28 Aug : Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia on Saturday expressed anguish over pathetic working conditions in trial courts in the country, saying even judges enjoy the rights enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution.
“For the last 20 years, I have been seeing the pathetic condition in which most the states’ district judges are working. There is no house, no rooms, no proper place to work. I have myself seen those courts,” he said.
The Article 21 pertains to having a person or a human society to live with …

Dr.M.Veerappa Moily, Minister of Law and Justice informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply that the Government has taken various measures to provide speedy justice to common man. With a view to ensuring expeditious disposal of cases, a ‘Vision Statement’ indicating an Action Plan was presented in the ‘National Consultation for strengthening of Judiciary towards Reducing pendency and Delays’. It is expected that the period of pendency of cases in the courts will reduce from an average of 15 years to an average of three years by 2012 after …

26 June : Amid growing instances of honour killings and demands by khap panchayats to amend the Hindu Marriage Act for banning same sub-caste marriage, NHRC chief K G Balakrishnan said none should be allowed to enforce “self-created” laws.
“Contrary to the general moral view of the society, nobody shall be allowed to enforce their own self-created law to achieve their narrow-minded societal values,” he said.
Justice Balakrishnan was addressing a training programme on the ‘Rule of Law’ organised by Vishwa Yuvak Kendra in New Delhi.
The former Chief Justice of India, however, …

2 June : The Law and Justice Minister, Dr. Veerappa Moily has said that the government will open Law University in each state of the country. Speaking at a function organised by the Bar Council of India in connection with launching of its new website and vision statement for 2010-12, in New Delhi today, the Minister said that the government will extend full cooperation to the Bar Council of India for reforms in Law Education. He said, under the dynamic leadership of the Bar Council Chairman and Solicitor General of …

1 July : The trial against senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for his role in November 1984 Sikh genocide will begin on July 1, 2010. The trial will be held on day-to-day basis.
On May 28, 2010, after hearing the arguments on charge, the Trial Court held that all the charges as mentioned in the Charge-Sheet are prima facie made out against all the accused persons for having caused the death of five Sikhs and hence charges were framed against all the accused namely Sajjan Kumar, Balwan Khokhar, Mahender Yadav, Maha …