The remarks of Union minister Sachin Pilot regarding the bifurcation of the Allahabad High Court bench in western UP has angered the lawyer fraternity here. On Thursday, lawyers of the high court hurriedly convened a meeting of the Bar and passed a r ..
High Court remarks dubbing blackmailer a man who sued top officials for non-performance of duty after he was overcharged and slapped by a telephone booth attendant, have been set aside.‘The comments made personally against the appellant in the ..
Central information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi has given a new `mantra' to his counterparts across the country for speedy disposal of applications filed under the Right to Information Act. Before drafting a comprehensive action plan for his collea ..
The Bombay high court on Thursday heard a petition filed by IL&FS, one of the private developers whose bid for the Rs 813-crore Mantralaya redevelopment plan was rejected as "late''. A bench, headed by the Chief Justice, while reserving its ..
The Mumbai police got a dressing down in the Bombay high court on Thursday. Rapping the MIDC police for illegally detaining two activists a day before US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the city, the HC said the police "must not act l ..
The Madras High Court has allowed an application in a civil suit seeking an order of attachment before judgment of the immovable property in the names of the legal heirs of the late K Kalimuthu, former Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. ..
A two-judge bench of Calcutta High Court stayed an order asking to shut down all computer training centres of the state youth welfare department.The bench, headed by Bishwanath Samaddar, issued the ruling on a petition challenging a single-bench.The ..
Governor Debanand Konwar on Wednesday administered oath of office to the new Chief Justice of Patna High Court, Justice Prafulla Kumar Misra, at a simple function at the Rajbhawan here. Chief minister Nitish Kumar, Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan ..
Early Wednesday morning, a battery of lawyers called for a strike in district courts and headed towards the consumer court in Sector 19. Alleging that Jagroop Singh Mahal, president of District Consumer Forum-I, didn’t give them a ..
The Allahabad High Court has asked the UP government to file a counter affidavit within three weeks explaining what steps it has taken with regard to the construction of a three-storeyed building of lawyers in high court premises. The order was passe ..