There are 44 women among the 610 judges working in the 21 High Courts in the country, the Rajya Sabha was informed. Delhi High Court and Bombay High Court top the list with six women judges each, the law minister H R Bhardwaj said in a written reply. ..
The Law Commission has rejected a parliamentary committee recommendation to make Hindi the official court language for delivering judgments in the Supreme Court and all High Courts and also to amend the Constitution to enable the Union Legislature de ..
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 ..
CBI SMS campaign for anti-corruption WITH THE hope to bring down corruption levels, the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the CBI has launched a SMS campaign in Tamil Nadu, which is creating an awareness among the public who are at a loss when faced with cor ..
CHENNAI: A Family Court here conducted divorce proceedings through video-conferencing and e-mailed a divorce order to a consenting couple – wife living in Australia and the husband in the U.S. Hitherto during similar proceedings before the Family Cou ..
RBI may Bring Relief for Credit Card HoldersDecember 18, 2007 In an effort to make the credit card operations more transparent, RBI may make it compulsory for banks to repay the small credit balance to cardholders in case the card is left inactive fo ..
Bill to reduce pending court cases approved New Delhi, April 24 The union cabinet Thursday approved introduction of a bill that will considerably reduce the number of cases pending in the subordinate judiciary.The cabinet gave its approval for withdr ..
Over 40 K Cases Pending in Supreme Court of India (March 02 , 2007 - PIB Release ) OVER 40 THOUSAND CASES PENDING IN SUPREME COURT AND ABOUT 40 LAKH CASES IN HIGH COURTS - A total of 40,243 cases (including civil and criminal matters) are reported to ..
Baroda Bar Association President suspended for professional misconduct7/16/2008In a significant move, the Bar Council of Gujarat (BCG) today suspended the licence of Baroda Bar Association (BBA) president Narendra Tiwari for two years for alleged "pr ..