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 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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 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..