The Madras High Court has refused to interfere with the Puducherry government's decision to pay Rs 25 lakh to the family of the former lieutenant-governor Govindsing Gurjar, who died in April 2009 while in office. Gurjar was appointed lieutenant gov ..
The government on Tuesday got some much-needed relief in dealing with the power crisis. The high court has stayed for six weeks the August 17 directive of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), asking KPTCL to grant open access for exp ..
The Bombay high court on Tuesday restrained the Maharashtra government from implementing the Allowed-To-Keep-Term (ATKT) facility for students who failed their SSC examinations till it gives its verdict in the matter. A division bench of Chief Justi ..
The Madras High Court has said that the Chennai Corporation and Commissioner of Police should consider a proposal to shift temporary cracker shops to the Island Grounds or to some other appropriate place and frame a scheme in this regard. A Bench, co ..
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan was asked by a predecessor to cut "short this unsavoury debate" over assets most judges have no hesitation in declaring. The appeal from retired CJI J S Verma came in a television interview, in which ..
The Supreme Court adjourned the hearing of the petition of Karnataka government against the state High Court direction staying the government order making Kannada the medium of study in schools in the state. A Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balak ..
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan reiterated that every judge of Supreme court or High Court is free to make his or her assets public and he has not prevented anyone from doing so.Mr Justice Balakrishnan was talking to the media persons after a ..
The Supreme Court granted four weeks time to the petitioner to respond to the counter affidavit filed by Mayawati government in installation of statues case.Petitioner Mr Ravi Kumar and Mr Sukumar were seeking CBI investigation into the allegations o ..
The Supreme Court has expressed dismay over the ignorance of the legal fraternity of the traditional rules of interpretation of law called Mimansa principles.The observation was made by the apex court while allowing the appeal of Vijay Narayan Thatte ..
The Supreme Court, while holding that the court cannot reappreciate and re-examine the findings recorded by an inquiry officer, has upheld the dismissal of the private secretary of a UP Minister on the charges of defrauding his boss.Manmohan Nath Sin ..