The Supreme Court has ruled that social and economic backwardness is one of the mitigating circumstances while commuting the death sentence of two convicts to life imprisonment. The convicts Mulla and Guddu along with others had abducted five villa ..
The outgoing Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice A P Shah has said the 17-year-old system of appointment of judges through a collegium should be changed and not left to a single body, but to be transparent and broad based. The selection of ju ..
Retired Supreme Court Judge P V Reddy is going to be the new chairman of the Law Commission of India. According to reliable sources, the Law Ministry has cleared his name to head the Law Commission, which is without chairman since July 2009, when t ..
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Delhi High Court Bar Association for checks and balances in collegium system Staff Reporter To make judges’ elevation process more transparent and non-controversial NEW DELHI: Sharing the opinion of the retiring Delhi High Court ..
Ministry of PowerWorkshop on RTI Act Implementation Tuesday, February 09, 2010NTPC Limited organized a Workshop on Implementation of RTI Act in PSUs in New Delhi today. Public Information Officers (PIO) from different Public Sector Undertakings namel ..
India's first paperless court takes offPTIMonday, February 8, 2010 22:46 IST New Delhi: India's first district level paperless e-court today started functioning at the Karkardooma complex in New Delhi with additional sessions judge Sanjay Garg presid ..
Chairperson of Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) Justice S B Sinha has urged Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to ensure an effective customer care section of each service provider and address the complaint within ..
In an important ruling the Supreme Court has ruled that the property acquired from the criminal activities within the country cannot be confiscated or attached under chapter VIIA of the CrPC untill and unless the crime has international ramifications ..
The Supreme Court granted bail to Tullari Srinivas, PWC-auditor of Satyam Computers Limited, involved in a Rs 7,000 crore scandal. Srinivas had allegedly colluded with Satyam Computers chairman R Raju who is also in jail. Raju and Srinivas alongwith ..