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In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Sonam Phintso Wangdi to be a Judge of the Sikkim High Court, with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office. ..

Former Madhya Pradesh minister Rajkumar Patel has moved the High Court against the rejection of his nomination papers as the Congress candidate from Vidisha in the recent general elections. Mr Patel’s counsels Manoj Sharma and Sanjay K Agrawal submitted his plea yesterday. The petition alleged that his papers were rejected in an improper manner on the orchestration of..

The girlfriend of slain miscreant Fullmoon Dhar, leader of the high-profile jailbreak in Shillong on May 31, has been granted bail by the Shillong bench of Gauhati High Court. Ibatiplang Kharkongor was arrested in connection with the jailbreak on June 1. She was remanded to police custody before being sent to judicial custody. Her relatives were desperately trying to obtain..

Patna District Lawyers Association has decided to abstain from judicial works till June 28 to protest the killing of Assistant Public Prosecutor(APP) of Araria and their other colleagues during the past few days. The president of Lawyers Association, Jaiprakash Singh, said a decision to this effect was taken unanimously by all members of the association at emergency meeting..

The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the authorities to cancel the arms licence given to a shooter of national and international fame Chandrakant Hargovindas Shah for indulging in the sale of weapons illegally. A bench comprising Justices S B Sinha and Cyriac Joseph in their judgment noted " that during the period Shah had been holding his licences, he sold arm..

The Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench the issue whether an insurance company is liable to compensate a person traveling in a private car in case of an accident. A bench comprising Justices S P Sinha and N K Sharma in their judgment noted ‘the policy in question is a package policy and if tariff advisory committee seeks to enforce package policy then it requ..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the state and Union Government to submit a detailed report on the protection of the tigers and other wildlife animals facing extinction. The court also directed to take action in compliance of the Central Steering Committee and the state Steering Committee constituted under the provision of the Wildlife Protection Act within four weeks..

 President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will on June 27 inaugurate the Maharashtra Judicial Academy, set up to offer training and refresher courses to Judges. The academy located at Uttan, near Bhayandar in neighboring Thane district, also houses the Indian Mediation Centre and Training Institute. The foundation stone of the Maharashtra Judicial Academy was laid by Chief J..

The Manmohan Singh government, which is expected to earmark over Rs 50,000 crore for the right to food programme in the coming budget,    has already completed prelim..

Jammu and Kashmir State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (CDRC) directed United India Insurance (UII) Company Limited to pay Rs 9.50 lakh in two gutted house cases in Kashmir after nine years. The CDRC bench comprising Justices (retd) G D Sharma and Rifat Aijaz gave the verdict today on an application filed..

 Human Rights Activist Ansar Burney will file a fresh mercy petition on Thursday to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on behalf of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian facing the gallows in Pakistan. Singh's petition to review his death sentence was rejected by Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday. "Now, I am going to f..

Six days before the final hearing at Central Information Commission on disclosure of file noting, the Department of Personnel and Training has agreed that they can be made public under the RTI Act, thus bringing an end to contentious issue. The Department, in a circular issued yesterday, said, "It is h..

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has held that a government employee cannot be granted voluntary retirement unless a scheme exists for the purpose. "In the absence of any VRS, neither any request for voluntary retirement can be made by an employee nor any such request can be given effect to by..

 An 80-year-old woman has filed a petition before the Family court, seeking a direction for payment of Rs 10,000 monthly maintenance to her. K Jagadhambal of Santhome submitted before the court that she got married in February 1945 as per the Hindu custom. Her four children are also married. Alleging that she was being ill-treated and beaten up at ..

The Madras High Court ordered dispensation of AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa from appearing before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in a defamation case filed against her by Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran until further orders. After hearing elaborate arguments by Jayalalithaa’s counsel Navaneetha Krishnan and Mr Maran’s counsel P S Raman, Mr Justice P R Sivaku..