-The Economic Times The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought to know if the Centre and the CBI were on the same page on the prosecution of the 2G scam accused, given law minister Salman Khurshid's reported statement that investor sentiment would be hurt if courts ordered the arrests of business persons. A bench of Justices GS Singhvi and HL Dattu said the statement implied that the SC wanted to keep businessmen in...
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SC asks courts to view labour practices in changed economic context by Sanjay K Singh
The Supreme Court has asked the judiciary and statutory bodies to take into account objectives of industrial peace and economic justice while deciding on disputes related to unfair labour practices. The issue of unfair labour practice has to be decided in the changed circumstances of economic liberalisation and economic reforms, the court said, setting aside the Bombay High Court order against Siemens. "Today every state, which has to don the mantle of...
More »Cop-hiring drive in Junglemahal a conspiracy, say Maoists
-Express News Service Amid the truce offer, the Maoists on Wednesday slammed the state government’s move to recruit 10,000 police constables from Junglemahal and termed it as an “conspiracy hatched by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee”. A statement signed by one Akash, who identified himself as CPI(Maoist) state committee secretary, read: “She (Mamata Banerjee) wants to give arms to the tribal population and we are apprehending that she will bring the Salwa Judum...
More »Medicines: For Saving Life or For Superprofits? by Bharat Dogra
Will patent rights be used only for ensuring the legitimate interests of pharmaceutical companies, or will these be used in an exaggerated and unjust way to deprive patients of their right to life? This crucial question, which has been debated time and again in the context of the significant case of Glivec, an anti-cancer drug, has now reached a critical stage. It may be pointed out here that as early as...
More »Prashant Bhushan beaten up inside his chamber
-CNN-IBN Senior lawyer and Team Anna member Prashant Bhushan has been beaten up by three people inside his chamber in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Bhushan was beaten up by three people belonging to a little known outfit Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena, which claimed that the lawyer was beaten up because of his comments on granting azadi to Kashmiris if they do not want to live with India. Three activists belonging to...
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