HUBLI: The members of Hubli Bar Association on Friday boycotted the court proceedings and staged a rasta roko agitation at Court Circle here, seeking the arrest of a man who "allegedly" assaulted a senior advocate. The traffic movement at ..
BHUBANESWAR: In a curious turn of events a woman lawyer underwent a sex reassignment surgery (SRS) allegedly to save herself from forced marriage by her family. "I did not want a family life which is being forced on girls in our society," ..
The resignation of Santosh Hegde as Lokayukta rocked the Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday crippling official business following a stand-off between the BJP government and Opposition over the form of debate. ..
BANGALORE: The new Chief Justice (CJ) of the Karnataka High Court JS Khehar is well known for his tough decisions. When he was the judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, he had imposed Rs 20 lakh fine on a petitioner for filing a frivolous peti ..
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday announced the Telangana panel, which would consider the demand for splitting Andhra Pradesh. The government, however, is yet to frame the terms of reference for the panel headed by B N Srikrishna, a retired jud ..
NEW DELHI: Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of New Delhi Ajay Pande presided over a special sitting of the Patiala House Courts here on Wednesday. The court took up 46 cases and ordered release of 42 undertrials. Union Law and Justice Minist ..
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by the former Director General of Police (DGP), Kerala, P. Vijayan, challenging his prosecution by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the alleged fake encounter killing of ..
Kerala High Court on Thursday issued notice to the state government on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking a direction to ban processions or rallies with the participation over 500 people in the city.A Division Bench comprising Actin ..
The defence in the 26/11 trial on Wednesday submitted that it wanted to call upon Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane to depose before the court, in the light of his public statement about a political link in the terror conspiracy. The court h ..
Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla on Wednesday felt that it was not possible to make voting compulsory nationwide. It was for Parliament to debate and decide on the subject. “I have to preface this by saying that it is for Parliament to ..