Justice Barin Ghosh appointed as Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir HC12/31/2008In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 95 of the Constitution of Jammu & Kashmir, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Barin Ghosh, Judge, Patna High Co ..
NOTICE ORDERED TO TOP CITY SCHOOLS ON KG ADMISSIONS31 Dec 2008, 0237 hrs IST, TNN CHENNAI: A total of 14 private schools in the city, which have closed pre-primary class admissions for this academic year, were issued notices by the Madras high court ..
DG & IGP HARPS ON POLICE REFORMS30 Dec 2008, 0739 hrs IST, TNN BANGALORE: The government has never done anything adequate for the police, says DG and IGP R Sri Kumar. He expressed displeasure over how police reform recommendations have been gatherin ..
BIHAR SPECIAL COURT BILL 2008 GETS CABINATE SANCTION30 Dec 2008, 2124 hrs IST, PTI PATNA:In a bid to check corruption in the bureaurcary, Bihar cabinet Tuesday cleared the Bihar Special Court Bill, 2008, envisaging special courts to try graft cases ..
IT ACT AMMENDMENT BILL: LOK SABHA PASSES THE BILL23-12-2008 11:19:10 IST The lower house of the Indian Parliament, Lok Sabha passed the Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2006 on December 22. The Bill added new provisions to the existing Infor ..
TO GIVE JUDGES BIG SALARY HIKE, CABINATE TO PASS ORDINANCE 29-12-2008 17:45:06 IST At the fag end of its tenure, the UPA government has decided to make judges happy. Using its extraordinary powers, the cabinet is all set to give judges a threefold hi ..
“Amend Constitution to set up regional apex court benchesâ€J. VenkatesanIt will help the poor who can’t travel to Delhi, panel tells CentrePanel is not happy with the persistent oppositionNod for establishment of Benches in Chennai on trial basi ..
Judges, like Caesar's wife, should be above suspicion, was the focal point in 2008 for the Supreme Court which took extreme steps to keep the judiciary free from corruption after scams allegedly involving judges broke out.The image of the third pilla ..
NEARLY 2.94 CRORE CASES ARE PENDING : JUSTICE S B SINHA12/29/2008Supreme Court Judge S B Sinha said as many as 2.94 crore cases, including petty cases, were pending with the court till date.Addressing a two-day inauguration meeting on the legal aware ..
SC HANDS-OVER 100 PETITIONS TO CONSTITUTION BENCHThe Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench a batch of over 100 petitions, challenging the constitutional validity of levying entry tax by state governments on goods.A bench comprising Justices Ar ..