Praising the recently-implemented landmark Right to Education Act, Nobel Laureate Prof. Amartya Sen on Tuesday stated that the country needs to promote the spread of literacy if it wanted to come in the league of developed nations. He, however, disapproved of India’s policy on Burma.

In order to preserve the academic independence, the Supreme Court has directed the courts below not to interfere unnecessarily in cases related to academicians unless there was a clear “mala fide” in the decisions of university and other institutional authorities. “We reiterate and reaffirm the legal position that in the academic

The Supreme Court has come down heavily on the high courts for interfering in debt recovery cases of nationalised banks and other public sector financial institutions’ through writ jurisdiction and the debt recovery tribunals for their failure to expedite the recoveries of non-performing assets.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday commenced arguments in the contentious deemed universities issue with counsel for 44 such derecognised versities questioning the recommendations to this effect by the human resources development ministry’s special committee, while the government justifying its decision.

A joint team of the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Central Bureau of Investigation has reportedly detained Ramchandra Kalsangra, prime suspect in the Malegaon (2006), Ajmer (2007) and Mecca Masjid (2007) blasts, in Indore.

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Bill 2009 empowering a workman to approach labour court after 45 days of his dismissal without a reference from appropriate government. In the original Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Bill, the workman had to wait for three months after his dismissal

Paving the way for regulating healthcare costs in the country, the Parliament on Tuesday passed the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Bill, 2010. Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the Centre is hoping that the through the legislation, it will be able to determine the “minimum standards’’ and “range of

Taking serious note of the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill 2010, the Janata Dal (Secular) national president and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda would lead a delegation to President Pratibha Patil on the August 5 to request her to reject the bill.

The Centre on Tuesday informed the Parliament that it is in the process of framing fresh safety regulations, in the wake of the Mangalore air disaster which claimed 158 lives. Government also assured that safety will not be compromised on account of financial distress of airlines.

In a move aimed at addressing concerns of Opposition parties over Nuclear Liability Bill, a Parliamentary Committee is set to recommend doubling of the compensation cap to Rs 1000 crores and press for liability of suppliers of material to atomic power plants in India.