He was the first district judge to have been appointed as the Union Law Secretary. His return to the realm of the judiciary also sets another record -- Mehendiratta is the first Union Law Secretary to have been appointed as the judge of a high court.
US District Court Judge Amit Mehta said in his ruling that Trump’s words during a rally before the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol were likely “words of incitement not protected by the First Amendment.”
Acting chief justice of the Karnataka High Court, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma has been elevated as chief justice of Telangana High Court.
The Collegium headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana took the decision in its meeting held on October 7 and the resolution was uploaded on the apex court website on Friday.
Delhi court has initiated criminal proceedings against a lawyer for allegedly misbehaving and arguing in a high-pitched voice in the courtroom despite repeated warnings by the judge.
On Friday, the Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of the "sad demise" of a judge in "gruesome incident" of being allegedly mowed down by a vehicle while on morning jog on July 28 at Dhanbad and sought a status report within a week from Jharkhand’s Chief Secretary and the DGP on the probe into the incident.
Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ) Mohd Ahmed Khan, posted in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur, was injured when a speeding vehicle rammed into his car in Kaushambhi district.
Uttam Anand was hit by a vehicle from behind while he was out for his morning jog at Dhanbad. The judiciary swung into action on Thursday after a chilling video of a vehicle fatally ramming into an Additional District Judge out for a morning jog in Jharkhand surfaced online.
Srivastava, who had tested positive for coronavirus, was undergoing treatment at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute in Lucknow.
M.K. Dave, the special SIT judge hearing the 2002 Naroda Gam riot case, has been transferred and made the principal District Judge of Valsad by an order of the Gujarat High Court.
Abolghassem Salavati and Mohammad Moghisseh, the two blacklisted judges who preside over branches of Iran's Revolutionary Court, were accused by the Treasury department.
Archana’s story is a story of hope. Patna’s Archana, a mother of five-year-old is set to be a judge in Bihar after clearing Bihar judicial services examination in her second attempt.. Her father served as peon in a courtroom. But Archana now has one regret.
The original age requirement for appearing in the judicial services exam was 23 years, which was reduced to 21 years by the Rajasthan High Court this year.
The CJP will consider the names of three lawyers for appointment as additional judges for a period of one year.
A former Dallas police officer was sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing her neighbour. But there was something else that came in as a surprise. The judge gave a hug and Bible to the former Dallas police officer, saying she couldn't refuse the convicted ex-cop. Judge Tammy Kempt said she watched the woman changed during her trial and wants her to live a purposeful life.
Award-winning Indian author Jeet Thayil will make up a five-member judging panel for the 2020 International Booker Prize, the world's leading literary award for translated fiction announced in London on Thursday as it opened for submissions for the next year.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz has released a video clip purportedly showing an accountability court judge allegedly confessing that he was "blackmailed and forced" to convict former premier Nawaz Sharif in a corruption case.
On Tuesday, a woman approached the police to file a complaint against a district and sessions judge. She alleged the judge molested her when she went to him to record her statement in a gangrape case filed on June 29.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in a written reply said 43.55 lakh cases are pending in the high court and out of these, 18.75 lakh relate to civil matters and 12.15 lakh are criminal cases.
Additional Sessions Judge Anil Antil allowed NIA to quiz Mohammad Arif Ghulambashir Dharampuria in its custody. The agency had sought 12-day custody of the accused.
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