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Too much passion, too little reason: SC flags false Bihar voter roll affidavitThe Election Commission of India is undertaking a Special Intensive Revision across the country. This initiative aims to protect the integr...
Bihar SIR claims, objections can be filed even after September 1 deadline: ECI to SCThe Supreme Court addressed the Bihar electoral roll revision. The Election Commission of India (ECI) stated that objections could be filed...
Bihar SIR: Claims, objections allowed after Sep 1 but only post-finalisation of roll, EC tells SCThe Supreme Court observed that confusion around the Bihar SIR exercise was “largely a trust issue” and urged political parties to “activat...
Supreme Court issues norms for early release of undertrials given bailIf the accused is not released within 7 days from the date of grant of bail, the jail superintendent shall inform the District Legal Servic...
In a first, Jammu & Kashmir HC enables litigants to file cases through post offices/common service centresUnder the programme, a litigant who needs to file a case in a lower Court in the Union Territory has to contact a paralegal volunteer of hi...
In new avatar, judges take calls, facilitate services in J&K & LadakhThey are facilitating a host of services -- providing food and shelter to migrant labour, ensuring supply of medicines to the elderly, arra...
Govt plans tele-law facility across all CSCs in next fiscal: CSC e-Governance Services CEOThe government is planning to roll out the tele-law facility across all common service centres, covering more than half of rural India, in ...
Government sends over 90 names to SC for HC judgeshipPrasad was speaking at the launch event of two applications: mobile application and dashboard and Nyaya Bandhu mobile application.
Orissa HC orders camp courts in jails to hear undertrial prisoners' bail pleasJails across the state are bursting at the seams as functioning of courts has been paralysed due to strike by lawyers for nearly two months.
'Per capita spending on legal aid in India is Rs 0.75'A national report on legal aid for persons in custody stated that there is 14 per cent under-utilisation of funds allocated to state legal ...
Government cleared 106 appointments of HC judges this year: Ravi Shankar PrasadPrasad shared the story of Karimul Haq, a common man who had won the Padma Shri award last year for ferrying people to the hospital free of...
Do not burden the system with frivolous cases, says CJI MisraCJI Misra hailed the high courts across the country for working on Saturdays and disposing of more than 2,100 criminal appeals, which were ...
Nitish Kumar urges Centre to allocate funds to Bihar 'liberally'Nitish Kumar added that his government had already sanctioned Rs 169 crore for the expansion project of the Patna High Court.
Lawyer aspiring to become a judge may have to give free legal aid to the poor, indicates govtGovt has launched a slew of measures, including pro bono legal services, tele law service and nyaya mitra (justice facilitator), aimed at “...
Make 2017 a year for providing relief to victims of crime: CJI J S KheharCJI was apparently referring to the case of 1993 Mumbai blast lone death row convict Yakub Memon whose petition challenging his capital pun...
National Lok Adalats dispose 67,431 cases in Jammu and KashmirThe National Lok Adalats held in Jammu and Kashmir disposed off 67,431 cases involving an amount of Rs 31 crore.
Effective legal system needed for equal access to justice: CJI H L DattuA robust, effective and democratised legal system is necessary to ensure every citizen an equal access to justice, Chief Justice of India J...
Delhi University to host legal aid clinics, offer free legal adviceThe clinics, which will also impart para-legal training to DU students and teachers, have been set up in association with the Delhi State L...
Taken steps to help Northeast people in Delhi: DSLSA to HCThe Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) today told the Delhi High Court that it has taken various steps to render legal assistance...
Right to legal literacy guaranteed under Constitution, says Chief Justice of IndiaHe lauded the efforts of para legal volunteers, trained by NALSA, in making people aware of legal rights particularly in rural areas.