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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..

 Google India, the Indian subsidiary of US-based software giant, on Monday contended in the Bombay High Court that it does not control the publication of content on blog-hosting website 'blogger', and is not liable for the same. Blogger, popular blogging service, is owned by Google Inc. Earlier, a single judge of High Court had restrained Google from hosting any blog containing def..

With a view to check the possible outbreak of diseases like diarrhea, dengue, malaria, gastrenteritis, cholera during rainy season, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has favoured expeditiously. Preparation of a comprehensive preventive anti-epidemics scheme by the health authorities of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Administration.  In addition to preventive measures a..

Bombay High Court at Goa directed to issue a notice returnable in two weeks to state Advocate General Subodh Kantak in connection with a criminal writ petition filed against him by social activist Aires Rodrigues. Hearing the 200-page petition against Mr Kantak, Justice N A Britto also directed that further proceedings in the defamation case filed by the Advocate General ag..

The Madras High Court has said in view of the provisions of law and the State Government’s policy decision, the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) cannot object to the appointment of successful candidates whose names are appearing in the reserved list (waiting list) merely on the ground that the government had not deleted the names of candidates who have not joined the post...

The Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Hemant Laxman Gokhale has urged the Bench and the Bar to work together to make a new beginning and bring back the glorious days of the court.  Launching an e-library section under the auspices of the Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA) at the High Court yesterday, Justice Gokhale said the recent elections, in which ..

The Supreme Court has directed Andhra Pradesh government to make appointment of officers for speedy investigation and trial of the cases registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, for ensuring the safety and security of SCs and STs in the state particularly in West Godavari district. A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pa..