Lawyer Ankit Mishra of Madhya Pradesh High Court told ANI, "There are 20 petitions registered against Sahara Chief Subrata Roy. Madhya Pradesh High Court issued bailable warrant of Rs 5 lakh against him."

New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking directions for ruling out discrepancies in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

New Delhi Mar 23 PTI Former Chief Justice of India Ramesh Chandra Lahoti died at a hospital here on Wednesday evening family sources saidHe was 81 years oldJustice Lahoti was appointed as the 35th chief justice of India on June 1 2004 He retired on November 1 2005Born on November 1 1940 he joined the Bar in Guna district in 1960 and enrolled as an advocate in 1962 He was recruited directly to the bench in April 1977 from the Bar to the State Higher Judicial Service and was appointed as a district and sessions judge After serving in the post for a year Justice Lohati resigned in May 1978 and returned to the Bar to practice mainly in the High Court He was appointed an additional judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on May 3 1988 and made a permanent judge on August 4 the next yearHe was transferred to Delhi High Court on February 7 1994 and later appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court on December 9 1998 PTI PKS NSD NSD

New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed reinstatement of the woman judge who raised a sexual harassment complaint against a then sitting judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

New Delhi Dec 17 PTI A total of 52 petitions under a category which relates to habeas corpus matters are pending in the Supreme Court as on December 13 Lok Sabha was informed on FridayBroadly a habeas corpus plea is a writ used to challenge the unlawful detention or imprisonment of a person and is meant to protect fundamental rightsResponding to a question on the number of habeas corpus pleas pending in the Supreme Court and high courts till date Law Minister Kiren Rijiju explained in a written reply that the information is not maintained in the apex court as sought forHowever he shared the number of pending cases according to the Supreme Court Subject Category Code 1300 which relates to habeas corpus matters in the Supreme Court as retrieved from the Integrated Case Management Information System ICMISThe minister said at the end of 2020 53 such matters were pending in the top court and 40 in the end of 2019 At the end of 2018 43 such cases under the category relating to habeas corpus matters were pending in the top courtReferring to high courts he said as on December 14 108 habeas corpus cases were pending in the Bombay High CourtSimilarly till December 9 35 such cases were pending in the Gauhati High Court In the Kerala High Court 24 such cases were pending as on December 10 and in the Madhya Pradesh High Court 97 habeas corpus cases were pending as on December 1 PTI NAB NAB ANB ANB