The Madras High Court has directed the Director-General of Police to immediately issue instructions to officers in the districts that if the police suspect that mentally ill persons were roaming in and around the town, city or village, they should be ..
The Andhra Pradesh High Court today upheld Chief Information Commissioner C D Arha’s order that if the appellant is aggrieved by the verdict of a judge, he should appeal it in a court of competent jurisdiction and Right to Information(RTI) Act ..
Use of Hindi in CourtsArticle 348(1) of the Constitution of India provides that all proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court shall be in English language until Parliament by law otherwise provides. Under Article 348(2) the Governor of ..
Uttar Pradesh has topped the list of states with maximum number of complaints relating to human rights violation and New Delhi follows a close second, according to NHRC statistics.The statistics reveal that out of the total 94,559 cases of human rig ..
The Kerala High Court admitted a petition challenging the interference of religious and caste leaders in the electioneering process.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S R Bannurmath and Mr Justice Kurian Joseph issued notices to organisations ..
The Supreme Court today pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government for making allegations of bias against the Allahabad High Court.A bench comprising Justices B N Aggarwal and G S Singhvi reacted sharply to the allegations made by Satish Chandra Mishra, ..
The Supreme Court stayed till further orders all proceedings pending in Bombay High Court challenging the extension granted to Union Law Secretary T K Viswanathan on his superannuation.A bench, comprising Chief Justices K G Balakrishnan and P Sathasi ..
A Division Bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Anil Ramesh Dave and Justice Ramesh Ranganathan on Friday expressed surprise at the speed at which the ‘BPS mela’ for regularisation of buildings was taking place, especially wit ..
The State should enact a law prohibiting any act or conduct that causes disrespect to the Constitution or neglects fundamental duties, to achieve the avowed object of Article 51-A (Fundamental Duties), the Madras High Court said on Wednesday.If the ..
A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here to construct a mini flyover outside its premises to facilitate easy access to the court campus.The First Bench comprising Chief Justice Hemant Laxman Gokhale an ..