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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 ..

  The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to initiate departmental action against former Superintendent of Arthur Road Jail, Swati Sathe, within six months for her alleged involvement in the brutal assaul..

Gujarat High Court today issued a showcause notice to the state government to file reply within two weeks as to why the Public Interest Litigation, filed by Ukai Right Bank Canal Adivasi Adhikar Samiti praying for direction for commencing th..

 The Madras High Court today granted conditional anticipatory bail to a doctor and his son in connection with the mark sheet fudging case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Justice M Jeyapaul granted the bail to Dr C Krishnamurthy and his son Kiruba Sridhar, on the condition that they should produce a surety of Rs one lakh each. The Judge also imposed a condition that the fat..

  The Supreme Court has directed Home Secretary, Rajasthan to appear personally in the court on July 27 to explain why its order to re-arrest a rape accused has not been complied with. A bench comprising Justices Markandey Katju and A K Ganguly yesterday severely reprimanded Rajasthan police officials and told the two investigating officers present in the cou..

Legally India caught up with Bar Council of India chairman Suraj Narain Prasad Sinha last week. We asked him about legal education, Australian racism and why allowing foreign law firms to pra..

It is one thing to tell a hungry person to wait for the food-- quite another to say that seeds have just been sown for grain to grow. That example was cited by Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan to illustrate the plight of litigants who suffer delays-- years of st..