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 ..
10,000 more courts needed to clear backlog: CJI New Delhi (PTI): Warning that the law and order situation would be seriously impacted if criminal courts continued to be flooded with cases, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has proposed that 10, ..
In a significant ruling, a division bench of the Rajasthan High Court has held that a woman on her marriage, whatever her domicile of her origin might have been, acquired 'domicile' of her 'husband.'Domicile determined by marriage :Consequently, the ..
Confession not ultimate evidence for conviction: SC On Friday, the SC acquitted a man sentenced to death by a Gujarat trial court. The sentence was upheld by HC. Both courts had based the conviction on his statement before a magistrate to the effect ..
CAs now allowed to advertise services:While practising company secretaries would be allowed to advertise their services from January 1 itself, for the chartered accountants and cost accountants it is not likely before April as the matter has to get a ..
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that in case of dowry death prosecution need not to prove that there was an agreement for dowry between the families of the bride and the bridegroom as making such a demand is an offence.Interpreting Section 304- ..
Following angry SMS campaigns calling for boycotting polls, the Election Commission on Sunday has clarified that even if people register their negative votes against any candidate, the winner will be the person who receives the maximum count among th ..
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 ..