Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi has approached the Supreme Court praying for maintenance of status quo prior to the Madras High Court order that curtailed her administrative powers.The retired IPS officer has contended in her application th ..
With the appointment of four judicial officers, the Delhi High Court has attained a total strength of 40 judges. The newly appointed Justices Talwant Singh, Rajnish Bhatnagar, Asha Menon and Brijesh Sethi were administered the oath on 27th May.Howeve ..
The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered last month, noted that under the Mental Health Care Act, 2017, there is a statutory right for mentally ill persons to live with dignityThe bench comprising Justice NV Ramana, Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar ..
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has moved the Delhi High Court against the anticipatory bail granted to Robert Vadra in a money laundering case he was implicated in.In its plea before the High Court, the Enforcement Directorate has pleaded that the ..
The Central Government has cleared the appointment of Justice DN Patel as the next Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.The appointment was made pursuant to a Collegium resolution passed earlier this month. The resolution was passed in view of the i ..
A petition seeking notification and implementation of guidelines for fixing accountability on schools for the safety of children has been filed in the Supreme Court.The petition has been filed by NGO, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, run by Nobel prize winner ..
The High Court of Karnataka has been hearing an issue based on a reference. It has been noticed that the Assistant Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner both of them are discharging dual functions i.e. administrative and judicial under several ena ..
The Supreme Court of India inflicted fine of Rs. 20 Lakhs on West Bengal Government for banning the film “BhobhishyoterBhoot”. The apex court showed concern over “growing intolerance” in the field of art in our society. It fur ..
The move follows a decision taken in November last year, as a part of the bilingual litigation system requiring plaintiffs to translate court documents into English in all civil and commercial cases lodged in Abu Dhabi courts if the defendant does no ..
A Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the Election Commission in a petition filed by an NRI from Sharjah, Harpreet Mansukhani.The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Election ..