The writ appeal proceedings, involving Podhu Dikshithars of Chidambaram Lord Natarajar Temple and the state government's take-over of the temple administration, commenced in the Madras High Court on Monday. A division bench comprising justice K Ravir ..
With the Supreme Court restricting the number of autos in the city to 55,000 and demand for autos soaring over the years in the absence of a good public transport system this gap in supply and demand seems to be at the root of the auto menace in the ..
The double speak of the Uttar Pradesh police on Nithari killings made the Supreme Court on Monday seek CBI assistance to clear the cloud over the issue relating to existence of complaints relating to the gruesome incident. The contradication emerged ..
The Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for adding more seats and introducing new courses in engineering and technical colleges in Maharashra. A bench of Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Satasivam allowed a special leave petiti ..
The Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has rejected the demand for a separate bench of the Allahabad High Court in western UP.‘ Constitution does not provide more than one High Court in a state as mandated under Article 214 (2), instea ..
The state department for law and judiciary (L&J) has released the rules for establishing evening courts to deal with cases under specified enactments, including the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act. The move forms part of the effort to reduce the ..
Several new fast-track courts, CBI courts and gram nyayalayas will soon come up in the state to deliver speedy justice. The Centre will also provide assistance to the states to set up gram nyayalayas that will function at the panchayat level. This wa ..
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has called upon the judiciary and executive to work together to make the Indian judicial system an arrear free. He was speaking at the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices in New Delhi today. D ..
The Union Law and Justice Minister, Shri Veerappa Moily has said that the Indian Judiciary is held in very high esteem not only in this country and the other developing countries but also in the developed countries of the world. He said this while ad ..
A National Consultation on Judicial Reforms will be held shortly and preliminary discussions have been concluded with key figures in justice implementation, Law Minister Veerappa Moily said. Addressing the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chie ..