Sukh Ram and Raja were charged with corruption during their tenure as telecom ministers. Sukh Ram was convicted while Raja has been acquitted. One had cash found under his bed; in the case of the other the trial judge mockingly asks: Where is the money? And if there's no money, where is the corruption? So, pronounced innocent. Sukh Ram is a Brahmin. 'Maybe he strayed just that one time, people like that aren't usually corrupt.' And Raja is a Dalit. 'Can you expect any better?' What race is in some places, caste is in India, says Shekhar Gupta.
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company has launched a completely online term insurance plan named 'iProtect' on Tuesday.
A day before he steps down, Chief Justice of India Justice K G Balakrishnan has come out in strong defence of his colleagues at a time when the credibility and image of judiciary has taken a hit.
The name of Karnataka high court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, who is facing allegations of land grabbing, has been "delinked" from four others who have been cleared for elevation as judges of the Supreme Court.
A fresh petition seeking a probe into alleged amassing of wealth by relatives of former chief justice of India and National Human Rights Commission Chairman K G Balakrishnan has been posted for Friday by a special judge.An earlier petition filed by George Vattukulam, state president of Kerala Malayala Vedi (forum), came up before the court on Friday, which rejected it on technical grounds as there was no spare copy of the petition.
Investors also appreciate the role being played by the founders; analysts, too, remain unperturbed.
The state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Kerala V Muraleedharan has charged the State Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Mulapally Ramachandran of scuttling the probe in the palm-chopping incident of a professor from New Man College in Thodupuzha
Lowe Lintas is foraying into film and television production with Lintas Productions. The agency's chairman, R Balakrishnan ('Balki'), carved his name in Bollywood with Chini Kum, and the much-talked about Paa, starring Amitabh Bachchan.
The order will be passed by a five-judge Constitution bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices NV Ramana, DY Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna on a petition filed by a Supreme Court Secretary-General challenging the January 2010 judgment of the Delhi high court.
Rejecting allegations against him, K G Balakrishnan, the former chief justice of India on Wednesday said that there was no mention of any Union minister in the report sent by the chief justice of the Madras high court on the Justice Reghupathi episode.
'This would have ensured that many more judges would have come forward,' says senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan.
The current focus on data to measure marketing success could herald the end of an era -- or the beginning of a hype cycle, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Chief Justice of India of India K G Balakrishnan on Monday reportedly agreed to examine the question of transferring Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran who has been accused of land-grabbing, but said he has no power to relieve the judge of his judicial duties.
An advocate, who has moved the Supreme Court for a probe into the assets of close relatives of K G Balakrishnan, was on Friday allowed by the Supreme Court to submit additional documents related to the property acquired by them after he had become the Chief Justice of India.
The Supreme Court on Friday asked Attorney General G E Vahanvati to apprise it about the status of a complaint filed in May last year against former chief justice of India and chairman of the National Human Rights Commission K G Balakrishnan, seeking a probe by the CBI into his assets. "What is the status of the complaint forwarded to the ministry of home affairs," a bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia sought to know.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued contempt notice to noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan for allegedly casting aspersions on some of the judges, including a senior most apex court judge and previous Chief Justices of India in an interview to a news magazine.
This currency volatility is also a problem faced by countries such as Brazil, Korea and Thailand, which are putting up restrictions by increasing taxes to stop speculative inflows into their country.
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Sunday suggested that the government should impose a ban on websites that exclusively display pornography and hate speeches."However, it would not be right to place a blanket ban on all categories of websites. It is also important to distinguish between intermediaries such as network service providers, website operators and individual users for the purpose of placing liabilities," Balakrishnan said.
Justice S H Kapadia, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, was on Wednesday sworn in as the 38th Chief Justice of India by President Pratibha Patil.
Sri Srinivasan, the first Indian-origin federal judge in the United States, is India Abroad Person of the Year 2013
Ajit Balakrishnan on how the Web could return to its original egalitarian goals.
Home Minister of Kerala Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said on Saturday that the Popular Front of India was spitting communal venom in the state and trying to create a wedge between the Muslim community and other religions in the state.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan asked the Centre to place the documents after translating them.
National Disaster Management Authority had in 2016 suggested assistance offered as a goodwill gesture 'may' be accepted.
The Central Bureau of India on Monday opposed the bail plea of Price Waterhouse auditor Srinivas Talluri who was arrested in Satyam fraud case for allegedly conniving with its founder B Ramalinga Raju and other aides.
A group of retired civil servants also called upon the PM to reach out to the families of the victims in Unnao and Kathua and "seek their forgiveness on behalf of all of us".
Karnataka high court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran's elevation to the Supreme Court has been kept in abeyance in view of the impeachment proceedings against him in the Rajya Sabha over land grabbing allegations, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan said on Friday.
Complicated social phenomena behind it, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
When O&M India's executive chairman Ranjan Kapoor appointed creative hot shot Piyush Pandey as his successor in 2004, he wasn't aware that he may be pioneering a trend in advertising where agencies put their creative heads at the helm of their businesses.
The decision was taken after a meeting of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Justice K G Balakrishnan.
A day before he steps down, Chief Justice of India Justice KG Balakrishnan came out in strong defence of his colleagues at a time when the credibility and of judiciary has taken a hit. Excerpts from the outgoing CJI's exclusive interview to CNN-IBN:
Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, who is also a member of the Communist Party of India Marxist politburo, has openly come out against the CPI-M's stance on People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani .The veteran leader, while fielding questions at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram, said that the government would investigate whether any cases were pending against Madani. An unabashed Madani welcomed the chief minister's statement.
After four years, the Supreme Court had a woman judge with Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra, Chief Justice of the Jharkhand high court, being sworn in on Friday.
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Sunday shared dais with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who had appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with the 2002 riots case.
Ignoring calls of shunning a function attended by Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Sunday shared the dais with the Gujarat chief minister at a convocation in Gandhinagar, hours after he was questioned by Special Investigation Team in a 2002 riots case.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to direct the government to take steps to ensure return of self-exiled painter M F Husain, who has been residing in a Gulf country, to India and withdrawal of cases against him.
The crucial two-day Communist Party of India-Marxist politburo meeting specifically for Kerala party affairs will start at the AKG Bhavan, the CPI-M national headquarters, in Delhi at 10 am on Saturday.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday has allowed market regulator Sebi to begin interrogation of Satyam Computer founder B Ramalinga Raju and his brother Rama Raju in connection with the Rs 7,800-crore (Rs 78 billion) accounting fraud in the IT company.
Some examples that show we may be call for introspection, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Swami Sandeepananda Giri had welcomed the apex court order permitting women in the 10-50 age group to offer prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala.
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