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 Government of India is mulling appointing a woman judge to the Supreme Court after President Pratibha Patil made a suggestion in this regard to the Law Ministry. The President has asked the Ministry to explore the possibility of elevating at least one woman jud..

Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug's right to live with dignity by not force feeding her comatose body of 36 years has yet again brought into sharp focus the legality and morality of euthanasia after the apex court admitted a plea on merits yesterday (18 December). Yesterday's Times of India front-page report on the plight of 61-year old Shanbaug had sent droves ..

Gujarat assembly passes mandatory voting bill PTI 19 December 2009, 08:10pm IST   GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat assembly on Saturday passed a landmark bill which makes, for the first time in the country, voting mandatory in local body polls. The Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2009, which also seeks to ..

SC admits sexual assault victim's plea to end life 17 Dec 2009, 0959 hrs IST, Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN     NEW DELHI: The plight of a 61-year-old women, who suffered a brutal sexual assault 36 years ago and has been lying in a vegetative state in a Mumbai hospital ever since, has moved the S..

 he move to seek the impeachment of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran has gathered momentum with more than 50 Rajya Sabha members signing a petition seeking his removal. This development come..

 New Delhi: Eminent jurists, led by the former Chief Justice of India (CJI) J.S. Verma, have sugge..

Regarding recent Deoband Fatwa against (Vande Mataram) song   Deoband has exploited the freedom of speech given by Indian Constitution. The Constitution is fruit of India's Freedom struggle, wherein many freedom fighters & martyrs sung Vande Mataram.   Deoband & Pakistan too should honour Vande Mataram. Pakistan i..

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 Justice J N Patel, Judge of High Court of Bombay and Executive Chairman of Maharashtra State Legal Service Authority, will inaugurate a one-day state-level seminar on Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 on December 12.  Justice N A Britto, Executive Chairman, Goa State Legal ..

It is billed as one of Pakistan's most historic cases. For no other case has the Supreme Court put together all its judges for the hearing.   The possible outcome could have damaging consequences for the political future of President Asif Ali Zardari and many others in the Pakistan People's Party-led government.   ..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Tankeshwar Prasad Sharma, Additional Judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court, ..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya, Judge of the Madras High Court, to be the Chief Judge of the Gujarat High Court, with effect from the date he assumes charges of his office. ..

How much does it cost to let our lawmakers deliberate questions about our lives? Close to half a crore of public exchequer's money per Twitter    Facebook    Share Email    Print    Save    Comment day. And yet the story of the Karnataka legislature sessions isn't qu..

New Delhi, Dec 8 (PTI) The fate of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran appears to have been sealed with the Supreme Court Collegium not in a mood to elevate him. A decision to this effect is understood to have been informally arrived at by the collegium which is like..