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Source:- moneylife.in Justice delayed is justice denied and people often hesitate to approach court, even when they are wronged, because of long delays and the high cost of legal proceedings in India. Can this situation be changed for the better without major changes in the justice delivery system or need for administrative reforms? Mr Shailesh

Source:- india.com Balasore(Odisha), Feb 23 (PTI) A youth was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for ten years by a court here for kidnapping and sexually abusing a minor girl in Odisha’s Balasore district three years ago. Additional District Judge of Balasore Ajanta Sadangi while convicting Jayanta Mallick of Biruan village under Remuna police station limits and

Source:- siasat.com Chief justice of Delhi High Court, Mrs Rohini and Sangeet Ghingda has sought a reply from Ministry of information and Broadcast on PIL (Public Interest Legislation) filed against Zee News. Advocate Mohammed Farhan and Farah Hashimi presenting the PIL filed by Hifzur Rehman Khan requested the court to ban “Fateh ka Fatwa” show

Source:- intoday.in The construction work for Mumbai metro rail project faces another hurdle as the Bombay High Court has refused to allow cutting of trees. The high court extended the stay on tree-cutting for another two weeks. The Bombay High Court today refused to lift its stay on cutting of trees for the metro rail

Source:- livemint.com New Delhi: State-owned Air India Ltd on 24 January moved the Supreme Court seeking reduction in charges at Delhi airport, court documents showed. In its petition, Air India said Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), run by GMR Infrastructure Ltd, is recovering Rs300 crore every month through these charges, and at this rate, by

Source:- indianexpress.com The Supreme Court has upheld the government’s decision to sack two naval officers facing criminal trial in the 2005 Navy war room leak case. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra refused to intervene with the 2013 order of Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) rejecting the contention of senior naval officers, Commanders Vijendra Rana

Source:- deccanchronicle.com Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court has ruled that ordering a husband to undergo a potency test for erectile dysfunctioning in matrimonial disputes by the court cannot be considered as intruding into the privacy of the individual or infringing on fundamental right. Justice B Siva Sankar Rao was dismissing two separate criminal revision petitions

Source:- financialexpress.com Given courts have frequently responded to criticism with the threat of contempt proceedings against the critic, India has long lacked a healthy discussion of its judicial system. Against this backdrop, the Supreme Court observing that data that exposes any lacunae of the judicial system is not tantamount to contempt is a welcome step

Source:- telegraphindia.com Guwahati, Feb. 25: Gauhati High Court has asked Kamrup (metro) district legal service authority to pay Rs 1 lakh to Nishamoni Borah, an acid attack victim, after she and North East Network (NEN), an NGO here, moved the court recently seeking compensation and speedy disposal of the case. The high court issued the

Source:- india.com New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) The family of the Noida gangrape victim plans to appeal in the Delhi High Court against the trial court verdict acquitting the nine accused in the eight- year-old case, saying it was “shattered” and “disappointed” by the judgement. A close relative of the woman, who was a 24-year-old