Amid a raging debate over the live TV coverage of Mumbai terror siege, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan asked media to be more responsible and not pose hurdles to risky operations of security forces. The CJI said live coverage of Mumbai attack ..
New body to watch corruption in courts..........Nagendar Sharma New Delhi FOR THE first time in India, common people would soon be able to lodge their complaints against corrupt judges. The government has decided to provide punitive powers to a pro- ..
NEW DELHI: Long-winded judgements, unpunctual judges and vacancies are among the 29 reasons for the huge backlog of 30 million cases in various courts across the country, Law Minister H.R. Bharadwaj said on Monday. "We are grappling with the problem ..
The Law Commission has rejected a parliamentary committee recommendation to make Hindi the official court language for delivering judgments in the Supreme Court and all High Courts and also to amend the Constitution to enable the Union Legislature de ..
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008 Finally, urine recycler passes astronauts' testHOUSTON (AP) - After several days without luck, astronauts finally ran a successful test on equipment that turns urine into drinking water - a necessity for supporting the interna ..
46 farmers commit suicide every day in India; Maharashtra tops list New Delhi, Dec 14: Fourty-six farmers commit suicide every day in this country even as packages were rolled out in a bid to bailout the debt-ridden community from crisis. A whopping ..
A court received a letter purportedly sent by militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) to blow up court complexes today, forcing the authorities to beef up security in and around the court.The authorities received a letter to blow up Delhi District Tis ..
Former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev pleaded before the Delhi High Court that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should be directed to release pensions to him and other players, who joined the rival Indian Cricket League (ICL). Kapil ..
Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan directed the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority to provide free legal aid to dependants of all those affected in the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks.It is for the first time that the Supreme Court has co ..
NEW DELHI: Overwhelmed by the audacious terror strike in the heart of Mumbai, former attorney general Soli J Sorabjee gave vent to the public angst by moving the Supreme Court with a PIL for a direction to the Centre to equip and train the police mak ..