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The three-day first media and law training programme organized by Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) concluded on Sunday. The programme brought together experts from fields like politics, media, judiciary, academia among others to discuss the various facets of law and media.  Representative..

 Hindi may be the national language, but the judiciary still swears by the Queen's English. Now, language is the bone of contention between lawyers and judges with a section of lawyers alleging that Delhi's judges prefer English-speaking lawyers to Hindi-speaking ones.  Alleging discrimina..

 The State Information Commission (SIC) chief, Suresh Joshi, has directed the Thane municipal commissioner, Nandkumar Y Jantre, to take action against all appellate authorities in the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) who have been sitting on RTI appeals even after the mandatory 30-day period.  ..

A trial court judge earned the wrath of the Delhi High Court for "exceeding his jurisdiction'' and showing lack of "judicial discipline'' by modifying the HC's order. Pulling up the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of New Delhi district for cancelling the interim bail of an accused, granted to him by the HC, for no valid reason and making him surrender before the court, Just..

Union Minister for Law and Justice Veerappa Moily said prior sanction should not be necessary for prosecuting a public servant who has been trapped red-handed or found in possession of assets disproportionate to known sources of his income.  Dr Moily also advocated statutory protection for whistleblowers. Stating that the present 65-70 per cent con..

Corruption poses a threat to national security as in the case of Mumbai Blasts in 1993 in which smuggled arms and explosives were used, Chief Justice of India (CJI) K G Balakrishnan said. Financing of terrorist operations through Hawala currency racket and other acts are a pervasive culture of graft that provokes pessimism about the quality of governance, he said. /br..

A total 71 CBI courts are in the offing in a bid to reduce the pendency of corruption cases across the country, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan said. Speaking at the National Seminar on ‘Fighting crimes related to Corruption’ organised by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the CJI said these courts would function across the country and be equippe..

The senior most Judge of the Uttarakhand High Court has been appointed to ‘perform the duties’ of Chief Justice after incumbent Justice Vinod Kumar Gupta retired yesterday, it was announced today. Justice Bipin Chandra Kandpal’s appointment by President Pratibha Patil took effect from yesterday, the announcement said. ..

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal laid emphasis on reform in legal education in the country. Mr Sibal, also an eminent lawyer, was speaking during the inauguration of New Cubicles for Lawyers in the Supreme Court. Mr Sibal and the Bar Council of India(BCI), a statutory body controlling and regulating legal education in the country, have serious differences. The BCI is strongly opposed to the intervent..

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Media trials have created a far-reaching effect on the judicial system in the country, this was stated by Gujarat High Court Chief Justice KS Radhakrishnan while inaugurating the three-day media training programme at Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) on Friday.  The chief justice said that..

 Governor-cum-chancellor Debanand Konwar is reported to have asked Patna University (PU) vice chancellor (VC) Shyam Lal to act as per the provisions of the university Act in the larger interest of higher education.  The chancellor had called the VC at Raj Bhavan here on Thursday evening an..

`Information is power' and that could be the reason why government departments are giving a cold shoulder to the RTI Act. "When a common man comes asking for information, the officials feel that they are losing their power," said Aruna Roy, a social activist. Roy was in the city to share her experiences on how..

Before bifurcating the Allahabad high court, the Central government should first bifurcate the Supreme Court and high courts in other states, otherwise the lawyers and Samajwadi Party activists would come out on the streets to oppose the move, said SP national general secretary and Allahabad MP Rewati Raman Singh while addressing lawyers at the library hall of High Court Bar Association (HCBA) ..

The Delhi High Court has said that the experience of an applicant should be counted over qualification during selection as physical education teacher. The high court on Thursday directed the Centre to appoint a former Indian Air Force man for the post of physical education teacher (PET) in Kendriya Vidyalaya within a mo..