Bio-access soon to Bombay High Court
August 24th, 2012 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 24 (IANS) As part of enhancing security measures, the Bombay High Court will soon instal a bio-access system for all advocates and staffers, an official said here Friday.Initially, ... Read more...
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Threat to heritage hotel stops construction work in Shimla
July 20th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 20 (IANS) The ongoing construction of lawyers' chambers, which triggered landslides and threatened the foundation of the Oberoi Group's prime British-era hotel here has been stopped, an official ... Read more...
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Italian ship: SC refuses to alter high court order
July 18th, 2012 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday declined to alter the order of Kerala High Court's registrar general asking the owner of Italian ship Enrica Lexie to furnish ... Read more...
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2G trial shifts to Tihar Jail from Nov 24 (Second Lead)
November 22nd, 2011 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) A special CBI court Tuesday shifted the trial in the 2G spectrum case to the Tihar Jail complex following a Delhi High Court order. ... Read more...
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2G trial shifted to Tihar Jail (Lead)
November 22nd, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) A special CBI court hearing the 2G case Tuesday shifted the trial to the Tihar Jail complex following a Delhi High Court order.The court ... Read more...
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Who leaked Modi’s letter to PM, asks court
September 7th, 2011 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 7 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Wednesday issued notice to its registrar general, the personal secretary to the chief justice and Lokayukta R.A. Mehta seeking their stand ... Read more...
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Rural child sex ratio declining sharply: Census
July 16th, 2011 - 2:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The ratio of girl child per thousand male child has witnessed a sharp decline in Indian villages in the last decade, according to the latest ... Read more...
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Motherhood-related deaths down in India by 17 percent
July 8th, 2011 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) India has in the last five years managed to bring down the rate of deaths among women during delivery by 17 percent, recording 212 deaths ... Read more...
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India’s girl child mortality rate worrisome
July 7th, 2011 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) India's girl child mortality rate continues to be "worrisome" with 2009 estimates suggesting 52 deaths within a year of birth out of every 1,000 live ... Read more...
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Himachal to have ‘holiday courts’ for employees
July 1st, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 1 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday announced setting up of 'holiday courts' by this year-end to help litigants employed either in government or semi-government offices to ... Read more...
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Independent India’s first caste census kicks off (Lead)
June 29th, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Hezamara (Tripura), June 29 (IANS) Independent India's first census to determine the caste-wise breakup of the country's 1.21 billion people was launched from here Wednesday.The census started in this remote ... Read more...
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Independent India’s first caste census kicks-off
June 29th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Hezamara (Tripura), June 29 (IANS) Independent India's first census to determine the caste-wise breakup of the country's 1.21 billion people was launched here Wednesday.It was launched in this remote tribal ... Read more...
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Counting India’s poor begins Wednesday
June 28th, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) A nationwide census to identify Indians living below the poverty line (BPL) and help determine those eligible for social welfare schemes meant for the poor ... Read more...
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Count of India’s poor begins Wednesday from Tripura (Lead)
June 28th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) A nationwide census begins with Tripura Wednesday to identify Indians living below the poverty line (BPL) and help determine those eligible for social welfare schemes ... Read more...
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High court stays CIC order on apex court judgments
May 23rd, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday stayed an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) that asked the Supreme Court to reveal the logic behind its ... Read more...
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Poverty, caste census will be almost paperless
May 19th, 2011 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The six-month long census for conducting a head count of poor people, along with their caste and religious affiliations, will be almost paperless as the ... Read more...
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India to carry out caste, creed, poverty census together (Second Lead)
May 19th, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Indian government Thursday approved the carrying out of a survey to identify the number of people living below poverty line, as well as ... Read more...
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Gujarat to change work profile of fast track courts
April 5th, 2011 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 4 (IANS) The Gujarat government plans to convert the state's fast track courts, financially supported by the central government till March 31, into those of additional district judges.The ... Read more...
