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Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan emphasised the need for speedy trial saying judges should ask relevant questions only. Justice Balakrishnan said the judges should have fair knowledge of law and should ask ‘relevant questions’ only. The CJI said this at the First National Justice Academy Zonal Judicial Conference on Enhancement of Tim..

 Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan said here on Sunday that eyewitness accounts in criminal cases must be examined properly for speedy disposal of cases.  "In some states, eyewitnesses are not heard. On the basis of my personal experience, I suggest you to hear eyewitnesses prop..

If justice delayed is justice denied, then no family member of any custodial death victim has ever got justice in Tamil Nadu.  Just consider this. Rohini, whose history-sheeter-husband Lingam was beheaded inside a sub-jail with the knowledge of an assistant jailer in 1992, got a compensation in..

 Union minister of state for human resource development Daggubati Purandeswari said the Centre would soon bring an Act on the Right to Education.  Though primary education is a subject of state governments, the central government has asked all the states to prepare ..

Judge Baqir Ali Rana of anti-terrorism court no 2, who is conducting the trial in the high-security Adiala Jail in the garrison city of Rawalpindi of five LeT operatives accused of involvement in the Mumbai attacks on Saturday ordered a blackout on the media c..

Expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Gujarat government’s decision to ban his book on Mohammad Ali Jinnah in the state. Singh, along with a representative of Rupa and Co, publisher of the book 'Jinnah -- India, Partition, Independence', filed a petition in the apex court against the ban imposed by the Narendra Modi government on August 19, t..

The judicial reform ship floated by the government three months ago with law minister Veerappa Moily as captain has had a smooth sailing till now thanks to tail winds generated by intense public opinion that virtually forced SC judges to bow to demands of transparency. Moily’s roadmap on judicial reforms had four components — make judges declare assets; make them accountable for miscon..

Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan on Friday asserted that his office was out of the purview of the country's transparency law, the Right to Information Act. "The office of the Chief Justice is privy to so much of information like privileged communication between various constitutional authorities, complaints against judges etc. How can all this information be disclosed (under the RT..

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In a controversial move, the state government on Friday introduced a bill to amend the AP Societies Registration Act 2001 on Friday. While the government said that the act was being amended to prevent mismanagement or improper governance of societies and associations registered under the act and to control the administration as an interim measure, the opposition parties strongly opposed it..

  Two days after the Supreme Court judges decided to reveal information about their wealth, judges at Delhi High Court also unanimously decided to make details about their assets public on Friday. According to highly placed sources, the revolutionary decision a..

  Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan on Friday asserted that his office was out of the purview of the country's transparency law, the Right to Information Act. "The office of the Chief Justice is privy to so much of information like privileged communication between various constit..

The Thane Regional Transport Office on Tuesday issued guidelines regarding the rules to be adhered to by school buses. The step comes close on the heels of the Panvel school bus tragedy. If applied explicitly, not many school buses would be seen plying on the roads, as not many of the rules are being stuck to by them.&n..

The Bombay High Court (HC) has directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to use the land on which the Nehru stadium and the Ganesh Kala Krida Manch stand for sports purposes only.  Justices RM Savant and SB Mhase issued the order on Friday while hearing a writ petition filed by the Club of ..