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Lawyer shot dead inside court campus in UP's Shahjahanpur

In a frightening replay of the Delhi court incident, a lawyer was shot dead inside the Shahjahanpur civil court on Monday.

3 dead in shootout in Delhi court; gunmen posing as lawyers kill gangster

Jailed gangster Jitendra Gogi was shot dead Friday inside Delhi's Rohini court by two assailants dressed as lawyers who were also killed in a swift police counter-fire, officials said. In video footage of the shootout involving the two attackers, who were from the rival gang, gunshots could be heard and policemen and lawyers seen in a scramble, but the officials said there were no further injuries or deaths. Delhi Police spokesperson Chinmoy Biswal said both the assailants were dead along with undertrial prisoner Gogi, one of Delhi's most wanted. "Swift action by police team in launching a counter-fire on the two assailants who were in lawyers' attire and attacked Gogi. Both the assailants are dead along with Gogi," he said. Later, the Delhi Police said in a tweet, "Two gangsters killed in immediate counterfire by Police as they opened fire in lawyers' attire at a gangster UTP (under trial prisoner) in Rohini court premises this afternoon. All 3 gangsters dead. No other injury or .

We are conscious of humanity, it is not forte of only few: Supreme Court

We are conscious of humanity and it is not the forte of only few, observed the Supreme Court on Monday

Elgar case: Mumbai court rejects bail plea of activist Anand Teltumbde

A special court here on Monday rejected the bail plea of activist Anand Teltumbde, 70, arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.

SC releases draft model rules for live-streaming, recording of proceedings

The e-committee of the Supreme Court on Monday released the Draft Model Rules for Live-Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings

SC drops day's judicial work after paying homage to judge who died

Justice M M Shantanagoudar passed away on April 24 in Gurgaon.

Delhi HC pulls up govt for not giving funds for needs of district courts

The high court was informed by Reetesh Singh, Officer of Special Duty (Examination), that in 2018-19, the district courts here collected fines of Rs 80 crore and sold court fees worth 90 crore

From arbitration to act of god arguments, here're the key court orders

Disputes over delays in the performance of work contracts due to the current pandemic have started surfacing in courts

Local courts have disposed of over 1.5 mn cases since lockdown: Govt

Local courts across India have disposed of over 15.32 lakh cases since the lockdown was announced in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic on March 24, the government informed Parliament

Apple must pay $500 million over patent violations, US court rules

The US tech giant - now worth almost $2 trillion - will appeal Tuesday's decision, local media said

Way out of the impasse of 'law's delay'

The massive backlog in courts can be reduced not by just increasing the number of judges, but at the same time also reducing the intake and increasing disposal of cases

AI judges, verdicts via chat app: Brave new world of China's digital courts

China is encouraging digitisation to streamline case-handling within its sprawling court system using cyberspace and technologies like blockchain and cloud computing

Govt to set up 1,023 special courts for expediting over 160,000 POCSO cases

Each of these special courts are expected to dispose of at least 165 such case per year, said a proposal by the Department of Justice under Union Law Ministry

From cell towers to voluntary retirement, here're the key court orders

The Madras High Court ruled that "till a positive finding is given in this regard, cellphone towers cannot be prevented to be installed on mere apprehensions"

Judicial reforms: Why lower courts should be the first in the line

India has over 600 district courts

Court denounces tendency to implicate distant kins in dowry cases

A woman had filed a complaint in 2006 accusing her husband and his family of demanding dowry

Letters: Courts, a ray of hope

The point made by Somasekhar Sundaresan in his piece, "Rule by men -not the rule - of law" (February 23), about governments ceding ground to the courts is a real issue now. It is not just that governments of the day have failed to address major issues affecting society, communities and individuals; there has also been a collective failure of the governance system, with lawmakers not working and understanding the impact of the laws they are adopting; of government officials failing to implement laws and policies already in existence; of the police failing to apply force without being perceived as unfair or biased.Examples abound, one of them being the way India's environment and labour laws have been flouted. Forest land is regularly usurped for industrial, housing and transport projects without due legal process or compensating for forest cover. The same is the case for coastal area restrictions and tribal land. Most major industrial plants now employ employees on a contract or tempora