The Supreme Court has ordered the Centre to place on record the steps taken by them to enhance the security in the Courts within four weeks. This order was issued by a Bench comprising Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice L. Nageswara in a case in which the witness was shot dead while the police was escorting him to the lock-up.
A woman from Choolaimedu has filed a petition that she was scared of being branded as a terrorist. She has accused a business conglomerate of harassing her due to a private dispute between them. She stated that she is facing harassment and her phone calls are being tapped. The Madras High Court has come to the rescue and ordered
In a short but significant Judgement, additional district judge of the Patiala House Courts, Delhi awarded damages of Rs. 2 Lakhs to Lokendra Singh Bati, a Noida. Mr Bati sued the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs for erroneously seizing his passport at the airport on the basis of a police case filed against him and
The Supreme Court has taken Suo Motu Cognizance of question paper leak in the Haryana Judicial Service Examination 2017 and transferred the matter to Apex Court. The registrar of the office Dr. Balwinder Kumar Sharma was the conspirator. The Haryana High Court Creation Committee recommended registration of an FIR and disciplinary action against him, as well as his transfer from
The Supreme court has ordered the Tamil Nadu government to decide the representation of Mathaiyan seeking premature release from prison within 4 weeks take decision on the same. Mathaiyan is the elder brother of slain forest brigand Veerappan. He is in Salem Central Prison as a life convict since 1997 charged for the offences of murder, causing hurt
The Supreme Court has decided to hear a plea filed by kids Arjun-Gopal and others tomorrow seeking restoration of its last years decision of prohibiting fire crackers in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). The plea has also sought recall of apex court verdict dated September 12 which had temporarily lifted the order of suspending permanent licences for sale of firecrackers
The Supreme Court in Pankajbhai Rameshbhai Zalavadia vs Jethabhai Kalabhai Zalavadiya (Deceased) through LRs & Ors. held that there is no bar for filing the application under Order 1 Rule 10, even though the application under Order 22 Rule 4 of the CPC was dismissed as not maintainable. Earlier the trail court had dismissed the application filed earlier under Order 22
The Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court has instigated a special drive to dispose of over 500 cases pending in trail courts by January next year. These fast tracked cases are related to law and order issues in the State. There shall be day-to-day hearing of the cases and the first list of 362 cases pending cases
The Chief Justice Dipak Misra led a bench of the Supreme Court referred to a constitution bench for the issue of formulating a law on action to be taken against individuals in authority or holding a public office or governance in-charge making irresponsible statements. Earlier the court also framed four questions while a petition had been filed against Samajwadi
While disposing off an 18 year old petition the Bombay High Court ordered the Maharashtra Government to follow its 1997 regulations for appointment of public prosecutors and additional public prosecutors for the districts by promoting assistant public prosecutors. The Supreme court has stayed the order and issued a notice to the Maharashtra Public Prosecutors Association to sought a response
