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CHENNAI: With another round of power tariff hike around the corner, a PIL (public interest litigation) filed in the Madras high court has questioned the legality of the Tamil Nadu government’s policy move on technical grounds. The PIL, filed by senior advocate R Gandhi, wants the court to restrain the authorities from announcing and giving […]

CHENNAI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activists were arrested in various parts of Tamil Nadu on Sunday as they attempted to take out route marches in their khakhi-white uniforms to mark the RSS foundation day and kick start celebrations to commemorate the 1000th coronation year of 11th century Tamil King Rajendra Chola. Despite the explicit orders

NEW DELHI: It was an eye-opener for Delhi’s trial court judges as they heard a rape survivor, an acid attack victim, a transgender and an activist working with deaf sexual assault victims recount their experiences of deposing before the court. All of them complained of a hostile court atmosphere which made it difficult for them

Justice Vibhu Bakhru of the Delhi High Court has issued a notice to CBI on a plea filed by Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad’s nephew regarding morphing of a photo of Azad and Najma Heptulla in a book published on the country’s first education minister. Azad’s nephew has urged that the morphing was done at the

The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the CBI’s reply on a journalist’s plea seeking quashing of a trial court order framing charges against him for allegedly hatching a criminal conspiracy with government officials to obtain ‘secret papers’. Justice Indermeet Kaur issued the notice to CBI and asked them to file a reply by February

NEW DELHI: In a brazen violation of the child protection act, the Institution for the Blind in Amar Colony, Delhi, has seemingly hushed up the alleged sexual assault of two of its Class 3 students by a teacher last year. This is despite a signed confession by the alleged perpetrator and reports of two school

The Supreme Court today upheld the appeal filed by the Central Government against a judgment delivered by the Madras High Court, by which High Court had disallowed caste based census. The judgment authored by Justice Dipak Misra, is from a three judge Bench consisting of Justices Dipak Misra, UULalit and RFNariman. The judgment quotes the

The Supreme Court today demanded details from the Central Government with respect to individuals residing in Government accommodations. It urged the Government to render information regarding the categories of bungalows existing in Delhi, their allotment under discretionary and people who have been overstaying in the same. It was pointed out by the amicus curiae that Congress leader Arjun Singh’s

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday rescued the Centre from the prospect of carrying out a caste-based census — an exercise that could have led to a controversial reworking of quotas for other backward classes (OBCs). The HC had two years ago in a service matter ordered fresh caste-based census, more than 80 years

The Delhi High Court on 5.11.2014 dismissed W.P.(Crl.) No.2080/2014 as misconceived and imposed cost of Rs.1,000/- on the Petitioner payable to the Delhi Legal Services Authority within four weeks of the passing of the order. This Writ Petition was filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India 1949, as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL).