India's first child witness court room inaugurated
India's first child witness court room (CWCR), designed to present friendly image of courts for child witnesses, was on Sunday inaugurated at the Karkardooma courts complex here.
The CWCR has been o
Justice Kabir likely to be Chief Justice
Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia, who retires this month, has recommended the name of senior most Supreme Court judge Justice Altamas Kabir as his successor as per established norms.
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US court dismisses harassment case against Infosys
A US court in Alabama has dismissed harassment charges filed against Infosys – the major Indian IT company – by one of its American employee.
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Karnataka gets notice on haircut incident
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday slapped a notice on the Karnataka government seeking a report into the allegations that a private school in Bengaluru cut off tufts of hair of f
Man gets life for secretariat bomb plot
A sessions judge on Thursday convicted and sentenced a member of Tamil Pasarai to life for planting a bomb at the venue of the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting in 1990, which then Prime Mini
Kinfra’s move to end deed stayed
Kerala High Court has stayed Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation’s terminating a 40-acre lease deed with Zoom Developers for an international exhibition centre in Thrikkakara.
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Court rejects marines’ plea for charge sheet in Italian
A local court on Tuesday rejected the plea of the two Italian marines to provide them with the Italian translation of the charge sheet and other documents in connection with the case of shooting to death two Indian fishermen from cargo ship Enrica Lexie.
30 girls await conversion: Girl tells HC
A 19-year-old girl, involved in a habeas corpus petition, submitted before the Kerala high court on Tuesday that about 30 girls belonging to various religions are undergoing religious education at an
German court rules religious circumcision on boys an assault
Circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm, a German court ruled on Tuesday in a landmark decision that the Jewish community said trampled on parents' religious right
Show-cause notice to 82 bus owners
The regional transport office has issued show- cause notice to 82 private bus owners in the district who have been skipping night services in several parts of the district, especially in the city.
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