Senior Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan was in a relaxed mood after wrapping up a hectic work schedule for the day. It was 4 pm and time for him to leave for his office in Noida. However, a prior appointment to a news channel held him bac ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Mehinder Singh Sullar and Shri Ram Chand Gupta as Additional Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court for a pe ..
Chief Justice of India, Shri Justice S.H. Kapadia, here today released a set of Restatement of Indian Law in the presence of legal luminaries. These Restatements of Indian Law relate to 3 subjects: Legislative Privilege, Contempt of Court and Public ..
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairperson Prof. Shantha Sinha has stressed the need to eliminate all forms of corporal punishment practiced in the name of ‘disciplining’ a child. “We need to understan ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by the sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Press Council Act, 1978 (37 of 1978), the Central Government today notified the nomination of Justice Markandey Katju, retired judge of the Supreme Court of India as the ..
Govt. cannot change purpose of acquired land: SC October 05, 2011 Land acquired by Government or its instrumentalities for a specific public purpose cannot be changed and transferred to private individuals or corporate bodies, the Supreme Cour ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Justice Dipak Misra, Chief Justice, Delhi High Court, and (ii) Shri Justice Jasti Chelameswar, Chief Justice, ..
The city police on Friday submitted to a Delhi court a supplementary chargesheet in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam which deals with its efforts to trace the source of moneyallegedly paid to the three erstwhile BJP MPs to get their votes in favour of ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (1) Shri Paramjeet Singh, (2) Shri Naresh Kumar Sanghi, (3) Shri Rameshwar Singh Malik, (4) Shri Rajiv Narain Raina, ( ..
The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis has called for taking action and remedial measures for ensuring social justice, empowerment, rehabilitation and dignity to the people of downtrodden community specially Safai Karamcharis, working at Gov ..