High court dismisses ex-judge’s plea against prosecution
November 14th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 14 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday dismissed a petition by one of its former judges challenging the president's grant of sanction to the CBI to ... Read more...
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Lawyers seek help for Madras High Court judge
November 2nd, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 2 (IANS) Advocates here met Chief Justice M.Y. Eqbal of the Madras High Court and sought help for Justice C.S. Karnan, a judge from the Dalit community who ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh water board gets award
October 24th, 2011 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 24 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh government's Jal Nigam or water board has won a national level award for making landmark progress in its drinking water and sanitation network across ... Read more...
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Team Anna dismisses Agnivesh’s allegations
October 24th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Team Anna Sunday dismissed allegations by activist Swami Agnivesh that donations for its anti-graft stir were siphoned off by its member Arvind Kejriwal, even as ... Read more...
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Judges shouldn’t shy away from criticism: Kapadia
October 19th, 2011 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Judges should not shy away from constructive criticism of their actions and decisions as such review leads to the development of law, Chief Justice of ... Read more...
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Chief Justice Kapadia releases restatement of law
October 12th, 2011 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia Tuesday released a set of Restatement of Indian Law on Legislative Privilege, Contempt of Court and Public Interest Litigation ... Read more...
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Ex-CJI concerned over delay in Gujarat riots cases
October 1st, 2011 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) Former chief justice of India J.S. Verma Saturday expressed concern that the perpetrators of human rights violations in the 2002 Gujarat riots are still unpunished."That's ... Read more...
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Kerala opposition demands Chandy’s resignation
September 26th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 26 (IANS) The Kerala opposition Monday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and chief whip P.C. George over alleged attempts to influence the trial of the ... Read more...
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List palm oil case before another court: Judge
September 24th, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 24 (IANS) Judge P.K. Haneefa, criticized for ordering a reinvestigation in the palm oil case allegedly involving Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, Saturday requested the high court ... Read more...
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Apex court divided on black money SIT
September 23rd, 2011 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) A Supreme Court bench was Friday divided on the maintainability of the central government's application for recall of a July 4 apex court judgment ... Read more...
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Supreme Court gets three new judges
September 13th, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The number of judges of the Supreme Court increased to 29 from 26 after three judges, including a woman judge, were sworn-in Tuesday.Justice Sudhansu Jyoti ... Read more...
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Apex court issues notice on Bhopal victims’ fund
September 12th, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on a petition seeking directions for a government-takeover of the Rs.436 crore fund, being managed ... Read more...
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Kerala chief whip petitions against judge
September 10th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 10 (IANS) The chief whip of the Kerala assembly has hit out at a special vigilance court judge who ordered reinvestigation of palm oil case involving Kerala ... Read more...
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Beef up apex court security: PM gives directions
September 9th, 2011 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Law Minister Salman Khurshid to meet Chief Justice of India (CJI) S.H. Kapadia ... Read more...
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Judges, lawyers mourn blast deaths
September 8th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Delhi High Court judges and lawyers Thursday mourned the death of 12 people in a blast at the court's gate a day earlier.There was a ... Read more...
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Apex court may have parliament-like security (Lead)
September 7th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) In the wake of the bomb blast at Delhi High Court Wednesday, the Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia is considering a security cover for ... Read more...
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11 vacancies of judges in Supreme Court by next year
September 5th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) There will be 11 vacancies for judges in the Supreme Court by May next year.In a response to a question in the Rajya Sabha Monday, ... Read more...
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Justice Verma prefers a ‘constitutional Lokpal’
September 4th, 2011 - 4:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Former Chief Justice of India Justice J.S. Verma has backed Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's idea of "a constitutional body than a statutory office" ... Read more...
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Plea against Srinivasan taking over as cricket board chief
August 25th, 2011 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Former Indian cricket board president A.C. Muthiah Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary ... Read more...
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Dalits protest against Jan Lokpal bill
August 24th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Hundreds of Dalits Wednesday gathered at India Gate and marched towards Jantar Mantar to protest the Jan Lokpal bill proposed by activist Anna Hazare and ... Read more...
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Impeachment debate: Lawyers say judges’ criticism fair
August 21st, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Even as Justice V.S. Sirpurkar of the Supreme Court found "indigestible" the criticism of judiciary during a Rajya Sabha debate to impeach Justice Soumitra Sen ... Read more...
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Jaitley seeks new commission to appoint judges
August 19th, 2011 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Demanding an national judicial commission for appointing judges, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley Thursday said there should be an objective criteria ... Read more...
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‘Decide impeachment in accordance with conscience’ (Second Lead)
August 17th, 2011 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) In its first such case, the Rajya Sabha Wednesday began impeachment proceedings against Calcutta High Court Judge Soumitra Sen, who put up an impassioned ... Read more...
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Impeachment proceedings: Justice Sen claims innocence (Lead)
August 17th, 2011 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Calcutta High Court Judge Soumitra Sen Wednesday asserted he was not guilty of financial irregularities when impeachment proceedings against him began in the Rajya Sabha ... Read more...
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NGO kick-starts campaign for stronger Lokpal Bill
August 16th, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 16 (IANS) The National Election Watch (NEW), an NGO watchdog working on building fair and transparent electoral and political processes in India, Tuesday began a signature campaign in ... Read more...
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Supreme Court stops all mining work in Bellary
July 29th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday ordered the suspension of all mining operations in Karnataka's Bellary region."Mining (is) suspended with immediate effect till further orders," said a ... Read more...
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Civil society upset over ’sarkari’ Lokpal (Lead)
July 28th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Visibly upset members of the civil society Thursday described the draft Lokpal bill approved by the cabinet as a "sarkari" (government) bill and a "cruel ... Read more...
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PM should be included in Lokpal: Brinda Karat
July 28th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat Thursday said the prime minister should be included within the ambit of the Lokpal bill."One of the ... Read more...
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Cabinet clears draft Lokpal bill; angry Team Anna protests (Second Lead)
July 28th, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The cabinet Thursday approved the draft of an anti-corruption Lokpal bill, to be introduced in the monsoon session of parliament, that does not include ... Read more...
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Government has cheated over Lokpal bill: Anna Hazare
July 28th, 2011 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare Thursday accused the government of cheating him and the entire nation by clearing the draft of the Lokpal bill that excludes ... Read more...
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Cabinet approves draft Lokpal bill
July 28th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved the draft of the anti-corruption Lokpal bill, to be presented in the monsoon session of parliament beginning Aug 1, ... Read more...
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Illegal mining a reality: Chief Justice Kapadia
July 24th, 2011 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia Sunday said that illegal mining was going on in various states of the country and called upon the central ... Read more...
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Regulator for green appraisals soon: PM (Lead)
July 24th, 2011 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The government hopes to soon appoint a regulator to change the process of granting environmental clearances, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Sunday and pointed ... Read more...
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India needs low carbon economy: PM
July 24th, 2011 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Advocating that India needs to focus on creating a low carbon economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said the upcoming National Environmental Appraisal and ... Read more...
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Contempt of court: Bhushan told to work out solution
July 13th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday asked senior counsel Prashant Bhushan, who is facing contempt of court proceedings, to sit with court-appointed lawyer Harish Salve to work ... Read more...
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