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The government has withdrawn over one lakh cases slapped on tribals in Naxal-hit Jharkhand as part of its efforts to win their confidence in its fight against Left wing extremists. The step has been taken after the Home Ministry got inputs from the Governor that it was necessary to withdraw the cases as the tribals are being harassed unnecessarily over petty issues. The cases include..

Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Thursday said the government will set up four new schools for law which will be centres of excellence with international standards. He said that the project is in its planning stage. The minister said the government would also introduce the Judges (Inquiry) Bill, 2009, in the winter session of parliament. "The bill will be placed before the union ..

A local court trying the Sister Abhaya case on Tuesday criticised the accused for attempting to delay proceedings by seeking copies of certain documents. Sister Abhaya was found dead in the well of the St Pius Convent in Kottayam in 1992. The Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate K A Baby, orally made the observation while dismissing a petition filed by the accused-- Father Thomas Kottoor..

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishan on Friday could not arrive at a decision on whether the elevation of Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court P.D. Dinakaran as judge of the Supreme Court could be reconsidered or not. The meeting was convened in the wake of allegations that Justice Dinakaran had acquired “huge assets,” including a large e..

Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has said law will be taught as a subject in schools as well as in colleges. Mr Sibal was addressing a gathering of lawyers at his official residence last evening. According to the HRD Minister, law is an integral part of democracy and people must have some basic knowledge of law and such knowledge wi..

The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition seeking to forbear Anna University from conducting or affiliating any arts and science academic programme by itself or in its constituent colleges.  In his order, Justice M Jaichandren said the petitioner had not showed that the courses conducted by Anna University -- Chennai, Coimbatore and Tirunelveli -- and their affili..

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today stayed 50 per cent reservation in private engineering colleges affiliated with Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) as per a Government Order dated July 22, 2009. A bench comprising Justices Pradeep Kant and Rituraj Awasthi passed the order on a PIL filed by V K Singh Parmar. Putting a stay, the c..

Parents organisation Abhibhavak Mahasangh has filed a petition in the Delhi High Court, challenging the fee hike imposed by two schools run by the Indian Air Force Benevolent Cultural and Educational Society. Appearing on behalf of the Delhi Abhibhavak Mahasangh, advocate Ashok Aggarwal alleged that the schools - Air Force Nursery School and Air Force Junior School - run by..

Bombay High Court today stayed the operation of Maharashtra government’s allowed-to-keep-term (ATKT) scheme for those students failing in at least two subjects in class X. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Swatantra Kumar and Justice A M Khanvilkar, while passing the order, directed the state government to file an affidavit in this regard within three weeks ti..

 Youngsters may be inseparable from their mobile phones, but students and teachers of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools will have to learn to live without the omnipresent handset for as long as they are on campus. CBSE has issued a circular banning mobile phones in schools on July 29. School autho..

Directorate of Distance Education, Kuruskshetra University, Kurukshetra has issued notice for LL.M (correspondance) and various other courses.  It is an admission notice for the session 2009-10. for details the interested may kindly visit www.kukinfo.com or may contact inquiry @ 01744-238518 fax: 01744-238628..

The Andhra Pradesh High Court stayed the State Government’s order of increasing the management quota in medical and dental colleges from 30 per cent to 40 per cent. Dealing with a writ petition filed by a student challenging the Government order, Justice G Rohini granted stay of the operation of G.O. 144 issued after the Engineering, Agriculture, Medical Common Entran..

The Union Law Ministry proposes to establish four centres for legal studies in the country with the objective of making India a hub of legal fraternity on the lines of Information Technology, Union Minister for Law Veerappa Moily said. Addressing a press conference after attending a function for distributing Microsoft Scholarships here, he said these centres would be establ..

A Bill to regulate fees in private schools will be tabled in the Assembly in a day or two, School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu announced in the Assembly on Wednesday. Mr. Thennarasu said preliminary work for ..

Bombay High Court stayed announcement of admissions for class XI in junior colleges across the state till June 30. The division bench, consisting of Justices J N Patel and M Bhatkar, however, allowed the colleges to continue with the admission process. The order was passed in response to a number of petitions filed by parents of the students who passed ..