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In a welcome measure to speed up disposal of cases, the Madras High Court has decided to work for 15 minutes longer every day from the next judicial year. The Madras High Court, which already works 15 minutes longer than any other court in the country, has now decided to scale down the daily lunch recess from one hour to just 45 minutes. The revised sitting hours is from 10.30 am to 1.30..

A hasty' decision by a settlement officer granting pattas (titles) for 36 acres of government land at Guindy worth Rs 1,500 crore, in favour of nine individuals has been stayed by the Madras High Court. Justice V Dhanapalan granted the interim stay on the September 1, 2008 order by the settlement officer after admitting a writ petition filed by the Mambalam-Guindy taluk tahsildar. Th..

A CPM affiliated farmers' body in Tamil Nadu has announced that on November 9 it would forcibly enter the land allegedly encroached by Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran in a village in Tiruvallur district and distribute it to landless poor and Dalits. Tulsi Narayanan, District Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha, which is spearheading the agitation since the charges o..

he Chennai district collector's order to clear out 772 huts off New Avadi Road near Aspiran Garden in Kilpauk can neither be faulted nor be interfered with, the Madras high court has said. Dismissing a writ petition filed by the Kaalvaithurai Kudisaivazh Makkal Pothu Nala Sangam, the first bench comprising the chief justice HL Gokhale and justice D Murugesan said: "On perusal of the rele..

NEW DELHI: In a dramatic turn in the Ambani brothers' gas dispute case, Justice R V Raveendran, a senior Supreme Court judge on Wednesday withdrew from the Bench hearing it saying his daughter is associated with a solicitors firm advising the Mukesh Ambani group on other global projectsA new Bench will be constituted on Thursday to hear the high-voltage case between Mukesh Amabani's RIL an..

Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran facing allegations of land grabbing and charges of corruption was on Friday not available for comments on a media report that he passed orders allegedly in favour of a NRI family whose hospitality he had enjoyed in Canada. Dinakaran's office did not put through calls to the judge for his reaction to the media report. The office suggested that a..

The ruling DMK, which has been keeping silence over Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran land-grab issue, broke its silence on Saturday by expressing its virtual support for him drawing a parallel with AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa’s bungalow at Kodanadu allegedly built violating rules. DMK’s mouthpiece Murasoli allocated half page on Page 1 on its issue dated October 31 t..

A Pakistani anti-terror court conducting the trial of seven suspects in connection with the Mumbai attacks on Saturday declared 14 other accused, including Ajmal Kasab, as "absconders" and adjourned the matter till November 7. During today's proceedings, Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan declared 14 other suspects linked to the attacks -- including Kasab, the lone terrorist captured aliv..

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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..