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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..

An Israeli businessman, denied a visa extension three years after he sought one, got a reprieve of sorts on Thursday when the Bombay high court directed the authorities not to put him in custody and sought reasons for the denial from the ministry of home affairs.  A bench, headed by Justice Bil..

If students till date had the option of choosing a conventional graduation degree in science or arts subjects, then there is something unconventional in the pipelines -- BA (Law). And students could be given a working knowledge of law up to class XII by including elementary and essential law in the school curriculum. HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said ongoing efforts to overhaul the ..

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court (HC) dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition seeking to stay the participation of Indian Cricket Team in the Tri-nation cricket series to be held in Srilanka for the genocide of innocent Tamil people in the Island nation under the guise of eliminating terrorists.  A division bench comprising Justices P Murugesan ..

The State Government is opposed to the proposed National Food Security Act in its present format since..

There is hardly anything unusual when a government breaks its promise to the people. But, can even Supreme Court be treated in the same vein? Well, the Uttar Pradesh government definitely thinks so. A day after its lawyer Satish Chandra Mishra submitted an affidavit before the apex court that the government would not re..

The Tamil Nadu Advocates Association (TNAA) on Wednesday wanted the Madras high court to issue notice to Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya, who was the acting chief justice during the February 19 violence on the court campus, to ascertain whether he gave any permission for the police to enter the premises.  ..