Apex court appoints panel for sex workers

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 12:54

The Supreme Court Tuesday set up a panel to conduct a survey of sex workers and rehabilitate them.

Pak SC issues notice to National Bank officials

Last Updated: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 15:27

The apex court reprimanded the FIA for not registering cases against NBP officials who misused 2.5 billion rupees from the bank`s fund.

Apex court cautions against maligning judges

Last Updated: Monday, June 20, 2011, 23:52

The Supreme Court has said that judges were not robots with no heart and capacity of feeling hurt.

Mauritius apex court agrees to help CBI in 2G scam probe

Last Updated: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 22:35

The team went to seek information about companies that got spectrum allocations in 2008 and may have routed kickbacks by way of loan, equity and investments.

Bangladesh`s apex court revokes caretaker govt system

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 16:54

An appellate division of the Supreme Court here Tuesday declared illegal a constitutional amendment that introduced the system of holding elections under caretaker governments in Bangladesh.

Were govt agencies sleeping all these years on black money: SC

Last Updated: Thursday, April 21, 2011, 19:09

The apex court said the probe into the issue of black money required "complete" and "full-fledged" involvement of government.

Orissa to apprise SC on violation of FRA, EPA in Polavaram dam

Last Updated: Saturday, April 16, 2011, 13:44

Orissa government was planning to apprise the Apex Court of a violation of Forest Rights Act and Environment Protection Act.

HIV positive sex worker granted bail by apex court

Last Updated: Sunday, March 27, 2011, 11:57

An HIV positive sex worker, sentenced to seven years imprisonment for running a brothel in Pune and procuring girls for prostitution, has been granted bail by the Supreme Court on humanitarian ground.

SC seized with matters linked to 2G: Centre tells High Court

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 22:35

The apex court has restrained other judicial bodies from passing any order on related matters, the Centre told the Delhi High Court while responding to the plea of former Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa.

EC`s plea to apex court on common symbols

Last Updated: Friday, March 11, 2011, 22:44

The EC urged the SC not to pass any orders for allotment of common election symbols to unrecognized political parties facing elections in the five States of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, West Bengal and Assam.

Bangladesh apex court seeks scholars` opinion on fatwas

Last Updated: Friday, March 11, 2011, 12:28

Dhaka has witnessed many cases of priests trying to deliver informal justice.

B`desh apex court asks TI to submit its graft survey documents

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 14:39

Bdesh`s Supreme Court has asked Berlin-based Transparency International to submit documents of a study carried out by the graft watchdog that found judiciary to be the "most corrupt" institution of the South Asian country.