A court here on Thursday held four December 16, 2012 gang rape convicts guilty in a robbery case that took place on the same night. Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh convicted them in the robbery case and posted the matter for September 2 for arguments on quantum of sentence. The four gang rap...

Today (27 August) on the second day of the hearing in the Supreme Court, the bench comprising justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant asked counsel representing the Gujarat Government and the respondent, Islamic Relief Committee Gujarat (IRCG), to come up with answers for two questions, during the next hearing on September 23.

District and Sessions Judge, Bilaspur, Mahadev Katulkar was allegedly threatened to deliver a verdict in favour of a man in a divorce case, prompting the police to step-up his security… “As per the complaint, the judge received an SMS from an unknown number threatening him to deliver verdict in favo...

On 27 August 27 2015, the Ministry of Law and Justice stated in a press release that it has received the Law Commission’s 258th report on laws regarding bribery of foreign officials. The report also recommends changes to the Bribery of Foreign Public Officials and Officials of Public International O...

A wide variance exists between how a case progresses through various high courts (HCs), according to a study by Bengaluru-based non-governmental organization (NGO) Daksh aimed at understanding how delays take place in the judicial system and how they affect the delivery of justice.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Gauhati High Court order directing a CBI probe against Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki for alleged corruption in awarding state contracts to his family members. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu also issued notice to the Arunac...

The Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the court registry to prepare afresh the paper-book pertaining to the Salman Khan accident case. Justice VR Joshi also asked the registry to ask for a fresh paper-book from the sessions court, and if required, the assistance of the trial court judge should...

The Delhi high court on Wednesday took strong objection to the central and Delhi governments showing apathy towards the issue of 90 percent of buildings in the capital being “structurally unsafe” to withstand a seismic zone (SZ) IV earthquake. A division bench of Justice BD Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev...

Court No 4 witnessed interesting arguments concerning the scope of India’s secularism before justices Dipak Misra and Prafulla C Pant, in the case of The State of Gujarat and others vs Islamic Relief Committee, Gujarat (IRCG) and another.

With an eye to make India an arbitration hub, the union cabinet on Wednesday approved a number of amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Bill, 2015 to make the resolution of commercial disputes less time-consuming with an option of fast-tracking the process. However, the draft bill or the Pr...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned till January 13, 2016 the hearing on the plea of two Italian marines questioning the NIA probe into the killing of two Indian fishermen as it was told that the international tribunal for the law of the sea has asked both India and Italy to put on hold all the...

On 25 August the Society of Indian Law Firms (Silf) hosted a meeting with journalists and Arun Jaitley, finance and information and broadcast minister.

The Kerala Government’s senior counsel, Kapil Sibal, who resumed his arguments at 10.30 a.m. yesterday (August 25) in Court No.11 of the Supreme Court, completed his arguments at 2.30 p.m. As the justices Vikramajit Sen and Shiva Kirti Singh queried him about the basis of classification of four star and five star hotels for the purpose of grant of licences to the latter, Sibal asked what is so irrational about classification.

A death row prisoner, convicted of killing four policemen, was hanged on Tuesday in Pakistan, a media report said. The execution took place in Punjab province’s Bahawalpur city, Dawn online reported Zulfiqar was sentenced to death after he was found guilty of killing four policemen in 1997. Pakistan...

Bollywood megastar Salman Khan’s lawyer Salman Khan lawyer on Tuesday told the Bombay high court that certain documents were not included in the paper-book and hence he could not argue his appeal. In an application filed before Justice AR Joshi, counsel Desai claimed that some documents relating to ...

The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government to respond to the National Legal Service Authority (NALSA) recommendation seeking amendments in the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act to enlarge the definition of sexual exploitation to include involuntary acts done under coercion and in absence of free ...

The Delhi high court on Tuesday applauded a young woman for standing up to the man who abused her at a traffic signal. “We appreciate the girl for taking steps. We are glad that now girls are coming forward to complain about such harassment cases,” said a division bench of Justice Kailash Gambhir an...

The city government on Tuesday told the Delhi high court that it has modified the Radio Taxi Scheme and is coming up with new specific scheme in 10 days for radio taxis which will include mandatory installation of GPS devices and a panic button. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice...

The words of an alleged rape and kidnap survivor, reported by The Ladies Finger in a must-read account of how criminal complaints against sexual violence can go: It’s been a year now, and filing this case is something I regret all the time. It’s traumatic enough when the assault occurs, but what you...

The Delhi high court on 21 August 2015 released the final merit result of candidates prepared by the selection committee after the selection process started in June 2014.