- CBI faces tough queries from Delhi HC court in Mattoo case
The CBI today faced some searching questions from the Delhi High Court in the manner it conducted investigation into Priyadarshani Mattoo rape-cum-murder case. - SC reserves verdict on sanction to prosecute politicians
The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a bunch of petitions filed by some veteran politicians challenging the grant of sanction to prosecute them in corruption cases. - Supreme Court pulls up Govt for its attitude on sealing drive
The Supreme Court today pulled up the Government for taking "adhoc" decisions to protect a particular section of society from the ongoing sealing and demolition drive in the national capital. - Supreme Court clears Haj 2006 subsidy with rider
The Supreme Court Monday stayed an Allahabad High Court order restraining the central government from granting financial subsidy to Haj pilgrims, even as it questioned the practice for possibly violating the secular character of the constitution. - Supreme Court notice to Centre, EC on SP MP's plea for removal of Chawla
The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and Election Commission on a petition filed by a Samajwadi Party MP seeking removal of controversial Election Commissioner Navin Chawla on the ground that he would not able to discharge his duty impartially in view of several allegations of improprieties levelled against him. - Supreme Court adjourns hearing of Jharkhand MLAs petition
The Supreme Court today adjourned for 10 days hearing on the petitions filed by three independent MLAs of Jharkhand challenging the notice served to them for disqualification by Assembly Speaker Inder Singh Namdhari. - Rahul had a drug cocktail, says prosecution
Rahul Mahjan, son of late Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, had taken a cocktail of morphine, cocaine and heroin according to forensic tests, the prosecution told a special court here Thursday. - Office of profit: court refuses to pass order on poll panel
The Supreme Court Thursday declined to pass an order to restrain the Election Commission from giving its opinion to President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on the petitions seeking disqualification of MPs because they were holding offices of profit. - Court convicts Ghansar in 1993 Mumbai blasts case
A key hitman of Tiger Memon, prime accused in the 1993 serial blasts that killed 257 people here, was today found guilty of committing terrorist acts by a designated TADA court, taking the number of persons convicted in the case to five. - Court convicts Ghansar in 1993 Mumbai blasts case
A key hitman of Tiger Memon, prime accused in the 1993 serial blasts that killed 257 people here, was today found guilty of committing terrorist acts by a designated TADA court, taking the number of persons convicted in the case to five. - Court convicts Ghansar in 1993 Mumbai blasts case
A key hitman of Tiger Memon, prime accused in the 1993 serial blasts that killed 257 people here, was today found guilty of committing terrorist acts by a designated TADA court, taking the number of persons convicted in the case to five. - Patna court to try MP Shahabuddin via video-conferencing
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Member of Parliament (MP) Mohammad Shahabuddin, who has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for spinal treatment, will be tried through video-conferencing by the Patna High Court. - Slain professor's son moves Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear Sep 25 a petition filed by Himanshu, the son of Professor H.S. Sabharwal, seeking a probe by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the teacher's death last month allegedly after being assaulted by some students. - Antidumping law applies across industry
The Supreme Court has held that the computation of Non-Injurious Price (NIP) under the antidumping law to protect local manufacturers from foreign competition must be done for the industry as a whole and not in respect of any particular company or enterprise. - Supreme Court to hear plea on Haj subsidy on Sep 18
The Supreme Court will hear on Sep 18 a special leave petition (SLP) against a Allahabad High Court judgment quashing the central government's policy of granting financial subsidy to Haj pilgrims every year. - Cabninet committee declines to withdraw cases against Gurjars
A Cabinet sub-committee to prepare a strategy on a demand to shift the Gurjar community from OBC to Scheduled Tribe category today declined to withdraw criminal cases against 14 leaders of the community who held massive 'rail roko anodolan' and damaged tracks at Hindon in Rajasthan's Karauli district. - Madhya Pradesh High Court grants permission to raise height of dam
Madhya Pradesh High Court today granted permission for raising the maximum water level of Indira Sagar dam on river Narmada in Khandwa district upto 260 metre from 255 metre. - High Court asks CBI to speed up probe in sex racket case
Observing that the CBI had extended its probe to high-profile persons against whom allegations exist on record, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, monitoring the sex racket case, today said the agency must do still more to speed up investigations. - High Court upholds Tamil Nadu govt order
The Madras High Court has upheld an April 2004 Tamil Nadu government order fixing periodic inspection of consumers high tension installations and hiking inspection fees by 300 per cent. - Court summons seven in Kandahar hijacking case
A local court today summoned seven persons, including former Chief Ministers of Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir and the chief of Kandahar airport, in the case relating to hijacking of the Kathmandu-New Delhi Indian Airlines flight in 1999. - High Court directs Uttar Pradesh govt to ensure notification of local body polls
The Allahabad High Court today directed the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure notification of election of nagar panchayats and muncipalities in the state and to file an affidavit to this effect in the court by September 22, 2006, the next date of hearing. - 14-day judicial custody for doctor accused in Jessica-related case
