#Judicial

Atlanta police have launched an investigation to determine if a high-ranking officer found to have had sex with a federal judge in the courthouse is from their department

Atlanta police have launched an investigation to determine if a high-ranking officer found to have had sex with a federal judge in the courthouse is from their department.

Deputy Chief Kelley Collier is under scrutiny as court records detail explicit encounters, denials, and a rare reprimand for Judge Eleanor Ross.

Pahrump Justice of the Peace Michele Fiore argues that those charges improperly rely on conduct that predates her time as a judge.

According to the state’s own affidavit, inquiries in 262 of these cases were conducted by Executive Magistrates instead of Judicial Magistrates despite a statutory requirement mandating judicial probes in custodial death cases.

Referring to a dialogue from the 1993 film Damini, the Allahabad High Court said the UP government must consider making Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) an autonomous department.

Erika Ballou has agreed to resign from her position and to not seek a judicial position in Nevada in the future, according to documents filed this week to the state’s supreme court.

The issue relates to an incident in January where the judge had risen for the day when a lawyer came with a plea relating to the purported illegal detention of his client, the Madras High Court noted.

The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline has filed charges against Pahrump Township Justice of the Peace Michele Fiore

The Allahabad High Court was hearing a plea against a Central Information Commission order directing the disclosure of photocopies of evaluated answer sheets of the exam, after masking all references to examiners.

The CJI said digital reform is not a matter of theory, but a practical necessity for sustaining the rule of law.

The court noted that the petition contained serious allegations accusing the presiding officer of the trial court of being under the influence of the principal district judge and acting with bias.

Referring to the Supreme Court ruling in Ishwarlal Mali Rathod v Gopal, the Allahabad High Court said the top court had categorically held that courts shall not grant adjournments routinely.

Born into a family of migrant sugarcane harvesters from the Banjara community, Dnyaneshwar Chavan overcame constant hardship to secure Rank 12 in the MPSC Civil Judge and JMFC examination.

Setting aside a trial court's order in an SC/ST Act case, the HC said summoning an accused is a serious matter that requires a clear application of law and facts.

Colorado legislators unveiled a 60‑page bill that would dramatically expand protections for elected officials, staff, and judicial employees, responding to a string of high‑profile attacks nationwide and growing safety concerns inside the state’s…

Speaking on the tendency to bypass rules at a function here, Bhattacharya said that individuals and businesses often look for shortcuts, prompting regulators to respond with tighter controls.

A legal mechanism called judicial foreclosure can help states fill the policy gap left by the federal government’s pullback from regulatory enforcement of mortgage lenders, says Wharton’s Brian Feinstein.…Read More

The High Court has said it will allow a judicial review of whether the government failed to act on the recommendations of a seven-year inquiry into child sexual abuse.