President Pratibha Patil said here on Saturday that backlog of cases and high cost of litigation were the two main concerns plaguing the judicial system. Citing the old maxim, ‘justice delayed is justice denied,’ she said innovative solut ..
Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, languishing in a Pakistani jail for the past 18 years, has got a new lawyer, days after the country’s Supreme Court dismissed his appeal against capital punishment.Sarabjit’s sister Dalbir Kaur on Saturday ..
Calling for proper reform of Indian Commercial Law, Kerala High Court Chief Justice S R Bannurmath today stressed the importance of adopting institutional arbitration instead of ad-hoc arbitrations. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating a nationa ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint(1) Shri Syamal Kanti Chakrabarti, (2) Md. Abdul Ghani, (3) Shri Raghunath Ray, (4) Shri Mrinal Kanti Sinha and (5) Shri ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Sonam Phintso Wangdi to be a Judge of the Sikkim High Court, with effect from the date he assumes charge of his of ..
Former Madhya Pradesh minister Rajkumar Patel has moved the High Court against the rejection of his nomination papers as the Congress candidate from Vidisha in the recent general elections.Mr Patel’s counsels Manoj Sharma and Sanjay K Agrawal s ..
The girlfriend of slain miscreant Fullmoon Dhar, leader of the high-profile jailbreak in Shillong on May 31, has been granted bail by the Shillong bench of Gauhati High Court.Ibatiplang Kharkongor was arrested in connection with the jailbreak on June ..
Patna District Lawyers Association has decided to abstain from judicial works till June 28 to protest the killing of Assistant Public Prosecutor(APP) of Araria and their other colleagues during the past few days.The president of Lawyers Association, ..
The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the authorities to cancel the arms licence given to a shooter of national and international fame Chandrakant Hargovindas Shah for indulging in the sale of weapons illegally.A bench comprising Justices S B ..
The Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench the issue whether an insurance company is liable to compensate a person traveling in a private car in case of an accident.A bench comprising Justices S P Sinha and N K Sharma in their judgment noted &l ..