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The Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition seeking a CBI inquiry into the allegation of a foreign country’s involvement in 2003 Marad Massacre in Kerala. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam, however, granted liberty to the petitioner, Shyamla, who had lost her two sons in the massacre, to challenge the order of the Union G..

The Madras High Court has directed a private bank to sanction educational loan to a Scheduled Caste (SC) applicant within a month to meet his expenses for MBA course. Allowing a plea by the student, Justice K Suguna said educational loans were welfare measures to enable poor students to pursue higher education. ‘Here is a case where the loan was rejected on wrong assu..

The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has held that the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) was vicariously liable for the electrocution of a six-year-old girl in a case of electricity theft and recommended to pay a compensation of Rs 50,000 to her mother.  The Board could recover the sum, if law permitted, from the land owner and tenant, the SHRC said.  ..

To facilitate speedy disposal of court cases, the Himachal Pradesh government has decided to introduce video conferencing in the District Courts of Kullu, Dharamshala, Shimla and Mandi. ‘Sub-Jail at Bilaspur, District Jail at Dharamsala, Central Jail at Shimla an..

About 8,000 lawyers practising at the district and sessions court here will go on leave en masse for four days from Tuesday owing to the swine flu outbreak.  The Pune Bar Association (PBA) took a decision in this regard at a meeting held at the civil bar room at the new district and sessions co..

 The Patna High Court on Monday issued a notice to the former Chief Justice of the Patna High Court, Justice J N Bhat, asking him to state whether or not he would take charge as the Chief Information Commissioner of the State Information Commission (SIC).  A division bench comprising Chief..

The State Information Commissioner (SIC) on Monday slapped fine on public information officer-cum-block development officer (BDO), Danapur, for not supplying information to one Bakhora Choudhary under RTI Act between March 11 to August 3, 2009.  As per an official press release issued here, the..

Growing concern over the security lapses on the court premises led the senior officials of CRPF as well as the district police chief to a spot visit and subsequent discussion over measures that will be taken in future to enhance its security.  CRPF commandant, D L Gola along with assistant comm..

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot apprised the Centre of the various steps taken by the state to curb the growing threat of terrorism following the May 13 serial blasts. He was in the Capital to attend the "Conference of Chief Ministers" on internal security at Vigyan Bhawan on Monday.  Spe..

 UT police is dealing with heinous crimes like the blind murder in Sector 42 and the sensational daylight robbery in Sector 35 these days. However, the first six months of 2009 saw a drop in registration of criminal cases in the city, as compared to the corresponding period in 2008.  Data ..

Members of High Court Bar Association, (HCBA) Allahabad, on Monday abstained from judicial work in protest against the remarks of state minister Sachin Pilot regarding creation of the high court bench in western UP. The lawyers also set afire a symbolic effigy of the Union government.  Addressi..

The writ appeal proceedings, involving Podhu Dikshithars of Chidambaram Lord Natarajar Temple and the state government's take-over of the temple administration, commenced in the Madras High Court on Monday.  A division bench comprising justice K Raviraja Pandian and justice T Raja also permitte..

With the Supreme Court restricting the number of autos in the city to 55,000 and demand for autos soaring over the years in the absence of a good public transport system this gap in supply and demand seems to be at the root of the auto menace in the city.  According to unofficial estimates, the..

 The double speak of the Uttar Pradesh police on Nithari killings made the Supreme Court on Monday seek CBI assistance to clear the cloud over the issue relating to existence of complaints relating to the gruesome incident.  The contradication emerged when the family of a missing witness c..

The Supreme Court on Monday paved the way for adding more seats and introducing new courses in engineering and technical colleges in Maharashra.  A bench of Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Satasivam allowed a special leave petition filed by Indira College of Engineering, P..