Fortis Hospital Bangalore, whose organ transplant licence was cancelled in 2011 after alleged medical negligence by two of its surgeons led to the death of a patient undergoing pancreatic transplant, lost its appeal in the Karnataka high court. In a writ petition, Fortis had challenged the authority...

The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear a plea challenging the recent ordinance on coal block allocations, even as it declined a batch of petitions by private companies seeking that it re-look its Sep 24 order cancelling 214 coal blocks allocated from 1993 to 2011. The plea challenging the coal o...

The Supreme Court Monday grilled step-aside BCCI president N Srinivasan on conflict of interest and said it was difficult for it to accept that the involvement of his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan - a team official of Chennai Super Kings - in betting during the IPL 2013 did not result in conflict of...

The second National Lok Adalat held across India Saturday involving the Supreme Court, 24 high courts, districts courts and taluka-level courts saw the settlement of a record number of 1.25 crore cases, that also resulted in reducing the pendency of cases by about nine percent. “Approximately, 1.25 ...

A total of 62,641 cases were disposed of and settlement amount of Rs 65 crore awarded by various Delhi courts on the Second National Lok Adalat Saturday. “As many as 201 benches took up all kind of cases i.e. civil cases, criminal compoundable cases, Negotiable Instrument Act cases, electricity case...

The Supreme Court yesterday said that the public interest litigation (PIL) system may have started with good intentions to help the poor people by espousing their cause before the higher judiciary but was now being misused for raising frivolous matters. “It was started with a good intention of to he...

In a major move to enable private trusts to invest in listed shares and specified debt securities, the union cabinet today approved the tabling of a bill to effect long-pending amendments to the Indian Trusts Act. “This would enable the central government to notify securities, or class of securities...

The Delhi high court Thursday asked the registrar of the Supreme Court to maintain a compilation of pending cases, which have been heard and on which orders have been reserved. In a significant verdict aimed towards greater transparency in the judiciary, Justice Vibhu Bhakru said: “Indisputably, the...

According to a circular by the Supreme Court’s assistant registrar, published on the official website, an advocate wearing a long saffron-coloured gown over his shorter black gown was in the Chief Justice of India’s (CJI) court room last month. The circular stated that “advocates only in proper unif...

“Heavens are not going to fall if the provisions are stayed. This matter cannot be treated lightly. Two years have passed and there is no definite answer from you [Centre]… either you file your affidavit or we will stay the operation of these provisions,” said Supreme Court Justice J Chelameswar yes...

In a bid to address issues of social justice involving vulnerable sections of the society, the Supreme Court will now have a ‘Social Justice’ bench that would exclusively hear such matters once a week. Chief Justice HL Dattu constituted the special bench comprising Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice ...

The Allahabad high court today dismissed as premature, a writ challenging the Bar Council of India’s yet-to-be enforced Rule 7 that bars advocates with less than five years of lower court experience from practicing in the Supreme Court. RMLNLU Lucknow student Anubhav Verma was the lead petitioner in...

Showing clear intent in reforming India’s indirect tax regime within a time frame, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Monday said the government is making efforts to bring in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill in the ongoing winter session of parliament. “We will try and introduce the GST (Goods and S...

While recently returning home from work in west Delhi’s Mayapuri area around 10 p.m., a woman was chased by three youths who, apart from passing derogatory and lewd remarks, advanced and caught hold of her hands. After the woman resisted and shouted that she was a police officer, the three youths - ...

Organisers claimed that more than 10,000 Patna high court lawyers went on strike on Friday to protest the lack of seating arrangements for them in court, reported The Hindu : lawyers who have to keep standing or moving throughout the day in thecourt because they do not have a chair and table to sit ...

The Delhi High Court’s pecuniary jurisdiction’ enhancement to Rs 2 crore, from the current Rs 20 lakh, crossed another small hurdle today as the Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill 2014 was passed by the Rajya Sabha’s standing committee, reported PTI and others. The standing committee on law and perso...

The choppergate case of the Enforcement Directorate against OP Khaitan & Co managing partner Gautam Khaitan hinges around allegedly laundered money transferred to a number of companies and firms he controlled, from where the cash was transferred to him, his wife and two alleged middlemen who st...

The Delhi high court Friday quashed the Lt governor’s guidelines last year on nursery admissions in the national capital, saying it was a “violation of the fundamental rights of the school management”. The judgment was welcomed by various schools. [ Download PDF ] Justice Manmohan quashed the guidel...

Lawyers here have burnt an effigy of union minister and retired general VK Singh for his reported claim that the Agra MP and his cabinet colleague Ram Shankar Katheria had agreed to set up an Allahabad High Court bench in Meerut instead of Agra. The lawyers Friday threatened to surround Prime Minist...

A special court today fixed Dec 15 for considering the charge-sheet filed against OP Khaitan & Co managing partner Gautam Khaitan and others, including two Italians, in a money-laundering case related to the AgustaWestland VIP chopper deal. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge VK...