A Delhi court today remanded to 14-day judicial custody the Chandigarh based doctor J S Bedi, who had allegedly issued fake medical certificates to Vikas Gill, one of the accused in the model Jessica Lall murder case. - SC begins hearing on sanction to prosecute politicians
The Supreme Court today commenced hearing on a bunch of petitions filed by some veteran politicians challenging the grant of sanction to prosecute them in corruption cases. - Socialite Bina Ramani arrested in Goa
A special team of Delhi police on Wednesday night arrested here socialite Bina Ramani on charges of forgery and for illegally serving wines in her restaurant Tamarind Court in New Delhi. - Uphaar Cinema tragedy report released
Additional Sessions Judge Mamta Sehgal, who had visited the Uphaar Cinema tragedy site recently, publicly released her findings in a report on Saturday. - Alternative admission mode in place
Four schools Saturday told the Delhi High Court they were ready with an alternative mechanism of "interacting with parents and observing children's behaviour" for nursery and pre-nursery admission interviews. - Court defers Pravin Mahajan's trial till Sept 8
A sessions court today deferred till September 8 the trial of Pravin Mahajan, who is facing the charges of killing his elder brother and BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan. - Approvers can be tried for suppressing facts
The Supreme Court today held that an approver in a case can be tried for the offence for which he was granted pardon, if he wilfully suppresses material facts and gives false evidence. - High Court slams CBI for shoddy probe into Mattoo case
Nothwithstanding the CBI's claim that it had "consistent and tangible" evidence to establish Santosh Singh's guilt in the Priyardarshini Mattoo rape and murder case, the Delhi High Court today slammed the agency for apparently facilitating the escape of the accused to ensure his acquittal. - High Court dismisses engineering aspirants petition on CAP
The Bombay High Court today dismissed a bunch of petitions, questioning certain aspects of centralised allotment process (CAP) for engineering admissions conducted by Directorate of Technical Education (DTE). - Court allows Rahul Mahajan to travel abroad
A day before Rahul Mahajan, son of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, ties the nuptial knot with his long-time friend Shweta Singh, a Delhi Court today granted him permission to travel abroad for his honeymoon. - Supreme Court notice to centre on office of profit bill
The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Act, 2006, that exempts 45 offices from the purview of disqualification. - Uma Bharti gets bail
A Bhopal court Wednesday granted bail to Bharatiya Janshakti (BJ) party leader Uma Bharti in a case related to distribution of `booklets without printline' against the Congress in the run-up to the 2003 assembly elections. - Court notice to Modi government
The Gujarat High Court Tuesday issued notice to Chief Minister Narendra Modi's government on a public suit seeking to penalise it for "criminal negligence" leading to the large-scale flooding of Surat earlier this month. - R K Sharma moves court against three English dailies
R K Sharma, one of the accused in journalist Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, today moved a sessions court seeking directions to issue notices to three English dailies for casting aspersions that an ACP, now embroiled in a graft case, had "leaked information to the accused and derailed the prosecution case". - Supreme Court pulls up government
The Supreme Court Monday criticised the central government for the inordinate delay in payment of salary for the strike period to those doctors who had struck work in May to protest the quota policy. - Supreme Court rejects plea to cancel bail to Lalu
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi won a major reprieve Monday with the Supreme Court rejecting two petitions seeking cancellation of their bail in the Rs.9 billion fodder scam and disproportionate assets cases. - Supreme Court dismisses petition against Sonia
The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a petition challenging Congress president Sonia Gandhi's election from Rae Bareli in a by-election held in May. - Jharkhand assembly back outs of judicial activism debate
To avoid a tussle with judiciary, the Jharkhand assembly Monday backtracked on a proposed debate on the conduct of the courts and their intervention in the work of the legislature. - SC dismisses PIL seeking Gandhi's disqualification as MP
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking disqualification of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's election to Lok Sabha from Rae Bareli and imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 against the petitioners for filing the same. - Elders advocate crackdown on poachers
Declaring that no quarter should be given to any violator of poaching laws in the country, Elders today demanded tougher punishment for those indulging in illegal wildlife killings. - Efficient, effective judicial machinery needed
Emphasising the need to protect the rights of the deprived and to establish the rule of law impeccably, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday called for a more efficient and effective judicial machinery. - 1997 Uphaar tragedy victims' families yearn for justice
While a judicial commission on Saturday visited the Uphaar cinema hall, which had caught fire in 1997 leading to the death of 59 people, the victims' family members are still yearning for justice. - Judiciary should provide justice to the poor
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday emphasised the need to sensitise the lower judiciary for speedy justice. - Supreme Court partially stays order of High Court
