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To check corruption in judiciary, the Union government will introduce Judicial Accountability and Standard Bill 2009 in the coming session of Parliament, Union Law Minster M Veerappa Moily has said.  Minister Moily, however, defended Indian judiciary and said, ‘It is wrong to tarnish the image of otherwi..

In order to dispose of about 7 lakh pending cases in various courts in Punjab, it has been decided to start evening courts in the state.  In the first phase, evening courts would start functioning in important cities.  This was announced at Muktsar by Chief Justice of Punjab and Harya..

The Centre ruled out any intervention in the appointments in higher judiciary, saying such matters were handled as per the set Constitutional guidelines.  "We do not depend on the perceptions of different people.  The issue of the a..

Charges of land encroachment against Justice P D Dinakaran, Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, have been endorsed by an  d..

The Madras High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition at the admission stage, seeking a direction to the Tamil Nadu Assembly to take steps for making its MLAs declare their assets.  The petitioner, V Madhav, an engineer and Right to Information (RTI) activist, said the Assembly had unanim..

Any effort to "dilute" the RTI Act through legislative changes was strongly opposed by Information Commissi..

The Rajasthan High Court has stayed the quota provided by the state government to Gurjars and other economically-backward ..

A decision on elevation of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran to the Supreme Court will be based on "ha..

Tamil Nadu on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the permission granted to Kerala by the Central government for a proposal to conduct a survey and an investigation in the Periyar Tiger Reserve area to build a new dam in place of the Mullaperiyar dam. The application, drawn by counsel G. Umapathy and filed by counsel R. Nedumaran, in the main suit sought a direction to stay the Centre..

The Supreme Court has directed initiation of contempt proceedings against the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh for "f..

Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, who is facing allegations about acquisition of properties by him, attended the court today. Justice Dinakaran attended 21 cases, including Doctors, who have submitted their resignation en masse to the State Government demanding fulfillment of their demands or reliev..

  10/5/2009 The Supreme Court registry moved the Delhi High Court challenging its single-judge order..

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Kochi, Sept 30 (PTI) Close on the heels of a landmark decision by the Supreme Court judges to reveal information about their wealth, Kerala Chief Justice and other Judges of High Court here today made their assets public. The decision to make their assets and liabilties public wa..

Close on the heels of reported border incursions, China's recent practice of issuing separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir has sparked widespread concern and brought to the fore a growing trust deficit between the two neighbours. India's External Affairs Ministry conveyed its unhappiness to the Chinese government Thursday, a day after a media report disclo..