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The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and the Union territory of Lakshadweep.It is located in Kochi.Drawing its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the High Court has the power to issue directions, orders and writs including the writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari for ensuring the enforcement of the ...
The number of judges in a court is decided by dividing the average institution of main cases during the last five years by the national average, or the average rate of disposal of main cases per judge per year in that high court, whichever is higher. The Madras High Court is the oldest high court in the country, established on 26 June 1862 ...
Pendency of court cases in India is the delay in the disposal of cases (lawsuits), to provide justice to an aggrieved person or organisation, by judicial courts at all levels. In legal contexts, pendency is the state of a case that is pending i.e. has been opened but not concluded.
In India, landmark court decisions come most frequently from the Supreme Court of India, which is the highest judicial body in India. High courts of India may also make such decisions, particularly if the Supreme Court chooses not to review the case or if it adopts the holding of the lower court.
Jharkhand High Court: Jharkhand: M. S. Ramachandra Rao 21 25 September 2024 (97 days) 6 August 2028 (−3 years, 219 days) 3 years, 317 days Telangana: Karnataka High Court: Karnataka: Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria 17 25 February 2024 (310 days) 22 March 2027 (−2 years, 81 days) 3 years, 26 days Gujarat: Kerala High Court: Kerala, Lakshadweep ...
On 18 December 1996, the Supreme Court of India gave the verdict in D. K. Basu vs. State of West Bengal.The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) had started as a result of a letter sent by D. K. Basu, a former Calcutta High Court judge and then executive chairman of Legal Aid Services of West Bengal, to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) on 26 August 1986.
After concerns over reoccurring landslides in the state of Kerala, Justices A. K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and V. M. Syam Kumar of Kerala High Court asked the court's registrar general to register a suo moto case to consider steps that can be put in place to prevent and manage natural disasters that may arise in the state in the future. [327]
The Telangana High Court is the High Court for the Indian state of Telangana.Founded by the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan, [1] initially, it was set up as High Court of Hyderabad for the then princely state of Hyderabad Deccan and later renamed High Court of Andhra Pradesh, as it was set up on 5 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.