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There may have been an uproar in India over the treatment meted out to former President APJ Abdul Kalam by the staff of Continental    Airlines in April, but US regula..

A landmark bill providing for free and compulsory education as a fundamental right of children in the 6-14 age group - one of the    flagship programmes in the 100-da..

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notices to Haryana Home Secretary, state police chief and several others on a petition filed by a Jhajjar family embroiled in a Gotra row with the Kadyan Khap over a controversial marriage. Justice K C Puri issued notices to Haryana Home Secretary, DGP, Inspector General Police, Rohtak range, Superintendent of Police Jhajjar an..

The Government has approved, in principle, restructuring of National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation(NMDFC). Setting up of a National Wakf Development Agency will be a part of this restructuring. The details of the proposal are to be finalized. Th..

The Central Vigilance Commission disposed of 485 cases during June 2009 referred to it for advice. The Commission launched prosecution against 10 officers. Of these, 6 were from CBDT, 2 from Department of Telecommunications and one each from CBEC and Ministry of..

As per the information furnished by the Registry of the Supreme Court, the guidelines for entertaining Public Interest Litigations (PIL) have been laid down by the Supreme Court in judicial pronouncements. Administratively, the Registry has generally defined mat..

The Shillong bench of Gauhati High Court today upheld the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s (CJM) decision to reopen the case of senior Congress leader Thomas Nongtdu, who has been accused of financing the Shillong district jailbreak. A single bench of the High Court comprising Justice T Vaiphei ruled that the case was not a ‘re-investigation or fresh investigation&rs..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court today reserved its verdict on a public interest litigation challenging the state government’s failure to compensate about 40,000 people ousted by the Maheshwar Dam Project. Residents of 61 affected villages of Alirajpur tehsil and adjoining areas are suffering for a decade for want of rehabilitation. Justices Deepak M..

The Andhra Pradesh High Court today stayed an order of the state government to provide financial aid to members of the Christian community to undertake pilgrimage to Bethlehem, Jerusalem and other places. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) questioning the Constitutional validity of the order promulgated by the state government, a Division Bench of the High Court, he..

The total number of complaints received by the Prime Minister’s Office, Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances and Depart..

Central Government has decided to set up 71 additional Special Courts exclusively for trial of CBI cases in various S..

The Delhi Police today registered a case against employees of the US carrier Continental Airlines for subjecting former president A P J Abdul Kalam to a full body check in violation of protocol and Indian laws. Joint Commissioner of Police Satyendra Garg said, ‘We received a complaint in this regard and registered a case.’ It was yet to be known under which secti..

 Granting bail to an advocate who had forged documents for his client, the Delhi High Court barred him from appearing in the courts till the time he is cleared from the disciplinary proceedings initiated by the Bar Council of Delhi. Taking strong exception on the conduct of advocate Sharad Kumar Agrawal, Justice Kailash Gambhir yesterday said the allegations of filing fictitious case wit..

  The Allahabad High court today dismissed a writ petition filed on behalf of UPCC President Rita Bahuguna Joshi in connection with an FIR lodged against her at Majhola police station in Moradabad. Dr Joshi had requested for quashing the FIR and staying the proceeding of the case in pursuance of the FIR registered against her for delivering derogatory remarks..

 The Jharkhand High Court today directed the state government to provide the remaining documents related to flights allegedly misused by the ministers and the dignitaries to the Accountant General (AG) by August 4. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra and Justice R R Prasad passed the order while hearing a PIL filed by one Bindu Bhushan Dubey. The petitioner said ..