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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..

A petition alleging high level corruption to evade income tax by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has been filed in the Delhi High Court today. Justice Rajiv Shakdher transferred the petition to the bench of Chief Justice who hears the regular PILs (Public Interest Litigation). The matter would come up on September 7 before the Chief Justice A P Shah. ..

Calcutta High Court today rejected an appeal of auto (three-wheeler) operators seeking an order to turn two-stroke three-wheelers into four-stroke vehicles. A section of the auto operators last week moved an appeal before the Court saying that it had earlier ordered to change the technology of the two-stroke auto and switch it over to four-stroke, but it did not ban the two..

The Supreme Court today cleared the decks for phasing out 16-year-old commercial vehicles in West Bengal when the apex court refused to stay a High Court order upholding the decision of the state government to that effect. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice B S Chauhan, however, issued notices to the state of West Bengal and other respondents to r..

The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking prosecution of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for calling the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi a ‘naatakbaaz.’. The petitioner had sought directions to the Union government to lay down some guidelines in order to protect the honour of Mahatma Gandhi and other national leaders, martyrs and freedom fighters. /b..

Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj expressed displeasure over the tardy progress in the implementation of free legal aid to help poor and working class in the country. ‘The legal aid has not reached the needy. When there is right to equality under the Constitution, why the poor has to suffer,’ he said.  Mr Bhardwaj was speaking as chief gu..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has asked the Deans of four medical colleges in the state why the trainee PG doctors were denied mandatory training of advance diagnosis and treatment at fully equipped medical centres. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Anang Kumar Patnaik and Justice Pankaj Jaiswal, while heraing a PIL from Dr Bharti and others asked the Deans of four ..