constitutional law

Parliamentary Standing Committee Urges SC To Withdraw Its Petition 1/24/2009 Parliamentary Standing Committee(PSC) on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Chairman E M Sudarshana Nachiappan appealed to the Supreme Court registry to withdraw its petition before the Delhi High Court in a case relating to judges assets declaration. Talking to newspersons here, after a review of impl..

Parliamentary Secretaries Case, Caveat Filed In SC 1/24/2009 Social activist Aires Rodriges filed a caveat before the Supreme Court praying that no appeal filed by the Goa government challenging the High Court order here on the Parliamentary Secretaries be entertained without he being heard. It might be recalled that Goa-bench Bombay High Court had on January 22, in its 108-page verdict, ..

CJI: It is up to judges to reveal assets ‘SC Justices Will Discuss Property Disclosure’ CJI K G Balakrishnan New Delhi: Amid the raging clamour for disclosure of assets by judges, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Friday made it clear that it was up to judges to make public their wealth and it was not an issue of his willingness. “It is not a question of my will..

SC Moved Over Goa Govt Giving Cabinet Status To Three MLAs 24 Jan 2009, 1748 hrs IST, PTI Text: PANAJI: Social activist Aires Rodrigues has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court praying that no appeal of Goa government, challenging High Court order on the appointment of parliamentary secretaries, be entertained without hearing him (Rodrigues). The Goa Bench of Bombay High cou..

WRIT OF LAW RUNS INTO REALITY CHECK Apex Court Says Right To Freedom Of Expression Cannot Be Curbed, But Fear Keeps Exhibitors From Screening Film Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday made light of Maharashtra government’s high-pitched argument laced with apprehension of violence and allowed release of the Hindi film Deshdrohi. Anguished at th..

SC restrains BMC from killing strays TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi/Mumbai: The underdogs were literally the heroes of the day, as top lawyers—including constitutional experts Fali S Nariman and T R Andhyarujina, with Maharashtra solicitor general G E Vahanvati supporting them from the sidelines—pleaded eloquently against the culling of strays in the Supreme Court on Friday. Whe..

Delhi HC Rejects Plea For Demolition Of Workers Homes 1/23/2009 The Delhi High Court restrained the Land and Development authority(L&DO) to demolish the houses of the 50-odd staff quarters of the well known National Sports Club of India(NSCI) which they say are illegal occupants of the land. Justice S Ravinder Bhat directed the L&DO to go by legal process and if they want to demolish, the..

SC Dismisses Plea To Hold Biennial Polls On 4 RS Seats In J&K ]1/23/2009 The Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by Jammu and Kashmir Panthers Party chief Bhim Singh seeking directions to the Election Commission of India to hold biennial elections for all the four Rajya Sabha seats from the border state at one go. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathas..

HC SLAPS Rs 21K FINE ON STATE 24 Jan 2009, 0353 hrs IST, TNN Text: NAGPUR: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Friday slapped Rs 21,000 fine on the department of higher and technical education for failing to reply to its orders of coming out with the explanation on rejecting permission to three colleges for starting their operations from academic year 2008-09. Accordin..

Jail Superintendent Under SHRC Scanner 23 Jan 2009, 2254 hrs IST, TNN Text: MYSORE: Mysore jail superintendent Veerabhadraswamy, who is under the scanner after an intruder was spotted inside the jail premises beyond the visiting hours, on Friday came in for sharp criticism by State Human Right Commission chairman justice S R Nayak. The SHRC chief was upset over availability..

Private Institutes Question HC Order 23 Jan 2009, 0412 hrs IST, TNN Text: CHENNAI: Private self-financing institutions offering teacher training courses have questioned a single judge order of the Madras high court, upholding a set of regulatory norms laid down by the state government in May 2008. Admitting a writ appeal preferred by the Self-Financing Private Teacher Trai..

DOCTORS CAN'T GO ON STRIKE: HC 23 Jan 2009, 0156 hrs IST, TNN Text: BANGALORE: Government doctors cannot go on strike, directed the Karnataka High Court here on Thursday. Pulling up the state government for its lenient approach towards government doctors who went on statewide strike for four days in November, the court took note of the government ignoring the provisions of the K..

Justice Speeds To Guilty Verdict 23 Jan 2009, 0800 hrs IST, Supriya Bhardwaj, TNN Text: CHANDIGARH: It was a case related to a shameful crime about "honour" as defined by closed minds. But it did no harm to the court's reputation when justice came within a record 10 days of the trial's beginning. District and sessions judge Raj Rahul Garg held Jaswant Singh, 45, and his son Su..

DOCTORS CAN GO ON STRIKE : HC 23 Jan 2009, 0156 hrs IST, TNN Text: BANGALORE: Government doctors cannot go on strike, directed the Karnataka High Court here on Thursday. Pulling up the state government for its lenient approach towards government doctors who went on statewide strike for four days in November, the court took note of the government ignoring the provisions o..

Headline: Deshdrohi screening: SC to hear Maharashtra's plea tomorrow Dated: 23 Jan 2009 Source: UNI The Supreme Court today declined to pass any order on the plea of the state of Maharashtra seeking a stay against the order of Bombay High Court lifting the ban on the release of the controversial Hindi movie 'Deshdrohi'. A bench comprising Justices B N Agrawal and G ..