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Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan was asked by a predecessor to cut "short this unsavoury debate" over assets most judges have no hesitation in declaring.  The appeal from retired CJI J S Verma came in a television interview, in which he said he was "sure that most of the judges...  have no hesitation in declaring their as..

The Supreme Court adjourned the hearing of the petition of Karnataka government against the state High Court direction staying the government order making Kannada the medium of study in schools in the state.  A Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan had earlier told the state government counsel that English is a must f..

Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan reiterated that every judge of Supreme court or High Court is free to make his or her assets public and he has not prevented anyone from doing so. Mr Justice Balakrishnan was talking to the media persons after attending a seminar on "Judicial review of administrative action." Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily, however, ref..

The Supreme Court granted four weeks time to the petitioner to respond to the counter affidavit filed by Mayawati government in installation of statues case. Petitioner Mr Ravi Kumar and Mr Sukumar were seeking CBI investigation into the allegations of installing statues of Dr B R Ambedkar, Kanshi Ram and Mayawati besides installing the statues of elephants, election symbol..

The Supreme Court has expressed dismay over the ignorance of the legal fraternity of the traditional rules of interpretation of law called Mimansa principles. The observation was made by the apex court while allowing the appeal of Vijay Narayan Thatte and others against the notification issued by the Maharashtra government under section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act. ..

The Supreme Court, while holding that the court cannot reappreciate and re-examine the findings recorded by an inquiry officer, has upheld the dismissal of the private secretary of a UP Minister on the charges of defrauding his boss. Manmohan Nath Sinha, who was private secretary (Class II) to the then UP Minor Irrigation Minister Ram Asrey Paswan, had misappropriated lakhs..

The Patna High Court on Monday directed the Begusarai DM to acquire land for an approach road to the rail-road bridge over the Ganga river between Munger and Begusarai, which is nearing completion.  A division bench comprising Chief Justice P K Misra and Justice Anjana Prakash passed the order ..

A PIL has been filed at Jharkhand High Court against director general of police (DGP) V D Ram, additional director general of police (ADGP) Rajiv Kumar and a dozen others for embezzlement from the Secret Services (SS) funds.  The PIL filed by advocate Ram Subag Singh alleged that DGP V D Ram an..

 A local court on Monday directed the police to investigate under CrPC 156 (3) the incident wherein some students of Auxilium School (Makarpura) were pulled up for putting 'mehndi' on their hands last week.  According to complainant Bhavesh Ganatra, his daughter Radha, who studies in Auxil..

Overburdened by "heavy workload'', a trial court judge recently passed a wrong order leading to the arrest of a man who was already discharged by a sessions court in a cheating case.  Litigant Hemant Kumar had thought that his 12-year-long battle was over after a sessions court last year d..

The two-judge bench which directed the closure of unrecognised schools in Vishakapatnam refused to budge from its stance in spite of repeated pleas from the state to reopen the schools. "The ruling of closure will be adhered to, but let the students go back to school," additional advocate general Sudarshan Red..

The Madras high court has held that Dr T Chinnaraj Joseph Jayakumar, the ousted principal of The American College in Madurai, is entitled to continue in the post, and directed the higher education authorities to hand over the college administration to him.  A division bench comprising Justice V..

A petition was filed on Monday in Gujarat High Court challenging the ban by the state government on expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh's book "Jinnah-India, Partition, Independence".  The petition filed by Manishi Jani, a distinguished poet and writer, and Prakash Shah, a professor of ..

 Five days after the state government banned Jaswant Singh’s controversial book ‘Jinnah-India, Partition, Independence’, a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in Gujarat High Court on Monday, challenging it. This PIL may come up for hearing before a la..

The Allahabad High Court, on Monday, refused to stay the arrest of BJP MP Rama Kant Yadav against whom an FIR was lodged under Section 302, 307 of IPC for opening fire on the members of Ulema Council in which one person died. The allegation against the MP was that he shot dead one Abdul Rehman and injured three members ..