The Supreme Court today partially stayed an earlier order of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court directing the CBI to arrest all those public functionaries named in the Srinagar sex scandal case in which some politicians and government officials have already been chargesheeted. - Court reserves verdict on Delhi malls
The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition questioning the construction of five huge shopping malls in Vasant Kunj area in the capital in violation of all laws. - CBI to complete Monica Bedi’s trial in forgery case in two months
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the CBI that trial of don Abu Salem’s companion Monica Bedi in connection with the forged passport case be completed within two months. - Supreme Court defers hearing
The Supreme Court Thursday deferred till October the hearing of a petition by Monica Bedi, alleged accomplice of extradited gangster Abu Salem, seeking bail in a fake passport case. - Lok Sabha to discuss violation of labour laws next week
Lok Sabha will take up a call attention motion on violation of labour laws in various parts of the country on August 23, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said today. - AIIMS faculty happy with Venugopal court stay
Several senior faculty members of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Thursday welcomed a court order extending the stay against the sacking of institute director P. Venugopal as a vindication of their stand. - Court to frame charges against Salem on Aug 17
A TADA court here is expected to frame charges against gangster Abu Salem on August 17 in the case related to the murder of builder Pradeep Jain. - CPI(M) for a law to protect privacy of individuals
The CPI(M) today sought the framing of a law to protect the privacy of individuals, saying it should be done in a manner which did not infringe upon the freedom of speech and expression. - Court issues summons to Janardhana Reddy in defamation case
A court here today ordered issue of summons to suspended BJP legislator Janardhana Reddy in connection with a criminal defamation case filed against him by Karnataka government for making bribery charges against Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. - Govt ready to take necessary measures
Facing Supreme Court's stinging observations on its anti-demolition law for the capital, Government today said it will not hesitate to take Constitutional measures to save the people of Delhi from any possible crisis. - Court issues summons to Janardhana Reddy in defamation case
A court here today ordered issue of summons to suspended BJP legislator Janardhana Reddy in connection with a criminal defamation case filed against him by the Karnataka government for making bribery charges against Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy. - Activist Sandeep Pandey breaks fast over amendments to RTI
With Left Parties extending support to the 'Save Right to Information (RTI) law' campaign, activist Sandeep Pandey today broke his six-day hunger strike to protest the proposed amendments to the legislation. - Activist Sandeep Pandey breaks fast over amendments to RTI
With Left Parties extending support to the 'Save Right to Information (RTI) law' campaign, activist Sandeep Pandey today broke his six-day hunger strike to protest the proposed amendments to the legislation. - Delhi HC rejects Vikas Yadav's bail plea
The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected the bail plea of Vikas Yadav, the prime accused in the Nitish Katara murder case. - Supreme Court asks high courts to exercise discretion
The Supreme Court has asked all high courts not to misuse the power to quash criminal proceedings mechanically, adding that it should be exercised sparingly and that too in rarest of rare cases. - Supreme Court dismisses petition on nursery admissions
The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain an appeal against a Delhi High Court order restraining private schools from interviewing children or their parents for kindergarten and nursery admissions. - Government asked to clarify on relief to terror victims
The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government whether any policy has been put in place to provide relief to victims of terrorist attacks and directed it to spell out its stand on the issue. - International meet on Access to Justice starts on Aug 11
A three-day International Conference on "Access to Justice: Law Policy and Institutions" would start here tomorrow, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said in a release today. - SC reserves judgement on airport modernisation
The Supreme Court today reserved its judgement on an appeal by Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Airport Developers challenging the Delhi High Court verdict, which upheld the government's decision to allot modernisation works of Delhi and Mumbai airports to rival bidders GMR and GVK-led consortia. - Govt proposes amendments, clarification to RTI Act
Based on the experiences of working of the Right to Information Act, 2005, the government proposes to make certain amendments and clarification to the Act, Rajya Sabha was informed today. - Supreme Court orders to re-seal Delhi's illegal commercial establishments
The illegal commercial establishments in the national capital, which were de-sealed after the May 20 government notification, will be re-sealed following a Supreme Court order. - SC stays govt notification allowing de-sealing of shops
The Supreme Court today stayed the May 20 notification of the Government allowing de-sealing of the commercial establishments illegally operating in the residential areas of the national capital. - SC stays govt notification
The Supreme Court today stayed the May 20 notification of the Government allowing de-sealing of the commercial establishments illegally operating in the residential areas of the national capital. - High Court issues show-cause notice to Maharashtra Chief Secretary
The Bombay High Court today issued a show-cause notice to Maharashtra Chief Secretary D K Shankaran for non-compliance of its earlier order to fill up backlog of posts reserved for physically challenged. - 12 Indian delegates to attend int'l judicial conference
