A group of retired judges has criticized Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks about opposition vice-presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy and the Salwa Judum judgement, calling them 'unfortunate'.
A bench of Justice K S Radhakrishnan and Justice Vikramjit Sen also asked the trial court in Chennai to conclude the hearing of the case and pronounce its judgment within four months.
Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Sunday said the state would get a new Lokayukta in the next 15 days.
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) on Monday announced the appointment of former Supreme Court judge Justice Vikramjit Sen as the Chairman of its newly formed self-regulatory body Digital Media Content Regulatory Council (DMCRC).
The Supreme Court on Monday appointed former apex court judge Justice R V Raveendran as a mediator to settle the family property dispute involving businessman and former IPL head Lalit Modi and his mother Bina Modi. The apex court observed that counsel appearing for both sides agreed that they would go without any pre-condition and with an open mind to settle the dispute in mediation. "....We also think the issue can be resolved by way of mediation," a bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said. "Accordingly, we appoint Justice R V Raveendran, a retired judge of this court, to mediate and settle the dispute," said the bench, also comprising justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli.
In a setback to former Andhra Pradesh governor N D Tiwari, the Delhi high court on Wednesday dismissed his plea and decided to adjudicate a paternity suit filed by a man claiming to be his son.
The Delhi high court directed the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practises Commission on Friday to investigate accusation of financial bungling by the Star Plus channel in its KBC show.
The court posted the matter for further hearing to April five.
The Commission was critical of the fact that the information relating to subscribers, which was confidential and lying with mobile companies, was being passed on to telemarketing agencies without the users' consent.
The Delhi high court directed Nimbus to provide live feed to the state broadcaster for the February 17 match
Pillai's lawyer argued that his client was entitled to the compensation as the state had admitted its liability by initiating disciplinary action against the officials named by the Commission for causing the death.
Seeking quashing of the discharge order, his counsel submitted that before conducting medical tests on the personnel, the department should have constituted an Invalidating Board and thereafter taken a decision to remove them from the service on medical ground.
Centre to implement the Conditional Access System for cable operators within four weeks
In a judgement that expands the ambit of the Domestic Violance Act, the Delhi High Court has held that the law protects not only a man's wife but also a mistress or a live-in partner.The bench passed the judgement on a petition filed by a man for quashing criminal proceedings against him on the complaint filed by his live-in partner."Like treatment to both (wives and mistress) does not, in any manner, derogate from the sanctity of marriage," the bench said.
Vacation Judge Justice Vikramjit Sen posted the application for further hearing on Tuesday.
Reliance Infocomm on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that it was discussing with MTNL the matter related to demand of Rs 309 crore (Rs 3.09 billion) by the telecom public sector undertaking for alleged routing of international calls as local on
Justice Vikramjit Sen said the matter will be treated as a PIL and directed the same be listed for hearing on August 19.
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai, on Monday, said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India elections will be held in next 90 days now that the Constitution has been adopted.
The Supreme Court on Monday passed a landmark judgement, permitting unwed mothers to have the guardianship of their child without the consent of the biological father.
The decision to adjourn the meeting was taken after it was learnt that COA had sought Supreme Court directions on who all are eligible to be BCCI's representative in ICC meetings.
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered maintenance of status quo on India's first aircraft carrier 'INS Vikrant' which is on the verge of being converted into scrap.
The order will be passed by a five-judge Constitution bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices NV Ramana, DY Chandrachud, Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna on a petition filed by a Supreme Court Secretary-General challenging the January 2010 judgment of the Delhi high court.
The bench, which wanted the Civil Aviation Ministry to think over the various issues plaguing the national carrier, also said other area of concern was the priority given to private airlines with Air India aircraft being asked to hover around during the peak landing hours causing huge loss of money on fuel.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi upheld the 2010 Delhi high court verdict and dismissed three appeals filed by Secretary General of the Supreme Court and the Central Public Information officer of the apex court.
In a scathing report submitted in the apex court, the two-member COA -- comprising Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji -- has asked that "governance, management and administration" of the Board be handed over to them along with a professional group headed by CEO Rahul Johri till the elections are held.
Gautam Gambhir was on Saturday handed a suspended four-match ban from first-class cricket for his ugly confrontation with Delhi Ranji coach KP Bhaskar earlier this year, a punishment he said will abide by.
The amendment of around 40 central statutes makes the Finance Bill, 2017 unique
Indian officialdom enjoys well over a week of Sundays every month
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