The Madras High Court has granted interim stay on further proceedings on a charge memo issued by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Salem Range, to a head constable. M Ravi, counsel for the petitioner R Sengodan, submitting that the charge memo ..
Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society (TANSACS) to remove all advertisement boards across the state, carrying the picture of a young mother and her child without their knowledge.The High Court on August 3 admitted ..
Expressing concern for the young girls and children rescued from different brothel houses of the country, the Supreme Court has asked the legislature and the Union Government to work out some rehabilitation law or scheme for them.A bench comprising ..
The Calcutta High Court today issued an interim order asking to shut down the ‘youth computer training centres’ opened since 2004.Justice Sanjib Banerjee issued the ruling on a petition filed by a city resident Rudra Prasad Dutta.Mr Dutta ..
Calcutta High Court today admitted an appeal of the city auto operators challenging the State government’s decision to ban two-stroke autos (three-wheeled motorised vehicles).A petition filed by Auto Operators Association said the state govern ..
Tamil Film star Vijay has expressed regret to advocates in an affidavit before the Madras High Court, for possibly offending them through scenes in his film Sivakasi. In response to 13 complaints filed by advocates claiming that he had defamed advoca ..
Allegations of corruption in the higher judiciary have come to the notice of the Government time to time. As for the subordinate judiciary, the administrative control over its members vests with the concerned High Courts and the State Governments as ..
Appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts is made under Articles 124 and 217 of the Constitution of India respectively, which do not provide for reservation for any caste or class of persons. The Government has, however, addressed le ..
During the period from 01-01-2000 to 30-06-2009, 920 cases of Disproportionate Assets were registered by the CBI. Charge sheets were filed in 529 cases and 60 cases of Disproportionate Assets resulted in conviction. 139 such cases are pending trial i ..
A special court in Mumbai will hear a bail plea of National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Chairman Buta Singh's son Sarabjot Singh on Thursday.On Wednesday, the court rejected CBI’s plea for further custody of Sar ..