Source – ndtv.com NEW DELHI:  The number of pending cases in the Supreme Court and the 24 high courts has fallen in the last three years, but it has seen an upward swing in the lower judiciary, law ministry data shows. According to figures compiled by the ministry, the top court had 62,791 pending cases at the

Source – intoday.in Towing the Mamata government-drawn line of not immersing Durga idols today on the occasion of Muharram, Durga Puja Committees in Kolkata have awarded Didi a win in fight against Hindu fundamentalists, or have they been made to? The state government had imposed restrictions on Durga idol immersion on Vijaydashami on September 30 after 10 pm

Source – india.com New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court will today continue the hearing on the Kerala Love Jihad case. Earlier, a group of people had submitted a petition to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan demanding a probe into the alleged unlawful incarceration of Hadiya, the 24-year-old Vaikom native who converted to Islam. After

Source – indiatimes.comb Agra: The minister of state for human resource development, Satya Pal Singh, on Monday said that there was need for three more high court benches in the state which has a population of around 22 crore. These HC benches, Singh said, could be formed in Agra, Meerut and Gorakhpur districts. Speaking to media

Source – economictimes.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: A five-member commission headed by retired justice G Rohini would examine the politically-sensitive issue of sub-categorisation of Other Backward Castes (OBCs) and submit its report within three months. President Ram Nath Kovind appointed the panel under Justice G Rohini, who was the first woman Chief Justice of Delhi high court and

Source – hindustantimes.com Moved by the plight of homebuyers who have not been given the possession of flats despite paying money to builders, the Supreme Court on Tuesday observed it wanted to help these investors who must get their flats or their money refunded. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said this while

Source – intoday.in The Supreme Court today said it would hear the various pleas regarding Rohingya Muslimsonly on the “points of law” and asked the parties – Centre and petitioners – to desist from advancing “emotional arguments” as the matter concerned “humanitarian cause and humanity”, which required to be heard with “mutual respect”. “The concern for humanitarian

Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court collegium had unanimously taken the decision to transfer former Karnataka high court judge Jayant Patel to the Allahabad high court, sources said on Tuesday. Justice Patel resigned as a judge of the Karnataka high court last week, after Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra sought his consent for transfer to

Source – intoday.in In a major development in the Malayalam actress abduction and assault case, Dileep has been granted a bail today by the Kerala High Court. He was given a conditional bail by executing a bond of Rs one lakh. This comes after the court recently extended his remand period till October 12. Dileep’s bail plea was

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister+ P Chidambaram, had “tampered” with evidence relating to an alleged graft case+ against him during his visits abroad in the months of May, June and July this year, the CBI alleged in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The agency told a bench headed by