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The Madhya Pradesh High Court issued a notice to BJP leader and Lok Sabha Member Sushma Swaraj on a plea challenging her election from Vidisha on the ground of improper randomisation of electronic voting machines (EVMs) from Budhni, Khategaon and Ichhawar assembly segments. Justice K K Lahoti, hearing the petition of Ichhawar voter Balbir Tomar who accused Ms Swaraj of empl..

Patna High Court stayed the Bihar government’s order to the LJP to vacate its office from wheeler road near airport. Justice A K Tripathi issued the directive on a petition of state LJP president Pashupati Kumar Paras, who challenged the order of the state Building Construction department to vacate the party office from wheeler road, saying it was illegal as the conce..

he Supreme Court(SC) on Friday suspended its own order that had allowed the Uttar Pradesh government to raze to the ground the sprawling 195-acre Lucknow Jail to pave the way for construction of an ecological park. A bench of Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan took the decision on a plea by a Lucknow resident Sangam Lal Pandey, who contended that the state government had secured the apex court order..

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed an NRI woman to appear with her four-and-a-half year daughter before the UK High Court to join proceedings initiated by her husband accusing her of illegally detaining their daughter. A division bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul asked Shilpi (the wife) to appear before the Family Division of U K High Court in compliance with its previous..

he Supreme Court has declined to stay Karnataka High Court's March order confirming the alignment of Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) peripheral road near Gottigere tank. Arguing for the petitioner, Uday Holla pleaded for stay of the impugned order on the peripheral road. However, when the SC Bench (Justices D K Jain and H L Dattu) sought the state government's opinion, th..

Judges in the state have been asked to introspect and come out with a plan to dispose of the large number of pending cases. What's more, they will be answerable to the public. In a bid to make the judiciary more accountable, the high court on Saturday inaugurated a state-level judicial officers' review meet for the preparation of an action plan. Judges from the state will now be required..

Cracking down on the growing menace of spurious drugs, government will introduce measures including roping in private detective agencies, setting up a separate intelligence network and giving rewards upto Rs 25 lakh to informers to check the problem. Steps are also being taken to set up drug testing centres at various ports besides offering rebates on ceiling (maximum) price to drug ma..

The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of  R K Anand  advocate for trying to win over the prosecution witness to save Sanjeev Nanda, accused in the BMW hit-and-run case, resulting in the death of seven people. A bench comprising of  Mr. Justice B N Agrawal, however, acquitted another advocate I U Khan. p..

A Division bench of the Karnataka High Court dismissed a PIL for restraining the State Government from unveiling the statue of Tamil Saint-Pet Tiruvalluvar in the city on August nine. The petition was filed by a few pro-Kannada outfits which had been protesting against the programme. The Bench comprising Chief Justice P D Dinakaran and Mr Justice V G Sabhahit dismissed the petition saying t..

The Madras High Court ordered notice to the Chennai Municipal Corporation Commissioner on a contempt case related to removal of unauthorized advertisement boards in and around the Chennai City. While admitting the petition filed by Social Activist Traffic Ramasamy, a Division Bench comprising Justices F M Ibrahim Kalifulla and P Rajendran directed the Commissioner of Chennai Municipal Corporati..

The President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil inaugurated the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) here today. Calling it an important milestone in the history of the Armed Forces, the President, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, hoped that the setting..

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 The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari inaugurated the “50th Anniversary celebrations of Bar Association of India” at a function here yesterday. Delivering inaugural address he said that the contributions of the common law tradition, ..

 In a decision that brought relief to thousands of parents, the Supreme Court on Friday held that private unaided schools do not have the right to hike fees. Deciding on the review petitions filed by the Action Committee for Unaided Private Schools in the Capital, which sought a re-examination of its earlier 2004 verdict, th..

The Government has said that not all states have constituted the State Minorities Commission. Giving this information in the Lok Sabha in a written reply Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister for Minority Affairs, said that the State Minorities Commissions have been co..