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  NEW DELHI: After the Delhi High Court's historic judgment decriminalising homosexuality, can gays across India express their sexuality in private  anywhere in the country, or confine it to the territorial limits of the national capital? Or, as put in legal parlance, would the Delhi High Court's ruling have an all-India effect? The Supreme Court in the..

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The Madhya Pradesh High Court ordered stay on the work of canal construction and land acquisition over the Indira Sagar dam project and the Omkareshwar project without taking advice from the gram sabhas. Hearing a petition filed by the Narmada Bachao Andolan, a division bench comprising Chief Justice A K Patnaik and Justice P K Jaiswal said the work on canal construction an..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court issued notice to the Election Commission on a petition over not taking action against a legislator for not providing details of his election expenditure incurred during state assembly elections within the given time frame.  Hearing a petition filed by an electorate from Prithvipur in Tikamgarh district and BJP candidate’s election ag..

The Madras High Court has permitted a final year student of the Government Law College in Tiruchirapalli to sit for X and IX semesters examinations of the five-year B L course. Justice M Jaichandren in his judgment, permitted the student to sit for the exams. In his petition, S Basheer Mohideen of Thanjavur submitted that he had studied all semesters an..

 Retired High Court Judge, Justice Purushottam Bapurao Gaikwad was sworn in as the new Lokayukta of Maharashtra at a simple swearing-in ceremony, held at Raj Bhavan. Governor S C Jamir administered the oath of office to Justice Gaikwad. Justice Gaikwad succeeds Justice (retd) G D Patil who demitted office on January 26, 2009. Upa Lokaykta Suresh Ku..

Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts in the country have finally agreed to make their assets and liabilities public subject to a rider that they are given adequate legal protection against frivolous and vexatious litigations by unscrupulous and disgruntled elements. Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has agreed that judges have no objection to the idea of disclo..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court ordered stay on the work of canal construction and land acquisition over the Indira Sagar dam project and the Omkareshwar project without taking advice from the gram sabhas. Hearing a petition filed by the Narmada Bachao Andolan, a division bench comprising Chief Justice A K Patnaik and Justice P K Jaiswal said the work on canal construction an..

The Madras High Court has said no dumping of garbage on a 67-acre grazing land at Kuthambakkam in Tiruvallur district, about 40 km from here, will be permitted, until further orders. Passing interim orders on public interest litigation petitions challenging the Government’s decision to set up an Integrated Solid Waste Management Facility (ISWMF) in the village, the Fi..

In another major setback to the Uttar Pradesh government, Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today served notices to the Mayawati regime over the installation of several statues and appointment of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). Hearing two separate Public Interest Litigations (PIL’s), Justices Rajiv Sharma and Dr Shatish Chandra fixed July 10 as the ..

The special designated CBI court pronounced sentences on 16 more convicts in connection with the multi-crore rupee fodder scam case unearthed during unified Bihar. CBI special judge Pankaj Kumar Mishra gave rigorous imprisonment with fines to 16 senior and lower rung government employees, involved in fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 11.9 crore from Doranda treasury. b..

The election of Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V Narayanaswamy from the Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency in the recent polls has been challenged before the Madras High Court. In his petition, S P K Dhamodhar of Mudaliarpet in Puducherry, seeking to declare Mr Narayanaswamy’s election as null and void, said he was a voter and the chief election agen..

The Government said it may consider setting up of a Supreme Court bench in South India, provided it receive a recommendation from the Chief Justice of India. Law Minister M Veerappa Moily informed the Lok Sabha that so far no proposal has been received from the CJI on the matter. The CJI can propose or recommend setting u..

 A provision of the Finance Act (2007), regarding settling cases of tax evasion and complex tax transactions has been challenged by about 500 applicants before the Bombay High Court, on grounds of procedural issues and to facilitate faster resolution of cases. T..

 A Division Bench of A.P. High Court comprising Chief Justice Anil Ramesh Dave and Justice Ramesh Ranganathan on Wednesday asked the Centre and the State governments to clarify their stand on a petition that charged them with inaction on a complaint filed against a US based website. The website was constantly spreading hatred against India and its political personalities. T..