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A two-member Madras High Court bench Thursday recommended disciplinary action against four senior Chennai police officials in connection with the Feb 19 advocates-police clash and ordered the state government to pay the court Rs.5.8 million as compensation for damaged property. The bench ha..

Today at 2.30pm in the Hon'ble Madras High Court -Order Pronounced by Hon'ble Mr.Justice F.M.Ibrahim Kalifullah and Hon'ble Justice Banumathi regarding the clash inside the Madras High Court on 19.02.2009 Prima Facie case made out to issue Contempt Proceedings under section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act to Mr.Radhakrishnan, then Commissioner of Police and Mr.A.K.Viswanathan, Mr.Ramas..

CHANDIGARH: In an important move effecting legal fraternity in the region, the State Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana High Court on Sunday passed a resolution fixing experience limit for those interested in contesting election for various posts of office bearers of the bar association. As per the new directive, only those lawyers having minimum experience of five-year practice as members of a ..

The Government of India will recruit 15,000 trial court judges and 700 high court judges on a contractual basis to work in three shifts to clear the huge 3.1 crore backlog court cases. As per the vision statement of the Ministry of Law, retired judges and senior lawyers would be appointed as ad hoc judges for a limited period of one to two years on contract on a consolidated honorarium of Rs 50..

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In a direct attack on the collegium system that alone selects judges to the superior courts, the Government has sought for itself “powers to suggest outstanding lawyers and jurists” to the post of judges. A Vision Statement presented by Law Minister M Veerappa Moily on Saturday also criticised the collegium for delays, pointing out that its large strength had “made consultatio..

Law Minister Veerappa Moily seems to have ignored the need for efficient judges and quality justice by focusing too much on time-bound disposal of cases and appointment of judges. Moily suggested improvements in the system of selection of judges, but only for filling up Supreme Court and high court vacancies in time. Though he admitted that inefficiency in judiciary "breeds corruption", he k..

No adjournments, freedom from having to visit courts to pay traffic challans and cutting the six-month- long process for appointment of High Court judges to just eight weeks. These form part of the UPA government's bold plan to tackle the mountain of cases pending in courts which have made the judicial process a long and expensive affair. "Zero adjournments" as the eventual objective i..

n a significant ruling, the high court of Bombay at Goa has held that the release by a court of an accused under the Probation of Offenders Act without calling for a report from the probation officer is not justified. Setting aside a children's court order that acquitted one Shaikh Mohammad Rafiq charged with kidnapping and sexually abusing a minor boy on December 21, 2006 at Guirim, jus..

Karnataka High Court judge P D Dinakaran and his wife Dr K M Vinodhini have evaded stamp duty and violated Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority norms by building a five-storeyed office in the city despite getting approval only for four floors plus the stilt, the Forum for Judicial Accountability has alleged. In a representation to the Chief Justice of India, the forum, highlighting the &..

If all goes according to Law Minister Veerappa Moily's plan, it may just happen that the next time your case in court is to be decided, the clock may have well struck 12 midnight. In a vision statement presented to Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, the law ministry has proposed several radical ideas to overhaul the justice delivery system in India, including the appointment of 15,700 new judges ..

The Delhi High Court has pulled up the state-run Punjab National Bank for not publicising its various zero balance account opening schemes to the public and directed it to publicise such offers at the earliest. A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar rapped the bank and said: "Your chairman is answerable to every customer of the bank. You cannot shun your r..

he Centre is working on a plan for a cashless system whereby the government would bear all medical expenses during the first 48 hours of hospitalization of the victims of road accidents. With India leading the world in fatalities due to road accidents — 1.4 lakh killed in 2007 — this is a welcome move that may help bring down this figure. A senior official of road, transport and highwa..

he Karnataka High Court on Friday agreed with the submission of the State Government that everyone, irrespective of class, was entitled to worship and participate in religious functions in a temple. The court not only endorsed the Government’s stand but also dismissed a petition by the Brahmana Yuvakara Vrunda challenging the decision of the 2007 decision of the then Assistant Commissioner of ..

Ahead of Sunday’s crucial meeting of the Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishanan to decide on Justice P D Dinakaran’s elevation to the Supreme Court, the Karnataka High Court Chief Justice dismissed the Thiruvallur Collector’s report that he had encroached on public land. Talking to TOI exclusively on the sidelines of the ‘National Consultation for Strengthening th..