Solicitor general disses influence of western jurisprudence, sets off argument

A war of words broke out in the Supreme Court on Tuesday between solicitor general Tushar Mehta and senior advocate Indira Jaising over the submission of the law officer that we need not be......

Ex HC judge to oversee post-poll Bengal violence probe

A five-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday appointed its former chief justice Manjula Chellur to "overview" the functioning of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) that has been formed......

Collegium recommends names for appointment CJs of 5 HCs

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended to the Centre to appoint justices N H Patil and D K Gupta as the chief justices of the Bombay and Calcutta high court. Headed by Chief Justice Ranjan......

HC turns down PIL seeking to book BMC for doc's death

The Bombay high court on Friday said while it was pained by the death of a senior doctor, who fell into an open manhole while wading through water-logged streets in Mumbai, it cannot......