegations of sexual harassment against the CJI.
Anand Jain , best known for his childhood friendship with Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani, is now creating waves in the stock markets after his little-known company sold shares worth Rs 2,800 crore to a clutch of leading foreign investors such as Blue Ridge and Tiger.
Thackeray was included in the list of villains along with Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse.
The Worli-Nariman Point sea link would connect to Marine Drive, destroying the beauty for which it is known
One of the most important cases which have political implications is the Ayodhya land dispute case.
The apex court fixed August 30 for final hearing of the matter to decide on the Constitutional validity of Jallikattu.
Delhi ranks 8th in the most expensive office markets of the world, says global realty consultant CB Richard Ellis.
The RRSS on Tuesday accused the Congress of "consistently trying to spread lies" about it
Nirbhaya's mother Asha Devi said even the court understands that the convicts are filing pleas one after the other just to delay the hanging.
The bench was also of the view that no interim order can be obtained unless the parties see the grounds for proclamation for President's rule.
In 2012, Knight Frank estimated that prices in Ulwe grow by 50% in three years.
I think a reality check on big manufacturing/infrastructure projects is called for
Cinestar and BJP MP Vinod Khanna has bought a residential apartment at Malabar Hill, in the tony South Mumbai area, from Citibank for Rs 1.25 lakh a sq ft. Khanna has paid Rs 31.25 crore for the 2,500 sq ft flat. The sale price was four times higher than the reserve price of Rs 32,000 per sq ft.
GE had also lined up aggressive investment plans for roads, airports, ports and real estate sectors.
'The government must covertly eliminate the leaders of terrorist organisations abroad so as to eliminate the problem at its roots,' recommends Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
'I cannot think of a teacher who has had such a high impact on students across several generations and who has produced several professionals in various disciplines of law.' L Vishwanath salutes Professor N R Madhava Menon, who passed into the ages recently.
The seventh anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, which had claimed lives of 166 people and left hundreds injured, would be observed on Thursday.
In a meeting on Thursday evening, the RCom management, led by CEO Punit Garg, requested the bank representatives to release Rs 260 crore it received as I-T refund so that it could repay the dues to Ericsson.
The Centre and the Assam government stands were advanced by Attorney General K K Venugopal and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, respectively.
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Heavy rains, coupled with thunderstorm, lashed Mumbai on Tuesday evening, bringing the soaring temperatures down and giving respite to the citizens from the sweltering heat.
Insulting people by not taking the Padma awards seriously is not one of those exercises that will help the Manmohan Singh ministry make friends.
Shyam Benegal, Shobhana Bhartia and Kapila Vatsayan come in place of Fali S Nariman, Lata Mangeshkar and Cho Ramaswamy.
In August this year, ABN Amro Bank decided to renew the lease for its 3,100 sq ft office space at Nariman Point's Sakhar Bhavan, but the landlord dropped a bomshell by jacking up the rental to Rs 500 per sq ft.
