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 The Law Commission of India has recommended that the required fee for any transaction/court fee can be paid by demand draft/cash/postal order/banker’s cheque instead of through non-judicial stamp papers or special stam..

The Madras High Court has declined to interfere with an interim order passed by a single Judge directing the Customs authorities to issue necessary sail order to a vessel M V Asean Express, carrying river sand to leave Karaikal port to the Republic of Maldives. When an appeal preferred by the Nagapattinam Collector came up for hearing before the First Bench comprising Chief..

Allahabad High Court issued contempt of court notices to Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary (Home) Fateh Bhahadur Singh and Senior Superintendent of Police of Jalaun G P Kanaujia and fixed August 19, 2009 for compliance of Court’s order, passed on January 23, 2009.  The Court said in case the respondents failed to comply with the Court’s order, they will hav..

 The Supreme Court on Monday granted time to the UP government to file its response to the CBI’s counter-affidavit in disproportionate assets case against the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati. In its response to the apex court, the premier investigating agency had accused the chief minister for causing delay in filing..

The High Court Bench in Dharwad has dropped the contempt proceedings against the Seer of Shri Ramachandrapur Math in connection with the alleged violation of Court direction about the Mahabaleshwar temple of Gokarna.  In a judgment, the Court observed that in the wake of the written statement submitted by the Seer, there was no need to continue with the contempt procee..

The Supreme Court-appointed Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) will monitor the afforestation programme to be undertaken by all the states and Union Territories across the country. A special bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Justices S H Kapadia and Aftab Alam which has been monitoring the developmental activities on forest land in the country, on Friday dir..

The Madras High Court has directed the Director-General of Police to immediately issue instructions to officers in the districts that if the police suspect that mentally ill persons were roaming in and around the town, city or village, they should be dealt with in accordance with the Mental Health Act. Passing orders on a writ petition seeking a direction to the official au..

 Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has issued a notice to Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on a petition challenging his election from Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha constituency recently. A single bench of Justice Ambadas Joshi issued the notice to Mr Patel, asking him to file a reply by September 18, in response to a petition filed by Shishupal Patle, a BJP candid..

 With the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani recently questioning the accuracy of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), a PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the government to appoint a committee of technical experts to ascertain whether EVMs can be tempered with or not to rig an election. The petition, filed yesterday by a ..

 Close on the heels of allegations of a Union Minister from Tamil Nadu selling seats in medical science courses for Rs 20-40 lakh each, the Supreme court has observed that the TN government was colluding with the managements of private unaided educational institutions, thereby permitting the managements to usurp the seats of the state quota. The sharp reaction came fro..

Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has admitted two separate appeals from the Central Bureau of investigation (CBI) for enhancing to capital punishment the life sentence of two accused in the case pertaining to killing of four members of a Dalit family of Bhandara district in 2007. A trial court in Bhandara had, in September last, sentenced six accused to death and two o..

Madras High Court celebrated its 117th birthday today.  Located near Chennai port in one of the important central business districts in the growing metropolis, the High Court, which is one of the popular landmarks, is also believed to be the second largest judicial complex in the world.  Madras High Court was established on June 26, 1862 as on..

Ayodhya’s disputed structure 1949 missing documents case would be heard by a special full bench at Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on July 14. The case could not be heard in the court due to the lawyers strike in the state capital against the proposal of levy of service tax today. The special full bench comprising of Justice Saiyed Rafat..

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court directed the state government to furnish details by Monday on the action it has proposed to initiate against striking doctors of Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) in accordance with government’s undertaking before the same court, a few years ago. Responding to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Jan Ma..

The Madras High Court has said the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board(TNEB) is bound to pay Rs 1.75 lakh (balance amount) as compensation to the family of a woman who died of electric shock nine years ago. In his order on a writ petition seeking a direction to the Chairman of the board, Chief Engineer(Personnel) and the Superintending Engineer, Gobi Electricity Distribution Circl..