The Delhi High Court Monday allowed Metropolitan Magistrate Twinkle Wadhwa to pursue her Ph.D. course from Delhi University and directed the university to take a decision on her plea to relax the condition on taking a two-year study leave. The court said the academic council of the university had the power ...

The Supreme Court has taken strong exception to the tendency among litigants to attach opinions by former apex court judges to their PILs in a bid to bolster their claim. The bench voiced its disapproval with: "If we can't honour this court, who will do it?" The court had taken objection to ...

The Supreme Court has taken strong exception to the tendency among litigants to present opinions from former judges of the top court in a bid to bolster their case pending before it. The court aired its disapproval with an observation: “If we can’t honour this court who will do it?” The apex ...

Delhi lawyers Friday observed a day-long strike as part of the Bar Council of India's nationwide protest against two bills, including one which they claim will take away the powers of the council to hear complaints against lawyers, said the Delhi Bar Association. The strike paralysed legal proceedings at all six ...

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 in lower judiciary to tackle piled up cases. The government assured the court that it will "request the Law Commission to consider and convey to the ...

Lawyers in all districts courts have decided to abstain from work on January 20 to enforce a nationwide protest against the Centre’s proposal to establish an ombudsman consisting of judges to hear complaints against lawyers. The Co-Ordination Committee of all bar associations of Delhi district courts said in a statement that ...

Hundreds of lawyers protesting police assault on one of their colleagues caused massive traffic jams in the heart of the city for over six hours Tuesday, leaving the city dwellers and commuters fuming. The protest that started around 12.30 p.m. at Mysore Bank circle, one of the busiest junctions in the ...

The Delhi High Court Monday refused to recall its order, sending a lawyer to seven days in judicial custody and restraining him from entering the court premises, for assaulting a female lawyer during an hearing. Ruling on the lawyer's plea Monday urging the court to recall its order, the court held ...

In an unprecedented move, today moved the Supreme Court against the government's rejection of his claim on his date of birth. In writ petition, he is believed to have questioned the government's decision to treat his date of birth as May 10,1950 instead of May 10,1951 as claimed by him on ...

The performance appraisal reports of government staffers, officially known as the Annual Confidential Report (ACR), may not be confidential anymore, with a petition before the Delhi High Court seeking to make them available under the RTI Act in "public interest".   The petitioner -- RTI activist R.K. Jain -- has raised the ...