New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit asking why her government had made enrollment of Aadhar card mandatory. The notice was issued in response to a writ petition seeking Aadhar be made "additional" ID proof and not as the sole proof. The Delhi government had earlier this year made the Aadhar card compulsory for accessing various services provided by Delhi government...
11:35 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Kolkata: The West Bengal panchayat polls case will come for for hearing in the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday. The State Election Commission and the West Bengal government are at loggerheads. Mamata Banerjee's government has proposed May 5 and May 8 as the new dates for panchayat polls but the EC wants to conduct polls in 3 phases. The state government moved an application before the court of Justice Biswanath...
08:37 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has upheld the decision of a power distribution company categorising telephone exchanges of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) as 'commercial consumer' for the purpose of charging tariff. MTNL had filed a petition challenging the decision of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) to change its category from 'industrial consumer' to 'commercial consumer'. BEST contended that the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity had recently held that...
11:35 AM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday raised the demand for a separate High Court for the state to strengthen the judicial system. Hooda was addressing a conference of Chief Ministers of states and Chief Justices of the High Courts, held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Sunday. The conference was presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while Chief Justice of India Justice Altamas Kabir...
03:40 AM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Two out of the four accused in the December 16 gangrape on Friday approached the Delhi High Court against the special court order dismissing their plea for trial to be held on alternate days instead of day-to-day basis. On March 28, the special court had dismissed their plea saying "such pleas are made to delay the proceedings." "Even the prayer that the trial be conducted on alternate days...
07:38 PM, Apr 05, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday lifted a stay order that had allowed telecom giant Bharti Airtel to continue 3G services across circles where it did not hold spectrum. The move will affect the company as it will have to shut down its 3G mobile services in seven circles across the country, primarily in Haryana, Maharashtra, UP East, Kolkata, Gujarat, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh. In a long-running dispute,...
07:16 PM, Apr 04, 2013
The Bombay High Court has rejected the plea of Bollywood producer Ramesh Sippy which sought a stay on production and release of Hindi blockbuster 'Sholay's' 3D version being made by his nephew Sasha. ...
05:33 PM, Apr 02, 2013
The Election Commission and the West Bengal government are at loggerheads over the dates of the coming Panchayat elections in the state. The Calcutta High Court will hear the Election Commission's petition to quash the state government's notification. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants elections in two phases as opposed to three. ...
09:08 AM, Apr 02, 2013
The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Central government to ensure that analog channels are not switched off in the state till April 5, 2013. Justice Abdul Nazeer granted time to the Union government to file its objections to a petition seeking extension of the March 31, 2013 deadline for installing Set Top Boxes (STB) filed by Mysore District Cable Operators' Association. ...
12:40 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Kolkata: The West Bengal State Election Commission has moved the Calcutta High Court on Monday appealing for quashing of the state Panchayat Election notification. The Mamata Banerjee government had called for a two-phase election to be held on April 26 and 30. The Commission's counsel LC Bihani brought the matter before the court of Justice Biswanatah Somadder and prayed for the rejection. The judge, however, directed the counsel to get...
12:43 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Mumbai: Relying on a police dog's evidence, the Bombay High Court has held a man guilty in a robbery and murder case and upheld the life sentence given to him by a lower court. Another person was held guilty on the basis of witness identification parade, while three others were acquitted. Division bench of Justices PD Kode and VK Tahilramani last week upheld the conviction of Ejabool Jan Mohammed Shaikh...
12:36 PM, Mar 31, 2013
New Delhi: The trial against Wasim Akram Malik, arrested for his alleged role in the September 2011 Delhi High Court blast, will commence on Monday in a Delhi court. The special NIA court had framed charges against Malik including that of waging war against India and fixed April 1 for recording of evidence in the case. District judge IS Mehta will start the trial by recording the statement of co-accused-turned-approver...
11:32 AM, Mar 31, 2013
Kadapa: Expressing anguish over decreasing values in judiciary, legal experts on Friday said people are losing faith in the system. "Values in the judiciary, from lower courts to Supreme Court, are sliding and people are losing faith in the system," Kadapa district Justice CV Nagarjuna Reddy said. Acting Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court Justice NV Ramana said governments in India have failed to provide the judiciary with the...
01:07 AM, Mar 30, 2013
Islamabad: A shoe was hurled at Pakistan former president Pervez Musharraf outside the Sindh High Court in Karachi on Friday. The shoe, which was thrown at Musharraf by a lawyer, missed its target and the lawyer was not detained as no charges were filed against him. Musharraf, who seized power in a military coup in 1999 but was forced to step down nearly a decade later, is disliked by many...
01:07 PM, Mar 29, 2013
Chennai: The Centre on Monday filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking to set aside a single Judge's recent order restraining oil marketing companies from charging higher price for diesel sold to state transport corporations in Tamil Nadu. The petition filed by the Petroleum Ministry contended the single Judge ought not to have entertained the petition by the Chairman of state transport undertakings challenging the Centre's decision which...
03:12 AM, Mar 26, 2013
New Delhi: Sacked CWG organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was on Monday questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into alleged forex violations in the run up to the 2010 sporting extravaganza. The agency has filed a case under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) with regard to the Queen's Baton Relay that happened in London before the games and other funds that were brought in the country...
08:12 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Jaipur: Former judge of the Rajasthan High Court Justice Sajjan Singh Kothari was on Monday sworn in as Lokayukta. Governor Margaret Alva administered him oath of office in the presence of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Chief Justice Amitava Roy, members of council of ministers, BJP State President Vasundhara Raje and senior officers were present during the ceremony at Raj Bhawan. The post had been lying vacant since May, 2012 after...
12:20 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. How does the Italian government defend its handling of the marines' issue? That's the key subject I shall explore today with the country's Deputy Foreign Minister Staffan de Mistura. Minister, let me start with a simple question. Can you now accept today that your government has badly mishandled the marines' issue and you have ended up tying yourself in knots? Staffan de...
08:45 PM, Mar 24, 2013
New Delhi: Courts should not show "sympathy" towards rapists who have ruined the lives of young girls to satisfy their lust, the Delhi High Court has said, cautioning that letting them off can encourage others to commit such offence. Upholding the seven-year jail term to a man for abducting and raping a 14-year-old, Justice PK Bhasin said, "If the courts start getting sympathetic towards persons who commit such serious offences...
07:00 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Faced with a challenge from the assertive judiciary, President Asif Ali Zardari has quit the political office of co-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party and made his son Bilawal its "patron-in-chief". "President Zardari is no more the co-chairman of the PPP. The main body of the PPP has been dissolved and his son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, has been elected the party's patron-in-chief," a close aide to 57-year-old Zardari said. ...
01:40 PM, Mar 23, 2013
