The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the centre and the West Bengal government on a petition seeking that devotees be permitted to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Kolkata-based Kalighat temple to pay obeisance to the presiding deity. An apex court vacation bench of Justice Deepak Verma and Justice ...

The government Monday said it was committed to the controversial Lokpal bill but would bring the legislation in the Rajya Sabha this session only if a consensus is reached on it. Sources said four cabinet ministers - Law Minister Salman Khurshid, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal ...

A Delhi court Monday reserved till May 18 its order on a defamation case filed by Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh against army chief Gen. V.K. Singh for allegedly making libellous statement against him and accusing him of bribery.

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Monday dismissed petitions by the Sakshi Group owned by YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy challenging the freezing of its bank accounts. Pronouncing the orders reserved last Thursday, the court dismissed the three petitions filed by Jagati Publications, Indira Television and Janani ...

Delhi traffic police fined 86 bikers, some under the influence of alcohol, for dangerous driving and performing stunts around India Gate Sunday night, an official said Monday. Twenty bikes were impounded. Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Satyendra Garg on the force's Facebook page, which has over a lakh followers, said the ...

A Sessions court in Ghaziabad has adjourned the hearing till May 16 on the plea of dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar for providing them all the CBI documents pertaining to the twin murder case of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. Aarushi's parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar are accused ...

The Delhi High Court Monday reduced from Rs.3 lakh to Rs.25,000 the surety amount to be deposited by former Samata Party chief Jaya Jaitley before visiting abroad. Jaitley is facing trial in a graft case. Justice Mukta Gupta, while allowing Jaitley's plea seeking a reduction in the surety amount that she ...

The Delhi High Court on Monday restrained veteran Congress leader ND Tiwari from leaving India until he furnishes his blood sample for a DNA test. Justice Reva Khetrapal, hearing the plea of a man who claims to be the biological son, granted two days time to Tiwari to inform the court ...

The Supreme Court has said that in a democratic polity, justice, both in its concept and in essence, being fair and unbiased is the bedrock of good governance. "It is not to be forgotten that in a democratic polity, justice in its conceptual eventuality and inherent quintessentiality in essence forms the ...

A parliamentary panel has slammed the low number of convictions of foodgrain hoarders in the past three years and said it shows the non-serious approach of states towards curbing black-marketing of essential items. According to the parliamentary standing committee on consumer affairs, food and public distribution, the number of people convicted ...