Tag: Courts

Besides, the state government panel has given post facto approval for the establishment of four commercial courts and a court of civil judge (senior division

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a slew of directions to revamp judicial infrastructure and the quality of justice administration in courts across the country, saying strengthening of court infrastructure requires immediate attention. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud directed that professionally qualified court managers, […]

Bhubaneswar, March 29 (IANS) Over 12 lakh cases are pending in different courts in Odisha, including 1.69 lakh cases in the state’s high court, a minister said on Tuesday. Replying to a question by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Dilip Ray, Law Minister Arun Sahu told the assembly that 12,33,492 cases were pending in the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court announced that courts cannot compel a husband to “keep his wife” as it asked a man, a pilot by profession, to deposit Rs 10 lakh as interim maintenance for his estranged wife and upkeep of their son. The apex court restored the bail order of the Madras High Court which […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked trial courts to immediately discontinue with the practice of granting regular bail in cases that are pending in higher courts. The apex court said an accused cannot surrender before a trial court and seek regular bail when a higher court has already granted a pre-arrest bail and the […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre and state governments to furnish their responses on a plea seeking a specialised force to give “foolproof security” to all courts, judges, lawyers, litigants and witnesses in the country. A bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari issued notice to Attorney General K.K. Venugopal, […]