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...
Centre in HC against CIC order on Khemka’s deputation
New Delhi: The Centre has moved the Delhi High Court against a CIC order asking it to inform whether IAS officer Ashok Khemka, known for cancelling Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra’s alleged illegal More...
Supreme Court sets aside High Court order denying relief to IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside a high court order that had declined to interfere with a plea made by Indian Forest Service officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi seeking a stay on a criminal defamation complaint More...
