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Peeved at promotion of a "junior" colleague as district and sessions judge, a trial court judge has knocked the doors of the Delhi HC for remedial measures alleging that government norms on promotion have been compromised. The High Court has appointed a committee, comprising its judges, to look into the representation of I S Mehta, additional sessions judge and in-charge of Dwarka cour..

he government has sanctioned 71 new fast-track courts to speed up the war against corruption, according to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). These will come up in various states soon. The government's move follows an appeal made publicly to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by CBI director Ashwani Kumar here last month. Kumar made the plea at a CBI gathering where he pointed out..

Additional Consumer District Forum at Thane recently awarded a compensation of Rs. 3 lacs to a complainant whose daughter is alleged to have expired after a Intra Muscular injection was administered by the Doctor. The Complainants case was that after IM injection was administered abscess developed on her injection site. Thereafter whe was admitted to a private hospital where Incision an..

  A complaint of medical negligence against Dr. L.H.Hirandani Hospital and 3 doctors and a nurse filed by another doctor whose mother expired in this hospital was dismissed by the state consumer forum on 17th October 2008. div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in; li..

No more stamp paper. Now an electronic certificate will be stamped with the security features on the document. The e-stamp initiative is all set to be launched in Chennai. Tamil Nadu Minister for Registration and Tourism N. Suresh Rajan recently inspected the facilities for e-stamping in various parts of the city. To begin with, it would be introduced at nine sub-registrar’s offices &mda..

The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC)'s Standing Committee cleared 52 proposals in its final meeting before the announcement of the state assembly polls on Monday afternoon. The TMC has, due to the passage of resolutions, got a chance to utili..

For the first time, striking lawyers organized a dharna outside the district judge's chamber here on Friday to press for their demand for the latter's transfer by the Gujarat High Court. Babu Rayka, in-charge president, Surat District Bar Association (SDBA), said, "The chief justice of Gujarat High Court is yet to take any decision on the transfer of district judge R P Dholaria. Thus, we..

 The judiciary and the advocates of Kanpur Nagar and Dehat district courts on Friday condoled the death of special judge SC/ST court Kanpur Dehat, Nihal Ahmad Siddiqui, who died here during the intervening night of September 3 and 4, 2009.  The advocates abstained from judicial work while ..

The Supreme Court disposed of a PIL filed by an advocate seeking directions to the Union Government to ensure the safety of Indian students in Australia against racial attacks. Earlier, the Union Government in its affidavit had said all possible steps were being taken to protect the Indian students studying in Australia and the Indian Government was in constant touch with t..

After the landmark decision of the Supreme Court judges to make their assets public, judges of the Sikkim High Court are set to do the same. This is the first such decision in the Northeastern region.  An official source of the HC informed that the asset details of the judges will be placed on the website of the court at the earliest.  /..

Teachers of degree colleges associated with the Lucknow University (LU) on Thursday shot of a petition to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) with the request to intervene and stop the Supreme Court (SC) bench from revoking implementation of the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations in the students' union elections. On the oth..

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  Patna High Court on Wednesday disposed of a PIL filed by lawyer Kalpana, who sought a full-time secretary in charge of the energy department in view of the serious power crisis in the state. The court asked her to make a representation in this regard before the chief secretary.  Whe..