The new Chief Justice of India (CJI) HL Dattu has put an end to the practice of orally seeking case adjournments in the Supreme Court, by making it mandatory to circulate an advance written request for adjournments, to the court and the opposing counsel. A Supreme Court circular from yesterday state...

The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to vacate or suspend an order banning animal sacrifice during Kulu Dushara and in other religious rituals of the Kulu region of Himachal Pradesh. The apex court bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu, Justice SA Bobde and Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre declined to order an ...

The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking cooling-off period for the retired judges of the apex court before they take up next assignment. The issue of cooling-off period is being debated by the legal fraternity after former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivanm accepted the governorship of...

A Delhi court yesterday remanded OP Khaitan & Co managing partner Gautam Khaitan in judicial custody for two days after a technical issue delayed hearing of his bail plea. Khaitan had been arrested last month in connection to the AgustaWestland chopper deal , and has been represented so far by ...

The Karnataka high court Tuesday rejected the bail plea of jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, abruptly ending frenzied celebrations by her supporters after one of her lawyers earlier said she had got conditional bail. Justice AV Chandrashekara, who heard Jayalalithaa’s petition,...

The coal ministry has sought the advice of the government’s chief legal official on issues arising from the Supreme Court’s decision to de-allocate coal mines like forfeiture of bank guarantees and title deeds of mines purchased by the companies. The attorney general Mukul Rohatgi’s opinion is being...

OP Khaitan & Co managing partner Gautam Khaitan, arrested for graft in the AgustaWestland chopper deal , was remanded in judicial custody till Tuesday, a lawyer said Monday. Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria Sunday sent Khaitan to two days’ judicial custody after the Enforcement Dir...

The Supreme Court has participated in Narendra Modi’s open challenge to clean India, by literally sweeping its own back yard.

The long-awaited 911-page order by Justice John Michael Cunha, which convicted and jailed then-serving Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 for holding disproportionate assets, has been published by The Hindu today. The paper reported that front compan...

The Delhi high court Wednesday asked the city government why it has exempted Sikh women pillion riders from wearing a helmet following a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the exemption. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice RS Endlaw asked the transport department to appr...

The Delhi high court Wednesday issued notice to the Bar Council of India (BCI) and Delhi Bar Council (DBC) on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to quash the BCI’s order last month that law graduates who passed out from the three centres of Delhi University’s Law Faculty this year cannot be ...

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar have been dragged into a defamation suit filed by Sunburn music festival promoters against a local opposition politician. The respondent, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) state vice president Trajano D’mello, in his reply with ...

A charge sheet was filed against Delhi’s former law minister Somnath Bharti and 17 others for molestation and creating a ruckus during the Jan 16 midnight raid on a house in south Delhi, police said Wednesday. Delhi Police filed the charge sheet before Metropolitan Magistrate Chetna Singh Sep 29. Th...

A special bench of the Karnataka high court has adjourned to 7 October the hearing of jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s petition for suspension of the sentence and bail in a corruption case, despite her lawyers, including Ram Jethmalani, having yesterday managed to secure an e...

A court has extended OP Khaitan & Co managing parter Gautam Khaitan’s 7-day custody by another five days at the request to the enforcement directorate, reported the Indian Express . Senior counsel PV Kapur, representing Khaitan in the choppergate scam related anti-corruption investigation, argu...

Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju Tuesday joined issue with former chief justice of India RM Lodha, saying that there was no rule constraining judges from taking up government assignments or constitutional posts after their retirement. ”There is no such hard and fast rule. There is no ...

The Delhi high court Tuesday directed various internet and telecom service providers to block access to 72 websites hosting the yet-to-be released Hrithik Roshan starer “Bang Bang”. Justice Manmohan Singh said the court is totally against the piracy of copyrighted material, including movies, and “it...

After reports earlier today that the Karnataka high court wouldn’t hear jailed J Jayalalithaa’s bail plea until Monday , after the holidays, a special bench is now set to hear her bail plea tomorrow, reported India Today and others. Ashish Dixit, appearing as junior counsel to to senior counsel Ram ...

The criminal revision petition of jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa for suspension of her sentence and bail was Tuesday adjourned to Oct 6 by the judge of a vacation bench of the Karnataka high court here. After admitting the revision petition, Justice Rathnakala posted the bail...

The Bombay high court has designated 11 new senior counsel, including three outside Mumbai, Economic Laws Practice (ELP) partner Vikram Nankani, and one woman.