The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu-Pondichery (BCTP) has become the first statutory body in the country to reject the enrollment plea of law graduates, who completed direct post-graduate degree programme under the open university scheme.The legal basis fo ..
The Supreme Court has reminded the High Courts that they were duty bound to protect the subordinate judiciary, witnesses and victims to protect the criminal justice system in the country from been ‘hijacked by the high and the mighty accused.&r ..
Former attorney general of India and leading jurist Soli J Sorabjee has said political influence in the appointment of judges and selection process of persons to top legal posts can lead to selection of incompetent persons.In his write-up in an Engli ..
The Patna High Court today granted bail to former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin held in connection with a murder case.Justice K K Mondal granted the bail after hearing arguments of both the sides.Counsel for the petitioner, submitted before the court, ..
Designated court Judge M L Tahaliyani, presiding over the trial of 26/11 terrorist attack case, today reserved his order till tomorrow on examination of three US witnesses through video conference. After hearing an arguments of the defence and public ..
An eyewitness in the 26/11 terrorist attacks case today identified the lone captured Pakistani gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab in the designated court, but made a contradictory statement that the Skoda car, hijacked by the terrorists, was red in colour and n ..
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition filed by Ashok Jadeja, who had allegedly duped thousands of people of about Rs 1,800 crore, seeking transfer of all the cases registered against him to one place.A Bench headed by Chief Justice ..
The Supreme Court today directed the Gujarat Government to pay compensation to the family of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, an alleged gangster killed in a fake encounter along with his wife Kausarbi by the state police in November 2005.A bench comprising Justi ..
The Delhi High Court today granted interim bail for two months to former Inspector General of Haryana Police R K Sharma, who is facing life imprisonment for the murder of Indian Express reporter Shivani Bhatnagar.Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, while gra ..
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition filed by former Union Minister P K Thungon who is facing allegations of corruption during his tenure as Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development.Mr Thungon had approached the Supreme Court ..