The Delhi High Court yesterday turned down a petition which suggested that optical fiber lines be laid by telecom companies within all court complexes of the city, saying that while it is a good suggestion, it will cost a lot and the “government has its priorities.”
The Youth Bar Association (YBA) of India has approached the Supreme Court with a suggestion that alternate and pre-litigation processes be made mandatory to avoid adding to the huge pendency already existing in courts across the country.
The Supreme Court today adjourned till the first week of November, a 2009 contempt case against Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan and Tarun Tejpal for allegedly casting aspersions on some sitting and former top court judges in an interview to the news magazine Tehelka.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court yesterday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe social media posts against judges and the judiciary.
The Supreme Court today issued notice on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the three farmer’s notified by the Indian Parliament on September 24.
The Bombay High Court on Friday confirmed that on an experimental basis lawyers from the Metropolitan Region of Mumbai may be permitted to use local trains from Mumbai for a week.
A new system has been devised as an experiment for hearing cases in the Patna High Court. Chief Justice Sanjay Karol sat with Justice S Kumar in his chamber, while the lawyers who attended the hearing appeared in another courtroom and attended the hearing through video conferencing.
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday banned the implementation of the Compounding Scheme 2020 which will allow regularization of any illegal construction with a fee.
The Calcutta High Court, while passing judgment on a challenge to a show cause notice issued by the registrar of a cooperative society, has said that a registrar is competent to issue show cause notices for violation of rules and byelaws.