Government committed to judicial reforms, says PM
August 18th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) Committed to improve the justice delivery system, the government has taken several initiatives, including launching the National Mission for Justice Delivery (NMJD), Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...
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Court wants 10 percent more judges for subordinate courts
April 19th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday directed the central and state governments to create 10 percent additional posts of the total regular judicial cadre for subordinate courts ... Read more...
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Omar’s kind gesture: Gives Rs.1 lakh to blind Jammu lawyer
March 30th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 30 (IANS) In a unique gesture, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday extended financial aid of more than Rs.1.20 lakh to a visually impaired lawyer to ... Read more...
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Funds for computerising courts doubled
March 16th, 2012 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The budgetary allocation for computerization of district and subordinate courts, burdened with over two crore cases, was Friday doubled from Rs.105 crore in 2011-12 ... Read more...
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Law panel study on backlog of cases sought (Lead)
January 19th, 2012 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it will ask the Law Commission to undertake a study on the additional courts and judges needed ... Read more...
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Court relief for man who tape recorded proceedings (Lead)
January 7th, 2012 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has set aside its earlier order of sending a businessman for mental check-up for recording court proceedings on his mini-tape recorder.The ... Read more...
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Lack of judges, adjournments delaying justice: Experts
December 19th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court's desire to know how a railway minister's assassination case has dragged on for 37 years has again brought into sharp focus delays ... Read more...
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No mercy for kidnappers of children, says Supreme Court
December 5th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday said it was incumbent upon it and subordinate courts to award severe punishment to those involved in kidnapping children for ransom ... Read more...
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Supreme Court to lay down bail principles
November 15th, 2011 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would hold hearing to decide the principle for granting bail in cases which attract jail terms ranging from ... Read more...
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Judging the judiciary: 32 million pending cases clog up courts
September 25th, 2011 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) A few days from now, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government will complete two years of a promise that it gave with great fanfare in ... Read more...
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Apex court cautions on fee waiver for poor litigants (Lead)
July 20th, 2011 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court has said that before an individual was declared indigent and exempted from paying court fee, subordinate courts must ascertain his true financial ... Read more...
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Apex court cautions on fee waiver for poor litigants
July 20th, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court has said that before a person was declared indigent and exempted from paying court fee, subordinate courts must ascertain his true financial ... Read more...
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Don’t disclose rape victim’s identity, says Himachal court
July 18th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 18 (IANS) Taking serious note of disclosure of a rape victim's identity by a subordinate court, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday directed the trial courts not to ... Read more...
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Solicitor General Subramanium’s resignation accepted (Lead)
July 15th, 2011 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The central government Thursday accepted the resignation of Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium, who was upset after Communications Minister Kapil Sibal substituted him with another counsel ... Read more...
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Stalemate in solicitor general resignation issue
July 11th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the resignation of Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam, sources said.Though there ... Read more...
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Mamata for modernising court infrastructure
July 2nd, 2011 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday emphasised on the need to revamp the infrastructure in the courts for fast disposal of pending cases.Speaking at ... 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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Apex court cautions against maligning judges
June 20th, 2011 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) While cautioning against the "dangerous trend" of making false allegations against judicial officers of subordinate courts, the Supreme Court has said that judges were not ... Read more...
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Throw out corrupt subordinate court judges: Apex court (Lead)
May 10th, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Subordinate court judges who indulge in corruption should be "thrown out", an irate Supreme Court said Tuesday while criticising a woman additional district judge who ... Read more...
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Judicial Standard and Accountability Bill to bring more transparency: Moily
April 4th, 2011 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
Nagpur, Apr 4 (ANI): Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily has said the Judicial Standard and Accountability Bill slated to be presented before the monsoon session of the parliament would enhance transparency of ... Read more...
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Bangladesh probes allegations of forged court orders
March 18th, 2011 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 18 (IANS) Bangladesh Supreme Court has ordered a probe into the allegations of granting of bail by lower courts to several undertrials on the basis of forged documents ... 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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‘Satyam’s Raju did not fudge accounts, only did window dressing’ (Lead)
October 21st, 2010 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday was told that the alleged fudging of accounts by the former chairman of Satyam Computer Services Limited B. Ramalinga Raju was only ... Read more...
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‘Satyam’s Raju did not fudge accounts, only did window dressing’
October 20th, 2010 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday was told that the alleged fudging of accounts by the former chairman of Satyam Computer Services Limited B. Ramalinga Raju was nothing ... Read more...
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National Panthers Party calls for Supreme Court direction on Kashmir violence
September 17th, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Sep 17 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir's National Panthers Party on Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre and the State Government to keep ... Read more...
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Fund for computerising courts more than doubled
September 16th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The government Thursday more than doubled the fund to implement the ambitious e-court project aimed at computerisation of all subordinate courts across the country -- from ... Read more...
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Ajit Sarkar murder case: Supreme Court asks CBI to arrest Pappu Yadav
August 6th, 2010 - 7:54 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to arrest former MP and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav ... Read more...
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Lower courts cannot prosecute for contempt of court
August 5th, 2010 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday held that the lower courts have no power to prosecute a person for contempt of court.
Setting aside a lower court order, Justice ... Read more...
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Department of Justice to organize regional meetings on Sunday
July 17th, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 17(ANI): The Department of Justice will organize regional meetings of Chief Justices of High Courts, State Law Ministers, State Finance Secretaries and State Law Secretaries on Sunday to discuss ... 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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Apex court for higher penalty for false civil claims
July 7th, 2010 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court has favoured increasing the costs that are imposed on litigants to deter false or vexatious civil claims aimed at delaying cases.
The maximum cost ... Read more...
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Supreme Court chief justice lists measures to improve judicial functioning
July 5th, 2010 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The long-awaited improvement in the infrastructure of the lower courts could soon become a reality with Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Monday telling the apex court that a ... Read more...
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States to make policy for reducing pending cases: Moily
July 4th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 4 (IANS) Union Minister of Law and Justice M. Veerappa Moily said Sunday that state governments have been told to formulate a litigation policy to reduce pendency of court cases.
"All ... Read more...
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Gujarat judges favour time limit for disposing cases
July 4th, 2010 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 4 (IANS) Almost 90 percent of the judges in Gujarat's subordinate judiciary support a fixed time limit for completion of each stage of a case, a survey by a ... Read more...
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States consulted on courts working in shifts
June 19th, 2010 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 19 (IANS) The possibility of lower courts working in shifts to render speedy justice and re-employment of retired judges to reduce pending cases is being discussed with the state governments ... Read more...
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