Islamabad, May 1 (IANS) The killing of nine suspects by Punjab province’s Crime Control Department in Lahore, Sahiwal and Toba Tek Singh follows a same pattern, where armed suspects allegedly open fire, police return it and suspects are found dead while accomplices escape into darkness. The almost same narrative in all incidents raises questions about the effectiveness of the criminal justice system in Pakistan, a report has stated. These deaths occurred just months after a Human Rights Commissi…
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Prayagraj/New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) A Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court has differed over observations made against the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in a case concerning an inquiry into alleged irregularities involving hundreds of madrassas in Uttar Pradesh. The matter came up before a Division Bench of Justices Atul Sreedharan and Vivek Saran in a writ petition filed by the Teachers Association, Madaris Arabia and others challenging proceedings arising out of an NHRC compla…
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) on Monday claimed that the joining of seven AAP MPs, including Raghav Chadha, into the BJP was a “merger of corruption”, coming after weeks of political speculation. Slamming the move, the Thackeray camp in an editorial in the party’s mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said Chadha — who once labelled the BJP a “party of goons” — was welcomed with sweets by BJP President Nabin. These leaders have entered the BJP’s “washing machine”, w…
Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) A lady health worker from Muzaffargarh city of Pakistan’s Punjab province requesting country’s Chief Justice to conduct an independent probe into the killing of her two sons in an alleged police ‘encounter’ demonstrates the eroding trust of people in provincial authorities to deliver justice. Her statement about police torture and the subsequent killing of her sons in a “so-called encounter” is not an isolated case, a report has stated. “It reflects a continuing pa…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A judge of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday recused himself from hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and members of other political parties for allegedly recording and disseminating audio and video clips of court proceedings during the hearing of a recusal plea moved by former Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, in the excise policy case. After Justice Tejas Karia withdrew himself from hearing the matter, a Bench …
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the constitution of Appellate Tribunals, comprising former High Court Chief Justices and judges, to hear appeals against exclusions from the electoral rolls during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in poll-bound West Bengal. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant clarified that decisions taken by judicial officers during the SIR process cannot be challenged before any executive or administrati…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The Centre on Friday cleared the transfer of Justice Lisa Gill from the Punjab and Haryana High Court to the Andhra Pradesh High Court, following the recommendation of the Supreme Court Collegium.“In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, the President of India, after consultation with Chief Justice of India, has transferred Ms. Justice Lisa Gill, Judge, High Court of Punjab and Haryana to be a Judge of High Court of Andhra Pradesh,” Union Min…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) In an unprecedented order, the Supreme Court on Friday directed deployment of serving as well as retired judicial officers to oversee adjudication of claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound West Bengal. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipin Pancholi observed that a “trust deficit” between the West Bengal government and the Election Commissi…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Collegium on Friday recommended the appointment of Calcutta High Court judge Justice Sujoy Paul as the Chief Justice.”The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 09th January, 2026, has recommended appointment of Shri Justice Sujoy Paul, Judge, High Court at Calcutta (PHC: Madhya Pradesh) as Chief Justice, High Court at Calcutta,” said a statement uploaded on the website of the apex court. Justice Paul was appointed as a Judge of the Calcutta Hi…
Ranchi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court has expressed strong displeasure over the response filed by the state government and the jail administration in connection with the viral video showing prisoners accused in liquor and GST scams dancing inside Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi.Terming the government’s affidavit incomplete and unsatisfactory, the court observed that merely suspending lower-rung employees cannot be considered adequate action in such a serious matter.A division bench …