Judicial people should head information panels: SC (Lead)
September 13th, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday held that the Central Information Commission and state information panels are forums performing quasi-judicial functions and these should be headed and ... Read more...
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Apex court’s observations on media reporting curbs
September 11th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Some observations by the Supreme Court Tuesday while hearing a plea seeking postponement of media reporting on sub-judice matters:* There is no general law for courts to postpone publicity, either prior ... Read more...
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SC against guidelines on court reporting, allows curbs (Second Lead)
September 11th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday said there can be no blanket guidelines to regulate media reporting of sub-judice matters across the board but postponement of reporting ... Read more...
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Delhi High Court stays court fee hike
August 9th, 2012 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday stayed for two weeks the Delhi government's notification of a 10-fold hike in court fees.A division bench of Justices A.K. ... Read more...
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Delhi lawyers file plea against court fee hike
August 7th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Bar Association Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court and sought the quashing of a law aimed at a 10-fold hike in ... Read more...
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Cop told to pay Rs.20,000 for false case
June 16th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) An errant policeman has been told by a Delhi court to pay Rs.20,000 compensation for implicating and agonising a man in a rash and negligent ... Read more...
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Mexico, China seal extradition treaty
June 12th, 2012 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, June 12 (IANS/EFE) The governments of Mexico and China have exchanged documents for an extradition treaty, opening the way for each nation to hand over criminals, officials said.Mexican ... Read more...
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Pakistani PM faces possibility of disqualification: court
May 9th, 2012 - 12:35 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani faces the possibility of being disqualified as a member of parliament for five years following his conviction of contempt ... Read more...
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Introspect, Ansari urges legal profession
May 5th, 2012 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 5 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari Saturday urged the legal profession to introspect on expediting the dispensation of justice.Addressing the golden jubilee celebrations of the Bar Council ... Read more...
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Know where ‘Lakshman Rekha’ begins, SC tells media (Lead)
May 2nd, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday said media should know where the 'Lakshman Rekha' of reporting sub-judice matter begins while the Editors' Guild of India questioned the ... Read more...
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Bangaru Laxman’s sentencing: Key points of the judgment
April 28th, 2012 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A Delhi court Saturday awarded four years' rigorous imprisonment to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) former president Bangaru Laxman for accepting a bribe from ... Read more...
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Gilani’s contempt brings judiciary to ridicule: Supreme Court
April 26th, 2012 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) The contempt of court by Yousuf Raza Gilani "tends to bring this court and the judiciary of this country into ridicule", said the Supreme Court ... Read more...
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Curb reporting on police probes, apex court urged (Lead)
April 20th, 2012 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Rajasthan government Thursday pleaded before the Supreme Court for restraining the media from reporting on matters related to police probes in criminal cases for ... Read more...
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Apex court to rule if states can appeal acquittals in CBI cases
March 19th, 2012 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court will examine whether states could file an appeal challenging the acquittal in a criminal case, probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation ... Read more...
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Woman double-crosses court for son’s custody, gets rap
February 25th, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court issued a contempt of court notice to a woman for foxing a magistrate into awarding her son's custody to her, hiding ... Read more...
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Government gets court notice on deaths in army’s Kashmir action (Lead)
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Faced with resistance to action against armymen allegedly involved in the killing of five people in Kashmir in 2000, the Supreme Court Monday issued notice ... Read more...
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Government gets court notice on deaths in army’s Kashmir action
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Faced with resistance to action against armymen allegedly involved in the killing of five people in Kashmir in 2000, the Supreme Court Monday issued notice ... Read more...
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Court firm on punishing lawyer for assaulting woman colleague
January 16th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday refused to recall its order, sending a lawyer to seven days in judicial custody and restraining him from entering the ... Read more...
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Courts in England and Wales to allow journalists to tweet, text and email
December 14th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- The head of the judiciary and courts in England and Wales on Wednesday morning announced his decision to allow journalists to use e-mail, text messaging and social media ... Read more...
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AAI chief challenges contempt of court order
August 19th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Airports Authority of India (AAI) chairman V.P. Aggarwal Friday approached the Delhi High Court challenging a single judge's order convicting him of contempt of court ... Read more...
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Shanti Bhushan moves contempt proceeding against Amar Singh (Lead)
April 18th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Senior apex court counsel Shanti Bhushan Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking initiation of suo motu contempt proceedings against Rajya Sabha member and expelled Samajwadi ... Read more...
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FICCI ties up with Delhi agency to promote mediation
February 19th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) With crores of rupees locked up in commercial disputes, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Saturday said that it has teamed up with ... Read more...
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Murdered Indian-origin bride’s sister wants husband to stand trial in SA, prove his innocence
January 25th, 2011 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 25 (ANI): The sister of Anni Dewani, the Indian-origin bride killed during her honeymoon in Cape Town last year, has said that her brother-in-law should not have any problem to ... Read more...
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Brit-Indian honeymooner’s ‘fragile’ mental health worries pals
January 23rd, 2011 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 23 (ANI): Friends of Shrien Dewani, the Brit-Indian millionaire who is fighting extradition plans to South Africa over charges that he masterminded his wife Anni's murder during their honeymoon in ... Read more...
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Proceedings to continue against “stressed” Brit-Indian honeymooner over wife’s murder case
January 22nd, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI
Cape Town, Jan 22 (ANI): Shrien Dewani, the Brit-Indian millionaire who has been accused of hiring a hitman to have his wife killed during their honeymoon in Cape Town last year, would ... Read more...
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“Stressed” Brit-Indian honeymooner fails to attend London extradition hearing
January 21st, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 21 (ANI): Shrien Dewani, the Brit-Indian millionaire who has been accused of hiring a hitman to have his wife killed during their honeymoon in Cape Town last year, failed to ... Read more...
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Mosque demolition: Contempt plea filed against Dikshit
January 15th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) People from a south Delhi neighbourhood Saturday moved the Delhi High Court seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Shahi Imam ... Read more...
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New courts needed to try economic offences, says apex court
December 8th, 2010 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday favoured setting up of special courts to try cases of economic offences involving the violation of laws like the Prevention of Money Laundering ... Read more...
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Air India bomb-maker convicted of perjury
September 19th, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
Vancouver (Canada), Sept.19 (ANI): Indian Canadian Interjit Singh Reyat, the only man to have served time for the deaths of 331 people in the June 1985 Air India bombings has been found ... Read more...
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Defence lawyer points finger at Congress ‘aligned’ newspaper
September 16th, 2010 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 16 (IANS) A newspaper "close" to the Congress party is trying to influence the Goa blast trial in which 11 people linked to right wing Hindu group Sanatan Sanstha were ... Read more...
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Three crore pending cases? Patil wants review
July 31st, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Saturday called for a review of figures that put the number of pending cases before Indian courts at a staggering 3 crore. She ... Read more...
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Court dismisses plea for contempt case against Sibal (Lead)
July 15th, 2010 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a petition seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal for criticising judicial functioning in a ... Read more...
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Government questioned on special fund for courts
July 12th, 2010 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central and state governments and the high courts on a report seeking to create a separate "infrastructure fund" for ... Read more...
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Court acquits man of rape charge, says victim unreliable
June 11th, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday held a rape victim as unreliable and acquitted the accused, saying that the woman failed to prove her case and did not ... Read more...
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Special courts to tackle hooligans during FIFA World Cup
May 26th, 2010 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Pretoria, May 26 (IANS) Fifty-four special courts have been set up by the South African authorities to tackle hooliganism and other matters related to FIFA World Cup starting in June, Deputy Justice ... Read more...
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