Restatements of three Indian Laws-- on Legislative Privilege, Contempt of Court and Public Interest Litigation-- were released by Chief Justice of India Sarosh Homi Kapadia this evening. The restatements were put together by a Supreme Court Project Committee on Restatement of Indian Law which is chaired by Justice R V Raveendran. As ...

Jailed Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa Monday told a special court here hearing the 2G spectrum allocation scam that all the 17 accused in the case cannot be charged with the offence of criminal breach of trust. Balwa's counsel Vikas Singh contended before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special ...

 The Delhi High Court's senior most judge, Justice A.K. Sikri Monday took charge as the acting chief justice following the elevation of Chief Justice Dipak Misra to the Supreme Court Sep 30.  Justice Sikri, along with Justice Siddharth Mridul, would hear public interest litigation till the appointment of a new chief ...

The Karnataka government on Thursday started the process to select a new Lokayukta, nearly three weeks after Shivaraj V Patil quit as ombudsman amid media reports that he had violated norms in the acquisition of two plots in Bangalore.  Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda sent letters to the leaders of opposition ...

The country may have achieved significant economic growth and gone through rapid transformation over the years but the issues of child rights and abuse largely remain neglected, Law Minister Salman Khurshid said Thursday.   "We have a deep concern over how the issue of children is being dealt with despite our country ...

‘I would like to be a judge of Delhi High Court again,’ said Delhi High Court’s Chief Justice Dipak Misra Wednesday at a farewell function held following his elevation to the Supreme court.   ‘If I had to be born once more and to be a judge, I would like to be ...

The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking inclusion of families with disabled members in the list of those identified in the 2011 Census as below poverty line (BPL) families.  A bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Siddharth Mridul issued notice to the ...

Former telecom minister A Raja on Wednesday moved an application in the Patiala House Court seeking permission to appear in the Supreme Court on Monday. Raja, who is currently in the Tihar Jail in connection with the 2G spectrum allocation scam, pleaded that he be allowed to argue in person before ...

The Goa government will present and pass its own Lokayukta law in the two-day legislative assembly session starting Oct 5, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said Monday.   Speaking to reporters after the Congress-led government's cabinet meeting, Kamat said that the council of ministers had approved the Lok Ayukta Bill. It 'would be ...

A Delhi court on Monday deferred the hearing on the bail pleas of five accused in the 2G spectrum scam. The hearing on the bail pleas of Asif Balwa and Rajiv Agarwal, both directors of Kusegaon Fruits & Vegetables Pvt Ltd, and Cineyug Films director Karim Morani was deferred till October ...