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  My mother couldn’t be a judge in India because she was a woman: US diplomat Nikki Haley

  World | March 30, 2017 10:04 IST

  US’ permanent representative to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said on Wednesday that her mother was not allowed to be a judge in India because she was a woman.

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  Chef Vikas Khanna’s ‘Heart-breaking’ post about his late dad teaches us a hard lesson!

  Masala | March 16, 2017 17:40 IST

  This brutal truth hits us hard in our face that our loved ones are not going to stay with us forever. No matter how harsh and unfair it seems, there will be a time when our parents won’t be there with us.

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  ‘Little’ progress in Sarabjit Singh’s murder case: Pakistan judge

  World | February 15, 2017 6:30 IST

  A Pakistani judge has rebuked police for lack of cooperation with the court and ordered the arrest of a jail official in the murder case of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh who was killed in a

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  Donald Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch as US Supreme Court judge

  World | February 01, 2017 8:21 IST

  US President Donald Trump has nominated conservative judge Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee, a selection which has sparked strong opposition from the Democrats.

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  Tripura HC punishes judge for drunken driving, withholds increments

  India | January 23, 2017 19:43 IST

  A local court judge from Tripura has been punished for drunken driving, the High Court said in a notification today. “After a thorough investigation, the full court of the Tripura high court led by Chief

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  ‘A judge should not perceive a situation in a generalised manner’, says SC

  India | December 08, 2016 23:06 IST

  The highest judicial forum Supreme Court today said that a judge shout not perceive a situation in a generalised manner and ought not to wear spectacles so that he can see what he intends to

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  Hyderabad HC judge given impeachment notice by over 60 RS MPs

  India | December 05, 2016 23:52 IST

  Over 60 Rajya Sabha MPs today gave an impeachment notice to the Chairman against Hyderabad High Court judge C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy for alleged misconduct and using derogatory language against a Dalit colleague. "Over 60 MPs

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  Markandey Katju booked under sedition charges for ‘package deal’ offering Bihar along with Kashmir to Pakistan

  India | September 28, 2016 18:54 IST

  Fuming anger over the remarks of former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju offering Kashmir to Pakistan on the condition that it takes Bihar too has led to the former jurist being booked under charges of

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  Judge, who awarded Shahabuddin life imprisonment, left Siwan after his release

  India | September 21, 2016 8:59 IST

  The judge who sentenced life imprisonment to gangster-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin in a double murder case was transferred from Siwan just two days after the former RJD MP came out of Bhagalpur jail on bail in another murder case.

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  CBI arrest sitting Haryana judge in connection with wife’s murder in 2013

  India | September 08, 2016 20:15 IST

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested a civil judge Ravneet Garg in the sensational 2013 case of the murder of his wife Geetanjali Garg in Gurgaon. In July 2013, Ravneet was

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  Man posts obscene video of girlfriend online, judge orders him to marry her

  India | August 22, 2016 16:30 IST

  In a one of a kind judgment handed by a civil court in Bihar, a man in Jamui district of the state was ordered to marry a girl whom he filmed in an obscene video and posted it online.

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  Foe-turned-friends! Shoaib Akhtar, Harbhajan Singh to come together as judges of a reality show

  Cricket | July 06, 2016 21:44 IST

  New Delhi: Former Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar will now become a regular on your idiot box. Akhtar will now be seen judging a comedy show along with Harbhajan Singh. The show titled “Indian Mazaak League” will be broadcasted on Life Ok and will

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  Judge issues memo to Dalit office assistant for refusing to wash wife's inner wear

  India | March 04, 2016 14:36 IST

  Tamil Nadu: A lower court judge in Tamil Nadu had issued a memo to his female office assistant, a 47-year-old dalit woman who declined to wash ‘the inner wear' of his wife at his residence.According

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  Government unlikely to suggest bringing judges appointment under RTI

  India | January 11, 2016 18:05 IST

  New Delhi: The government is unlikely to suggest bringing under the ambit of RTI the process of appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the high courts amid feeling that it would not be

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  Naroda Patiya riots' judge accuses government of ignoring security

  India | July 22, 2015 17:36 IST

  Ahmedabad: Former judge Jyotsna Yagnik, who pronounced the verdict in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riots case, convicting 31 persons for killing 97 members of minority community, today accused the Gujarat government of turning a deaf

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  When Aarushi judge's son typed first few pages of judgement!

  India | July 07, 2015 16:13 IST

  New Delhi: While preparing the judgement in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case, special CBI judge had to bank on his lawyer son's typing skills as he had difficulty in finding a steno who can type

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  Medical bills of judges cannot be disclosed under RTI: Supreme Court

  India | July 02, 2015 17:36 IST

  New Delhi:  Medical expenses of judges and their families cannot be made public under Right to Information Act, the Supreme Court ruled today, maintaining there should be “some respect for privacy”.  “There should be some

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  Fishmonger sentenced to death in Malaysia

  World | March 31, 2015 13:17 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian fishmonger was sentenced to death on Tuesday for killing two British medical students.A judge pronounced the sentence after finding Zulkipli Abdullah guilty of killing Aidan Brunger and Neil Dalton, both 22,

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  Judge in Pistorius trial faces criticism

  Other Sports | September 16, 2014 14:16 IST

  Johannesburg : Several legal groups in South Africa say they are concerned about harsh criticism of the judge who found Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide, but not guilty of the more serious charge of

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  Supreme Court stays proceedings of panel probing judge's sexual harassment

  India | August 29, 2014 12:20 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the probe into allegations of sexual harassment by a former Gwalior district judge against a sitting judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.The composition of the committee,