The pace of work in Madhya Pradesh’s consumer courts is accelerating as a direct consequence of awareness among the state;s denizens.While the state-level Commission for Consumer Protection has ensured justice in 28,654 of 31,466 cases registered so ..
The dying declaration of a person should normally be relied upon by courts as rarely does a person on his deathbed speaks falsehood, the Supreme Court has held."The situation in which a person is on the deathbed is so solemn and serene, when he is dy ..
Alerting Indians to misuse of their traditional knowledge, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has called for a national registry to comprehensively list what needs protecting."India des not even possess a complete catalogue or a full knowledge o ..
Lawyer moves court seeking action against Karunanidhi Chennai (PTI): An advocate on Thursday filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the CBI to lodge a case holding Chief Minister Karunanidhi responsible for the alleged beati ..
Malaysian Indian lawyer wins US award Thursday, 12 March , 2009, 11:33Last Updated: Thursday, 12 March , 2009, 12:05 Kuala Lumpur:Malaysian Bar Council President Ambiga Sreenevasan, an ethnic Indian, is one of the eight women who received the prest ..
New Delhi, Mar 10 (UNI) Being forced to acquit a alleged murderer due to lack of evidence, the Supreme Court has ruled that criminal justice system in the country would be at crossroads unless and until witnesses were given protection to enable them ..
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked the Government of Delhi to give adequate publicity to a scheme under which students from poor families can get admission into schools for free.The court was hearing a public interest petition filed by Social ..
Chennai, Mar 10 (UNI)The Madras High Court RegistrarGeneral today denied that Chief Justice H L Gokhale has recommendedthe transfer of former Acting Chief Justice(ACJ) S J Mukhopadhaya tosome other court with promotion, after ''he came under attack'' ..
New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) The Union Government has decided not to implement in the near future the recent amendments in Criminal Procedure Code(CrPc) giving discretionary powers to a police officer not to arrest a person facing allegations on an offenc ..
Chennai, Mar 11 (UNI) After a gap of nearly three weeks, the Madras High Court and other courts of Tamil Nadu have started functioning, even as a section of lawyers continued their boycott of courts, demanding action against police officials, respons ..