Madhya Pradesh High Court Judge appointedIn exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Rakesh Chandra Mishra, Additional Judge of the Madhya Pradesh Hig ..
Appointment of JudgesThe Law Commission has, inter alia, suggested in its 214th Report that the primacy of the Chief Justice of India and the power of the executive to make appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts should be rest ..
Use of Hindi in CourtsArticle 348(1) of the Constitution of India provides that all proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court shall be in English language until Parliament by law otherwise provides. Under Article 348(2) the Governor of ..
An accused can be convicted for rape even if there are no injuries on the private parts of the victim as the same does not amount to consensual sex, the Supreme Court has ruled."Corroborative evidence is not an imperative component of judicial c ..
A day after a lawyer along with his colleagues manhandled a judge in the Rohini District Court, the Bar Council of Delhi constituted a three-member fact-finding committee, which will submit its report within seven days.Eminent lawyers, including Amar ..
Justice Kamal Mehta Commission, constituted by the Gujarat government to probe into the spurious liquor tragedy, has been asked to submit its report by November 30 this year, official sources said today.The four-member commission, headed by retired ..
The Supreme Court issued notices to NGO Naz Foundation and the Union Government on a petition challenging the Delhi High Court judgment decriminalising homosexuality between two adults with mutual consent.A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakris ..
The Finance Ministry has come up with an innovative proposal to expand the use of permanent account numbers (PAN) and, thereby, widen the tax base in the country.Budget 2009-10 seeks to amend the income-tax law to specify that tax would be deducted ..
The Income-Tax Department has lost the opportunity to recover revenue running into thousands of crores after failing to file its appeals before the Bombay High Court within the stipulated period of 120 days. The Bombay High Court has dismissed about ..
Uttar Pradesh has topped the list of states with maximum number of complaints relating to human rights violation and New Delhi follows a close second, according to NHRC statistics.The statistics reveal that out of the total 94,559 cases of human rig ..