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In a landmark judgment, Bombay High Court today refused to grant permission for termination of pregnancy beyond 20 weeks after rejecting a petition filed by a couple, seeking an amendment to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act by allowing abortion of a 25 week fetus, diagnosed with an heart ailment. A division bench, consisting of Justice J N Patel and Justice K K Tatde, in their..

The Right To Information (RTI) Act is being "misused" in many cases under the garb of seeking information for public interest, Law minister H R Bhardwaj said. Speaking at the inauguration of a two-day All India Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal in New Delhi on Saturday, the Minister said, "the Right to Information has still not settled and it is being misused in many c..

Chief Justice of India, Shri K.G.Balakrishnan will inaugurate All India Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal tomorrow. Shri H.R.Bhardwaj, Minister of Law, Shri Prithvi Raj Chavan, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Judges of Supreme Court, Shri Justice V.k.Bali, Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal, Shri Satyandra Mishra, Secretary, DOP&T are amo..

IN THE HIGH COURT AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE Press Advertisement No.A.5504/2008 Applications are invited for 14 vacancies for the posts of District Judges, in the Judicial Service of the State of Maharashtra in the revised pay scale of Rs.16750-400-19150-450-20500+dearness allowance and other allowances as admissible under the Rules. 1) A candidate must be (a) a citizen of India or (b) a sub..

G M Akbar Ali, a Senior District Judge from Tamil Nadu, has been appointed a Member-Secretary of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). Mr Ali, who was a two-time Member-Secretary of the Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority(TNSLSA), became the first candidate from South to hold the prestigious post. Following his appointment to NALSA, Tamil Nadu Government issued an order on Jul..

The Bombay High Court has admitted a petition, challenging the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act and adjourned its hearing till August 1 while asking the government Medical experts to give their opinion on it. Admitting the petition yesterday, a division bench of Justice J N Patel and Justice K K Tatde directed a committee of doctors to examine a 25-week pregnant woman and admit her fo..

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The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it allowed lawyers to launch their own websites giving basic information about themselves to prospective clients. A Bench consisting of Justices B.N. Agrawal, S.H. Kapadia and D.K. Jain is hearing a petition filed by advocate V.B. Joshi challenging Rule 36 of the BCI, which prohibits lawyers from advertising their service..

Delhi High Court turned high tech with the installation of the WI-FI Broadband and Centrax (Intercom) facility in the court premises. Chief Justice A P Shah inaugurated the services which would enable all the lawyers to use their laptops with free internet facilities within the court premises. MTNL Executive Director A K Arora and Chief General Manager Rajesh Wadhwa assured the court of uni..

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the states to ensure speedy and effective implementation of the Tribal Rights Act in order to enable tribals get their rights over the land. In a letter to Chief Ministers of all states, he reminded them of the need for speedy and effective implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 20..

The Madras High Court has decided to ban entry of all vehicles, other than that of advocates, press and officials into the court premises. The ban will come into force on July 30. A High Level security committee meeting of the court, which met here yesterday, also stipulated that henceforth all advocates must leave their chambers by 2000 hrs. No vehicle can be parked on the campus after 2030 ..

The Supreme Courthas fixed November for the final disposal of all the petitions challenging the order of the Cauvery Waters Dispute Tribunal delivered in 2007. Three states - Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala - are locking horns with one another for getting the maximum share of the Cauvery waters for themselves. The Tribunal had awarded more share of the waters to Tamil Nadu, which was strong..

The Supreme Court has asked the Bar Council of India to expand the scope of online legal advertising by allowing lawyers to disclose details of their experience and areas of specialization, in addition to the list of basic information currently permitted. The council is the regulatory body that prescribes standards in professional conduct for Indian lawyers and legal educators. The suggestio..

India, along with seven other countries, has signed a landmark agreement with the United States to carry out lunar exploration. The agreement was signed at American space agency NASA's Ames Research Centre here this week and it would be formally announced on Tuesday. Apart from India, the countries which signed the pact with the US are Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and South..

The Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council of Gujarat suspended four advocates, enrolled with the council, from their practices for a certain period, with immediate effect under section 35 (3) (C) of the Advocates act 1961. N J Panchal, Registrar of the disciplinary committee of bar council said advocates residing in Amreli -- Chimanlal Manjibhai Dhanani and Haresh Chimanlal Dhanni, and A..