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Alarmed at the inflated figures shown by the unaided private schools, the Delhi High Court directed the schools as well as the Delhi Government to justify their stand on fee hike. The court made it clear committees would be formed to see how the schools were raising the fees of students arbitrarily and disproportionate to the hike in teacher’s salaries. ..

Observing that 1.62 crore cases were pending in Indian courts, Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said he was not worried about the pending cases but would like more cases to come to courts. ‘We are not worried about the pending cases. We are worried about the absence of cases. We want more cases to come to courts,’ Justice Balakrishnan said after inaugurating the Ch..

The Supreme Court has held that the Electricity Appellate Tribunal cannot determine the electricity tariffs for trading. A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Asok Kumar Ganguly, while allowing the appeal of CESC Limited against the judgment of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, New Delhi noted, ‘The appellate Tribunal was wrong in interfering with the conclusi..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Siddharth Mridul, Additional Judge of the Delhi High Court, to be a Judge of the Delhi High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office...

The Delhi High Court dismissed the petition filed by mobile firm Nokia Siemens Network (NSN) seeking to stay the tender floated by the state-run telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) for GSM lines. The telecom firm had floated a 93-million GSM line tender in Chandigarh, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kolkata zones. In its order, the HC asked the NSN to approach the appropriate court as the cas..

The Mayawati government approached the Supreme Court against the order of Allahabad High Court to reinstate 18,000 police constables in Uttar Pradesh by May 27 or face contempt of court proceedings. A vacation bench comprising Justices Markandey Katju and Deepak Verma fixed May 25 for the hearing of UP government’s application seeking stay against the operation of the ..

SC: Constitution bench to take up relaxation in general category A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court has referred to a five-judge Constitution bench the issue whether the candidates selected from the general category can be allowed to be considered from the reserved categories of OBCs/SC/ST at the time of se..

SC imposes Rs 10 lakh on Karnataka land case Coming down heavily on public servants who collude with unscrupulous elements to defraud the state exchequer of huge amounts by deliberately delaying appeals in superior courts, the Supreme Court has imposed an exemplary cost of Rs 10 lakh on State of Karnataka while condo..

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The Delhi High Court clarified that the Lokayukta is empowered to hold a preliminary inquiry before proceeding with the issuance of notices to the accused in the matter pertaining to the purchase of 625 low-floor buses in the capital. A bench, comprising Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Neeraj Kishan Kaul, reversed the single judge order which had refrained the Lo..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the government to ensure that land in 61 villages affected by the Maheshwar Dam do not come under submergence zone. Hearing a PIL filed by the Narmada Bachao Andolan, a division bench of Justices Deepak Mishra and Ajeet Singh directed the government and project coordinators to ensure that land or house in the Maheshwar dam area do not c..

‘The government never ceases to exist,’ the Supreme Court reminded Additional Solicitor General Amarinder Saran who refused the accept notice on behalf of the union government on the grounds that the government was going to resign. Justice Markandey Katju who was presiding the vacation bench yesterday, told Mr Saran that in several countries the king never dies a..

The Jammu and Kashmir High court will hear on June 2 the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the Valley Citizen Council (VCC) seeking the Court’s intervention to ban the import and use of polythene in Kashmir, alleging that some polythene-friendly lobby was preventing the state government from banning the major threat to environment. VCC general secretary Imdad S..

The Supreme Court today declined to stay the operation of the Allahabad High Court order striking down the decision of the Mayawati government sacking over 18,000 police constables who were recruited by the previous Mulayam Singh government in Uttar Pradesh. The Mayawa..