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A Delhi court on Monday issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti, who has been booked for domestic violence. Metropolitan Magistrate Manika issued the warrant against the Aam Aadmi Party leader after police informed the court that he was not cooperating in...

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Monday said it would now issue arrest warrants against people who fail to appear before it despite being summoned, an official statement said. The commission also said it has sought senior lawyer Indira Jaisingh’s opinion on the matter. Jaisingh opined that th...

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Monday said it would now issue arrest warrants against people who fail to appear before it despite being summoned, an official statement said. The commission also said it has sought senior lawyer Indira Jaisingh’s opinion on the matter. Jaisingh opined that th...

The Delhi High Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea challenging the establishment and jurisdiction of the {National Green Tribunal (NGT)} and also the rules for appointment of its chairperson, judicial and expert members. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath admitted the plea w...

Verus won an order lifting the city-wide Mumbai ban on the sale of meat that was imposed by the government in solidarity with the Jain fasting period.

In a breather for a man who has undergone 29 years of trial for allegedly possessing secret documents of the commerce ministry, a court has released him on probation of a year. While the man has not been awarded a prison term due to the long-drawn trial he underwent, a telling commentary on India’s ...

The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the woman and child development ministry for its failure to appoint the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights’ chief - a position lying vacant for last one and half year - despite its three specific orders. Brushing aside the su...

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistani on Friday issued an arrest warrant against former president Pervez Musharraf for ordering house arrest of judges of different courts in 2007, local media reported. The court in Islamabad ordered the authorities to arrest and produce the former president before it...

The Supreme Court has said that the Delhi high court decision to allow the recall and re-examination of witnesses including the victim in Uber cab rape case was not justified as it resulted not only in delay but also harassment of witnesses. “The court has to keep in mind not only the need for givin...

A total of 2,273 cases were disposed of and a settlement amount of over Rs. 28.37 crore was awarded to claimants by various Delhi courts during the seventh monthly National Lok Adalat held on Saturday. A Delhi State Legal Services Authority spokesperson said 40 benches were constituted in which 2,23...

In a breather for a man who has undergone 29 years of trial for allegedly possessing secret documents of the commerce ministry, a court has released him on probation of a year. While the man has not been awarded a prison term due to the long-drawn trial he underwent, a telling commentary on India’s judicial system, his conduct will be monitored.

Additional Sessions Judge Virender Kumar Bansal, in an order delivered September 7, released Rakesh Kumar Jain, a joint managing director of a Delhi-based company, Jain Shudh Vanaspati Limited, on a year’s probation and directed him to “maintain peace and good behaviour”.

A revised paper-book pertaining to the 2002 accident case involving Bollywood megastar Salman Khan is ready and was submitted to the Bombay high court here on Friday. The new paper-book - a compilation of the documentary evidences, lower court orders and verdict, and other papers - was prepared by t...

Twelve people were convicted on Friday by a special court here in the 7/11 serial bombings that ripped through Mumbai trains and left 189 people dead. The much anticipated verdict was delivered by Special Judge YD Shinde of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court. The court acqu...

The Rajasthan high court today stayed its own notification issued in regard to the hearing of rape case against spiritual guru Asaram Bapu in Jodhpur jail. The notification was issued by the high court’s registrar general while exercising administrative powers. “A division bench of Justice Govind Ma...

Rapped sharply by the Bombay high court, most political parties and the public, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday hurriedly decided to reduce the four-day meat ban in Mumbai by two days. The BMC general body urged Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta to lift the ban for two days - ...

Cannabis remains contraband in India, after the Bombay high court dismissed a petition filed in April to decriminalise its use, on the ground that the legislature, and not the court, was the appropriate forum for the challenge.

Bombay high court chief justice Mohit Shah retired on Tuesday, a fter presiding over the court for over five years, reported The Indian Express . Shah had started practising in the Gujarat high court in 1976 and was elevated as a judge on the bench of the same court in 1995. He is known for his judg...

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has extended the deadline for advocates to register for its certificate of practice until 31 December 2015, following a stay of the advocates’ registration requirement by the Supreme Court.

In a rebuff to the government, the Supreme Court Monday appointed senior counsel KK Venugopal as amicus curiae to assist the court in 2G matters and directed the CBI and Enforcement Directorate to provide him all the documents and briefings in respect of their investigations and status of different ...