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UP govt to move SC against HC order on police recruits Lucknow | Wednesday, Mar 4 2009 IST The Uttar Pradesh government is likely to file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court to challenge the order of Allahbad High Court with regards to reinstatement of over 20,000 police recruits dismissed by the Mayawati government. Highly placed sources in the government told UNI this ev..

SC directs Centre, state govts to establish Juvenile courts 3/2/2009 The Supreme Court directed the Centre and all state governments to set up Juvenile courts in every district of the country within four weeks. Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathashivam directed all the Chief Secretaries of states to file compliance reports within eight weeks. The petitioner Sampurna Behr..

High Court Pulls Up MCD For Using Parks For Weddings New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up the capital's civic agency for allowing parks to be used for wedding ceremonies. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Sanjeev Khanna reprimanded the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for not abiding by the court's earlier order dire..

New Delhi (PTI): Navin Chawla's continuance as Election Commissioner has been challenged in the Supreme Court which on Wednesday decided to hear a petition seeking a direction for implementation of recommendations of Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswamy for his removal. The petition filed by the United Communist Party of India (UCPI), a registered political party, was mentioned befo..

Gujarat HC Adjourns Hearing On Banerjee Committee Report AHMEDABAD, 4 Mar 2009 : The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing on the petition filed by the Centre seeking permission to table Justice U C Banerjee Committee's report on Godhra train fire, in Parliament. A division bench of Chief Justice K S Radhakrishnan and Justice Akil Kureshi, adjourned the hearing till March..

HC Seeks Report On Missing Kids New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Monday expressed serious concern over large number of children going missing in the Capital and sought to know what steps the Delhi Police took to deal with the "alarming" situation. A bench of Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice Sanjeev Khanna had taken suo motu cognizance (by itself) of reports in newspapers that clai..

UNIFIED PUBLIC HEALTH ACT : Kerala Thiruvananthapuram, Monday,2 March 2009 : Kerala Health Minister P.K. Sreemathy told the state Assembly Monday that the government was seriously considering to bring in an Unified Public Health Act. In a written reply to T.P. Kunjunni, she said the work for the Act had been started from 2003. The government had deputed an expert committee, which prepar..

NEW DELHI: Rail passengers cannot be left at the mercy of burglars and hooligans, the Supreme Court has said rapping the Railways for its failure to protect the luggage of passengers, including those travelling in reserved air conditioned compartments which have attendants, from getting stolen. “We cannot leave the passengers at the mercy of hooligans who enter reserved compartments. We know..

New Delhi, March 3 2009 In an effort to stop Mahatma Gandhi's personal belongings from going under the hammer at a New York auction, the Delhi High Court put an interim stay on it Tuesday. The order came after Ahmedabad-based Navjivan Trust approached the high court seeking a stay on the auction of five prized articles of Gandhi, including his iconic round glasses and sandals, by the US-bas..

RANCHI, 3 Mar 2009,: The Jharkhand High Court on Monday asked the state government to file a status report on the progress made for setting up a National Law School (NLS) and adjourned the hearing for March 18. The PIL filed by the Jharkhand Bar Association came up for hearing in the division bench comprising Chief Justice Gyan Sudha Misra and Justice D K Sinha. Advocate general PK ..

New Delhi, March 02: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking stay on a government notification which gives forest officers the power to take coercive steps in offences such as felling of trees and pasturing in forests in Haryana. A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan dismissed the public interest litigation (PIL) of NGO Nyaya Bhoomi which alleged officia..

Punjab & Haryana HC: Definition of Sikh: Hearing on March 6 Dated : 28-02-2009 Sourece : UNI Delhi : CHNADIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court adjourned till March 6 the hearing on the issue of importance of hair for Sikh in the context of the definition of Sikh as contained in the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925, after hearing submissions made by some individuals, including a Sikh scho..

The government on Sunday rejected Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami's recommendation for removal of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla from the poll panel that is likely to decide the general election schedule in a couple of days. President Pratibha Patil has accepted the government recommendation for rejection of the CEC's report against Chawla and arrived at a "considered opinion", ..

HC Seeks Govt Stand On Sarabjeet, Others Languishing In Pak Dated : 1 Mar 2009, 1304 hrs IST, Source : PTI NEW DELHI: Text: The alleged apathy of the government towards its citizens languishing in Pakistani jails on charges of spying was raised in the Delhi High Court, which sought the Centre's response on the steps taken for the release of 13 such persons, including Sarabje..

Pappu Yadav Seeks HC Nod To Contest Lok Sabha Polls Dated : 1st Mar 2009, 1030 hrs IST, Source : PTI NEW DELHI: Text: Eyeing another term in Lok Sabha, RJD strongman and MP Pappu Yadav, convicted in a murder case, will file a plea for suspension of his conviction in Patna High Court. Yadav, who is now out on bail, said he wanted to contest the election from Bihar on RJD ti..