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The Indian Constitution and various laws framed under it grant the Indian state and its agencies enormous power to regulate the movement of persons, especially when the bogey of national security is raised. These powers incl..

Judges have every right to be a little irritated when the orders of their courts are ignored be it by individuals or by organs of the state. They are currently irritated by the failure of 'the agencies' to recover a number of missing persons ..

Senior Judge of High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury recently attended a seminar on "Repression on the media and political violence: state responsibility and democratic culture" held ..

The "pendency problem" — or the unacceptably large backlog of cases in our court system — has become something of a mantra. Judges, politicians and legal administrators repeatedly cite this as the number one problem plaguing our justice delivery system. Less frequently recounted are concrete proposals that address this pendency problem. For ins..

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 145 of the Constitution, and all other powers enabling it in this behalf, the Supreme Court hereby makes, with the approval of the President, the following rules, namely: PART I GENERAL ORDER I INTERPRETATION, ETC. 1. (1) These rules may be cited as the Supreme Court Rules, 1966. ..

The law ministry is considering a cess to help clear the three crore cases clogging the courts. Though the proposal is only at a discussion stage, it must be nipped in the bud. We've already had an education cess and it is unclear how much of this has reached the real beneficiaries and if it has led to any perceptible improvement. Instead of further burdening the ta..

The Tokyo High Court on Dec. 17 upheld what was the first ruling under the newly introduced lay judge system. The high court's decision will set a trend for high courts respecting rulings made in district courts, where, in most cases, six ordinary citizens serve as judges along with three professional judges.   The first lay-judge trial to..

We are working as NGO from last five years for ROAD SAFETY, SMOOTH TRANSPORTATION AND DISCIPLINED OPERATION of busses on roads of NCT of DELHI. We are repeatedly acknowledging you about the gap in ground realities and working or Transport department. Due to this gap disciplined operation of busses could not be achieved. Despite of verbal appreciation at various levels i.e. Commissioner Transport, ..

As this decade ends and predictions fly on the "big event" of the next one, here's a question you're unlikely to read elsewhere. What will the next decade's Shah Bano be? The reference being to the 1985 Supreme Court decision to apply criminal law to provide maintenance to a divorced Muslim woman, even at the cost of reinterpreting Shariah. The court judgm..

Eleven members of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit based in San Francisco are scheduled to hear legal arguments on Tuesday in a lawsuit involving serious allegations of torture. The Bush administration tried to block the suit as part of its campaign to close off all avenues of accountability for its lawless detention policies. This time, Pres..

We all know as to what happened to Ruchika's case and as to how powerful Rathore could get promotions despite the pendency of serious allegations against him. It took almost 19 years to see the initial judgment and we can simply expect as to the time it will take if Rathore prefers an appeal and probably knowin..

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The Communal Violence Bill, in limbo in Parliament since 2005, has got a fresh lease of life. The Centre's Action Taken Report on the Liberhan Commission's recommendations had mentioned the "Communal Violence Bill". A changed version of the 2005 draft has now been cleared by the Union cabinet, and is likely to be tabled in the current session of Parliament..

During the World War II when Great Britain was losing on every front, Winston Churchill, then prime minister, wrote to Lord Chancellor, the chief justice, to ensure that the judiciary delivered justice. Surprised Lord Chancellor frantically asked Churchill why he had expressed such a fear when his attention was focused on how to stop the advancing Nazis. Churchill r..