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- India
SC to hear pleas on marital rape in mid-October
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it would list pleas on the issue of marital rape for hearing in mid-October. The pleas raise the legal question of whether a husband…
- Andhra Pradesh
Dhiraj Singh Thakur takes oath as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh HC
Amaravati: Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur on Friday took oath as Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. State Governor S. Abdul Nazeer administered the oath to Justice Thakur, who is the…
- Hyderabad
SC Collegium recommends Karnataka HC’s Alok Aradhe as CJ of Telangana HC
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court Collegium, on Wednesday recommended the name of Justice Alok Aradhe as the new chief justice of the Telangana High Court. Justice Alok Aradhe is currently serving as a…
- India
SC Collegium recommends elevation of CJ of Telangana, Kerala HCs to apex court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court collegium, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, on Wednesday recommended appointments of Telangana High Court’s Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and his Kerala counterpart, Chief Justice S. Venkatanarayana Bhatti…
- Pakistan
Pak Prez returns bill seeking to curb powers of CJ without assent for second time
Islamabad: Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Wednesday returned a bill seeking to curb the powers of the chief justice of the Supreme Court to parliament for a second time, saying that the…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Chief Justice offers prayers at Tirupati temple
Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra visited Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple at Tirupati and offered prayers along with his wife, a statement released on Friday said. As part…
- Pakistan
Maryam Nawaz snipes at Chief Justice of Pakistan
Rawalpindi: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice-President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday blasted Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial for his remarks on the parliamentarians during a hearing of the Punjab…
- World
Pakistan approves bill to curtail powers of Chief Justice
Islamabad: After the Pakistan federal cabinet approved a ‘controversial’ bill to deprive the office of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) of powers to take suo motu notice in an individual capacity, the…
- Pakistan
Pakistan PM Sharif urges parliament to curtail powers of Chief Justice
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that “history would not forgive us” if parliament did not enact laws to curtail the powers of the chief justice, a day after…
- India
Justice Diwaker to be sworn in as Allahabad HC chief justice
Prayagraj: Justice Pritinker Diwaker will be sworn in as the chief justice of the Allahabad High Court on Sunday. He will be administered the oath of office by Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben…
- India
SC orders panel comprising PM, LoP, CJI for selection of election commissioners
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a panel comprising the prime minister, leader of opposition (LoP), Chief Justice of India (CJI) for selecting election commissioners. A five-judge constitution bench headed…
- India
‘It is disturbing’: SC on Chief Justices of HCs not allowing virtual hearing
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked all Chief Justices of high courts to take a favourable view on the infrastructure in place for virtual hearings and not insist on physical…
- India
Centre notifies appointment of chief justices to four HCs
New Delhi: The Central government on Sunday notified the appointment of chief justices to four high courts. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju announced the appointments of new chief justices on Twitter. Justice Jaswant…
- India
Gujarat HC holds Morbi civic body officer responsible for bridge collapse
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Arvind Kumar on Thursday heldMorbi Nagar palika Chief Officer S.V. Zala responsible for the October 30 bridge collapse which claimed 135 lives. “The Morbi Nagar palika…
- India
Supreme Court trashes 13,147 old cases in one stroke
New Delhi: In a big step towards unclogging the top judiciary burdened with humongous pendency of cases, the Supreme Court has, in one massive sweep, binned 13,147 old “diarized but unregistered” cases,…
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