Expressing concern over the misuse of the anti-dowry law by “disgruntled” wives against their husbands and in-laws, the Supreme Court has ruled that the police cannot “automatically” arrest the accused in such cases and it must give reasons for taking such steps. The apex court said the attitude to arrest first and then proceed with […]
Senior counsel Gopal Subramanium, who has withdrawn his consent to be appointed a Supreme Court judge, on Wednesday regretted that “the judiciary has failed to assert its independence by respecting the likes and dislikes of the executive”, and said he had opted out as a matter of principle and to protect his “honour and dignity” […]
A day after BJP veteran L K Advani met him at Hazaribagh jail, party leader Yashwant Sinha today secured bail from a local court having spent a fortnight in prison following his refusal to seek relief after his arrest during a power crisis stir. Chief Judicial Magistrate R B Pal granted the bail after Sinha’s […]
The Centre will ask all central hospitals and state governments to set up an ‘One Stop Crisis Centre’ for (OSCC) woman victims of serious crimes and rape and abuse victims will be placed in a cabin in hospitals to screen them and their families off public gaze. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today announced a […]
Senior Supreme Court advocate Mukul Rohatgi will be the new Attorney General (AG)replacing G E Vahanvati who resigned following NDA government assuming power at the Centre. Rohatgi said that he has been offered the office of the top law officer in the goverenment and he has given consent to it. “I have given my consent […]
Former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and seven other accused, chargesheeted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a 2G scam-related money laundering case, on Monday moved bail applications before a Delhi court. The accused, who appeared before the court in pursuance to the summons issued against them, moved their bail pleas which have […]
Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha, the seniormost judge of the Supreme Court, was on Sunday sworn in as the 41st Chief Justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee. 64-year-old Justice Lodha took over from Justice (retd) P Sathasivam who demitted office on Saturday after nine months as the head of the judiciary. The brief ceremony at […]
In a breather for actor Sanjay Dutt, the Bombay High Court has revoked the attachment of his flat in suburban Bandra. The flat had been attached following the decision of Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (IMPPA) in his dispute with film-maker Shakeel Noorani. Noorani had moved IMPPA in 2008 alleging his film `Jaan Ki Baazi’, […]
By Narendra Hyderabad (Hindusthan Samachar ) : The indictment of Congress Rajya Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh by Chicago jury in US, is causing severe embarrassment to both Congress and its rival YSR Congress Party. The Rajya Sabha member Dr KVP Ramachadnra Rao was indicted by a federal grand jury along with an Indian-American businessman and […]
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand but extended interim protection from arrest till March end in a case lodged against them in Ahmedabad for alleged embezzlement of funds. The couple had approached the apex court against the January 31 order of […]
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