Retired Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju has castigated the Supreme Court for its judgment against fired Gujarat police service officer Sanjiv Bhatt on his blog.

The Supreme Court will pronounce on Friday the much-awaited verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) that seeks to replace 22-year-old collegium system for appointment of judges to the higher judiciary. Verdict on ...

The Delhi high court on Wednesday allowed app-based cab service providers to run diesel-run taxis for point-to-point transportation here, provided they shift from diesel to CNG by 1 March, 2016. Justice Manmohan on the request of Uber India granted time to app-based companies to shift from diesel-ba...

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the operation of Maharashtra Police Act that prohibited dance performances at eating places, beer bars and restaurants. Noting that the said provision was brought back in the Maharashtra Police Act in 2014 after being held ultra vires in 2013 by the top court, th...

The Delhi high court on Tuesday made it clear that it will allow to only CNG-based taxi vehicles to run in the national capital and asked Uber India to inform when it can replace the diesel cabs with these.

Taxi operator, under fire, fires back as Ola can’t seem to get a break…

The Supreme Court today dismissed the plea by sacked Gujarat cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking an SIT probe into allegations that he had hacked into the email account of the then additional advocate general of Gujarat, Tushar Mehta, and tampered with it. Mehta is at present the additional solic...

The Delhi high court heard first arguments on Monday in the infringement claim by the US footwear company against two Indian rivals that have released similar plastic clog-style shoes. Calling it a case of obvious imitation, Akhil Sibal, […] counsel representing Crocs India said, “I am in the market...

A rape-victim progressed to the statement-recording stage before the magistrate in her rape-complaint, 28 years after she filed a police complaint alleging rape, reported The Hindu . “We got the victim to record her statement in the court of Principal District and Sessions Judge Bandipora on 6 Octob...

Argus Partners advised electric goods maker Crompton Greaves on its Rs 400m buyout out of joint venture (JV) CG Lucy Switchgear by JV partner W Lucy & Co. W Lucy was advised by AZB & Partners. Argus partner Adity Chaudhury and senior associate Megha Saraf acted for Crompton Greaves. AZB pa...

After a telecom company whose phone users are suffering from frequent call drops complained to the Delhi high court that the call drops were because 130 of its mobile towers had been “wrongly” sealed, the court has ordered that mobile towers erected after valid cellular licenses be de-sealed, report...

The Meghalaya High Court on Friday referred a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking disqualifications of state legislators holding dual post to a larger bench saying that such important issues are required to be decided by a full bench. A division bench of Justice T Nandakumar Singh and Justice S...

The Delhi high court on Friday agreed to consider a plea seeking direction to the central government to fill three vacant posts of information commissioners in Central Information Commission (CIC) in a “time bound” manner. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice RS Endlaw said it will...

A British mother was sentenced to five years in prison for child cruelty after her two-year-old son drowned while she was checking Facebook on her phone, the media reported on Saturday. Claire Barnett, 31, was criticised by the judge for her “bad parenting” and told she posed a danger to any child f...

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Sunday announced its decision to withdraw the country’s membership from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The decision was made at a meeting of the ruling party’s National General Council (NGC), Xinhua news agency quoted Obed Bapela, hea...

The Bar Council of India (BCI) will appeal the 6 October Madras high court order that suggested disbanding the BCI and replacing it with a body of experts as well as doing away with the three-year LLB degree.

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the central government’s response on a plea by sugarcane farmers association seeking the implementation of the Commission for Agriculture Cost and Prices’ (CACP) report for 2015-16 and a price stabilisation fund. A bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu, Justice SA Bobde ...

The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the central and Kerala governments on a public interest suit seeking immediate halt to the killing of street dog by Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation. Notice has also been issued to Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation. A bench of Justice...

The urban development ministry on Friday launched e-publishing of the government’s gazette notifications, putting an end to the long wait for the printed version. The ministry, which holds administrative control of the government’s printing presses, also said it had stopped physical printing of gaze...

The central government on Thursday said that non-Delhi bound trucks and commercial vehicles have no business to use the capital as a transit route as the Supreme Court sought suggestions on ways and means to levy pollution compensatory charges on them for contributing to already alarming air polluti...