CJI sets up all-woman bench to hear matrimonial disputes, bail pleas

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has constituted an all-woman bench comprising Justices Hima Kohli and Bela M Trivedi to hear transfer petitions involving matrimonial disputes and bail......

750-page UCC report to be tabled in Uttarakhand assembly

A government-appointed panel to prepare a draft of the Uniform Civil Code on Friday submitted a voluminous document to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who said the "long-awaited......

POCSO Act: Law panel seeks govt input on age of consent

The 22nd Law Commission, which is looking into the issue of age of consent, held a meeting with officials of the women and child development ministry recently and sought details on the subject,......

Uttarakhand to implement Uniform Civil Code tomorrow

The Uniform Civil Code will be implemented in Uttarakhand on January 27, making it the first state in independent India to put into effect such a law, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said.......

SC denies patent to Novartis's cancer drug Glivec

Swiss pharma major Novartis AG on Monday lost a seven-year long legal battle for getting its blood cancer drug Glivec patented in India and to restrain Indian companies from manufacturing generic......

Tatas won't return Singur land; keen to return to Bengal

Tata Motors on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it wanted to keep the leasehold rights over the 997 acre land, allotted by the Left Front government at Singur in West Bengal as it is keen on......

Supreme Court happy with SIT probe into black money

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said ‘some progress’ has been made by SIT which has initiated steps for bringing back black money stashed away by Indian citizens in foreign banks.......

Black money: Court rejects Centre's plea against setting up SIT

The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected Centre's plea to recall its order for setting up a Special Investigation Team to probe all cases of black money, saying it stepped in as for over six decades......