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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..

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 ..