CBI starts probe in Forest Dept officials role in Uttarakhand Tiger deaths
New Delhi: The CBI has initiated a preliminary enquiry into the alleged collusion of forest department officials in tiger deaths and poaching cases reported from protected areas of Uttarakhand during the past five More...
High Court restrains sale and publication of book on Ramdev
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has restrained the sale and publication of a book purportedly on the life of Yoga guru Ramdev who claimed that it had defamatory content. A petition filed by Ramdev against the book More...
Fast track recruitment of lower court judges: Centre tells HCs
New Delhi: High courts must speed up the recruitment of judicial officers for the lower judiciary as one of the reasons for high pendency is lack of judges, the Centre has said. Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad More...
High Court questions Maha police’s media briefing in case against activists
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court raised questions Monday over Maharashtra police’s media briefing on its case against some prominent activists arrested for their alleged links with Maoists. Maharashtra ADG (Law More...
Charges framed against Maran brothers in ‘illegal’ telephone exchange case
Chennai: A CBI court today framed charges and ordered trial of former Communication Minister Dayanidhi Maran and others in a case of alleged setting up of “illegal” telephone exchanges to benefit the More...
Completed prelim enquiry into Rs 1,000-cr BSNL case: CBI to High Court
New Delhi: The CBI has told the Delhi High Court that it has completed its preliminary enquiry into allegations that some BSNL officials caused a loss of about Rs 1,000 crore to the exchequer by releasing unauthorised More...
Law Minister bats for accountability in the judiciary
New Delhi: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today pitched for accountability in the judiciary, saying it will help judges find out whether the system is in order. Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today today pitched More...
Caste should not be mentioned in arrest memos: High Court
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has ordered that caste should not be mentioned in arrest memos and bail bonds, observing that identity of an individual is known by parentage and not by caste. The Rajasthan High More...
Northern Railways GM, Railway Board Secretary misled Punjab and Haryana HC, get reprimanded
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has reprimanded the General Manager of Northern Railways and the Secretary of the Railway Board for misleading it to save Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (Sr. DCM) More...
High Court asks who authorised Kejriwal’s sit-in at LG’s office
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today asked the AAP government who had authorised the sit-in led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at the lieutenant governor’s office and observed that strikes or dharnas are More...
