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The Madras high court on Tuesday asked the government to pay pension to an 86-year-old freedom fighter who was denied the benefit over a dispute over his date of birth.  While HR Balaraman claimed that he was born on October 4, 1922, the Dharmapuri district authorities claimed his date of birth..

Even as more and more people are being diagnosed with swine flu in the nation capital region, a public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking its directions to the government to take appropriate measures to tackle the pandemic.  The HC admitted the PIL that cha..

Haryana government has decided to invoke the Epidemic Disease Act of 1897 to tackle the spread of swine flu in the state. Regulations under this Act will remain in force up to one year. These regulations will be called Haryana Epidemic Disease, A H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu) Regulations 2009. "Under these regulations, it will be mandatory on the part of private hospitals to inform the govern..

 Expressing serious concern over the drought situation prevailing in several parts of the country, the Supreme Court today directed the Centre, States and Union Territories to provide all assistance to the Expert Committee headed by Mr T Ramaswamy to enable it to find a short term solution to the acute shortage of water in the country. A bench comprising Justices Marka..

 The Supreme Court informed the Delhi High Court that it would provide the information sought by an RTI aspirant under the ‘Transparency Act’ and not under the ‘Right to Information Act’ (RTI Act) Attorney General Ghulam E Vahanvati, appearing for Supreme Court registry had apprised the High Court of the difficulties they faced in following the Central Information C..

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court today reserved its judgment in the PILs challenging release of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and Minister Nassimuddin Siddiqui due to lack of prosecution sanction in the multi-crore Taj Corridor Scam case. The Bench comprising Justices Pradeep Kant and Sabihul Hassnan today passed the order after hearing three PILs joint..

Orissa High Court directed the Mahila Police Station, Bhubaneswar, to investigate into the allegation of sexual harassment by suspended Assembly Lady Assistant Marshal Gayatri Panda against former Speaker Maheswar Mohanty in accordance with law. A Division bench of the court comprising of acting Chief Justice I M Kudussi and Justice B P Ray directed the Inspector-in-Charge Mahila Police Station..

The Jharkhand High Court directed the vigilance department not to seize the passports of Sanjay Chaudhary and Vinod Sinha, close associates of former Chief Minister and MP Madhu Koda, till August 30. Earlier, the court directed the vigilance department not to seize their passport till August 11. During the course of hearing today, Justice R R Prasad pas..

 The Law Commission has ordered deletion of second part of a paragraph in its 230rd report on judicial reforms submitted to the government, viz “…that there should be a mechanism for refresher courses and attendance as a pre-condition for renewal of practising certificates for advocates.” In a clarification submitted to the government on Tuesday, Justice A.R. Lak..

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With the country’s northern and eastern regions facing the spectre of a drought, the Manmohan Singh government&rs..

The Andhra Pradesh High Court confirmed the conviction imposed by trial court on rormer junior assistant in the office of the Guntur District Supply Officer Billa Nagul Sharief.  The High Court dismissed the criminal appeal filed by him questioning his conviction and the sentence imposed by the court of Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, Vijayawada, on April 4, 200..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the (Medical Education) Principal Secretary and (Health and Family Planning Department) PS to file an affidavit regarding the rejection of a student’s admission application during counseling of Post-Graduate course in Orthopedic without considering 10 marks for his services in tribal areas.  Justices Deepak Mishra and Ra..

Kerala State CPM secretary and former Kerala Power Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, has approached the Supreme Court against the decision of the State Governor R S Gavai sanctioning his prosecution in the Lavlin scam. According to the petitioner, the Governor had granted sanction under Section 197, CRPC in violation of the State Cabinet decision against his prosecution. /b..

Calcutta High Court stayed the screening of Bengali film ‘Paran Jai Jalia Re’ after a Mumbai based producer complained of copy right violation. Mumbai-based director-producer Vipul Shah told the court that the Bengali film ‘Paran Jai Jalia Re’ was made on the story of ‘Namaste London’, which was produced in Mumbai some time ago. /br..