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SC refers to 'justice at doorstep', refuses to hear plea against shifting of court in Andhra PradeshThe Supreme Court addressed a plea concerning the relocation of a sessions court in Andhra Pradesh. The court upheld the decision to move t...
Economic Survey points to laws, schemes aimed at delivering justice at grassroots levelThe latest Economic Survey highlighted that rural courts, or Gram Nyayalayas, have resolved nearly three lakh cases in the past four years....
15 years after coming into being, village courts fight vacancies, financial woes to deliver justiceVillage courts, aimed at providing affordable justice, are facing hurdles like manpower shortages and funding issues. Of the notified 481 c...
Minor disputes: Govt proposes panchayat-level mediation amid huge backlog of casesAs India grapples with a significant backlog of cases across various levels of the judiciary and increasing litigation expenses, the Centra...
Widowed daughter-in-law need not pay maintenance to her parents-in-law: Bombay HCA single bench of Justice Kishor Sant on April 12 passed its order on a petition filed by a 38-year-old woman, Shobha Tidke, challenging an...
SC issues notice to HCs on plea for setting up of 'Gram Nyayalayas'The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from all high courts on a 2019 plea seeking a direction to the Centre and all states for taki...
Only 258 rural courts set up so far: MoS Law in Lok SabhaReplying to a question by a BJP member, the Minister of State for Law and Justice S P Singh Baghel said a total of 15 states had expressed ...
Cabinet extends by 5 years centrally-sponsored scheme for developing infra for judiciaryAn official statement said that in the extended term, it would continue from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2026 during which Rs 9,000 crore wo...
66 law graduates relegated to candidate level after year-long trainingSixty-six law graduates who cleared written tests and interviews to be selected as magistrates and underwent year-long training have been r...
Government plans to redesigning court complexes to make them user friendlyLaw minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has called a high-level advisory council meeting on judicial reforms on August 26.
Government asks CJI, CJ of HCs to fill up vacanciesRavi Shankar Prasad told LS today that around 4,000 posts are vacant in lower judiciary and 250 posts of judges in various high courts.
Rural courts 'expensive' and 'ineffective': Narendra ModiGujarat chief minister Narendra Modi termed the UPA's concept of gram nyayalayas "expensive" and "ineffective".
- PMO to carry out monthly performance audit; orders quick action on transparency laws
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has carried out a mid-term review and identified a dozen areas for focused action.
- Union Budget 2011: Law Ministry gets more funds for rural courts
With government planning a major push to modernise subordinate judiciary and have more rural courts, the 2011-12 budgetary allocations for ...
- No villages in Gujarat, Delhi, declare CMs Narendra Modi and Sheila Dikshit
It's unimaginable in a predominantly rural set up of India. But, there are no villages in Gujarat, if one believes chief minister Narendra ...
- Govt aims to speed up judicial process
Law minister Veerappa Moily plans to cut down the life of litigation.
'ICT portals will cut short delays in court cases'Union law and justice minister Veerappa Moily speaks about judicial reforms and plans to set up commercial courts in both the SC and the HC...
Commercial courts at SC, metro HCs will take up big cases: MoilyUnion law and justice minister Veerappa Moily in an exclusive interview with ET spoke about judicial reforms and also about setting up comm...
- Bills passed without debate amid din over Antulay
Crucial bills were either introduced or passed altogether, without any discussion, in the din triggered by minority affairs minister A R An...
- Law Ministers' Conference to discuss Gram Nyayalayas
Law Ministers and experts from various High Courts will meet here today to discuss the establishment of Gram Nyayalayas in the country.