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Census-2011 to cover illegal immigrants too
February 2nd, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The massive Census-2011 exercise beginning next week will enumerate all residents of India, including illegal immigrants, a top official said here Wednesday. The exercise will, however, ... Read more...
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Chidambaram unveils mascot of Census enumerator
February 2nd, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 2 (ANI): Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram unveiled the mascot of Census enumerator here on Wednesday.The enumeration process for Census 2011 begins on February 9 and would continue till February ... Read more...
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Census in Maoist zones difficult, say Chhattisgarh officials
January 11th, 2011 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 11 (IANS) A headcount of people in Bijapur and Dantewada districts will be highly difficult due to the presence of Maoist rebels in the interiors of the region, Chhattisgarh officials ... Read more...
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Himachal court judges contribute for Leh victims
October 28th, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 28 (IANS) The judicial officers of Himachal Pradesh have collected over Rs.4 lakh to rehabilitate people affected by the flashfloods in Leh in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said here ... Read more...
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Northeast census operations going on smoothly
June 25th, 2010 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
By Sujit Chakraborty
Agartala/Aizawl, June 25 (IANS) Census operations are going on in northeastern India, but unlike earlier times when officials were unable to visit the interior areas for "fear of militants", separatist ... Read more...
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Gujarat’s gender ratio improves
June 16th, 2010 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, June 15 (IANS) Gujarat's gender ratio has improved significantly, state Health Minister Jay Narayan Vyas said Tuesday, citing the annual central registration survey conducted by the Registrar General.
Disclosing the latest available ... Read more...
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2011 census to probe how many are disabled
March 15th, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) If all goes well, the 2011 census will refine its questionnaire in a bid to determine how many to Indians really suffer from disability.
The 2001 census came ... Read more...
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Justice Dinakaran not to hold court (Lead)
December 17th, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 17 (IANS) Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran has become the first chief justice of a high court in the country to stay away from judicial proceedings in the ... Read more...
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Justice Dinakaran not to hold court
December 17th, 2009 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 17 (IANS) Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran has become the first chief justice of a high court in the country to stay away from judicial proceedings in the ... Read more...
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Justice Dinakaran not to hear court cases
December 17th, 2009 - 2:30 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Dec 17 (ANI): Facing an impeachment motion in Rajya Sabha, Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran who is flooded with the alleged charges of corruption and land encroachment ... Read more...
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Dinakaran not to hold court till cleared of charges
December 17th, 2009 - 1:03 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 16 (IANS) Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, facing land grab charges, has decided not to hold court sittings till he is cleared of the charges, a high court ... Read more...
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Dinakaran case: We were provoked’, say Karnataka Advocates
November 13th, 2009 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
Bangalore, Nov 13 (ANI): The Advocates Association of Bangalore today justified the lawyers' protest in the Karnataka High Court saying that they were provoked into aggressive action by the judges. In a ... Read more...
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Himachal HC judges to make public their assets
August 30th, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Shimla, Aug 30 (ANI): The judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court also decided to make their property public, on the lines of Supreme court justices.Earlier, the judges of Kerala and Delhi ... Read more...
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Himachal High Court judges to declare assets
August 30th, 2009 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 30 (IANS) After judges in Delhi and Kerala, judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court have also decided to follow the footsteps of Supreme Court justices and make their assets ... Read more...
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Kerala High Court judges to declare assets
August 28th, 2009 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Aug 28 (IANS) Judges of the Kerala High Court, including the chief justice, would declare their assets on Sep 30 and put the information on the website of the high court ... Read more...
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Lawyers harden stand as Tamil Nadu courts begin ex parte hearings
March 16th, 2009 - 11:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 16 (IANS) While the Madras High Court, its Madurai Bench and other subordinate courts began hearing litigants appearing as parties-in-person after a break of almost a month, striking lawyers' organisations ... Read more...
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12-year-old matrimonial dispute settled in just 30 minutes!
March 15th, 2009 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Kanu Sarda
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) For Zeenat Sheikh (name changed), the legal battle she was fighting against her husband for 12 years seemed to drag on and on. But Sunday ... Read more...
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