Category: Judiciary

SC collegium recommends transfer of six more HC judges

New Delhi, Sep 21: The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana Tuesday decided to recommend to the Centre the transfer of six more judges in different high courts of the country. Close on the heels of its decisions on September 16 to transfer five chief […]

HC to hold virtual hearing in Tarun Tejpal case on Oct 27

Panaji, Sep 20:  The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday said it will hear virtually on October 27 the Goa government’s appeal against journalist Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal in a 2013 rape case. A bench of Justices M S Sonak and M S Jawalkar adjourned the […]

Pegasus snooping row: SC grants more time to Centre, to hear pleas seeking probe on Sep 13

New Delhi, Sep 7: The Supreme Court Tuesday granted more time to the Centre to decide on filing a further response to a batch of pleas seeking an independent probe into the alleged snooping of certain people in India through the use of Israeli spyware Pegasus and slated the […]

HC adjourns hearing in Tejpal case till Sep 20

Panaji, Aug 31: The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on the Goa government’s appeal against journalist Tarun Tejpal’s acquittal in a 2013 rape case, pending request before the Chief Justice for a hybrid (physical plus virtual) hearing into the matter. The […]

JKJA organises one day Training Programme-cum-Workshop on 156(3) CrPC

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 28: Under the visionary leadership of Justice, Pankaj Mithal, Chief Justice, High Court of J&K and Ladakh (Patron-in-Chief J&K Judicial Academy) and inspiring guidance of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur, Chairman and other Judges of Governing Committee, the J&K Judicial Academy (JKJA) today organized one day Training […]

Make mandatory ‘bumper-to-bumper’ insurance: HC

Chennai, Aug 26:  In a significant order, the Madras High Court has ruled that “bumper-to-bumper” insurance should be mandatory whenever a new vehicle is sold, from September 1. This must be in addition to covering the driver, passengers and owner of the vehicle, for a period of five […]

Man sentenced to life for murdering, sodomising boy

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 11:  A POCSO court in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering a boy after sodomising him. Special Judge, Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO), Mumtaz Ali also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on the convict Sonu. […]

HC strikes down ban on online gaming of rummy, poker

Chennai, Aug 3 (PTI): The Madras High Court on Tuesday struck down a recent amendment made to the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act, passed in 1930, which imposed a ban on online gaming of rummy and poker with stakes. The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice […]

Constitute Core Groups to help the victims of cloud bursts: Justice Magrey & Justice Thakur

Constitute Core Groups to help the victims of cloud bursts: Justice Magrey & Justice Thakur SRINAGAR, JULY 30: Responding swiftly to the reports of cloud bursts in some districts of UTs of J&K and Ladakh, Executive Chairman, J&K Legal Services Authority, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice Dhiraj […]

Pegasus issue: SC to hear plea of journalists N Ram, Sashi Kumar next week

New Delhi, Jul 30: The Supreme Court will next week hear a plea by senior journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar seeking an independent probe by a sitting or a retired judge into the Pegasus snooping matter. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana on Friday took […]

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