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Temporary Stay on sale of new book on Tipu Sultan vacated

The temporary stay which was put on the sale of a new book on Tipu Sultan which was written by Rangayana director Addanda C Cariappa was vacated by a court in Bengaluru. The Additional City Civil ...

National Judicial Commission Bill introduced in Rajya Sabha to regulate appointments of judges

Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya of CPI (M) introduced a private member bill in the Rajya Sabha on Friday to regulate the appointments of judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court. The bill  ...

Supreme Court Committee on Juvenile Justice joins hands with UNICEF for national consultation on POCSO Act

In order to mark the 10th anniversary of implementation of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012, the Supreme Court Committee on Juvenile Justice (SCCJJ) has joined hands w...

Married woman cannot claim rape on false pretext of marriage: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court, while setting aside a Trial Court order, has observed that a married woman cannot claim that the petitioner raped her on false pretext of wedding, as the victim knew that sh...

Allahabad High Court quashes criminal proceedings against Prabhu Chawla, Aroon Purie initiated under Cable Television Networks Act

A single-judge bench of Allahabad high court while hearing an application under section 482 filed by Bal Krishna and others quashed the criminal proceeding against Prabhu Chawla, Arun Puri and Balakrishna in the court of the Judicial Magistrate, Azamgarh.

Government curtailed vacations, increased working hours of higher judiciary to clear pendency: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday told the Parliament that in order to clear the pendency in higher judiciary, the government had suggested the Chief Justices of all High Courts to curtail the...

Lawyers unwilling to switch over due to uncertainty: Supreme Court on Centre delaying approval to Collegium recommendations  

The Supreme Court has observed that the reluctance of successful lawyers to accept the honour of switching over to the Bench was because they did not want the prolonged process of appointment putting...

Online extortion case: Uttarakhand High Court imposes fine of Rs 50000 on Facebook

The Uttarakhand High Court imposed a Cost of Rs Fifty Thousand on Facebook for failing to file Counter Affidavit on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the respondents to frame guidelines to deal with cases of online extortion.

Bullet Train project: Bombay High Court approves felling of around 22,000 mangrove trees

The Bombay High Court gave its nod on Friday to felling of 21,997 mangrove trees in Mumbai, Palghar and Thane, in order to pave way for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. The order was pas...

Centre says no plans to reintroduce NJAC, says over 4 crore cases pending

The Central government told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that it had no plans whatsoever to reintroduce the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), while the pendency in courts across the co...

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