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A government order issued on November 3, 2008 requiring minority educational institutions to renew their minority status every five years was stayed by the Madras High Court on Friday.  Justice P Jyothimani granted the interim relief on a petition filed by Tamil Nadu Catholic Educational Associ..

Delhi High Court on Friday slammed the allegations made by the Bar Council of Delhi on the conduct of a trial court judge who was allegedly roughed up by some lawyers in Rohini court complex a month ago leading to the arrest of four lawyers.  A special bench comprising Justice Mukul Mudgal, Jus..

The 'stupa' being constructed near Noida flyway with a crowd of statues will cost the exchequer Rs 203 crore and there was a budgetary allocation of Rs 294 crore for other parks and statues, the Mayawati government told the Supreme Court on Friday.  All this "money has been sanctioned by t..

The Delhi High Court has constituted a four-memberscommittee to monitor the welfare programmes being initiated by the Government in the Capital’s Juvenile homes. A bench comprising with 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 Depa..

The Madras High Court has upheld a Government Order (GO) issued in November last year and the consequential notification, by which selection to Diploma in Nursing course has been restricted to female candidates.  U Ashad Ali sought a writ to call for the records relating to the GO and the notification, quash them and consider his candidature for admission to the course..

The Madras High Court granted conditional bail to Congress Leader and Chairman of the Kamuthi Panchayat Union P K Krishnan and his son P K K Ramamurthy in connection with the alleged submission of fake security documents for obtaining a bank loan. Justice K N Basha held yesterday that they should be released on bail after furnishing a bond for Rs 50,000 with two sureties ea..

The First Bench of the Madras High Court said the Chennai Corporation Commissioner should call a meeting of the High Court-appointed committee on roads within two weeks wherein all members should be requested to participate.  Their suggestions should be recorded and only thereafter a report should be prepared and submitted to the court, the HC added. /..

The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday stayed notification of the state government that withdrew exemption of mandi cess on those agricultural produce that are brought to the state for processing and exporting purposes.  The interim order was passed on a writ petition filed by certain industries ..

Vigilance bureau on Thursday arrested Punjab and Haryana High Court advocate and main accused Gurinder Singh Sahani in connection with NRI Tara Singh land deal scam. The accused was sent in two-day police custody for interrogation.  A senior vigilance official said as court had earlier rejected..

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 ..