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A local court in Jaipur ordered filing of case of forgery and violation of Copy Right Act against item girl and TV personality Rakhi Sawant and six others. The Judicial Magistrate Jaipur ordered the filing of FIR for allegedly using the script and the word Swayambar in a popular TV reality show in an unauthorised manner, on a complaint filed by one Gaurav Tiwari. ..

The Madras High Court has ruled that couples intending to adopt children without being inhibited by their personal laws of their religion are entitled to do so in terms of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act (JJCPC ACT) As seen from its preamble, the JJCPC Act itself was enacted to fulfil international obligations as well as the constitutional goal, the court said. ..

The Supreme Court today upheld the conviction of advocate R K Anand 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 headed by Justice B N Agrawal, however, acquitted another advocate I U Khan. Anand was held guilty of contempt of court by the Delhi..

Madras High Court today ordered the CB-CID not to harass or threaten an accused in an alleged fertilizer scam case to turn into an approver. While allowing a criminal original petition filed by 62-year-old M Nageswaran of Srikanth & Nagesh Fertilizer Trading Company, Mr Justice P R Sivakumar came down heavily on Mr Parthasarathy, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), O..

Madras High Court today ordered for status quo on an appeal petition filed by Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) leader K Veeramani against single Judge order in a copyright case involving late Founder of DK EVR Periyar’s articles. While admitting the appeal, a division Bench comprising Justices K Raviraja Pandian and Justice A Janarthana Raja, ordered for status quo, and ordered..

CBI special court Judge Chitra Bhedi was today re-instated by City, Civil and Sessions Court Principal Judge M T Joshi to preside over the partly-heard matters including the multi-crore fake stamp and stamp paper scam involving prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi. The Law and Judiciary department of Maharashtra government had recently issued an order de-notifying all the specia..

The Delhi High Court today directed the Sheila Dikshit Government to revoke the driving licence of those multiple offenders who are apprehended while driving under the influence of liquor. The High Court directed that the suggestions given by amicus curie (friend of the court) Mr Anup Bhambani be implemented to check the accidents caused due to driving under the influence o..

Describing the quantum of punishment awarded by the Delhi High Court to a leading Delhi lawyer R K Anand, convicted for contempt of court, as wholly inadequate the Supreme Court today issued him notice for enhancing his punishment for trying to win over a prosecution witness in the BMW hit-and-run case to save culprit Sanjeev Nanda, currently undergoing imprisonment. The De..

 The Delhi High Court clubbed together the petitions of three respondents -- Anglican Church of India, Church of North India and Church of India -- and will decide on merits the natural successor of the Church of England. Each of the three respondents claim to be the successor of the principal Church -Church of England- whose properties worth crores of rupees are sprea..

 The Kerala High Court admitted a writ petition filed by Zoom Developers Private Limited against the rejection of a technical bid by the Technical Evaluation Committee for the Vizhinjam International Container Transshipment Terminal project.  The court had also issued notices to the respondents by speed post.  Single Bench Judge Justice V..

 As per information provided by the Central Information Commission, the number of applications received by various public authorities during the years 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 were 24436, 171404 and 263261 respectively. Information in respect of the 200..

 The names of the seven companies named in CBI’s FIR registered against the Ex-chairman, Ordnance Factory Board are:span style="font..

The Government proposes to enact a new Emigration Law. The proposed legislation is aimed at transforming emigration into a simple, transparent, efficient, and humane economic process, facilitate legal migration, prevent illegal migration and human smuggling, ena..

The Madras High Court today quashed the order to detain Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam(PDK) General Secretary Kovai Ramakrishnan under the National Security Act (NSA) in a case related to attack on an Army Convoy in Coimbatore on May 2. While allowing a petition filed by Ramakrishnan’s wife Vasanthi, a division bench comprising Justice S J Mukhopadhaya and Justice Raja Ila..

Madras High Court has said the Tamil Nadu government should seriously consider banning the use of plastic bags and other plastic materials upto 60 microns as an immediate step. The court asked the government to bestow its serious attention to the draft Tamil Nadu Throwaway Plastic Articles (Prohibition of Sale, Storage, Distribution and Transport) Bill, pending since 2003, ..