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A city court ordered that security be provided to the undertrial who has raised the issue of mobile phones being used by the undertrial in Tihar jail. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaweri Baweja also directed the Delhi police to make a fresh inquiry into the allegations of complainant and submit a report bef..

The Public Interest Litigation filed by the Peoples Health Organisation (India), regarding dwindling Medical Post-Graduate seats and inappropriate policies of Medical Council of India, is scheduled for hearing before the Bombay High Court tomorrow, after the vacation. Earlier, the vacation bench of Justice A V Nirgude and Justice R G Ketkar rapped the respondents, especiall..

The Madras High Court re-opened today after the customary 37-day summer vacation.  During the summer recess, the vacation benches of Madras High Court and its Madurai Bench functioned on almost all the days. Legal circles are now discussing the likelihood of a zero-boycott judicial year ahead. Chief Justice H L Gokhale held dis..

The President is pleased to appoint Shri Goolam E.Vahanvati, Senior Advocate as Attorney General for India for a period of three years with effect from 8th June 2009 (Foornoon). Senior advocate Goolam E Vahanvati was on Monday appointed the next Attorney General. He succeeds Milon K Banerjee as the countrys top law officer. The AG is the government's hi..

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THE ministry of law and justice is open to judicial reforms and opening up Indian legal services to foreign law firms, minister for law and justice Dr Veerappa Moily said on the sidelines of an event he..

Patna High Court ordered incarcerated MP Kameshwar Baitha, elected from Palamu (Reserved) Lok Sabha, constituency in Jharkhand, to be sent to Parliament for taking oath. While hearing a petition of Mr Baitha, Justice Mridula Mishra directed the Inspector General of Bihar to make suitable arrangements for escorting the newly elected MP from Sasaram jail to New Delhi and also..

Law Minister Veerappa Moily today said there was no immediate plan to introduce reservation for backward classes in the higher judiciary. The subordinate judiciary already has reservation for these classes, but there was no proposal under the Government’s consideration to bring in quota for SC’s, ST’s and OBC’s in High Courts and the Supreme Court.b..

The Supreme Court refused to stay land acquisition process for Mumbai SEZ owned by Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, involving 8,000 hectares of land worth about Rs 6,000 crore. A vacation bench comprising Justices B Sudershan Reddy and Aftab Alam, however, issued notices to the state of Maharashtra on a petition seeking transfer of the case pending in the Bombay High ..

The government is likely to present Budget for 2009-10 on July 3 and would try to pass it by July 31, so that another vote-on-account is not required. The railway budget is likely to be presented on July 1 followed by Economic Survey the next day and the General Budg..

The Madhya Pradesh Government today issued orders for extension of the term of law officers of the State Advocate General Office functioning in the High Court for a period of one month. State Advocate General Ravi Nandan Singh, informed that the proposal of the new term was already under consideration but could not be finalised. He said the term of the Law officers at Jab..

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President Pratibha Patil on Thursday outlined the priorities of the new government for the next 100 days: - Early passage of the Women's Reservation Bill providing for one-thir..

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