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In an important development in trials related to post-Godhra massacres, a special court on Wednesday held that the victims have no right to be represented by an independent lawyer when the state government takes up their cause. Designated judge SH Vora refused permission to two victims of Naroda Gam case to be represented by lawyers, which is normally termed as with prosecution'. The ..

The National Commission for Women (NCW) constituted an inquiry committee, headed by Wansuk Syiem, to probe the complaint of an Air India hostess of alleged molestation by its pilots. NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas said, ‘We have set up a high-level committee comprising social workers and experts. It will have tw..

 The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and Gujarat government on a petition challenging the High court order staying the magisterial probe into the killing of Ishrat Jahan by police i..

5000 Gramnayalayas are to be established in the country to give effect to the Gramnayalayas Act 2008...

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BJP's Jharkhand unit on Tuesday challenged in the Supreme Court continuance of President's rule in the state and keeping the assembly under suspended animation. The petition came up for hearing before a Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices P Sathasivam and B C Chauhan which defered the hearing for three weeks. The petition filed by the party's state unit spokesm..

The prosecution in the 26/11 terror attack case would examine a Magistrate tomorrow who had recorded the confession of the arrested LeT militant Mohamed Ajmal Kasab. The move is considered significant because Kasab has retracted his confession in the trial court saying his statement was recorded under duress and that he had not given it voluntarily. As Kasab has retracted his confessio..

The Delhi High Court has asked the Jamia Milia Islamia University to consider the plea of two students who were denied admission in Bachelor in Dental Surgery (BDS) course on the ground that they had passed intermediate examination a decade ago and are now seeking admission in degree a course. The Court also slapped a cost of Rs 15,000 on the University for denying admission to them in BDS cou..

The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh has denied any fresh construction activities at the site of Rs 2,600-crore memorials being constructed for BSP founder Kanshiram and other Dalit leaders in Lucknow. In a fresh counter affidavit filed before the apex court here on Monday, the state government submitted that whatever construction was being carried out was only with regard to certain struc..

The Supreme Court on Tuesday posed a query to the Centre as to what was the "great need" for deemed universities in the country. A bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Mukundakam Sharma also asked the Centre whether any of the Indian deemed universities is having its branches in other countries of the world. "We would like to know whether you have this system of deemed universities of..

A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday accepted Hafiz Saeed’s petitions for quashing the cases registered against him and issued notices to the Punjab provincial government and police officials. The two-judge bench issued notices to the Station House Officers of the two police stations in Faisalabad that registered the cases against the Jamat-ud-dawa chief under the Anti-Terrorism..

In June, when Shanthi (name changed) began feeling weak by the day, she thought her husband was causing her some harm for the sake of her property. The local police told her they would not be able to register a complaint against him. Forensic expert Dr R Selvakumar then suggested she test her hair, nail and blood for toxicity. Two days later, the lab report showed an increased lead content in ..

With Punjab and Haryana High Court calling for details of action taken against chargesheeted officers of building branch of municipal corporation (MC), trouble is brewing for the top brass of the branch that has been enjoying power despite being chargesheeted a number of times. Amar Vivek Singh, counsel of the petitioner, Rajesh Inder Pal Singh and others said the court has told the civic body..

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre on a plea seeking disclosure of certain vital documents in connection with the issue of black-money stashed in foreign banks. The apex court sought the response from the government on allegations by eminent jurist Ram Jethmalani and others that authorities were withholding vital documents relating to the case. Meanwhile, Solicitor Ge..