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Excise policy: Delhi HC judge Swarana K Sharma refuses to recuse, rejects Kejriwal's pleaJustice Swarana Kanta Sharma rejected pleas for her recusal from the Delhi liquor-policy case. She stated litigants cannot judge judges wit...
Nearly 1.50 lakh contempt cases pending in courts: Govt in Lok SabhaOver 1,800 contempt cases are pending in the Supreme Court, while high courts have 1.43 lakh such cases, as informed in the Lok Sabha. Unio...
SC expresses concern over misuse of content on social media platforms in subjudice mattersSupreme Court expresses concern over social media misuse in subjudice matters, initiating contempt against Assam MLA Karim Uddin Barbhuiya ...
SC to issue guidelines on summoning of government officials to courts across countryThe Supreme Court said it will lay down broad guidelines for courts across the country to deal with the issue of summoning officials in cas...
Supreme Court sentences Vijay Mallya to 4 months jail in contempt case"We have been told that there are some proceedings going on in the United Kingdom. It is like a dead wall, something is pending we do not k...
Lawyer urges AG to reconsider decision declining consent to initiate contempt against JaganThe top law officer, on November 2, had termed as "prima facie contumacious" the conduct of Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy and his princi...
Attorney General flags concern before Supreme Court over media comments in pending casesThe AG, who had urged another top court bench, led by former SC judge Arun Mishra in an earlier case, to let off Bhushan in another contemp...
Certain media reporting in pending cases forbidden, may amount to contempt, AG tells SC"Today electronic media and print media are commenting on cases which are pending and it is seeking to influence the court," Attorney Gener...
Supreme Court seeks reason for delay in Vijay Mallya’s extraditionThe bench also directed Mallya's lawyers to apprise it by November 2 when can the fugitive businessman appear before the court and when the...
SC initiates contempt proceedings against advocate Prashant Bhushan, Twitter IndiaBhushan has been raising issues pertaining to judiciary and recently he was very critical and vocal of the way in which the top court handl...
SC order on tainted candidates: Congress says order already torn to shreds by PMWith the Supreme Court directing parties to upload online details of pending criminal cases against candidates contesting polls, the Congre...
Uttarakhand HC issues contempt notice to CAT chairman for wilful disobedience of its judgementThe notice has been issued on February 20, on the basis of a contempt petition moved by Uttarakhand-cadre Indian Forest Service (IFoS) offi...
SC notice to Prashant Bhushan on contempt over remarks on appointment of interim CBI chiefThe twin contempt petitions have been filed by Attorney General K.K. Venugopal and the central govt.
Prashant Bhushan gets contempt notices for remark on CBI appointmentThe twin contempt petitions have been filed by Attorney General K.K. Venugopal and the central government.
The LC has opined against minimising the exercise of power of contempt of Court by the judiciarySuch dilution, the Commission has held, “would not be a meaningful exercise and would not be in larger public interest”.
Over 350 contempt cases pending against govt: Law MinistryGovernment litigation includes service matters and conflict with private entities as well as disputes between government departments and be...
View: India's Daughter comes in the way of a fair trial for Nirbhaya convictsThe convict Mukesh Sharma admits on camera to being part of a criminal gang which raped and killed Nirbhaya, though he absolves himself of ...
Supreme Court to deal with 2G-related issues every ThursdayThe SC today said that it would deal with 2G-related issues pending before it every Thursday, including the recent petition by Idea Cellula...
- Writing on sub-juduice matter is not contempt: HC
The Delhi High Court has said that writing about a sub-juduice matter does not amount to trial by media and it should not be restrained.
- Zilla parishad polls postponed
State Election Commission on Wednesday indefinitely postponed elections to 27 zilla parishads and 310 panchayat samitis scheduled for Febru...