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Source – indianexpress.com Madras High Court has upheld the appointment of Dr Bhaskar Ramamurthi as the Director of IIT Madras. Justice M Sathyanarayanan dismissed the petition for writ of “quo warranto” filed by Dr E Muralidharan questioning the appointment of Ramamurthy. The judge said in his order that “In the considered opinion of this court the selection

Source:- news18.com New Delhi: With around 20 lakh cheque-bounce cases choking the justice delivery system in the country, the Delhi State Consumer Commission has cracked the whip on finance companies for filing false cases against the consumers in their bid to recover loans. The Commission has slapped a fine of Rs 50 lakh on Ashok Leyland

Source:- barandbench.com The global movement to protect the environment began to show signs of life in the 1980s, at a time when the Supreme Court of India was having an awakening of its own. This period coincided with the growth of the concept of Public Interest Litigation, and marked a time when the courts were

Source:- hindustantimes.com In an unprecedented situation in the Supreme Court on Monday, a single-judge court heard and disposed 33 cases. Justice Deepak Gupta held the court alone because his senior colleague – M Shantanagoudar who was to head the bench – was unavailable. Much to the surprise of the advocates and litigants, Justice Gupta held the

Source:- hindustantimes.com Fourteen new additional judges were sworn in at the Bombay high court on Monday, taking the working strength of judges to 75. The sanctioned strength of judges in the Bombay high court is 90. The new judges were administered the oath by Chief Justice of Bombay HC Manjula Chellur. Of the 14 new

Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in City court has granted divorce in a rare case to a couple following a nearly 20-year legal battle between the husband and wife who were together for just 20 days. While delivering the order, principal judge of family court Dharmesh Sharma observed that the slow pace of the justice delivery system “casts a

Souce:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com MUMBAI: A case of rape against a trustee and teacher of an international school has been registered in a police station in the western suburbs. The case was registered on May 18 after the mother of one of the two victims, both three-yearolds, saw bruises on the child’s private parts. A trustee and

Source:- economictimes.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today set aside the Allahabad High Court’s May 29 order which had quashed 50 per cent institutional preference in admission to PG medical seats. A vacation bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and Deepak Gupta said institutes like the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and the

Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in Lucknow, Jun 7 (PTI) BJP stalwarts L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Union minister Uma Bharti will not have to attend the day-to-day trial in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case, with a CBI special court today exempting them from personal appearance. CBI special judge S K Yadav passed the order on

Source:- ndtv.com CUTTACK/BHUBANESWAR:  Orissa High Court directed Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to re-evaluate answer scripts of those students who moved the court alleging discrepancies in the CBSE class 12 results declared in the last week of May. The relief came to students as a single judge bench of Biswanath Rath of Orissa high