The Supreme Court Friday stopped the Uttar Pradesh government from demolishing three temples within the premises of.  
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan issued this direction on an allegation by Lucknow resident Sangam Lal Pandey who told the court that there were four temples of British vintage inside the jail premises.
Pandey said one of these [...]

Allahabad HC gave yet another jolt to UP CM Mayawati as it stayed the construction of a boundary wall around the site of a memorial to late Kanshi Ram.
court order came on a PIL moved by lawyer Sangam Lal Pandey. It relates to the site of the recently demolished Lucknow district jail, where a 70-acre [...]

The government told the Delhi HC, There is no scope for granting permanent commission to women in the Army,
Solicitor General of India Gopal Subramanium submitted before Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul that the granting of permanent commission to women officers on short service commission in the Indian Army is not possible.
The court was hearing the [...]

Supreme Court said it was not satisfied with the UP government’s explanation on its violation of the court’s Sep 8 order that all construction be stopped immediately at Dalit leaders’ memorials in Lucknow. Justice B.N. Agrawal and Justice Aftab Alam’s bench said “We are not satisfied with your affidavit.
The remark came after the bench read [...]

Jammu and Kashmir High Court transfered 47 judicial officers, including 12 session judges. As per the Court order issued, Jammu divisional consumer forum president Shiv Kumar has been posted as district judge in Jammu HC.
Nizamuddin Wani, principal district and sessions judge Bandipora has been posted on deputation as judicial member of sales tax department.

Allahabad High Court issued notices to the UP Chief Minister Mayawati and her cabinet colleague Naseemuddin Siddiqui on PILs seeking resumption of proceedings against in the Taj corridor case.
Lucknow bench of the Allahabad HC comprising Justice Pradip Kant and Justice Sabehul Hasnain passed this order on PILs filed by Anupama Singh and others challenging the [...]

UP Chief Minister Mayawati told the Delhi High Court that the central government was delaying the income tax case pending against her.
Senior advocate Satich Chandra Mishra contended before the bench of Justices B.D. Ahmed and Valmiki Mehta that the appeal filed by the Income Tax Department against its Tribunal’s order giving her a clean chit [...]

Delhi HC has sought a reply from the Archaeological Survey of India over the alleged illegal construction inside the Fatehpuri Masjid.
Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Manmohan asked Archaeological Survey of India last week to submit its reply.
The court asked Archaeological Survey of India whether or not the sprawling 350-year-old mosque, built by the [...]

Delhi High Court directed the Delhi Government and the local civic bodies to recruit two qualified special educators in each school run by them to take care of the teaching needs of their physically challenged students.
Court said the Government and the civic bodies should recruit these teachers on the salary and allowances of general teachers. [...]

Madras HC ordered notice to the Tamil Nadu government and the Advisory Board, Special Prison for Women, Vellore, on a writ petition by Nalini, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking premature release.
Justice P. Jyothimani said the notice would be returnable in two weeks.
Nalini said that nearly a year had passed after [...]