others

A petition was filed in the Karnataka High Court circuit bench here seeking disqualification of the election of former Chief Minister N Dharam Singh, who was elected from the Bidar Lok Sabha constituency, for alleged irregularities. Gurupadappa Nagmarpalli, the BJP candidate from Bidar in the Lok Sabha polls, who was defeated by Mr Singh, filed the petition in the High Court's bench yesterday. ..

 The Supreme court has said ‘dead wood’ among government employees can be compulsorily retired and principles of natural justice were not required to be complied with. A bench comprising Justices S B Sinha and Mukundkam Sharma, in their judgment, noted, ‘The law relating to compulsory retirement is no longer res integra. Such an order of compulsory re..

The Supreme Court has ruled that once a candidate has opted to take the benefit of the OBC reserved category, he cannot be allowed to claim general category. A bench comprising Justices Tarun Chatterjee and H L Dattu while allowing the appeal of Union Government noted, ‘In our opinion, having opted to consider his case only under the OBC category, he cannot thereafter..

The Supreme Court has approved the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s directions to the state police that they will have to file authenticated photograph of the accused, witnesses and complainant along with the charge sheet filed on completion of investigation in a criminal case. A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat, DK Jain and Mukundakam Sharma put its ..

 Union Minister for Law M Veerappa Moily said the government will amend the existing laws, including the IT Act, to combat cyber crimes in the country. Talking at the valedictory function of the Southern Regional Workshop on Cyber Law, he said the country should be equipped in dealing with cyber crimes as tomorrow’s war will be in cyber space.  br..

President Pratibha Patil said here on Saturday that backlog of cases and high cost of litigation were the two main concerns plaguing the judicial system. Citing the old maxim, ‘justice delayed is justice denied,’ she said innovative solutions were needed to urgently tackle the issue. Speaking at the inauguration of the Maharashtra Judicial Academy at Uttan, Ms. Patil said, &..

Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, languishing in a Pakistani jail for the past 18 years, has got a new lawyer, days after the country’s Supreme Court dismissed his appeal against capital punishment. Sarabjit’s sister Dalbir Kaur on Saturday said she “no longer had faith” in Rana Abdul Hamid, who was representing him till now. She questioned the lawyer’s non-a..

Calling for proper reform of Indian Commercial Law, Kerala High Court Chief Justice S R Bannurmath today stressed the importance of adopting institutional arbitration instead of ad-hoc arbitrations. Addressing a gathering after inaugurating a national seminar on Maritime Arbitration : Techniques and Enforcement organised by the Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA) and the Kerala Chamber of Comm..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (1) Shri Syamal Kanti Chakrabarti,  (2) Md. Abdul Ghani,  (3) Shri Raghunath Ray,  (4) Shri Mrinal Kanti Sinha and  (5) Shri Prabhat Kumar Dey, to be Judges of the Calcutta High Court, in that ord..

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..