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Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan today noted that a Cyber Tribunal under the IT Act has started functioning in New Delhi in the backdrop of the high incidence of cyber crimes.  Addressing a gathering after inaugurating a public awareness programme on Cyber Crime Against Women, organised here by KELSA, C-DIT and Department of Social Welfare, Kerala Government, Mr Justice ..

Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan today said the State Governments were not taking any interest to start new courts. Inaugurating the concluding meeting of the 125th anniversary celebrations of the Irrinjalakuda Courts, near here, the CJI said the State Governments were not allotting funds for the new courts. He said the insufficiency of the court..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court Level Lok Adalat disposed of 189 pending appeals related to motor accident claim appeals and other matters by creating mutual consensus. Mr Upadhyay, Secretary MP High Court legal Service committee yesterday said that four bench of Lok Adulates was constituted under the guidance of Chief Justice Anang kumar Patnaik and direction of Justice Arun..

The Bar Council of Tamil Nadu-Pondichery (BCTP) has become the first statutory body in the country to reject the enrollment plea of law graduates, who completed direct post-graduate degree programme under the open university scheme. The legal basis for the tough action by the Council was based on an order by a division bench of the Madras High Court, which in February 2008 ..

The Supreme Court has reminded the High Courts that they were duty bound to protect the subordinate judiciary, witnesses and victims to protect the criminal justice system in the country from been ‘hijacked by the high and the mighty accused.’ A bench comprising Justices B N Agrawal, G S Singhvi and Aftab Alam pulled-up the High Courts for their indifferent attitude, as the rich and..

Former attorney general of India and leading jurist Soli J Sorabjee has said political influence in the appointment of judges and selection process of persons to top legal posts can lead to selection of incompetent persons. In his write-up in an English daily today, Mr Sorabjee said, ‘It is undeniable that, sometimes, political considerations do influence the appointm..

The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition filed by former Union Minister P K Thungon who is facing allegations of corruption during his tenure as Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development. Mr Thungon had approached the Supreme Court to get the criminal proceedings pending against him quashed. A Bench comprising Justices S B Sinha and ..

A step back on law for Judges to declare assets is aimed to build a consensus on accountability and other judicial reforms, Law and Justice Minister M Veerappa Moily said today. ‘Consensus not confrontation’ was the key to the United Progressive Alliance’s pursuit of judicial reforms in the days ahead, Mr Moily told journalists after having deferred a bill..

Former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has filed a petition in a special court for CBI cases here seeking a direction to the CBI to furnish her a copy of the State Government’s notification giving consent to the central agency to investigate the gifts case against her. The prosecution says that Ms Jayalalithaa had allegedly accepted 89 demand drafts worth Rs two crore d..

A cross-examination of the prosecution witnesses in the Sankararaman murder case, in which Kanchi Acharyas Jayendra Saraswathi and Vijayendra Saraswathi are the prime accused, began at the Principal District and Sessions court here today. Of the 24 accused, 20 were present at the court when the case came up before Judge D Krishna Raja. The accused seers and two others -- De..

Madras High Court today dismissed a writ petition seeking stay to the Ilanyangudi Assembly by-election, scheduled for August 18. A political party has also sought a direction to the election authorities to accept its candidate’s nomination before conducting the bypoll for the assembly constituency. When the matter came up before Justice K Suguna, ..

The Supreme Court today stayed the Bombay High Court order directing Maharashtra government to place before it the report of Pradhan Committee on the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan also issued notices to the respondents and fixed August 21 as the next date of hearing. /br..

Lokayukt Justice P P Navelkar today issued notices to three power distribution companies on a complaint for purchasing power worth over Rs 1,700 crore between 2005 and 2008 without the permission of the Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission and without inviting tenders.  On a complaint by the Nagrik Upbhokta Manch, Justice Navelkar issued notices to th..

The Delhi High Court today deferred a set of petitions, all seeking to know whether there is a legal validity of providing information relating to confidential documents, the disclosure of which is protected by the Officials Secrets Act, 1923. Justice Sanjiv Khanna was hearing about half-a-dozen petitions as to whether any information which is confidential can be provided u..

Jharkhand High Court today rejected former minister Enos Ekka’s plea that his name should be quashed from a petition, while directing another former minister Dulal Bhuian to submit no objection certificate from Income Tax Department with reference to application for deleting his name from a disproportionate income case. A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Gyan ..