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The Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh resolved to request the State Government to allot 100 acres of land and funds for construction of High Court complex and further five acres of land for the Bar Council. At its meeting held to discuss the recent fire in the Andhra Pradesh High Court, the Council, in its resolutions, said it would also request the State Government to take imm..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that tenth and twelfth-standard students, enrolled at a school in this district’s Katarha village and studying under the Open School System, be allowed to appear in examinations scheduled next month. While hearing the public interest litigation of student Gagan Yadav and others, Chief Justice A K Patnaik and Justice Ajit Singh issue..

Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily reiterated that he will bring about amendments in laws which hamper the trial system to bring about speedy justice to people. ‘We will infuse accountability, ethics, transparency and efficiency in the legal structure, will do away with the old laws, clearly define property rights and put in place a structure that infuses growth,&rsquo..

Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily said the judiciary needed to be held accountable for its actions. "We have the best and independent judiciary but independence without accountability is of no use," Mr Moily said, addressing the National conference on Legal & Administrative reforms and double digit growth organised by ASSOCHAM here. Mr Moi..

 The BJP has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Election Commission to hold fresh Assembly elections in Jharkhand. The Assembly in Jharkhand has been under suspended animation for more than six months. According to the BJP, no party or group or alliance has been able to cobble up a workable majority to form a government in the State...

The Supreme Court has ruled that the election petitioner must be personally present at the time of filing the petition under section 81(1) of the Representation of the People’s Act in the High Court. A bench comprising Justices DK Jain and P Sathasivan while dismissing the petition of a defeated candidate in the Assembly Elections in Karnataka wh..

It's a move that will save thousands of lives — and prevent terminally ill and desperate patients from falling prey to unscrupulous organ traders. The Union law ministry has cleared the long-pending amendments to the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994, and will send the draft Bill to the cabinet secretary on Tuesday. The Bill, which is scheduled to be introduced in..

 The Supreme Court has upheld a judgment of the Kerala High Court setting aside the election of P C Thomas, who was elected from 12 H P Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha constituency. The High Court had set aside the election of Thomas to the Lok Sabha on October 31, 2006, holding him guilty of indulging in corrupt practices by asking for votes in the name of community and religi..

The spirit of ecological coexistence, in which no species is considered superior to the other, is something humans will take a lot of time to get used to. The scenario in Chandigarh is no different where the sale of wild animals protected by law is on the rise, say sources. Ambala, Ropar, Panchkula and Kharar are also said to be centres of this business. Thursday’ seizure..

State chief information commissioner Suresh Joshi and the Central Information Commission (CIC) recently directed that the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa do come under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The directives put state information commissioner Ramanand Tiwari in the spotlight for the wrong reason, because he had earlier ruled to the contrary. Worli resident Rajan Alimchandani had ..

TPC on Saturady moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the Bombay high court order giving permission to the Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to amend its plea in its on-going dispute with the country’s largest utility on the supply of gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin. "It is submitted that the amendment in effect seeks to portray the Central government as the chief..

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the government, Subhas Datta, who had filed a PIL on Indian Botanic Garden (Shibpur) and the IBG garden authorities to file affidavits on the issue of the garden being under the direct control of Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and not under the purview of state laws. Datta had moved the PIL alleging mismanagement and poor maintenance of the garden..

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Friday directed police not to take action against Congress MPs Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury and Mousam Noor in a shrine pillage case till the court disposes of a revision application filed by them. The plea challenged an FIR filed by the inspector-in-charge of Englishbazar police station in Malda on the basis of a complaint by Noor's relative Shehnaz Quadri...

he two-judge bench of the A P High Court overseeing the closure of schools without permission in Vishakapatnam district yet again on Wednesday pointed out to abdication of statutory functions by the state government. The inaction to effect the closure of schools running without permission was seen by the court as not only a failure to implement the law but defiance of judicial orders. ..

he Delhi High Court on Friday raised questions on the `conflicting' laws dealing with rape under which a man who has raped his wife was treated leniently even as others were handed out stringent punishments. A three-judge Bench comprising Justice Vikramjit Sen, Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Mukul Mudgal, heard a petition filed by the father of an underaged married girl seeking striki..