India unveils official glimpse of its first ever bullet trainIndia's first bullet train for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor is set to transform travel. An image of the high-speed train has been unveiled...
18 May, 2026, 06.40 PM IST
Two held in Mumbai for hurling crude bombs outside West Bengal ashramMumbai police apprehended two individuals at Borivali railway station. They were wanted in connection with a bomb hurling incident in Mursh...
18 May, 2026, 04.36 PM IST
Have urged chief justices of all HCs to conduct virtual hearings: Chief Justice of IndiaChief Justice of India Surya Kant has asked high court chief justices to hold online hearings on Mondays and Fridays. This move aims to cut...
18 May, 2026, 04.28 PM IST
Delhi HC stays GST appellate tribunal order for Tata Play to deposit Rs 450 croreThe Delhi High Court has stayed an order directing Tata Play to deposit ₹450 crore for alleged profiteering under GST, pending further hear...
30 Apr, 2026, 09.37 PM IST
Allahabad HC asks to avoid using 'court below', 'lower court' in official recordsThe Allahabad High Court has ordered its registry to stop using terms like 'court below' and 'lower court'. This follows a Supreme Court di...
27 Apr, 2026, 05.45 PM IST
Don’t marry if you can’t pay maintenance: Allahabad HC’s blunt message to husbandsThe Allahabad High Court has ruled that a man cannot use financial hardship as an excuse to avoid supporting his wife and children. Upholdi...
24 Apr, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
SC cautions HCs against growing tendency to publicly criticise subordinate judicial officersThe Supreme Court has cautioned high courts against publicly criticizing subordinate judicial officers, emphasizing their role as guardians...
18 Apr, 2026, 02.27 PM IST
SC judge flags overuse of UAPA, laments poor representation of women in HCs, SCSupreme Court Judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan emphasized that a developed India by 2047 requires abandoning the criminalization of dissent and m...
23 Mar, 2026, 01.33 PM IST
7 deputy commissioners among 16 IAS officers shifted in HaryanaThe Haryana government has transferred 16 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and 28 Haryana Civil Service (HCS) officers in a maj...
19 Aug, 2023, 03.18 PM IST
HPSC releases answer keys to HCS Preliminary Examination 2021: Check link hereMeanwhile, the Commission has in a notification announced that candidates who wished to file their objections regarding wrong questions/ans...
26 Jul, 2022, 02.23 PM IST
Allahabad, Uttarakhand HCs passing orders in quashing of FIR cases 'without application of mind': SCA bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah, "We have seen two high courts Allahabad and Uttarakhand are passing these orders without ...
23 Aug, 2021, 06.40 PM IST
SC says misuse of Sec 66A must stop; issues notices to states, HCsA two-judge bench, led by Justice RF Nariman, issued the notices after the central government laid the onus of stopping such misuse on the ...
02 Aug, 2021, 11.32 PM IST
High Courts must not pass unrealistic orders: Supreme CourtThe order came on a petition filed by the UP government challenging the Allahabad HC’s order of May 17 asking the state government to take ...
22 May, 2021, 10.24 AM IST
High Courts have delayed appointment of judges: Government to Supreme CourtGovernment told Supreme Court that the large number of judicial vacancies was the result of the high courts' failure to initiate the select...
15 Sep, 2016, 10.18 AM IST
Women judges make up just 10% of HCs' strengthA list of 44 names recommended by the Allahabad high court collegium recently for appointment as judges has only two women candidates.
29 Aug, 2016, 11.23 AM IST
CJI HL Dattu wants High Courts to clear over 5-year-old cases without delayPendency of over five-year-old cases has significantly increased in high courts, with 30-40% of such cases in many of them.
05 Dec, 2014, 12.06 PM IST
Law minister blames collegium system for judges vacancy in high courtsThe law minister said the government had recently increased the sanctioned strength of these HCs, given the large pendency of cases.
26 Nov, 2014, 11.52 AM IST