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 The social justice and empowerment department has cancelled admission of 20 students this year. It has pointed out that the backwardcaste certificates were either incorrect or did not a..

Jharkhand High court directed the state government not to execute any sale deed in favour of the Civil Services Officers Cooperative Society (CSOCS) which reportedly purchased 78.32 acres of gair majaruwa malikana hak land at Sanga area in Kane block of the state capital. The division bench comprising Justice M Y Iqbal and R R Prasad passed the order while hearing a Public Interest ..

As the reports of honour killings continue to pour, the Union Law Ministry has opined that such crimes and delivery of justice by mob could be checked through a fresh and tough legislation accompanied by suitable amendments to the existing laws. Interacting with media persons, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said his Ministry had given its opinion to the Ministry of Home Affairs, that..

The Supreme Court issued notices to the Centre and State of Punjab on a petition filed by former Maharashtra DGP S S Virk, seeking prosecution of the official, responsible for defying the Supreme Court order. Virk, who had also headed Punjab police, was suspended following his arrest in September 2006 in a disproportionate assets case. A bench comprising Chief Justice K ..

The Delhi High Court deferred the hearing of a petition filed by legal heirs of Maharani Gayatri Devi seeking release of Rs 80 lakh deposited by them in the Government vault as taxes for contravention of the Gold Control Act in 1975. Initially, the petition was filed by Maharani Gayatri Devi of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family of Rajasthan stating that Rs 80 lakh deposited in the G..

All India Muslim Personal Law Board has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi High Court judgement on legalising homosexuality between consenting adults. The Delhi High Court had on July 2 last year while holding that gay sex between two adults by mutual consent is not a crime had recommended to the government to suitably amend section 377 of IPC dealing with unnatural sex inc..

The Delhi High Court restrained an online portal ‘www.askme.com’ from carrying out its business following allegations that it had infringed the copyright of another portal ‘Just Dial.com’. Justice Indermeet Kaur Kocchar, while restraining a class="linkif..

The Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by former MP from Telangana region seeking directions to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker N Kiran Kumar Reddy to accept the resignation of 139 MLAs from Telangana region. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Justices J M Panchal and Deepak Verma dismissed the petition filed by M Narayen Reddy, ex MP, as infructous since t..

Ruling out any move to set up a bench of the Supreme Court outside Delhi, Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily said the Law Ministry has an open mind on forming Courts of Appeal (COA) on the lines of the courts in the United States and the United Kingdom. Interacting with a group of newspersons, Mr Moily said the idea to set up COA was just a means to meet the growing demands of the re..

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The Delhi High Court today directed the cellular operators to ensure that the unsolicited commercial calls (UCC) made by the companies or banks are reduced and eventually ended. A bench comprising Justice Badar Durrez Ahmad and Justice Veena Birbal asked the cellular operators to follow the guidelines laid down by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in this regard. b..

The Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) directed the Ananthapur Deputy Commissioner of Labour to ensure reinstatement of 185 ousted workers of the Ultratech Cement Factory in Tadipathri. Hearing a petition filed by BJP State President B Dattatreya and others, SHRC Chairman B Subashan Reddy and APSHRC Member E Ismail said ‘the Commission is of considered view th..

The Delhi High Court directed the government and Hockey India (HI) to file an affidavit regarding as to what procedures will be adopted to conduct fair elections of the national sports body. A bench comprising Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice Rajiv Sahay Endlaw directed Hockey India (HI) to file a detailed affidavit with regard to the appointment of observer and returning officer ..

Two days after the nation celebrated its 61st Republic Day, the Supreme Court has expressed displeasure over the manner in which freedom fighters were being treated. The court made the observation, dismissing the appeal of the Tamil Nadu government against the order of Madras High Court which had directed the state government to pay freedom fighters pension to A K Manickam Pillai. ..

With mounting pendency of cases in courts, the Delhi High Court blamed judges and lawyers for dragging on the cases. Blaming lawyers for the rising pendency of cases, Justice S N Dhingra lashed out at lawyers for seeking adjournments on frivolous grounds and delaying the legal proceedings. ‘This whole culture of adjournment is one of the big reasons that a case or ..