No bar on eviction if tenant ignores orders to pay dues: Court

NEW DELHI - A tenant who fails to pay rent despite a court order cannot seek legal protection against eviction from the premises, the Delhi High Court has said.

A dog too has a caste (A Legal Reporter’s Diary)

NEW DELHI - In India’s hierarchical society even an unsuspecting dog must have a caste. So it seemed when in Mirchpur village of Haryana, some dogs of a Dalit ‘basti’ dared to bark at Jat boys. There was an angry backlash by the Jat boys and counter protests by the Dalit owners of the dogs.

Chandigarh to launch air-conditioned buses for disabled

CHANDIGARH - Keeping in mind the needs of the disabled and elderly people, the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) will launch a fleet of specially designed air-conditioned buses in the city next week.