Source: ndtv.com NEW DELHI: Appointment and transfer of judges form “the root of the administration of justice” and interference in that “does not augur well” for the institution, the Supreme Court said today. It made the observation while deciding to keep the Gujarat High Court Advocate Association’s plea pending which has sought a direction to the
Source: indiatoday.in Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, arrested in the INX Media corruption case, told the Delhi High Court on Monday that he is not named as an accused in the FIR filed in the case in 2017. In his bail plea, Chidambaram told Delhi High Court that there are no allegations or evidence against
Source: asianage.com Mumbai: The Bombay high court refused to provide any relief to Post Office employees who received notice from the Election Commission (EC) asking them to participate in the work pertaining to forthcoming Assembly elections. The court while refusing their petition said that the EC has done no wrong by asking them to do the
Source: hindustantimes.com Ending the impasse, President Ram Nath Kovind has accepted the resignation of the Chief Justice of Madras High Court, VK Tahilramani, after the Supreme Court Collegium transferred her to the Meghalaya High Court. In a notification late on Friday, the Union Law Ministry said the resignation has been accepted with effect from the
Source: newindianexpress.com HYDERABAD: A public interest litigation was filed in the Telangana High Court seeking directions to the State government to constitute child welfare committees in all the 23 new districts in the state. Besides, extending the term of office of the existing child welfare committees in the old 10 districts was illegal and failure to
Source: news18.com Mangaluru: “Cyanide” Mohan, a serial killer who has murdered several women using the deadly chemical after befriending and raping them, has been convicted of killing another woman a music teacher in Karnataka, taking the total number of his convictions to 16. Mohan, who has previously been convicted of killing women in public toilets by
Source: hindustantimes.com A 23-year-old law student who accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chinmayanand of rape alleged on Wednesday that police were delaying the arrest of the former minister and threatened to immolate herself. Hours later, the special investigation team (SIT) investigating the case said an arrest would only be made with āsolid evidenceā even
Source: dnaindia.com Four new Supreme Court justices will take oath on Monday, taking the strength of India’s highest court to 34. The Centre had on September 18 notified the appointment of four new judges to the Supreme Court. Justices V Ramasubramanian, Krishna Murari, S Ravindra Bhat and Hrishikesh Roy – all four chief justices of
Source: hindustantimes.com Over 69 years after it came into existence, the Supreme Court of India will, for the first time, have a judge sitting singly to decide on matters of bail and anticipatory bail ā in cases which carry a punishment of up to seven yearsā imprisonment ā and transfer of cases form one state
Source: hindustantimes.com The Kerala government will file an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Friday mentioning details about the action it has taken against an order for the demolition of more than 300 flats in Keralaās Kochi for flouting the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) guidelines. The top court had pulled up the state government for
