The government should provide financial assistance and support to people who are the victims of their inaction and omissions, including wrongful incarceration, the Delhi High Court said today. The court’s observation came as it asked the AAP government and the legal services authority here to examine the feasibility of
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday rejected a petition by The Wire that challenged a gag order passed by a lower court in a civil defamation case filed by BJP president Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah over an article published by the news portal. Justice Paresh Upadhyay asked
Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on Wednesday stressed the need for setting up a Bench of the Madras High Court in Puducherry. Participating in the Constitution Day celebrations at Raj Nivas, Ms. Bedi said: “A separate Bench of the High Court is essential for which the
The Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition by the Centre, which has raised a crucial question: Can a High Court review the President’s decision rejecting mercy petition of a death convict, whose sentence was confirmed by the apex court? A three-judge bench headed
Law commission chairman Justice B S Chauhan said selection of “unsuitable and incompetent lawyers” by governments to defend them in courts is one of the reasons for huge pendency in courts+ where substantial cases have state as a party. He claimed government counsels are appointed “for extraneous considerations” rather
The CBI has taken over the probe into the alleged custodial death of a 16-year-old boy in Katortal police post in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district in February, in which the then in-charge of post, sub-inspector Praveen Singh, constable Balwant Singh and unidentified persons have been named as accused. The Uttarakhand
A much-delayed 2.7km parallel bridge to decongest the Rao Tula Ram Marg flyover in south Delhi is unlikely to meet its June 2018 deadline as the public works department (PWD) said it will need time till next August to complete the project. The project began in 2014
The Centre on Wednesday refuted Arvind Kejriwal government’s charge in the Supreme Court that the Lieutenant Governor (LG) sits over its proposals and files and asserted that 96% of its decisions were approved by the LG within two-three days. The central government told a five-judge Constitution Bench
The Supreme Court reserved its judgement on a petition seeking a probe by a special investigation team into allegations that bribes were sought to influence the outcome of a case being heard in the top court. The Central Bureau of Investigation had filed a first
The tax department’s decision to change its position in an important area of transfer pricing will benefit multi-national companies; especially those coming to India via important trade partners such as Italy, France and Germany. The tax department will now allow transfer pricing disputes to be