case management

Bengaluru, March 21 Supreme Court Justice B V Nagarathna called for the creation of a judicial reform commission on Saturday to reduce the growing backlog in courts, saying that systemic incentives across stakeholders were contributing to delays in the delivery of justice.She was speaking at...

Indore, March 16: Judges of the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court will personally visit the disputed Bhojshala site before the next hearing in the matter.The division bench made it clear that it intends to conduct a "personal inspection" of the disputed site prior to the next...

New Delhi, March 9 Secretary of the Department of Financial Services, M Nagaraju, chaired a review meeting on Monday to monitor the progress in top insolvency and bankruptcy cases pending for admission and resolution at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).The meeting was attended by...

New Delhi, March 3 A tendency among central ministries and departments to file appeals against court orders as a "default reaction" rather than as a considered policy decision was flagged as a "key challenge" to curb litigation in which the government is a party.At a recent conference on...

Mumbai, February 25 An accused in the ISIS link case, Areeb Majeed, has claimed that he was approached by two individuals posing as Indian Army officers who offered to "drop" his trial if he joined a covert operation, prompting a special court on Wednesday to seek the response of the NIA and...

Jammu, Feb 24 Courts across Jammu and Kashmir face a backlog of 3,89,210 cases as of January, with criminal cases accounting for nearly two-thirds of the total, and over 58,000 cases lingering for five to 30 years, according to official data.The government is actively implementing measures to...

Kolkata, February 23 Judicial officers appointed to adjudicate voter identification documents flagged under the "logical discrepancy" category by the Election Commission of India (ECI) will submit daily progress reports to the Calcutta High Court on the status of the adjudication process.The...

New Delhi, February 19 The Supreme Court has directed bar associations across the country to submit to it the agreed terms of reference for strengthening and enhancing the institutional strength of bar associations.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma directed the bar...

New Delhi, February 18 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking to stay a case pending before a civil court in Ajmer concerning the alleged "unauthorised occupation of the Shankat Mochan Mahadev Temple by the Ajmer Sharif Dargah".A bench headed by Chief Justice of...

New Delhi, February 18 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought a response from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) regarding a petition alleging inaction by the authorities regarding encroachment on a water body in Savitri Nagar here.An NGT...

Islamabad, February 18 – A district and sessions court in Pakistan has ordered the prosecution to ensure the appearance of former Prime Minister Imran Khan at the next hearing, either in person or via video link, while extending his pre-arrest bail in five cases, including one related to the...

KISHTWAR, FEBRUARY 16: Deputy Commissioner of Kishtwar, Pankaj Kumar Sharma, chaired a review meeting at the Mini Secretariat to assess the status of court cases pending before various courts in the district.The DC reviewed the progress of each department in filing and objecting to cases in a...

DODA, February 16: A one-day capacity building and sensitization program under the One Health framework for the National Rabies Control Program (NRCP) was organized at the Government Nursing College, Doda, by the District Surveillance Unit (IDSP) under the District Health Society.The program...

Bengaluru, February 14 – The Karnataka government has sought the intervention of the Centre regarding the case of a student from the state who has gone missing in California, US.Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh has written to Vikram Misri, Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)...