Indian Judicial Service

An Indian-origin doctor couple have initiated judicial review proceedings against the UK government over "risky" guidance issued on the use of personal protective equipment, such as surgical gowns, across the state-funded National Health Service (NHS) during the coronavirus pandemic.

Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer SR Darapuri on Sunday said the Uttar Pradesh government's move to name and shame protesters accused of inciting violence during demonstrations against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was a danger to the life and liberty of citizens not yet convicted by courts.

In Government's view, the Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad, said a properly framed All India Judicial Service is important to strengthen overall justice delivery system.

An Indian Administrative Service officer who allegedly hit a journalist on a motorcycle with his speeding car on Friday, killing him on the spot, has been sent to judicial custody for two weeks, the police said today.

The judicial wars returned to Washington on Tuesday as the Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider Neomi Rao, President Donald Trump's nominee for newest Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's now-vacant seat on a powerful appellate court in Washington.

The Maldives Supreme Court did not seek assistance from the Indian government to enforce its last week's order to release high-profile prisoners, including self-exiled former President Mohamed Nasheed and former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, the Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) said.

Terming government as the "biggest litigant", Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said there is a need to lessen the load on the judiciary which spends its maximum time in tackling cases where the government is a party.

Eighteen Indian Army officers who assaulted policemen and a police station in Nashik in Maharashtra on Wednesday, were on Thursday sent to 14 days' judicial custody but later released on bail, officials said.

A special court in Ahmedabad on Wednesday rejected the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI's plea for judicial custody of senior Gujarat Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, P P Pande, accused of killing Ishrat Jahan and three others in an encounter in 2004.

A Kerala court on Monday extended the judicial custody of the two Italian security officials arrested for gunning down two Indian fishermen till April 30. Latorre Massimillano and Salvatore Girone have been lodged in the central prison in the capital. The court in Kollam had sent them to 14 days custody on Feb 20 and police were initially given thr...

The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has ordered a judicial inquiry to investigate the murder of an Indian Police Service officer, Narendra Kumar. The death has outraged India because Mr Kumar was apparently killed for trying to combat illegal mining in the state. The IPS is not a law enforcement agency; it is a civil service which selects office...

An Indian-origin doctor couple have initiated judicial review proceedings against the UK government over "risky" guidance issued on the use of personal protective equipment, such as surgical gowns, across the state-funded National Health Service (NHS) during the coronavirus pandemic.

Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer SR Darapuri on Sunday said the Uttar Pradesh government's move to name and shame protesters accused of inciting violence during demonstrations against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was a danger to the life and liberty of citizens not yet convicted by courts.

In Government's view, the Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad, said a properly framed All India Judicial Service is important to strengthen overall justice delivery system.

An Indian Administrative Service officer who allegedly hit a journalist on a motorcycle with his speeding car on Friday, killing him on the spot, has been sent to judicial custody for two weeks, the police said today.

The judicial wars returned to Washington on Tuesday as the Senate Judiciary Committee met to consider Neomi Rao, President Donald Trump's nominee for newest Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's now-vacant seat on a powerful appellate court in Washington.

The Maldives Supreme Court did not seek assistance from the Indian government to enforce its last week's order to release high-profile prisoners, including self-exiled former President Mohamed Nasheed and former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, the Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) said.

Terming government as the "biggest litigant", Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said there is a need to lessen the load on the judiciary which spends its maximum time in tackling cases where the government is a party.

Eighteen Indian Army officers who assaulted policemen and a police station in Nashik in Maharashtra on Wednesday, were on Thursday sent to 14 days' judicial custody but later released on bail, officials said.

A special court in Ahmedabad on Wednesday rejected the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI's plea for judicial custody of senior Gujarat Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, P P Pande, accused of killing Ishrat Jahan and three others in an encounter in 2004.

A Kerala court on Monday extended the judicial custody of the two Italian security officials arrested for gunning down two Indian fishermen till April 30. Latorre Massimillano and Salvatore Girone have been lodged in the central prison in the capital. The court in Kollam had sent them to 14 days custody on Feb 20 and police were initially given thr...

The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has ordered a judicial inquiry to investigate the murder of an Indian Police Service officer, Narendra Kumar. The death has outraged India because Mr Kumar was apparently killed for trying to combat illegal mining in the state. The IPS is not a law enforcement agency; it is a civil service which selects office...