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The Assembly on Tuesday adopted 30 Bills, including those seeking to levy a duty on transfers of property in municipal areas, regulate conduct of jallikattu and regulate fee collection in schools in the State. Under the Duty on Transfers of Property (in Municipal Areas) Bill, a 5 per cent duty would be levied in the form of a surcharge on stamp duty at the time of transfer of property i..

The Supreme Court today stayed till further orders the Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment which permitted abortion of a mentally challenged pregnant woman. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan directed that the court would give reasons later. The apex court also made it clear that they were going ..

Gujarat High Court today issued a showcause notice to the state government to file reply within two weeks as to why the Public Interest Litigation, filed by Ukai Right Bank Canal Adivasi Adhikar Samiti praying for direction for commencing the construction of Canal on right bank of Ukai Da..

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to examine on Thursday a petition challenging the Election Commission's decision to hold separate elections for filling up three vacant seats in the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. The petition filed by Rahul S Narwekar, a Shiv Sen..

 The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the Karnataka High Court's judgement quashing a state government order making Kannada the compulsory medium of instruction in all schools of the state from class I to IV. A three judge Bench headed by Chief Justice..

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court directing termination of the pregnancy of a mentally challenged orphan who was raped at a Nari Niketan in Chandigarh. "We stay the operation of the High Court order," a Bench headed by Chief Justice K ..

The Madras High Court held as valid, the proviso to Explanation II (5) to Section 16 of the Tamil Nadu Advocates Welfare Fund Act. Allowing appeals by the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and the Tamil Nadu Government challenging an order of a single Judge, a Division Bench comprising Justices P Jyothimani and..

The Supreme Court has directed Home Secretary, Rajasthan to appear personally in the court on July 27 to explain why its order to re-arrest a rape accused has not been complied with. A bench comprising Justices Markandey Katju and A K Ganguly yesterday severely reprimanded Rajasthan police officials and told the two investigating officers present in the court, ‘You are not fit to wear po..

The religious heads of various communities came together on Saturday to oppose the recent judgement of the Delhi High Court decriminalising homosexuality and to urge the government to take a stand against it. Representatives of Jamait Ulama-i-Karnataka, Adichunchanagiri Mahasamsthana math, Sri Guru Singh Sabha and a Jain association addressed a joint press conference here to unanimously..

 The Delhi High Court verdict legalising gay sex has put the government in a fix as it remains undecided about its stand in the Supreme Court, 10 days after a response was sought from it on the vexed issue. "No affidavit has been filed in the court as yet..

An application will be filed tomorrow in the Supreme Court seeking modification of the order of the apex court permitting Mayawati government to shift inmates from the old jail in Lucknow to a new one. An advocate, Sangam Lal Pandey has already served a copy of his application to the respondent which includes Uttar Pradesh government. According to Mr Pandey, the old jail is ..

The Allahabad High Court issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council, Allahabad, Bar Council of India, New Delhi and the state government to show cause as to why the resolution passed by the Bar council of UP, asking the lawyers of the state to abstain from judicial work be not set as..

The Supreme Court dismissed a petition, seeking removal of Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan through impeachment. The petitioner, P V Chandran had alleged that elevation of Justice Balakrishnan as Judge of the Kerela High Court in 1985 was illegal as he was only a Munsif ..

The Delhi High Court has issued directives to the government to place before it the report of Lt Gen Henderson Brooks about the reasons behind 1962 Indo-Sino war. The court will peruse the reports to decide whether it could be made public. Hearing a..

S K Gupta, spokesman of Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the July 2 judgment of Delhi High Court decriminalising homosexuality between adults with mutual consent. The High Court had advised the government to suitably amend section..