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Madras HC directs college to reinstate scavenger

   13 April 2009 at 17:32

The Madras High Court has directed a government arts college here to reinstate a scavenger, who was dismissed on the ground that she belonged to Backward Class.Setting aside the dismissal order on Thursday, Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar said the petit ..

Posted in Labour & Service Law |   433 Views


SC: PSU's has right to compulsorily retire an employee

   13 April 2009 at 17:31

The Supreme Court has held that a public sector undertaking or government company has a right to compulsorily retire an employee whose retention is detrimental to the interest of the institution without giving any reason for doing so.A bench comprisi ..

Posted in Labour & Service Law |   676 Views


SC : PUBLIC SERVANTS CAN BE PROSECUTED UNDER CORRUPTION ACT

   13 April 2009 at 17:29

The Supreme Court has held that office bearers of a registered cooperative society are public servants and can be prosecuted on the charges of corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act.A bench comprising Justices Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Jose ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   318 Views


More security for High Court

   13 April 2009 at 07:47

The security threat to the Karnataka High Court appears to have been taken seriously at last by the city police which on Monday deployed 12 gunmen armed with sophisticated SLR rifles to patrol its grounds.The gunmen will check every vehicle entering ..

Posted in Others |   264 Views


Apex court chides advocates

   13 April 2009 at 07:45

New Delhi: The Supreme Court chided advocates for seeking adjournments on flimsy grounds like traffic jams, as such an attitude only compounded the woes of people caught in endless litigations."What traffic jams? Let there be rains, sunshine or even ..

Posted in Students |   510 Views


UP govt rejects Varun's charges on invoking NSA

   12 April 2009 at 08:51

Rejecting Varun Gandhi's charge that he was booked under NSA due to political reasons; the UP govt on Saturday told the Supreme Court that his recent speeches in Pilibhit had communal overtones and blamed the BJP candidate for the chaos on the day of ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   256 Views


Accounting regulators yet to recognise LLP

   11 April 2009 at 22:15

Accounting regulators yet to recognise LLPAmendments needed in regulations.Though the government has initiated the process of registering Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) firms, it would take a while before the chartered accountant (CA), company s ..

Posted in Others  1 comments |   328 Views


Reservation for SCs, STs not must at prelims: SC

   10 April 2009 at 18:48

Observing that vacancies are not filled by "charity", the Supreme Court has said the government is not under any Constitutional obligation to provide reservation to SCs, STs etc, in preliminary tests conducted for filling up official posts."Judging o ..

Posted in Students  2 comments |   652 Views


HC have fundamental duty to record reasons in disposing case

   10 April 2009 at 10:44

The Supreme Court has ruled that the High Courts have a duty and obligation to record reasons in disposing of cases.A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Asok Kumar Ganguly while remanding back a service matter to Allahabad High Court, noted ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   301 Views


SC REJECTS PLEA FOR EARLY HEARING

   10 April 2009 at 10:42

The Supreme Court declined to give early hearing to a petition challenging the decision of the organisers of IPL Cricket tournament to shift it to South Africa.A bench, comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam, declined the ..

Posted in Others |   347 Views