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Rejecting Law Commission's recommendation for setting up of four Supreme Court regional benches, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Saturday said he did not favour the "disintegration" of the apex court. "I am not in favour of the disintegration of the Supreme Court. Personally I feel the Supreme Court cannot be in any other part of India. This is the ..

  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. div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal" a..

  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. span style="font-size:..

  A petition was on Wednesday moved in the Supreme Court contending that the resignation submitted by the MLAs on the issue of Telangana be deemed to have been accepted by the Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal" ali..

HUBLI: If you thought that "the dog ate my homework" was the lamest excuse anyone can come up with, wait. The state government can do better. It Twitter    Facebook    Share Email    Print    Save    Comment has rejected an RTI application, saying the postal orders we..

Delh HC warns Leyland and Tata to supply buses in time NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Wednesday warned bus providers Leyland and Tata, that court will cancel the ten..

Shelter all Delhi's homeless by evening, orders SC New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday ordered the Delhi government t..

Law abiding citizen entitled to kill aggressor in self defence: SC   1/19/2010 In a significant ruling, the Su..

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The Supreme Court today asked the Gujarat government to furnish without delay all documents, including the alleged inflammatory speeches made by chief minister Narendra Modi, to the Special Investigation Team probing post-Godhra 2002 communal riots in the state...

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Two judges of the Supreme Court have expressed opposite opinions on the issue of Judicial Legislation. Justice Markandey Katju in an order has ruled that Courts can only recommend to the Legislature or the Executive to make laws on social problems which require urgent solution and the judges cannot make law on their own. Another judge on..

NRIs will be able to cast their votes by the time the country holds its next general elections, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday. "I recognise the legitimate desire of Indians living abroad to exercise their franchise and to have a say in who governs India," the prime minister told the annual conclave for the Indian diaspora. "We are working on this issue and I sincer..

The government is proposing to bring in a new leg..