B'luru school asks PM to resolve Cauvery dispute
The students of a Bengaluru school have appealed to PM Modi to intervene in - and resolve - the long-standing Cauvery dispute, ANI reported on Sunday. The Cauvery row intensified this month after the...
View ArticleBengaluru high school students ask PM Modi to intervene in Cauvery dispute
The students of a Bengaluru school have appealed to PM Modi to intervene in - and resolve - the long-standing Cauvery dispute, ANI reported on Sunday. The Cauvery row intensified this month after the...
View ArticleCOAI voting norms 'overwhelmingly biased and lopsided'- Reliance Jio
Reliance Jio on Sunday fired a fresh salvo at the cellular operators body COAI alleging that its rules including voting norms are "overwhelmingly biased and lopsided" and framed to serve vested...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court has reasons to duck transgender rights fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide within weeks whether to hear a major transgender rights case for the first time, a dispute involving which bathroom a Virginia high school...
View ArticleBJP poses 10 questions to Nitish on Shahabuddin
*The BJP has asked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar 10 questions with regard to convicted RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin. This comes ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on Monday on a plea seeking...
View ArticleTelangana govt to raze structures cluttering drains
*Determined to clear all major stormwater drains in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation's jurisdiction, the Telangana government has declared a phased programme to raze all 28,000 encroachments...
View ArticleState to move SC over Cauvery order
*The Karnataka government has decided to file a petition in the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking modification of its September 20 order directing the state to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to...
View Article'TN using more water for irrigation than stipulated'
* Former prime minister HDDeve Gowda said on Sunday that Tamil Nadu was utilising the Cauvery river water for 18 lakh hectares of land, instead of the stipulated 12 lakh hectares. * He was speaking at...
View ArticleThis is what I Hear Every Time Hillary Speaks
*If you can manage to ignore all the negative nonsense and partisan attacks and have followed Hillary's career knowing what she has accomplished over her nearly fifty years of dedicated public service...
View ArticleWhy lawyers must switch to persuasive advocacy
Petitions in the Supreme Court have gotten fatter in the last two decades. When a client has deep pockets and is in deeper trouble, his petition gains more flab. We have seen appeals containing grounds...
View ArticleLawyers must switch from outspoken arrogance to persuasive advocacy
Petitions in the Supreme Court have gotten fatter in the last two decades. When a client has deep pockets and is in deeper trouble, his petition gains more flab. We have seen appeals containing grounds...
View ArticleCruz on Endorsement of Trump: 'We Choose to Forgive Him'
Ted Cruz endorsed Donald Trump for president in lieu of a "commitment of something meaningful on the Supreme Court," despite not getting an apology for Trump's insults on the Texas Senator's family...
View ArticleUnited States: The Shape Of Things To Come: The Benefits And Challenges Of...
Consumer products manufacturers have sought to protect the configuration of their products under US law for well over a century—the seminal US Supreme Court case on design patents, involving silverware...
View ArticleCauvery row: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu spar in Supreme Court
While Karnataka sought modification of September 20 order of the apex court, Tamil Nadu alleged that its neighbour should not be heard till it complied with directives of the Supreme Court and the...
View ArticleIndiana's Offshore Job Losses and the American Dogma of "Free Capital" that...
A terrific recent investigation by Indianapolis Star writer Tony Cook lays bare the American dogma that leaves workers and communities powerless to challenge offshore job flight (and makes a mockery of...
View ArticleWhy urgency to stay Shahabuddin bail now, SC asks Bihar government
The Supreme Court on Monday mocked the avowed seriousness of the Bihar government in pursuing its petition challenging a Patna High Court order granting bail to RJD strongman and former party MLA...
View ArticleUnited States: California Supreme Court Invalidates "New Project" Test -...
In a major win for agencies and project sponsors, the Supreme Court of California affirmed that addenda can appropriately be used to consider modifications to a previously approved negative declaration...
View ArticleWhat you need to know: Supreme Court considers hearing NCAA vs. O'Bannon
The highest court in the land will hear arguments as to why they should consider a landmark college sports case Reported by CBS Sports 8 hours ago.
View ArticleDelhi govt's job to ensure city is disease free: Centre tells Supreme Court
Over 2,600 Chikungunya cases have been reported in Delhi till September 17; 15 people have died due to this viral disease. Reported by DNA 7 hours ago.
View ArticleUnited States: Willfulness After Halo: Now What? - Foley & Lardner
The general consensus is that the Supreme Court's June decision in Halo Electronics v. Pulse Electronics eased the path to proving willfulness, as discussed previously on IP Litigation Current....
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