The judge said the chargesheet contained 'overwhelming evidence' against Mishra and four other accused for committing the offence. Since th...

Munirathna was among the 17 MLAs from the JD(S) and Congress to resign their Assembly membership and cross over to the BJP to help it form ...

"This is an absolute conspiracy. I challenge Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is also the Home Minister, to come and spell out the charg...

The court had earlier asked the states to fast track these cases to maintain purity of the electoral process and keep out politicians with ...

The apex court had held that chargesheeted Members of Parliament and MLAs on conviction for offences, will be immediately disqualified from...

The move is aimed at scuttling the plan of the YSR Congress president to send his close confidant and family auditor V Vijay Sai Reddy to R...

However, even six months after the SC deadline passed, the government has not received information from any HC on the completion of trials.

The draft bill proposes such politicians shall remain disqualified from contesting polls till his acquittal or six years after serving the ...

Law Commission chairman and former Delhi High Court chief justice A P Shah said, "Institutional integrity is important to preserve."

The Centre is in conflict with EC on issue of debarring chargesheeted lawmakers from contesting polls, with election watchdog taking a much...

The government is working on an amendment in the law to ensure that trials against MPs/MLAs charged with serious offences are completed wit...

Tarun Gogoi today said the Congress did not have any guideline to stop giving tickets to criminals and he supported Rahul Gandhi's statemen...

Terming the proposed Representation of the People Ordinance as "blatantly shameless", Telugu Desam Party demanded that the Centre withdraw ...

The government had been sitting on proposals to bar convicted lawmakers from contesting elections for years.

SC's denial of bail to Jagan Mohan Reddy may prove to be the shot in the arm that its rivals-the ruling Congress and opposition Telugu Desa...

A Delhi court has issued summons against 11 former MPs for being allegedly involved in corrupt practice of taking money for asking question...

Lawmakers in Pakistan's northwest overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Tuesday against President Pervez Musharraf, the second major act in...