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Chopping of trees has become quite routine along E M Bypass and VIP Road. It seldom evokes a strong reaction from the forest department. But on Monday, the department acted swiftly after a row of newly planted trees were chopped near ITC Sonar on the bypass, allegedly by a hoarding agency. A complaint was filed against ..

 To press their demand for a Bench of Rajasthan High Court in Udaipur, a delegation of 35 la..

The chairman of district lok adalat and district and session judge A K Jain on Tuesday issued notice to district collector and municipal corporation, to ban the immersion of Ganesh idols in Anasagar Lake, as the chemicals and synthetic colous used in these statues pollute the water body. The court has asked the district administration to submit their reply by August 28. The petitioner Suhas B..

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 The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government to consider locating all cracker shops in Chennai at places like Island Ground and some other appropriate places during the Diwali season.  A suggestion to this effect was made by the first bench comprising chief justice HL Gokhale..

 The Madras High Court has refused to interfere with the Puducherry government's decision to pay Rs 25 lakh to the family of the former lieutenant-governor Govindsing Gurjar, who died in April 2009 while in office.  Gurjar was appointed lieutenant governor on July 23, 2008, and he died on ..

The government on Tuesday got some much-needed relief in dealing with the power crisis. The high court has stayed for six weeks the August 17 directive of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), asking KPTCL to grant open access for export of electricity to outside the state.  Jus..

 The Bombay high court on Tuesday restrained the Maharashtra government from implementing the Allowed-To-Keep-Term (ATKT) facility for students who failed their SSC examinations till it gives its verdict in the matter.  A division bench of Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Ajay Kha..

The Madras High Court has said that the Chennai Corporation and Commissioner of Police should consider a proposal to shift temporary cracker shops to the Island Grounds or to some other appropriate place and frame a scheme in this regard.  A Bench, comprising Chief Justice H L Gokhale and Justice R Banumathi, said the officials should explore all possibilities of settl..

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..