Justice Prafulla Kumar Misra, a Judge of the Madras High Court, has been elevated and posted as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court. Mr.Justice Misra was accorded a farewell here on Tuesday. Chief Justice H.L. Gokhale and other judges were amon ..
Expressing serious concern over the drought situation prevailing in several parts of the country, the Supreme Court today directed the Centre, States and Union Territories to provide all assistance to the Expert Committee headed by Mr T Ramaswamy to ..
She was just 13 when she was sold off to a 30-year-old man for Rs 50,000 after a small bidding. Two years later she escaped her captor, but was sold off again, this time for Rs 100,000. Now 15-year-old Netra (name changed), who managed to give her s ..
The Supreme Court today cleared the decks for implementation of the Uttar Pradesh government order dated July 22 providing 50% reservation to SC/STs and OBCs in admission to vocational and technical courses in the state.A bench headed by Chief Justic ..
Matter pertains to clashes between police and lawyers on High Court campusA Division Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday recused itself from the case relating to the incidents on the High Court premises on February 19 this year.The matter pertai ..
Mr Justice Jagdish Bhalla assumed office as Chief Justice in the Rajasthan High Court today.Governor Shilendra Kumar Singh administered the oath of the office to Justice Bhalla at a brief ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan here.Chief Minister Ashok Gehl ..
Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde opined that there was an urgent need for effective implementation of the constitution rather than talks about changes to be made in the constitution.He was speaking after inaugurating the two-day National s ..
Madhya Pradesh High Court stayed the order of a fast track court and additional district court for imposing ban on the publication, printing, distribution and sale of Five Past Midnight in Bhopal, a book based on Bhopal gas tragedy written by French ..
The Parliament has unanimously passed the Right to Education bill envisaging free and compulsory education for children in the age group of 6 to 14 years Debate on the Bill was taken up in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, which passed the bill.Speaking abou ..
A Constitutional amendment bill seeking to extend by another 10 years reservation of seats for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The Bill also seeks to extend nomination of Anglo-Indian communi ..