Tag: High Court

Source:- thehindu.com A 32-year-old waiter, who tried to convince the Madras High Court to direct the Union government to issue a blanket ban on the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), faced the wrath of the court, which dismissed his Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition, terming it as a “misadventure” for publicity, exploiting the current

Source:- ndtv.com NEW DELHI:  The office of the Attorney General of India (AGI) does not come under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act as it is not a “public authority”, the Delhi High Court ruled today. The verdict by a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath came on

Source:- financialexpress.com The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar recommended 9 names to the government to take over as Chief justices of High Courts. This was a break from the earlier tradition of appointing acting chiefs for months at a time. If the government approves of the recommendations and

Source:- indianexpress.com FOR THE first time, the Supreme Court has initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against a high court judge for writing letters, levelling allegations of corruption against several sitting and retired apex court and high court judges. The unprecedented move will see the seven senior-most judges of the Supreme Court, including the Chief Justice

Source:- timesnow.tv The Bombay High Court dismissed a petition filed by Jiah Khan’s mother Rabia, challenging the CBI’s charge sheet terming the actress’ death as suicide and not homicide, paving the way for trial to commence against actor Sooraj Pancholi in the case. Sooraj has been charged with the abetment of Ms Khan’s suicide. A

Source:- indiatimes.com HYDERABAD: Wondering how temple officials working under state government could give consent to the state to alienate temple land in favour of third parties, the Hyderabad High Court on Wednesday made it clear that it would not allow this in AP and Telangana. The HC further said that land transfer should be done

Source:- indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Despite the best efforts to speed up disposal of cases, pendency in the high courts may spiral to a monstrous one crore cases by the end of this year from the present 45 lakh cases as 24 HCs are functioning at present with 43% vacancies with only 599 judges as against

Source:- scoopwhoop.com Days after being slapped with a contempt notice from the Supreme Court, Calcutta High Court Justice C S Karnan has written a strongly worded letter to Chief Justice of India stating that his case should be sent to the Parliament. He’s contended that the case is “not sustainable”. He has also played the Dalit

Source:- indiatimes.com NAGPUR: Even before the counting day, Nagpur High Court Bar Association’s (HCBA) newly elected president Anil Kilor had a host of plans in mind to take the body to newer heights. Though he never talked about them, he had made up his mind long back while working with the old team, without holding

Source:- ndtv.com AHMEDABAD:  The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday directed police in Anand district to take a pregnant girl to the family of her alleged rapist, after she told the court that she loved him and wanted to give birth to his child. The court also asked the social welfare officer of Mahisagar district, where