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CHENNAI: The Supreme Court has given its nod for the appointment of 14 new judges in the Madras High Court, but not without a rider. At least five of the 14 candidates, who met chief justice A K Ganguly on Tuesday, were informed that they may have to volunteer for a transfer outside Tamil Nadu or their immediate family members practising law in the state may have to suspend their practice...

MUMBAI: A PIL filed in the Bombay High Court has taken exception to easy access to satellite images of the vital installations in the country through Google Earth. The petition, filed by Mumbai-based lawyer Amit Karkhanis, has demanded removal of images of the country from Google Earth. “In the alternative, I have demanded that at least the images of vital installations in the country be blocked,”..

The Chief Justice, KG Balakrishnan announced today that free legal aid would be given to all the victims of the terrorist attacks on 26/11. This has come as a welcome move from the president of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). We know that the Indian Constitution under article 39 A guarantees the right to free legal aid to all citizens of the country and this recent act by the Chief..

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seems to have lost all hope of getting a reply from Maharashtra govt on its notice on alleged attack on north Indians by supporters of MNS led by Raj Thackeray. "The state government is looking into the matter and we are yet to get a reply," NHRC chairperson Rajendra Babu told reporters on the sidelines of a function at New Delhi on Tuesday. Taki..

The Supreme Court Collegium has finally had its way with President Pratibha Patil clearing the names of three High Court chief justices recommended by it for elevation to the apex court despite reservations voiced by the Prime Minister's Office. The President has given the nod for appointment of H L Datuu, A K Ganguly and R M Lodha-Chief Justices of Kerala, Madras and Patna High Courts as jud..

Chennai: A public interest writ petition, seeking to prevent donated temple cows from being sold to slaughter houses, has been filed in the Madras high court. The first bench comprising CJ A K Ganguly and justice F M Ibrahim Kalifulla ordered notice to the commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) Department, returnable in three weeks. The petition, filed by Elep..

A writ petition seeking direction to the Union government to constitute a national investigating agency to combat growing incidents of terrorist violence in the country has been filed in the Supreme Court. The petition filed by advocate Abani Kumar Sahu has submitted that existing investigating agencies like CBI, ATS squads and other intelligence concerns have failed to serve the purpose, and..

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has told the Madras high court that it would enforce relevant rules and regulations to ensure that unauthorised construction activities, including digging trenches and road works, did not take place in hill stations such as Ooty, Kodaikanal and Yercaud. An undertaking to this effect was given before the first bench comprising Chief Justice A K Ganguly and ju..

New Delhi: Two PILs have been filed in the Supreme Court for setting up of a federal investigating agency (FIA) notwithstanding the Centre’s post-Mumbai terror attack promise to examine the feasibility of such a force. The UPA government’s public statement on the federal agency could be a knee-jerk reaction to the massive outburst against politicians at the helm of affairs and the resolve may..

Mumbai, December 1 The Mumbai terror attacks have now come to the Bombay High Court in the form of a PIL. In the aftermath of the terror attacks on Mumbai, a PIL has been filed seeking action against those advising the government on national security. The petition, filed by city-based advocate V P Patil, is likely to come up for hearing before Bombay High Court on December 4. Reflecting the popu..

CHENNAI: The Tamil language could be introduced in the High Court as an additional language only in a phased manner, former Judge, Supreme Court and Chairman, Law Commission of India, AR.Lakshmanan said here on Sunday. Addressing a seminar on Court language-Tamil organized by Sattakadir, a Tamil law magazine and Madras Development Society, Lakshmanan said Tamil could not be introduced all of a su..

Thailand's constitutional court on Tuesday unseated Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat by ordering that his party be disbanded for electoral fraud. He stands disqualified for elective office for five years. The latest ruling dissolved not only Mr.Somchai's party but also two of its coalition partners of government. The court held that the disqualification of any member of a party for poll irregul..

Supreme Court Judge Arijit Pasayat said the government has to make meaningful financial contribution to improve the working of the subordinate courts to decrease the mounting docket explosion. Justice Pasayat was addressing during the valedictory function of the first seminar on ‘National Judicial Academy, North Zone Regional Workshop of Planning and Management for timely justice’ at Chandigarh..

Higher salaries for judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court were effected by the Union Cabinet, the Law and Justice Ministry announced. With revised scales, the Chief Justice of India will now get a salary of Rs 1,00,000 per month plus Dearness Allowance thereon, a Ministry statement said. Judges of the Supreme Court and Chief Justices of the High Courts will draw a salary of Rs 90,0..

Chief Justice of India, Justice K G Balakrishnan, made it clear that the supremacy of Supreme Court Collegium, headed by the CJI shall continue in the matter of appointment of High Court and Supreme Court judges. The CJI was speaking on the occasion of Law Day function, organised by Supreme Court Bar Association(SCBA). The CJI asserted that he has been strictly following Supreme Court judgme..