Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said the government proposes to set up exclusive commercial courts including in various high courts for the quick resolution of commercial disputes. Announcing the measure in his budget speech for 2015-16, he said that government would consult all the stakehold...

The union budget for 2015-16 has earmarked Rs.806.2 crore for the development of judicial infrastructure in states and union territories, the National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms and the administration of justice. It has earmarked Rs.212.19 crore for the mission under the plan hea...

Justice Amitava Roy was Friday sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court. With the elevation of Roy, who was chief justice of the Orissa High Court, the strength of the apex court has gone up to 29 against a sanctioned strength of 31 judges. Justice Roy will have a tenure of three years. Coming from ...

Sidelined president N Srinivasan Friday tendered an unconditional apology for presiding over the 8 February Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Working Committee meeting in breach of a court order. Srinivasan told the court that it was due to a bonafide misunderstanding of the court’s order...

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has only recovered 0.74 per cent out of Rs 12,474 crore of fines it has imposed, reported the PTI , with the vast majority (Rs 12,292.57 crore) having been stayed on appeal and with Rs 61.10 crore having been dismissed, according to corporate affairs ministe...

Documents leaked to the Indian Express revealed that the Essar Group allegedly regularly identified and treated important politicians to luxury yacht trips with the company’s promoters, perks and gifts, while also allegedly earmarking jobs at Essar for referrals coming via VIPs. Several politicians ...

On 13 February 2014, towards the tail-end of the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) short-lived first tenure in charge of Delhi, then-Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti wrote a 15-page letter to his party colleagues.

The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of section 66A of the Information Technology Act and other provisions of cyber law on the grounds of their misuse/abuse by the authorities. A bench of Justice J Chelameswar and Justice Roh...

A Delhi court today granted protection from arrest until 27 March to environmentalist RK Pachauri, in a sexual harassment case. Additional Sessions Judge Raj Kumar Tripathi granted the interim protection to Pachauri while hearing his anticipatory bail application moved on health grounds. The court h...

A number of lawyers, academics and civil society members demanded the resignation of TERI director general RK Pachauri, who has been accused of sexually harassing a colleague. He has already stepped down as chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and taken leave from TERI In...

Apex court lawyer Suhaas Joshi has filed a criminal complaint in a Delhi metropolitan court against online shopping site Snapdeal and a sex-toy e-commerce website that closed down a month ago, arguing that they violated section 377 of the IPC that bans “carnal intercourse against the order of nature...

Bangalore-based self-described Supreme Court advocate Vikas Bansode, legal advisor to former Karnataka governor HR Bhardwaj, has had his Z-class security cover renewed and upgraded to Z-plus level “for an indefinite period” on 24 January by the local police, reported the Bangalore Mirror . Bansode, ...

Six women sit huddled in one corner of the administration room in Patiala House court complex, surrounded by a sea of smiling men.

To address the backlog of pending cases relating to criminal and taxation matters, the Supreme Court has set up two benches to exclusively hear them on a daily basis when the court resumes work after the Holi break on 9 March, it was announced Monday. Apex court registrar MK Hanjura Monday said that...

Dr KD Singh argues that it is high time for a reform of contempt laws.

The executive committee of the Delhi high court Bar Association (DHCBA) has formed a grievance committee to deal with complaints relating to corruption and misconduct in the judicial system. For this, a box has been kept at the DHCBA office to enable lawyers to drop their complaints. DHCBA president...

Cricket fans across the country will continue to be able to watch all India-centric matches of the ongoing World Cup - as also the semifinals and final — on public broadcaster Doordarshan, the Supreme Court said Friday. The Supreme Court stayed Delhi high court’s order restraining Doordarshan from c...

The Delhi high court yesterday issued notice to the central government on a plea by advocate Prashant Bhushan challenging the government’s refusal to reissue him a passport with full validity of 10 years as criminal cases are pending against him. Justice Rajiv Shakdher sought a response from the min...

The Supreme Court Friday directed the Centre to take steps for the expeditious appointment of the chairman and members of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), lying vacant since last October.The apex court’s social justice bench comprising Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice...

The Delhi High Court Monday exempted former Delhi University vice chancellor Deepak Pental from personal appearance in trial court Feb 28 in a plagiarism case filed against him by P. Pardha Saradhi. Justice Sunil Gaur granted the exemption, taking into consideration the application filed by Pental t...