judicial process

New Delhi, April 10 The impeachment proceedings initiated by the Lok Sabha against Allahabad High Court Judge Yashwant Varma have become "fruitless" following his resignation, senior officials said on Friday.To prevent removal by Parliament, popularly known as 'impeachment', resignation was...

New Delhi, April 9 The eCommittee of the Supreme Court, in collaboration with the Department of Justice, is set to organize a two-day national conference on 'Judicial Process Re-Engineering and Digital Transformation' in New Delhi on April 11 and 12.The conference will be held at the...

Kolkata, April 9 – A division bench of the Calcutta High Court granted fresh permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to further investigate Sanjay Roy, the sole convict in the R.G. Kar rape and murder case, as part of the CBI's ongoing investigation into the larger conspiracy...

Mumbai, April 8 The widow of a victim in the 2023 railway firing incident on Wednesday appealed to the sessions court to overturn its order directing a fresh mental health evaluation for the accused, former RPF constable Chetan Singh Chaudhary.The application, filed through advocates Karim...

New Delhi, April 8 The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre how people who are not devotees of Lord Ayyappa could challenge the customs of the Sabarimala temple in Kerala.The remark was made by a nine-judge Constitution bench hearing petitions related to discrimination against women at...

Chandigarh, April 8 – The Punjab and Haryana High Court granted bail to Rampal, the controversial head of the Satlok Ashram sect, on Wednesday. He is currently serving a life sentence in connection with the 2014 riots and violence at the Karantha Ashram in Barwala, Hisar.He is currently held...

New Delhi, April 7 – The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Madhya Pradesh government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) in response to multiple petitions filed by Congress leader Rajendra Bharti, who has been convicted and sentenced in a Rural Development Bank fraud case...

Chandigarh, April 7 The Punjab and Haryana High Court has instructed judicial officers not to use AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot to write judgments and conduct legal research.A letter issued by the high court's registrar-general on Monday to all district and sessions judges in...

Jabalpur, April 6 Sanjay Pathak, an MLA from the ruling BJP and a mining baron, issued an unconditional apology through his lawyer in the Madhya Pradesh High Court in a criminal contempt case on Monday. However, the High Court directed him to appear in person at the next hearing on April 21.A...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday exercised its plenary power to transfer cases related to the gherao and attack on seven judicial officers involved in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Malda district to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).A bench of Chief...

Ahmedabad, April 4 The Gujarat High Court has prohibited the use of Artificial Intelligence for any form of decision-making, judicial reasoning, order drafting or judgment preparation, bail sentencing considerations, or any substantive adjudicatory process.According to the high court’s AI...

Gurugram, April 4 A Gurugram court on Saturday sentenced two men to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs 50,000 each in connection with a 2022 murder case, police said.On April 11, 2022, the body of Sunil Kumar, a resident of Dhadhot village in Mahendragarh, was found in a deserted area near...

Guwahati, April 3 – Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday over his remarks concerning popular Assamese singer Zubeen Garg, asserting that "politics should not be played" around the artiste.Addressing the media during a...

Bhopal, April 3 – Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Minister Vishvas Sarang strongly criticised the Congress party for its reaction to the disqualification of Datia MLA Rajendra Bharti, accusing it of habitually opposing constitutional processes while claiming to protect the Constitution.Speaking from...

New Delhi, April 1 The Supreme Court on Wednesday requested the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court to take a comprehensive policy decision to ensure a productive timeline for adjudicating sensitive cases, such as those involving racial discrimination against people from the north-east.While...

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"...

Kolkata, April 1 – The judicial adjudication process has been completed for over 78 per cent of the cases referred for adjudication after being classified under the “logical discrepancy” category, with the process yet to be completed for another 13 lakh cases.The figures stood as of Tuesday...

Kolkata, March 28 – The third supplementary list for judicial adjudication cases in West Bengal was released on Saturday at approximately 10:15 p.m.The list is available on the websites of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal...

Kolkata, March 27 – The Trinamool Congress wrote to Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul on Friday, expressing concern over 11 party candidates whose cases have been referred for judicial adjudication, and whose status remains unclear.In the letter, written by West Bengal Minister of...

Guwahati, March 25 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma criticized opposition leader Lurinjyoti Gogoi on Wednesday for his remarks regarding delivering justice in the death case of singer Zubeen Garg, stating that Gogoi was "not a judge but merely a candidate in the elections."Speaking...