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The Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has rejected the demand for a separate bench of the Allahabad High Court in western UP. ‘ Constitution does not provide more than one High Court in a state as mandated under Article 214 (2), instead it provides one High Court for several states as is in case of Assam, Punjab and Haryana,’ claimed Allahabad High Cou..

The state department for law and judiciary (L&J) has released the rules for establishing evening courts to deal with cases under specified enactments, including the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act.  The move forms part of the effort to reduce the high level of pendency of cases at district ..

Several new fast-track courts, CBI courts and gram nyayalayas will soon come up in the state to deliver speedy justice. The Centre will also provide assistance to the states to set up gram nyayalayas that will function at the panchayat level. This was discussed at a conference of the Chief Justices in New Delhi on Sunda..

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has called upon the judiciary and executive to work together to make the Indian judicial system an arrear free. He was speaking at the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices in New Delhi today. Dr. Singh said that the elimination of vast number of pending cases in the Indian Courts is the biggest challenge before the judiciary. Following is..

The Union Law and Justice Minister, Shri Veerappa Moily has said that the Indian Judiciary is held in very high esteem not only in this country and the other developing countries but also in the developed countries of the world. He said this while addressing the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts in New Delhi today. Shri Moily said that in..

A National Consultation on Judicial Reforms will be held shortly and preliminary discussions have been concluded with key figures in justice implementation, Law Minister Veerappa Moily said.  Addressing the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts, the Law Minister said administrative reforms were a concomitant part of judicial reforms and ..

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called upon the judiciary and executive to work together to make the Indian judicial system arrear-free and stressed the need of urgently filling the large number of vacancies in the High Courts and subordinate courts to accomplish this task. Speaking at the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices here, Dr Singh said the eliminat..

The Madras High Court dismissed applications seeking an interim injunction restraining Tata Consultancy Services from infringing the applicant’s copyright and patent in the invention ‘FLYGUARD’ under the title e-passport (Smartcard) and as TCS e-passport solution. The applicant, S Paul Raj, a computer science graduate, said during his study, he identified ..

The pace at which the legal system is improving, there will be no pendency of cases by 2011, according to Additional Solicitor General A S Chandiok. Talking about the justice delivery system, Mr Chandiok said ‘our system is very good, it draws a lot of praise from abroad.  Recently, a lot of improvement have been made to make it fast and effi..

The screening of the romantic Bengali film Paran Jai Jolia Re got a breather as a two-Judge bench of the Calcutta High Court restrained from issuing a stay on the show. The bench, comprising Justices P C Ghosh and I P Mukherjee, also appointed two lawyers representing both sides. They were directed to submit the proceeds of the sales from the film&rsquo..

Madras High Court has said it is a settled proposition of law that when a statute prescribes to do a particular thing in a particular manner, the same should not be done in any other manner.  The proposition is well recognised as held by the Supreme Court in a case, the High Court observed. While passing a common order on writ petitions filed by th..

The state government seems to be dragging its feet on implementing a path-breaking bill passed by the legislature that provides for penal action against any builder who does not convey land to the housing society within four months of the society being registered.  According to an estimate, the..

 For nearly 1.7 lakh undertrials languishing in jails after being booked for petty offences, there could be good news soon.  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, law minister Veerappa Moily and Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan were unanimous that urgent steps were needed to release them a..

 In the matter pertaining to water scarcity in Mohali, the divison bench of Punjab and Haryana High Court comprising Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur and Justice Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia issued a notice of motion to the Union of India, the state of Punjab and Chandigarh administration for October 8 on the public ..

The remarks of Union minister Sachin Pilot regarding the bifurcation of the Allahabad High Court bench in western UP has angered the lawyer fraternity here. On Thursday, lawyers of the high court hurriedly convened a meeting of the Bar and passed a resolution to observe Protest Day on Monday to condemn the Central gover..