A twelve-member delegation of top serving and retired judges, headed by Supreme Court's Justice Ashok Bhan, will attend a four-day international judicial conference here from August 11 to commemorate 50 years of Pakistan's apex court. - High Court defers PIL hearing on 'mole' issue to August 18
The Delhi High Court today sought proper amendment of the PIL seeking registration of an FIR against former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and then Union minister Jaswant Singh for "concealing" information on the alleged 'mole' in the PMO. - Delhi High Court convicts advocate on bribery allegations
Advocate Kuldeep Mansukhani was today sentenced to five months imprisonment by the Delhi High Court for allegedly attempting to bribe a judicial magistrate for obtaining a favourable order. - High Court notice to Centre on air traffic congestion
The Delhi High Court today issued notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking creation of sufficient infrastructure by the International Airport Authority for eliminating air and ground traffic congestion at all airports of the capital. - Praveen distances himself from lawyer
Praveen Mahajan, accused of killing his elder brother and BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, has distanced himself from his lawyer for making a bail plea in Bombay High Court without his consent. - Government will introduce a Bill for Gram Nyayalayas
Government is examining various aspects relating to the setting up of Gram Nyayalayas in the country and will soon introduce a Bill in the Parliament in this connection, Minister for Law and Justice H R Bhardwaj informed the Rajya Sabha today. He also said that creation of an All India Judicial Service is also under examination. - BJP to bring Goa minister's advertisement to Supreme Court's notice
Opposition BJP in Goa has decided to bring to the notice of the Supreme Court an advertisement released by a minister in the state cabinet, listing his achievements in the last one year. - Spirituous Preparations Control Repeal Bill passed
A bill to repeal a law that imposed restrictions on inter-state trade and commerce in spirituous medicine and liquor was passed by Parliament today, with the Centre asking state governments to check manufacture of spurious liquor and ensure quality. - Retired forest official sentenced for corruption
After escaping the law for five years, a retired forest official in Madhya Pradesh has been sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment on charges of corruption. - Notice to Centre on PIL seeking DDA dissolution
The Delhi High Court today issued notices to the Centre and others on a PIL which sought dissolution of the Delhi Development Authority on the ground that its continuance was unconstitutional. - Nine awarded life sentence in 18 days trial
In one of the fastest ever trials in Bihar, a court in record 18 days awarded life sentence to nine persons for kidnapping an eminent doctor on February seven this year. - Bill to correct spelling of 'Lohar'
A Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha today to correct the spelling of 'Lohar' (blacksmith) who fall under the category of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Bihar and are not a Scheduled Tribe. - Parliament puts ‘Office of Profit’ Bill back in President’s court
The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Office of Profit (OoP) Bill by an overwhelming majority, putting the onus on President APJ Abdul Kalam to give his assent to the Bill. - Parliament again passes office of profit bill
The Indian parliament Monday passed the controversial office of profit bill - which was returned by President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam without giving his consent - in its original form. - Apex court asks Delhi minister to vacate house
The Supreme Court Monday directed Delhi Industry Minister Mangat Ram Singhal to vacate his official residence by Friday as it had been allotted for the location of a family court. - Supreme Court reserves verdict on prosecuting Mayawati
The Supreme Court Monday reserved verdict on whether or not to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a charge sheet against former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati for alleged irregularities in the Taj Mahal heritage project. - Haryana to set up two new labour courts
The Haryana government Monday announced that it would set up two new labour courts in industrial cities of Faridabad and Gurgaon. - Model Code of Conduct be given statutory backing'
The Election Commission had proposed that the Model Code of Conduct be given a statutory backing, Minister for Law and Justice H R Bhardwaj today said. - August 7 fixed as next date for hearing Save's application
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court today fixed August 7 next for further hearing on the application moved by one of the accused in the Ayodhya demolition case seeking to challenge the authority of the CBI to act as a prosecuting agency. - Delhi High Court to hear Jessica Lal murder case
The Delhi High Court will today hear Jessica Lal murder case along with the suo motu case on the mess up of investigations. - Lawyers' strike enters 32nd day in Jammu
Work in the High Court and lower courts here remained paralysed as the strike called by Jammu Bar Association demanding transfer of the sex racket case from Srinagar to Jammu entered 32nd day today. - Kashmir Bar Association boycotts J-K HC Diamond Jubilee
Despite a request by Supreme Court Bar Association, the Kashmir High Court Bar Association boycotted the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the state High Court held here today. - Appear or be declared 'proclaimed offender
Giving a last chance to London-based Bharti Yadav to testify as a prosecution witness in the Nitish Katara murdar case, a Delhi court today asked the elusive daughter of U P politician D P Yadav to appear before it on September 28, failing which she would be declared a 'proclaimed offender'.
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