The Supreme Court today asked how the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) mechanism would make judicial functioning “meaningful” and in what way would its members be “accountable” and to whom. A constitution bench of Justice JS Khehar, Justice J Chelameswar, Justice Madan B Lokur, Justi...

A Delhi court today granted bail to Jubilant Energy official Subhash Chandra, an accused in the petroleum ministry documents leak case. Additional Sessions Judge Raj Kapoor granted bail to Chandra and asked him to furnish a personal bond of Rs.2 lakh and a surety of like amount. He is the first accu...

The Delhi high court has designated six new senior counsel today, according to two authoritative sources.

The Bombay High Court today declined to suspend certain provisions of a recent Maharashtra law banning beef consumption, its possession or transportation even when slaughtered outside the state. A division bench of Justice V.M. Kanade and Justice M.S. Sonak felt no suspension could be granted till t...

The national consumer forum has ordered Apollo Hospital to pay a compensation of Rs.1 crore to a couple for wrongful delivery of their child that caused permanent brain damage. Holding the hospital and its gynaecologist for “medical negligence”, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (N...

The challenge to the constitutional validity of the act setting up the National Judicial Appointment Commission and the supporting constitutional amendment must be heard by a larger bench of nine or 11 judges, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the Supreme Court today. Addressing the constitution b...

The Delhi lawyers’ strike, which began last Wednesday to protest against the delay in passing the amended bill on enhancing the pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts, was today extended till May 2. The lawyers, who were scheduled to hold a rally outside parliament on April 28 after the last exte...

Ram Jethmalani has run a half-page advertisement article in the Indian Express today, arguing in detail why he is fighting for black money stashed in foreign bank accounts to be repatriated, laying into both his own party the BJP and the former Congress government.

The Delhi lower judicial service (DJS) exam is once again on a schedule delayed by several months after the release date for of final result in its June 2014 round remains uncertain.

The Delhi high court has directed the now defunct Kingfisher Airlines to pay over Rs.52 lakh to a female ex-pilot, on her plea seeking outstanding salary for a period of 21 months. Justice Jayant Nath ordered the grounded carrier to pay Rs.52,61,450 with nine percent interest to the pilot. Taking no...

A Bihar-based university from where Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar claimed to be enrolled as an advocate and obtained his LLB degree yesterday told the Delhi high court that the provisional certificate is not “genuine” and the document “does not exist in the university...

Chief Justice of India HL Dattu has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he would not take part in the NJAC while the court’s constitution bench was hearing the challenge to the validity of the NJAC Act and the supporting constitutional amendment act, the apex court was told today. Informing the c...

The New Indian Express reported that the Karnataka high court yesterday stayed for the petitioner the Bar Council of India (BCI) rule introduced in January that makes a “Certificate of Practice”, to be renewed ever several years, compulsory for all advocates: Hearing a petition filed by advocate A P...

A Delhi court today allowed former journalist Santanu Saikia to argue for his bail application himself in the documents leak case as none of the advocates are appearing due to the recently extended lawyers’ strike. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Khanagwal allowed Saikia to argue his bail appli...

The Delhi high court on Friday asked the central government to produce an action plan to deal with polluted air in the national capital. A division bench of Justice BD Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva also asked the Delhi government, the Public Works Department, the Delhi Development Authority and...

The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014, passed by the Rajya Sabha on Friday is the first private member’s bill to get the ujpper house’s approval in the past 45 years. Members of parliament other than ministers are called private members and bills presented by them are known as private member’...

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and the state governments, including union territories, on a PIL seeking that country should be named as ‘Bharat’. The PIL petition has sought direction to the Centre and the state governments including union territories to use to Bharat for al...

A Delhi court today fixed April 27 for hearing the bail application of five corporate executives who are accused in the petroleum ministry’s documents leak case, after a previous postponement to today that was also caused by the district courts’ lawyers strike for pecuniary jurisdiction. Due to the ...

Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra is still anxious a month after the Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional a controversial law that led to his arrest for e-mailing a cartoon mocking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.