Justice Mukherjee Commission

Political parties must be held accountable for the electoral promises that remain unfulfilled on a routine basis, Chief Justice of India JS Khehar said today, adding, poll manifestos have turned out to be just a piece of paper.

The UPA had rubbished the findings of an inquiry commission into the death of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose headed by Justice Manoj Mukherjee in 2006, a UK website said today.

The Supreme Court is likely to get four new judges in the next couple of days as the President is learnt to have cleared the names of three high court chief justices and a senior advocate for elevation to the apex court.

The countdown has begun to the declassification of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose files starting January 23, his birth anniversary. But many scholars say they wonder if all the files will be made public and if all even exist. And not just in Delhi.

As the countdown begins to the declassification of 64 files on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose by the West Bengal government on Friday, there is also a growing demand to revisit a report on his death, rejected by the Congress-led government in a 2006.

Former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly, who bowed to pressure and quit as the Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission after being indicted for sexual harassment, today said his resignation should not be taken as an admission of guilt.

Former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly, indicted for sexual harassment, is reportedly planning to step down as the chief of the West Bengal human rights panel.

Former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly, indicted for sexual harassment, is facing more trouble with the BJP taking their protests against him to Parliament.

Former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly, facing protests after being indicted for sexually harassing a young intern, today said he would not resign as the Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.

Amidst the growing clamour for his resignation as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission, former Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly today said he will do whatever he has to.

A Kolkata-based NGO has written to Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi requesting him to register a First Information Report (FIR) against former Supreme Court judge Justice Ashok Kumar Ganguly in the case of alleged sexual harassment of a law intern.

The government today countered a fusillade of criticism over the changes to anti-rape laws that it has introduced through an ordinance, signed yesterday by President Pranab Mukherjee. The conglomerate of changes, which introduced the death penalty for extreme rape cases, has to be cleared by parliament within six months.

Women's rights groups today rejected the union government's ordinance on rape laws, saying it had selectively accepted the recommendations of the Justice JS Verma commission.

A special fast-track court is today likely to frame charges against five men accused of brutally gang-raping and murdering a medical student in Delhi last month.

The government has brought in an ordinance to introduce stricter penalties for crimes against women, including death in extreme cases, but ignored the Justice JS Verma commission's recommendations on criminalising marital rape and reviewing controversial sections of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).

Political parties must be held accountable for the electoral promises that remain unfulfilled on a routine basis, Chief Justice of India JS Khehar said today, adding, poll manifestos have turned out to be just a piece of paper.

The UPA had rubbished the findings of an inquiry commission into the death of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose headed by Justice Manoj Mukherjee in 2006, a UK website said today.

The Supreme Court is likely to get four new judges in the next couple of days as the President is learnt to have cleared the names of three high court chief justices and a senior advocate for elevation to the apex court.

The countdown has begun to the declassification of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose files starting January 23, his birth anniversary. But many scholars say they wonder if all the files will be made public and if all even exist. And not just in Delhi.

As the countdown begins to the declassification of 64 files on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose by the West Bengal government on Friday, there is also a growing demand to revisit a report on his death, rejected by the Congress-led government in a 2006.

Former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly, who bowed to pressure and quit as the Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission after being indicted for sexual harassment, today said his resignation should not be taken as an admission of guilt.

Former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly, indicted for sexual harassment, is reportedly planning to step down as the chief of the West Bengal human rights panel.

Former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly, indicted for sexual harassment, is facing more trouble with the BJP taking their protests against him to Parliament.

Former Supreme Court judge AK Ganguly, facing protests after being indicted for sexually harassing a young intern, today said he would not resign as the Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.

Amidst the growing clamour for his resignation as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission, former Supreme Court judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly today said he will do whatever he has to.

A Kolkata-based NGO has written to Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi requesting him to register a First Information Report (FIR) against former Supreme Court judge Justice Ashok Kumar Ganguly in the case of alleged sexual harassment of a law intern.

The government today countered a fusillade of criticism over the changes to anti-rape laws that it has introduced through an ordinance, signed yesterday by President Pranab Mukherjee. The conglomerate of changes, which introduced the death penalty for extreme rape cases, has to be cleared by parliament within six months.

Women's rights groups today rejected the union government's ordinance on rape laws, saying it had selectively accepted the recommendations of the Justice JS Verma commission.

A special fast-track court is today likely to frame charges against five men accused of brutally gang-raping and murdering a medical student in Delhi last month.

The government has brought in an ordinance to introduce stricter penalties for crimes against women, including death in extreme cases, but ignored the Justice JS Verma commission's recommendations on criminalising marital rape and reviewing controversial sections of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).