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Gay rights: SC issues notice to Centre on pleas challenging

   17 August 2009 at 15:15

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on petitions filed by a Christian body and a disciple of Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev seeking stay of a Delhi High Court verdict legalising gay sex among consenting adults.A bench, headed by Chief Just ..

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Evening courts to reduce backlog

   17 August 2009 at 14:09

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 ..

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New courts for speedy justice

   17 August 2009 at 14:03

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 ..

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PM’s speech at the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and C

   17 August 2009 at 12:47

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 ..

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Indian Judiciary is held in very high esteem: Law Minister

   17 August 2009 at 12:47

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 ..

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National consultation on judicial reforms to be held shortly

   17 August 2009 at 12:46

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 ..

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Prime Minister calls for 'Arrear Free' Judicial system

   17 August 2009 at 12:46

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called upon the judiciary and executive to work together to make the Indian judicial system arrear-free and stressed the need of urgently filling the large number of vacancies in the High Courts and subordinate courts to ..

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Madras HC: Petition seeking injunction against TCS dismissed

   17 August 2009 at 12:46

The Madras High Court dismissed applications seeking an interim injunction restraining Tata Consultancy Services from infringing the applicant’s copyright and patent in the invention ‘FLYGUARD’ under the title e-passport (Smartcard) ..

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No pendency of cases by 2011 : Addl Solicitor General

   17 August 2009 at 12:45

The pace at which the legal system is improving, there will be no pendency of cases by 2011, according to Additional Solicitor General A S Chandiok.Talking about the justice delivery system, Mr Chandiok said ‘our system is very good, it draws a ..

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Calcutta HC breather for Paran Jai Jolia Re

   17 August 2009 at 12:45

The screening of the romantic Bengali film Paran Jai Jolia Re got a breather as a two-Judge bench of the Calcutta High Court restrained from issuing a stay on the show.The bench, comprising Justices P C Ghosh and I P Mukherjee, also appointed two law ..

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