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New Delhi, April 8 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered 12 cases on Wednesday to investigate the siege of judicial officers, who were deputed for work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Malda, West Bengal.The move came following a directive...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over cases related to the gherao of seven judicial officers in Malda, observing that the bureaucracy's credibility was being lowered and politics was being injected into the West Bengal...

Hyderabad, April 5 State governments across the political spectrum recognize that strengthening judicial infrastructure is not optional but essential, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Sunday here.Addressing the gathering after laying the foundation stone for Telangana High Court Zone...

Kathmandu, April 1 The most senior judge of the Supreme Court, Sapana Malla, took over as the acting Chief Justice of Nepal on Wednesday.Malla, 62, assumed the top judicial position following the retirement of Chief Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut on Tuesday, when he reached the retirement age...

Kolkata, April 1 – The Trinamool Congress wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Sujoy Paul, on Wednesday, requesting him to ensure that in cases of "logical discrepancy" in West Bengal that will be rejected during the ongoing judicial process, the "grounds of rejection"...

Kochi, March 31 – The Kerala High Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of the 2024 amendments to the Kerala Lokayukta Act, providing significant relief to the state government while also introducing a key safeguard on decision-making timelines.A Division Bench comprising Chief...

New Delhi, March 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked litigants, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, to approach the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court with their grievances related to the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal.Referring to the...

Chandigarh, March 21 Punjab Cabinet Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar tendered his resignation from the state Cabinet on Saturday after Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann asked him to step down following the suicide of an official of the state warehousing corporation in Amritsar.Bhullar, the MLA from...

Hyderabad, March 17 Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla emphasized the importance of staying connected to culture on Tuesday, citing a Hindi poem by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.Speaking at pre-Ugadi (Telugu New Year) celebrations held at Lok Bhavan here, he recalled Vajpayee's...

New Delhi, March 15 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal and senior leader Manish Sisodia have approached the Supreme Court following the rejection of their request to transfer the CBI plea against their discharge in the excise policy case to another Delhi High Court judge, their party...

Hyderabad, March 11 Shiv Pratap Shukla was sworn in as the Governor of Telangana on Wednesday.Telangana High Court Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh administered the oath of office to Shukla at Lok Bhavan here.Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, along with his Cabinet colleagues, were among the...

Shimla, March 10 Former Ladakh LG Kavinder Gupta was sworn in as the governor of Himachal Pradesh in a ceremony held at Lok Bhavan here on Tuesday, after which he said the position does not belong to any political party.The governor works for the overall development of the state and society...

Jishnu Dev Varma was sworn in as the Governor of Maharashtra this evening. The oath of office was administered to him by the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay, at Darbar Hall, Lok Bhavan, in Mumbai. Mr. Varma succeeds Acharya Devvrat, the Governor of...

Mumbai, March 10 Jishnu Dev Varma was sworn in as the 22nd Governor of Maharashtra on Tuesday.Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, administered the oath to Varma at the Darbar Hall of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in Mumbai.Chief Minister Devendra...

Chennai, March 6 Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court here on Friday.In a simple ceremony held at the Lok Bhavan, Governor R N Ravi administered the oath of office to Justice Dharmadhikari. He will be the 55th chief justice of the High...

Chennai, March 6 Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court here on Friday.In a simple ceremony held at the Lok Bhavan, Governor RN Ravi administered the oath of office to Justice Dharmadhikari. He will be the 55th chief justice of the high...

New Delhi, March 5 Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court on Thursday.He was previously a judge of the Kerala High Court.His name was recommended for the post by the Supreme Court Collegium last month. He replaces Justice Manindra...

New Delhi, March 5 – The Centre on Thursday cleared the appointment of Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, following the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium."In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President...

Tirupati, March 1 The bar is an integral part of the justice delivery system and cannot be separated, although people believe that it is the sole responsibility of the court to deliver justice, which may be a myth, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Sunday.After laying the foundation...

Indore, February 17 A bench headed by the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court will hear cases related to the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex dispute in Dhar.These cases have been listed for hearing in the principal bench in Jabalpur on Wednesday, Vinay Joshi, a lawyer...