Madras High Court has dismissed a writ petition, challenging the Tamil Nadu Government’s manner of selection of books for village libraries, established under the Anaithu Grama Anna Marumalarchi Thittam (AGAMT).Mr Justice K Venkataraman dismissed the ..
The Ministry of Minority Affairs has almost finalised a draft Wakf Amendment Act which if enacted would place the state wakf boards under central monitoring, and make encroachment of wakf property a cognisable offence.The move is aimed at checking co ..
New Delhi With certain lawyer bodies declining to take up the case of Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone militant arrested in the Mumbai terror attacks, eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Sunday maintained that no lawyer has the right to say he will n ..
46 farmers commit suicide every day in India; Maharashtra tops list New Delhi, Dec 14: Fourty-six farmers commit suicide every day in this country even as packages were rolled out in a bid to bailout the debt-ridden community from crisis. A whopping ..
SC sets guidelines for trying cheque bounce cases New Delhi, Dec 14: The Supreme Court has held that only a lower court in whose jurisdiction an offence of cheque bounce is committed will try the case. Setting the guideline, the Apex court said compl ..
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure the release of excess 250 cusecs of water upto 3700 cusecs in river Ganga before 15 days of the bathing days in Magh Mela, so that sufficient quantity of water can be mainta ..
A city-based advocate has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), seeking a direction from the High Court to rebel Congress leader and former Maharashtra revenue minister Narayan Rane to disclose names of the politicians, who he claimed had provide ..
A court received a letter purportedly sent by militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) to blow up court complexes today, forcing the authorities to beef up security in and around the court.The authorities received a letter to blow up Delhi District Tis ..
Former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev pleaded before the Delhi High Court that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should be directed to release pensions to him and other players, who joined the rival Indian Cricket League (ICL). Kapil ..
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan directed the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority to provide free legal aid to dependants of all those affected in the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks.It is for the first time that the Supreme Court has co ..