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Journalist Anirudh Bahal, who had carried out a sting operation on 11 former MPs for allegedly taking cash for asking questions in Parliament in 2005, filed a petition in the Delhi High Court challenging the police chargesheet, which reflected him as accused and not as a witness. Bahal has challenged the trial court order, which summoned him along with other MP's accused of..

The Delhi High court directed the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Wakf board to appoint Maulana Mohammad Ibrahim Quasim, the former Imam of Janpath mosque, as the head priest of Karol Baghs Naiwala Mosque with immediate effect. Justice Vipin Sanghi directed CEO Mohammad Ali Ashraf to provide the Imam with appropriate accommodation having water and electricity connectio..

Once the minority institution status is conferred on an institution, the government is not justified in imposing a condition that the institution concerned must renew its status every year, the Madras high court has said.  In his order on Tuesday, Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar said the fundament..

 The high court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on an application filed by Iskcon, Bangalore, seeking change of the Bench headed by Justice K L Manjunath that is hearing an appeal filed by Iskcon, Mumbai. The Bench heard arguments of both parties for nearly four hours on Tuesday, before deciding to reserve its verd..

The Patna High Court issued a notice to its former Chief Justice J N Bhatt, directing him to reply why he did not join as the Chief Information Commissioner despite being appointed for the same by the Bihar government. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Prafull Kumar Mishra and Justice Shiv Kirti Singh issued the notice on a petition filed by Vikash Chandra alias Gud..

The Madras High Court directed Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy to file his arguments in writing in connection with Chidambaram Natarajan Temple case. Disposing off an appeal petition, filed by Podhu Dikshitars of the temple challenging the single Judge order which upheld the decision to appoint an Executive Officer, a Division Bench comprising Justices K Raviraja P..

Almost six months after the Madras high court witnessed largescale violence involving police and lawyers, a division bench has ordered fresh notices to the director-general of police, former city police commissioner and former joint commissioner, in their official as well as personal capacity. The bench comprising Justice FM Ibrahim Kalifulla and Justice R Banumathi issued the notices ..

he government has challenged the order of a single-member Bench of the Delhi High Court, which has quashed the department of telecom notification setting September 25, 2007, as the cut-off date for applying for telecom licences bundled with start-up 2G spectrum. The department of telecom (DoT) has approached a Division Bench headed by Chief Justice A P Shah requesting a stay order pass..

The Supreme Court has awarded life sentence to four members of a Dawood Ibrahim-Chotta Shakeel gang with Pakistani ISI links responsible for killing three Shiv Sena workers in Mumbai in March 1999 but rejected Mahrashtra's appeal for death sentence to three of them. The apex court reversed the Bombay High Court's acquittal of Mohd Juber Kasam Shaikh alias Tabrez and Fazal Mohd Shaikh a..

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..