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 ...

A woman found murdered, her jewellery gone missing and her two neighbours arrested after their "confession" -- what the Kerala Police built as an open-and-shut case was torn apart by the Supreme Court, which maintained that circumstantial evidence should leave absolutely no room for doubt.   "In a case resting on circumstantial ...

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to interfere in the conduct of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, dismissing a petition seeking rescheduling of elections in the two states. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia said it was not for the court to decide on the ...

The central government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it would amend the terms of reference of the 19th Law Commission to include that it would conduct a scientific study and recommend if there was need to increase the number of lower courts in view of the huge backlog of ...

Litigants suffered as district courts in the capital were paralysed Thursday by a day-long strike of lawyers who are demanding all property cases be transferred from the Delhi High Court to district courts. Judges held court as usual but in the absence of lawyers most cases were put off to other ...

      The Delhi High Court Friday fined Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dixit Rs.3,000, for failing to file a reply in her defamation case against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijendra Gupta. Justice Kailash Gambhir imposed the fine even as Dikshit's counsel sought adjournment of the case, saying he needed more time to ...

Lawyers in the five districts of Agra division have decided to intensify their agitation for an Allahabad High Court bench in this city. And this will include a siege to the Taj Mahal. Agra shutdown will be observed Jan 16, followed by a 'gherao' of the Taj Jan 21. Lawyers in ...

The Jharkhand High Court Friday kept in abeyance a new format for petitions after lawyers protested. The format issued by the court Thursday sought petitioners' caste, religion, sex, telephone number, e-mail id and other details. The lawyers had lodged their protest terming it impractical. "The notice issued Jan 4 in relation to ...