Amitava Roy

The Supreme Court today upheld the maintainability of appeals filed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala against the 2007 award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT) on sharing of river water saying it has the "jurisdiction to decide the parameters, scope, authority and jurisdiction of the tribunal".

New SC bench formed, to hear Cauvery matter on Oct 18

The Supreme Court has constituted a fresh bench of three judges to hear an age-old dispute related to the sharing of Cauvery water between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

SC seeks govt reply on PIL for cancellation of Ranbaxy licence

The Supreme Court today directed the government to reply in two weeks on a plea seeking cancellation of licence issued to Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd for allegedly selling substandard drugs in India.

Govt asks Internet providers to block 857 porn sites

The Department of Electronics and Information Technology asked Internet service providers to take down 857 porn websites, an official said. The decision faced flak over social media with several commentators calling in censorship and curtailing freedom of speech.

SC dismisses 1993 bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon's plea

Speaking on the case, senior lawyer Ujjwal Nikam said, "the SC has rejected all the contentions raised by Yakub Memon. The Maharashtra Governor and the President will have to take the decision on the mercy petition today itself."

Yakub Memon files fresh mercy petition with President

1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon has filed a fresh mercy petition with President Pranab Mukherjee just a day before he is scheduled to be hanged.

3-judge SC bench to decide if Yakub Memon will be hanged

A three-member bench of the Supreme Court will take up the 1993 blast convict's plea against his death warrant on Wednesday.

Sun TV case: SC ask ED not to precipitate matter till heard

Sun TV Network's plea seeking a stay on attachment of its assets worth Rs 742 crore by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) would be taken up by the special bench hearing the 2G spectrum scam, the Supreme Court said on Monday.

SC stays Raj HC order to uninstall Reliance Jio tower

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd had moved the apex court against the Rajasthan High Court's May 22 interim order, which also banned new installations.

WhatsApp captured SMS biz from telcos: Tech Mahindra

M&A is an area Tech Mahindra is looking at in terms of its 2015 goal but at the same time organic growing is also very important for the company, says Amitava Roy

Trend of telcos eyeing offshoring a big plus: Tech Mahindra

Tech Mahindra's Vineet Nayyar, VC, MD & CEO; Sonjoy Anand, the CFO and Amitava Roy, the COO say that despite the challenging global environment, the company has managed to deliver a satisfactory third quarter.