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The Supreme Court reserved its verdict on a petition challenging the Delhi High Court judgment of staying the ongoing constructions on the Yamuna river bed for the 2010 Commonwealth games.  A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrisnan, Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan reserved the judgment after hearing all the parties, including the Union government, DDA and ..

 The Madras High Court will pass orders on July 21 on the anticipatory bail plea by a doctor and his son in the CBI case relating to alleged manipulation of an answer sheet in the MBBS examination of Pondicherry University. Justice M Jeyapaul fixed the date for orders after hearing B Kumar, Senior Counsel, appearing for the petitioners, Krishnamurthy and his son, Kirub..

Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court ordered a CBI probe into missing documents of Ayodhya’s disputed structure and directed the agency to complete its investigation within two months.  Uttar Pradesh government had already recommended the CBI probe after registering an FIR in connection with 23 missing files related to the Babri Masjid dispute. br..

 The Madras High Court Bench in Madurai has held that the armed forces personnel accused of committing murder, rape and other such crimes could be tried in a criminal court and not necessarily through court martial. The court's observation came while dismissing a revision petition filed by a Lance Havildar accused of killing..

In the wake of the hooch tragedy claiming 127 lives, the Gujarat government introduced a Bill aimed at amending the existing prohibition law in the Assembly session on Wednesday. The new provisions incorporated in the amendment Bill also include death penalty to criminals. “The present government has ..

Justice R.N. Prasad (Retd.), former Chairman of National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) passed away on June18, 2009. The Commission in its meeting condoled his death and remembered his contributions to the Commission and for the upliftment of the Backward Classes. Justice Prasad was on the Patna High Court Bench from 1987 to 1991. He was the Chairman of Bihar State ..

 The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is examining the draft of the proposed Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill in consultation with various stakeholders including the State Governments. Full text of the draft Bill is available on this Ministry’s website www.mib.nic.in . The draft Bill proposes to set up an independent Broadcasting Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) fo..

The Chief Justices’ Conference held on April 17, 2008 had, inter-alia, resolved that: High Courts will consider either extending working hours upto 5 ½ hours or suitably increasing the working days; High Court Judges be requested to work during vacation, on voluntary basis; and High Court Judges will not go for holidaying on working days. This Conference had al..

 Reports of alleged corruption in the judiciary have come to the notice of the Government from time to time. The Chief Justice of India and the Chief Justice of a High Court has the competence, as per the ‘in-house procedure’ devised by the judiciary to receive and look into complaints against the conduct of a Judge of the Supreme Court and of the concerned..

Madras High Court has come down heavily on the police for the casual and callous manner in dealing with a case relating to the disappearance of a ten-year-old mentally-retarded boy with defective vision.  In its interim order on a habeas corpus petition filed by the boy’s mother, a Division Bench of Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and R Subbiah yesterday, ordered the t..

The Haryana Government today assured the Supreme Court that it will continue to supply 125 cusecs of water to Delhi everyday as per the directions of the apex court. A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan had, on the last date of hearing, directed the state government to supply 125 cusecs of water to Delhi everyday. The directions were issued ..

The Supreme Court has held that large scale illegal appointment in Andhra Pradesh running into lakhs in 1970’s-80’s and early 90’s has led to nepotism, favouritism and corruption. A bench comprising Justices B N Agrawal and G S Shinghvi directed the state of Andra Pradesh to complete the process of regularisation of services of eligible employees with in f..

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has found "unsatisfactory" the report of Madhya Pradesh government into the alleged virginity tests conducted on brides during a state-sponsored mass marriage there and decided to probe into the matter itself. "The report submitted to us by the Shahdol district administration of ..

In what can be considered as an achievement for the Indian disability sector, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled against its own employment policy and allowed a 100 percent visually impaired person to appear for a screening test for the post of civil judge and write the exam with the help of an assistant. R.Varahalaswami, a 28 year old visually impaired..

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