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Judiciary seems to be catching up with the electronic age, with Punjab and Haryana High Court all set to declutter by putting case records -- running into almost 20 crore sheets -- in the digital format.  The process of computerization would not only result in quicker filing of details, but als..

 The traffic arrangement in the city is gradually worsening, instead of improving, remarked a division bench of the high court while hearing a PIL filed by by a lawyer. The court also came heavily on the Allahabad Municipal Corporation regarding cleaning of the city and repairing of roads.  /b..

 A public interest writ petition seeking CBI probe into the assets of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president KV Thangkabalu and his family members was dismissed by the Madras high court on Thursday.  The first bench comprising Chief Justice HL Gokhale and Justice D Murugesan said the peti..

 It was adjournment number 38 in the Rs 2-crore gifts case against former chief minister Jayalalithaa and her two erstwhile cabinet colleagues.  Moments after issuing a veiled threat to Jayalalithaa's counsel A Navaneethakrishnan that the court would be constrained to summon all the three ..

  The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its order on a PIL challenging the collection of airport development fee (ADF) from passengers departing from the Indira Gandhi International Airport.  A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Manmohan reserved their o..

 Taking a serious note of police's inability to take action against owners/drivers of uninsured vehicles in the city, the Delhi High Court has sought an explanation from the commissioner of police for the laxity.  "Why owners and drivers of uninsured vehicles are not prosecuted under ..

The Delhi High Court constituted a four-member committee to monitor the welfare programmes being initiated by the Government in the Capital’s Juvenile homes. A bench comprising Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice Manmohan formed the committee headed by Chairman, NCPCR with four members--joint director (technical) from the Social Welfare Department’s women and chi..

Justice Augustine George Masih of Punjab and Haryana High Court granted bail to Dheertaj Setia, a DSP in Haryana police and accused in the rape and subsequent suicide by Sarita, a Rohtak-based married woman who was allegedly raped by some police personnel inside a police station.  Sarita had committed suicide in June last year at Haryana police headquarters at Panchkul..

Allahabad High Court dismissed an application filed by Samajwadi Party MLA Abdul Samad Ansari and Corporator Manoj Rai, accused in senior Provincial Civil Service (PCS) officer manhandling case.  Both the petitioners have been made accused in manhandling of a senior PCS officer posted in Varanasi as Additional District Magistrate (protocol) in his office, when they app..

Gujarat Bar Council has suspended local advocate Iqbal M Khan from practicing as an advocate for two years. The council’s disciplinary committee took a decision in this regard on a complaint from local resident Asifkhan I Pathan. Similarly, the Bar Council also suspended another advocate Hansmukhbhai Chandubhai Patel from practicing for three year..

Coming down heavily on the Chairman of Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Delhi for not complying with court orders relating to the completion of an inquiry of an associate professor of the Institute within the stipulated time frame, the Delhi High Court has said it will initiate contempt proceedings against the institute if the professor’s results are not declared by August 21. /..

The Madras High Court has allowed a petition by Asan Memorial Association to prohibit the official authorities from insisting on the Association to seek a declaration of minority character every year for the Asan Memorial Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology.  The petitioner submitted that once the character of the institution was verified and declared..

The Punjab Government would spent Rs 146 crore on constructing 22 new judicial court complex buildings. PWD Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa informed as most of the court complex buildings were old and unsafe, the government had decided to construct new judicial complexes.  He further said construction work of court complexes at Nabha, Rajpura, Dhu..

The Madras High Court has granted conditional bail to R Sekar, Protector of Emigrants, who was arrested by the CBI on charges of demanding and accepting bribe nearly a month ago. In his order on a bail petition by Sekar, Justice K N Basha said the official should be released on bail on his executing a bond for Rs 25,000 with two sureties each for a like sum to the satisfact..

The Patna High Court on Wednesday directed the East Central Railway to hold an inquiry into the supply of substandard medicines to the railway hospitals under its jurisdiction and take action against the culprits.  A division bench comprising Chief Justice P K Misra and Justice Shivakirti Singh..