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 The Supreme Court cleared the decks for demolition of a jail in Lucknow to facilitate the construction of Dr B R Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram Memorial high tech eco-park. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices P Sathasivam and J M Panchal stayed the order of Allahabad High Court directing the state government not to demolish the jail till further or..

The Government of India has been implementing schemes for Jail Reforms in the country. The Government had constituted following committees for various jail reforms in the country. (i) All India Jail Reforms Committee in 1980 headed by justice A.N. Mulla (Retired) which gave its report in 1983. (ii) Kapoor Committee (1986) to examine and review various aspects of a..

The Government proposes to strengthen right to information by suitably amending the laws to provide for disclosure by government in all non-strategic areas. In this regard, it is proposed to review the number of organizations in the second schedule to the Right to Information Act, 2005 and make rules for more disclosure of information by public authorities. Government has r..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Justice Mihir Kumar Jha and (ii) Shri Justice Kishore Kumar Mandal, Additional Judges of the Patna High Court to be Judges of the Patna High Court, in that order of seniority, with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices. ..

A section of lawyers today assaulted Additional District Judge Pankaj Gupta while he was presiding over his judicial function.  The Additional Judge was hearing a divorce petition and inquiring about the authenticity of the petition filed in this matter. On this, the lawyer of the petitioner got agitated and started abusing the judicial officer.  ..

An interlocutory application was filed in the Jharkhand High Court today against Union Food Processing and Industries Minister Subodh Kant Sahay accusing him of amassing properties disproportionate to his known source of income. One Bhubaneshwar Tiwary filed the petition and demanded an investigation into the matter. The petition would be taken up for h..

The Supreme Court has expressed deep shock and concern at the sacrifice of two small children due to superstition 31 years ago but, however, upheld the acquittal of the mother of the victim and another person with a heavy heart.  A bench comprising Justices V S Sirpurkar and R M Lodha pronouncing the judgment yesterday noted superstition plays a very important role in ..

The Allahabad High Court granted bail to Vibha Tiwari, the wife of ruling Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Shekhar Tiwari and main accused in the sensational PWD engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta murder case of Auraiyya district.  The order was passed by Justice S K Tripathi, who was hearing the bail petition of Vibha Tiwari who was in jail for the past few months. The court had reser..

All India Qazi Council Chairman Amir Ullah Khan Kasmi today claimed that no religion accepted homosexuality and he was prepared to fight shoulder to shoulder with Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev on this issue. Expressing disagreement with the Delhi High Court judgment decriminalising homosexuality, Mr Kasmi told media that God had a set of rules and how could anything that went again..

The Madras High Court referred a case related to Former Union Minister and Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K V Thangabalu to a Division bench to decide its maintainability. Referring the case to the bench, Justice K Suguna said the petition seemed to have been filed with an ulterior motive and publicity angle and hence, the court was referring the matter to a..

The Supreme Court cleared the decks for demolition of a jail in Lucknow to facilitate the construction of Dr B R Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram Memorial high tech eco-park. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices P Sathasivam and J M Panchal stayed the order of Allahabad High Court directing the state government not to demolish the jail till further orders...

The Madras High Court has directed the Government Pleader to file a detailed counter affidavit, along with supporting documents on a petition filed against the cradle-baby recipient scheme.  A Division Bench, comprising Justices D Murugesan and K Venkataraman, posted the matter for July 16. In its petition, the Development Education and Environment..

The Kerala High Court admitted a petition challenging the interference of religious and caste leaders in the electioneering process. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S R Bannurmath and Mr Justice Kurian Joseph issued notices to organisations like the NSS, SNDP, Jammat-e-Islam and KCBC. The petitioner, Dr S Ganapathi from Kollam, also urged that..

The Allahabad High Court today stayed the arrest of Kaushlendra Singh, the Mayor of Varanasi, in connection with a case wherein he had allegedly used abusive language on caste name against Bhonu Ram, a nazir in Varanasi Nagar Nigam.  The case was registered against the Mayor under SC/ST Act in Sigra police station on July 1. The order was passed by a division bench com..

The Supreme Court stayed till further orders all proceedings pending in Bombay High Court challenging the extension granted to Union Law Secretary T K Viswanathan on his superannuation. A bench, comprising Chief Justices K G Balakrishnan and P Sathasivam, passed the order, when the matter was mentioned by Attorney general G E Vahanvati and Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniu..