The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notices to eight respondents, including Punjab home secretary, police chief and a ruling SAD MP, in a case of alleged kidnapping and gangrape of a minor girl of Tarn Taran district last month.Justice Nawa ..
The Madras High Court today granted conditional anticipatory bail to a doctor and his son in connection with the mark sheet fudging case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Justice M Jeyapaul granted the bail to Dr C Krishnamurthy and his ..
The Supreme Court has directed Home Secretary, Rajasthan to appear personally in the court on July 27 to explain why its order to re-arrest a rape accused has not been complied with.A bench comprising Justices Markandey Katju and A K Ganguly yesterd ..
The Union Law Secretary has told the government that it’s difficult to find any lacunae in the judgment of the Delhi High Court which struck down provisions in Section 377 of the IPC that criminalised homosexuality.This comes when the Centre ha ..
Legally India caught up with Bar Council of India chairman Suraj Narain Prasad Sinha last week. We asked him about legal education, Australian racism and why allowing foreign law firms to practice here is a bad idea.Legally India (LI): What are the g ..
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine on Thursday a petition challenging the Election Commission's decision to hold separate elections for filling up three vacant seats in the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. The petition filed by Rahul S Narwe ..
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the Karnataka High Court's judgement quashing a state government order making Kannada the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools of the state from class I to IV. A three judge Bench headed by Chi ..
The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court directing termination of the pregnancy of a mentally challenged orphan who was raped at a Nari Niketan in Chandigarh. "We stay the operation of the High Court ord ..
The special court trying the lone surviving terrorist in 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, on Tuesday said the Pakistani gunman's statement pleading guilty before it was not a confession but an admission of guilt. Judge M.L. Tahaliy ..
A Chennai-based social activist has approached the Supreme Court seeking action against the lawyers who had resorted to violent agitation in the premises of Madras High Court in February this year. The petitioner, Vishwanath Swami, pleaded the apex ..