China has passed a law that enables it to tighten its grip on foreign NGOs which have often been accused of meddling in its domestic affairs. The Foreign NGO Management Law was passed on Thursday by the National People’s Congress (NPC). According to Xinhua news agency, the law was passed by the NPC’...

Industrialist Vijay Mallya, at the centre of a controversy in India over alleged loan default of Rs 9,000 crore, has termed the charges against him as “preposterous” and said he was in “forced exile” here from which he would like to return to his country. “I’m absolutely not guilty of any of the pre...

The Supreme Court is likely to hear later on Friday the centre’s suggestion to hold NEET in one go - on 24 July - as it would be difficult for students not proficient in English to appear in the exam.

After having revoked his passport last week, India on Thursday wrote to Britain seeking the extradition of liquor baron Vijay Mallya. “As of today the (external affairs) ministry has written to the high commission of the United Kingdom in Delhi requesting for the deportation of Vijay Mallya so that ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday said students aspiring for admission to under-graduate medical courses will have to appear in the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET).

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the possibility of Sahara chief Subrata Roy’s release from jail - having been incarcerated for more than two years now - would depend on the outcome of the first round of auction of Sahara’s assets by market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

Taking serious note of the rampant unauthorised construction in south Delhi’s Sainik Farms area, the Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the CBI if it could probe the issue. A division bench of Justice BD Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva said the unauthorised construction was carried out right und...

Rapping government agencies for trying to block benefits intended for manual scavengers, the Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to accept submissions that there were no manual scavengers in Delhi despite the existence of unsanitary lavatories not linked to sewerage. Read more on the failure of ma...

The Delhi government on Tuesday told the Delhi high court that it will consider exempting lawyers from the odd-even traffic restrictions if the scheme was enforced again in the national capital.

The Delhi high court today asked the city government to see if there was any possibility of lawyers being exempted from the odd-even traffic scheme now in place in the national capital. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said: “Consider if there is any possibility to ...

The Chief Justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur’s cricket team – the CJI XI – won in its face-off against the Supreme Court Bar Association’s (SCBA) team, by 35 runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi cricket stadium yesterday, reported the Times of India . The Bombay high court’s justice RV Ghughe, batting 5...

India cannot achieve its economic growth without a robust judiciary overseen by an adequate number of judges, Chief Justice TS Thakur said on Sunday.

The city government has informed the Delhi high court that it was taking strict action against app-based taxi aggregators, including Ola and Uber, for allegedly overcharging and arbitrarily applying surge rates during the odd-even traffic scheme. Filing an affidavit before Justice JR Midha, the Delh...

Two live hand grenades were found on Saturday in an unclaimed bag in the Varanasi district court premises, leading the police to cordon off the area and suspend the court’s work. “All the entry and exit points to the court have been sealed and police is trying to check the whole premises for any mor...

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Uttarakhand High Court order, removing President’s rule in the hill state and restoring Congress’ Harish Rawat as chief minister, be kept in abeyance till 27 April. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Mishra, while passing its orders, said the high court will deli...

The Jharkhand high court took notice of a Hindi daily newspaper’s report that ailing prisoners in the Rajendra Institue of Medical Sciences Ranchi (RIMS) were without drinking water.

In a major blow to the central government, the Uttarakhand High Court today set aside _President’s Rule_ imposed in the hill state last month. After two consecutive days of hearing on a matter filed by ousted Congress chief minister Harish Rawat, the court said the proclamation of central rule in th...

Columnist and author Chetan Bhagat called lawyer Dushyant Arora an “India hater” on Twitter sparking online controversy on the microblogging site, after Arora posted a column on blogging platform DailyO critical of Bhagat’s open letter to Kashmiri Youth. Arora, who is a regular tweeter with more tha...

The Delhi high court has elevated 12 lawyers to senior counsel.

The Odd-Even notification – the Delhi government’s 15-day rule restricting vehicles with even-numbered registration plates from plying on odd-numbered dates, and vice versa – is illegal, according to advocate Sachit Jolly’s petition challenging it.