Terming the VIP quota for Haj pilgrims as a "bad religious practice", the Supreme Court Tuesday said it would oversee the Haj policy for 2012. "We will oversee the policy and keep the matter pending till then," said Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai. The judges were concerned over the ...

Hindu god Krishna's name is not the exclusive property of any company, the Delhi High Court has said, while rejecting a trademark-related plea of a milk food company which wanted a rival to be barred from using the deity's name on its products.   A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and ...

Provide toilet facilities in all government schools by Dec 31, the Supreme Court Tuesday told all the states and union territories (UT). Temporary facilities must be provided by Nov 30, in case permanent services cannot be made available, said Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Dipak Misra. The court's direction came in the ...

The Supreme Court Monday was told that yoga guru Baba Ramdev suffered the wrath of the central government during his gathering at the Ramlila ground here in June as he raised his voice for the recovery of black money deposited in tax havens abroad. An apex court bench of Justice B.S. ...

Three new judges took oath of office in the Delhi High Court Monday even as the executive committee of the Bar Association opposed the appointment of one of them. Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri administered the oath to Justice R.V. Easwar, Justice Pratibha Rani and Justice Sat Paul Garg. Opposing Justice Easwar's ...

The Delhi High Court has restrained the Delhi University from filling one law course seat for the academic year 2011-12.  The seat is among the 50 vacant Other Backward Classes (OBC) category seats allowed by court to be offered to general category students.  The court direction came on a petition by L.L.B. ...

The Delhi High Court Friday bade farewell to Justice Ajit Bharihoke who rejected the bail application to all the accused except former communications minister A. Raja in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.  Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri said on the occasion: "In less than one month it is the third time ...

As many as eight High Court appointments by President Pratibha Patil were announced while nearly 300 judgeships have been vacant and 32 million cases pending nationwide. The appointments included seven Additional Judges named to the High Courts of Delhi and Gauhati and a Delhi High Court Additional Judge made permanent. Additional Judges ...

Calling for a critical look at the Right to Information (RTI) Act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said the law should not adversely affect the deliberative processes in the government. Addressing the Sixth Annual convention of Information Commissioners here, the prime minister said there have been concerns that RTI could end ...

The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi government, seeking its response to a report that children below 14 years were employed in various trial court complexes.  The division bench of acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Siddharth Mridul sought the reply from the Delhi government’s labour department ...