The 65-year-old former judge, who retired in January 2016, is currently serving as the chairman of the selection-cum-Oversight Committee under the Juvenile Justice Act. read more

Appearing for the petitioner, senior advocate Sandeep Sethi contended that vaping device is not akin to a cigarette and has been internationally recognised as a healthier alternative to traditional tobacco smoking. read more

A July 2018 order of the Uttarakhand HC, while disposing a PIL, had directed the state government to provide sites for setting up storage, processing and recycling facilities for bio-medical and municipal waste and hand them over to the local authorities... read more

A bench of justice S Muralidhar and justice Vibhu Bakhru said the agencies such as DDA, the civic authorities and others should first conduct a survey and consult the dwellers before evicting the people there. read more

The Delhi High Court Monday sought responses from Christian Michel, arrested in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper case, and the Central Bureau of Investigation on Tihar Jail authorities’ plea challenging an order allowing him to make international phone... read more

Delhi government has decided to challenge the High Court order setting aside a rule which barred private schools built on public land to hike fees without seeking prior permission, a senior official said Monday. read more

The court made it clear that “if any school is, in fact, found to be indulging in commercialisation of education, the DoE would be well within its rights in proceeding, against such institution, in accordance with law, and keeping in mind the provisions... read more

The court is scheduled to hear the first petition, filed by Pradeep Bhalekar a day after the bridge collapse, on March 22. read more

According to the government, the condition was part of the agreement that the government had made with such schools at the time of allotting land. read more

Gujarat High Court Peon Recruitment exam results have been declared at its official website. The candidates who have cleared the written exam will now have to qualify the document verification process to make it to the final selection. read more

The Patna high court on Friday quashed criminal proceedings against Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar in a 28-year-old case related to the murder of one Sitaram Singh, who was shot dead during the Lok Sabha elections of 1991. read more

The CBI made this submission in an affidavit, which the agency filed in response to Kumar’s appeal questioning his conviction and sentence. Kumar has also asked for bail until his appeal is decided. read more

The Supreme Court on Friday put on hold the Meghalaya High Court’s judgment holding The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim and publisher Shobha Chaudhuri guilty of contempt and fining them Rs 2 lakh each. read more

Taking the affidavit on record, a division bench of justice Bharati Sapru and justice Piyush Agrawal directed that the matter be list for hearing after two weeks. read more

In response to Kumar’s application seeking suspension of sentence and grant of bail, the CBI has said that he is capable of “influencing\/terrorising witnesses” and fair trial would not be possible in the case pending against him, if he is granted ba... read more