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 The Kerala High Court directed the State Government to constitute a High-Power Committee to probe into the allegations regarding appointment of Assistants to the Kerala University office.  Single Bench Judge Justice V Giri recommended that the committee be headed by retired Justice N Sukumaran and should also include a computer expert and a Government official no..

After probing the demolition of Babri Mosque for the past 17 years, Justice M S Liberhan today said he felt ‘independent’ after submitting the report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and attributed the delay to non-cooperation of some people and delay in getting witnesses. Regarding the delays in submitting the report which made the one-man Commission the longes..

Madras HC upholds churidhar as preferred dress 7/1/2009 It is held by Madras High Court  that girl students can wear churidar with duppatta while attending classes. Disposing off a writ petition, Justice K Venkatraman said the girl students could wear a sari or churidhar acc..

Result of the Preliminary Examination of Direct Recruitment of Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Services - 2009 held on 28/06/2009 has been declared. The result can be seen at the website of Allahabad High Court website a href="http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/event/..

Flash news in Rediff.com.  PMO has identified that communication minister A Raja is the minister who pressured Madras High Court Judge..

The BJP demanded the Prime Minister sack the union minister who allegedly tried to influence a Madras High Court judge to grant anticipatory bail to two persons accused in a forgery case. "It is a serious matter. The Prime Minister should personally examine the matter at his own level and sack the minister after identifying him," BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters in ..

The election of BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu from the Amritsar Parliamentary constituency in May 2009 General Elections has been challenged by the defeated Congress candidate O P Soni in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Mr Soni filed a petition in the High Court seeking directions for a re-count of votes alleging manipulation. He has also alleged misuse of official machinery and concealing ex..

The CPI(M) candidate, who contested the the Madurai Lok Sabha seat in the recent polls has challenged the election of M K Azhagiri of the DMK from the constituency before the Madras High Court. Petitions were also filed in the court yesterday, seeking to declare the election of AIADMK candidate in Tiruchirappalli constituency and the DMK candidate in Sriperumbudur, null and void. In his peti..

OVER 40 THOUSAND CASES PENDING IN SUPREME COURT AND ABOUT 40 LAKH CASES IN HIGH COURTS  A total of 40,243 cases (both civil and criminal matters) are reported..

Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, has said the Government is giving final ..

Citing the ground realities prevailing in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court today took serious note of huge diversion of public funds for installing statues or photos of powerful political leaders and directed Chief Minister Mayawati, the state government and others to respond within four weeks to a PIL in this regard. The petition sought a CBI probe into expenditure of over..

  Uttar Pradesh Government's controversial project of installing statues of Chief Minister Mayawati on Monday came under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court which sought an explanation from it for allegedly spending crores of rupees from the state exchequer. The apex court issued show cause notice to the state government ..

Karnataka Advocates Society President Ramesh Babu welcomed the decision of the Centre for framing a law to make it mandatory for judges to disclose assets. In a release here, he said the move by Union Minister for Law M Veerappa Moily to frame a law on the lines of the one in force for government servants and politicians was commendable and a healthy measure. ..

A senior IPS officer in Tamil Nadu who is due to retire this month, has got relief with the Madras High Court confirming a Central Administrative Tribunal(CAT) order quashing a charge memo against him. In the light of the Screening Committee’s recommendation that Ramarajan is fit for promotion as DIG, and considering the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case an..

 The Madras High Court has issued a writ of mandamus to the Collector of Tiruvallur district to pay Rs 2.10 lakh, the balance amount of compensation to a person for loss of property in an accident nine years ago. T Ramakrishnan of Tiruvur village in Tiruvallur district submitted that around 1830 hrs, on September one, 2000 anti-social elements, armed with deadly weapon..