The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from Tamil Nadu on a plea seeking transfer to the apex court of a PIL filed in the Madras High Court challenging premature release of 1,405 convicts, including 22 women by the state.A bench of Chief Justi ..
New Delhi: The Centre will soon come out with a new comprehensive law to specifically deal with terrorist attacks, Law Minister H.R. Bhardwaj said here on Saturday. He was addressing an international conference on terrorism.Later talking to reporters ..
New Delhi: The live coverage of the Mumbai terrorist attacks and the subsequent events by the media, in particular television news channels, drew critical observations from Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan here on Saturday.Speaking at a confe ..
Mumbai (IANS): Noted criminal lawyer Ashok Saraogi on Monday said he had dropped plans to represent and defend nabbed Mumbai attack terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir alias Kasab.Grappling with an outburst against his reported plans, Saraogi said that he ..
Following angry SMS campaigns calling for boycotting polls, the Election Commission on Sunday has clarified that even if people register their negative votes against any candidate, the winner will be the person who receives the maximum count among th ..
Amid a raging debate over the live TV coverage of Mumbai terror siege, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan asked media to be more responsible and not pose hurdles to risky operations of security forces. The CJI said live coverage of Mumbai attack ..
The Supreme Court on Monday sought a reply from the Centre on a batch of petitions challenging the move to raise the annual income ceiling for the creamy layer among the OBC candidates, seeking admission to central educational institutions, from Rs 2 ..
In a big relief to Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari, the Delhi High Court on Monday exempted him from personal appearance before it in a suit filed by a man claiming to be his natural son.A Bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Manmohan Singh gra ..
The Government would soon bring in a medical devices Act in a bid to regulate prices of healthcare equipment.Stating that 30 to 40 per cent of healthcare costs comprised diagnostic kits and other medial equipment, Union Science and Technology Ministe ..
New body to watch corruption in courts..........Nagendar Sharma New Delhi FOR THE first time in India, common people would soon be able to lodge their complaints against corrupt judges. The government has decided to provide punitive powers to a pro- ..