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The Centre decided to file an affidavit in the Supreme Court within 48 hours furnishing particulars of the action taken by the government for seeking details of Indians who have stashed away their ill-gotten money in Swiss banks. Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium, appearing for the Union government, submitted before a bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices Lok..

The Supreme Court has directed National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to consider the bids of eight companies, instead of six for allotment of tender for development of Hyderabad-Vijayawada section of the national highway (NH 9) in Andhra Pradesh.A bench comprising Dr Justice Arijit Pasayat and Mr Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly issued the directions for considering the bids made by eight ..

Former Union Law Minister Ram Jethmalani, former Punjab DGP K P S Gill and four others today approached the Supreme Court seeking probe into huge public money, believed to be around Rs 70 lakh crore, stashed away in Swiss banks. The respondents include the Union Government, RBI, SEBI, Director of the Directorate of Enforcement and Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes. The petitioner..

The Supreme Court has ruled that no citizen of India can claim reservation either in jobs or in admission to educational institutions as a matter of right and reservation cannot be given at the cost of efficiency in administration and governance as per Article 335 of the Constitution. A bench comprising Justices S B Sinha and Cyriac Joseph in their judgments also said the reservation is a con..

The text of a letter written by Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, former Supreme Court Judge, to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, dated April 17, 2009: I would like to bring to your attention a case of grave injustice which is a cause of much shame to Indian democracy: that of Dr. Binayak Sen, the well known paediatrician and defender of human rights. This good doctor has been incarcerated in a Raipu..

An FIR has been lodged against Congress candidate from Guna constituency Jyotiraditya Scindia, for allegedly violating the model code after a helicopter flying him landed at a ground Lalitpur without prior official permission. Scindia had allegedly landed his helicopter at Chaandmaari ground in Lalitpur on Thursday without prior permission from the district administration, said police. Re..

With the swearing in of Mr Neeraj Kishan Kaul as additional judge, Delhi High Court will have two brothers as judges after a gap of 43 years. This distinction has occasioned with the swearing in of Mr Neeraj Kishan Kaul as the additional judge of the court this morning. Mr Kaul’s elder brother Mr Sanjay Kishan Kaul has been judge of the court since May 2001. The High Court was established..

The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that in the wake of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks it would create the National Population Register (NPR) for nine maritime (coastal) states and four union territories by the end of 2010. "The NPR would become the master database of all usual residents, which would include citizens as well as non-citizens. "The determination of citizenship coul..

BJP leader Varun Gandhi, detained under National Security Act, will submit his undertaking to the Supreme Court on Thursday that he will not make "provocative speeches" during his campaign for Lok Sabha elections, an action that could pave the way for his release. "Varun has already signed the affidavit as suggested by the court and we will place it before the court tomorrow," the BJP leader's..

With a day left for the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission banned dissemination of results of opinion and exit polls by the media, the ban comes into effect from 1500 hours on Tuesday and has been brought in the wake of a Supreme Court order, the EC announced. The EC had earlier issued guidelines which had made it clear that results of opinion and exit polls carried o..

The Supreme Court declined to modify its March 29 order allotting common symbol of railway engine to Praja Rajyam, a political party launched by popular Telegu filmstar Chiranjeevi, for contesting Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh.A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam declined to entertain a petition filed by Rashtriya Krantikari Samajw..

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 that giving reasons was fundamental to the administration of the justice delivery system, while not giving reasons amounted to denial of justice...

4/1/2009 Mr P B Chowdhary judge in-charge Rohini district court, took over as District and Sessions judge of union territory of Delhi. He takes over from Ms Mamta Sehgal who retired yesterday. Mr Chowdhary had joined the Delhi Judicial service in October 1974 and was after 20 years promoted to the Delhi Higher Judicial service. ..

MADURAI: The Chief Justice of Madras High Court Hemant Laxman Gokhale has deputed four of the fourteen Additional Judges, who were sworn in Chennai on Tuesday, to the Madurai Bench of the Court. The new judges R.S. Ramanathan, T. Raja, R. Mala and G.M. Akbar Ali will begin hearing cases in the Bench from Wednesday. Of them, Mr. Raja hails from Thenur near here. He graduated from the Madura C..

Staff Reporter Tiruvannamalai: Applications from the public seeking to include their names in the electoral rolls should have either the previous address or Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) number or both, T.K.Ramachandran, electoral roll observer for this district, has said. Addressing a review meeting at the collectorate here on Tuesday, he told officials that if a Form-6 lacks previous ..