constitutional law

Lawyers Protest CrPC Alteration 20 Jan 2009, 0030 hrs IST, TNN CHANDIGARH: Bolted doors, locked chambers and empty courtrooms welcomed litigants, who visited city’s district court on Monday, owing to the strike called by District Bar Association in protest against the recent amendments in CrPC. The cases fixed for hearing on Monday were adjourned and the presence of lawyers on the p..

HC Stops Felling Of Trees 19 Jan 2009, 2337 hrs IST, TNN Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Monday barred the authorities from felling trees on Bopal-Ghuma road and asked various government departments, as well as Ghuma Grampanchayat, to explain the issue on Tuesday. Acting on a PIL by a resident of Ghuma Shivlal Purohit, moved through advocate Amit Panchal, a division bench of Ju..

Bombay HC: Parents of Stolen Baby Files Habeas Corpus Petition 1/17/2009 The hapless parents of the four-day-old baby, who was abducted by an unknown woman from Sion Hospital in Central Mumbai on December 29 last, have moved the Bombay High Court by filing a habeas corpus petition. The parents, Mohan and Mohinee Nerurkar, moved the court to obtain directions to the police to produce the m..

CJI Proposes Transfer Of Judges To Ensure Fair Investigation1/19/2009Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has recommended to the government to transfer all the tainted judges of Allahabad, Punjab and Haryana and Uttarakhand High Courts in order to ensure free and fair investigation in cases of corruption involving judges of higher judiciary.Justice R Mishra of Allahabad ..

EVENING COURTS WILL BE A REALITY SOON: CJ 18 Jan 2009, 1747 hrs IST MYSORE: Karnataka high court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran on Sunday revealed that the process for constitution of evening courts is in progress and they will soon be a reality. He told reporters here that the agencies involved in the setting up of evening courts, including the government, are working in the right ..

Gauhati HC Admits PIL On Restriction Of Vehicles On Governor's Road 1/18/2009 A division bench of Gauhati High Court has directed the Manipur government advocate to take necessary instructions from the government in connection with a PIL filed against the imposition of curfew-like situation along the Governor’s Road in the capital. Further, the division bench, comprising Justices T Nandak..

Dr. Kalam inaugurates SCAORA website at first L.M. Singhvi lecture 1/17/2009 Former President Dr. A.P.J. Kalam today inaugurated the SCAORA website at first Dr. L. M. Singhvi Memorial Lecture organized by Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) and supported by Indlaw at New Delhi. The lecture was presided over by Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India ..

SC To Check Damage Of Properties During Agitations 1/17/2009 The Supreme Court directed the Centre and all states to respond by February 20 to the suggestion of the court why the organiser of an agitation, strike or bandh should not be held responsible for the damage and destruction of public and private properties in such agitations. A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and Asok Ku..

Kerala HC: Lawyers Express Concern Over Judges Conduct 1/17/2009 The Kerala High Court Advocates Association passed a resolution expressing ‘concern and anguish’ over the conduct of judges making derogatory remarks in matters unconnected with cases before them. The resolution, which was passed at an extraordinary general body meeting, also says that the trend was ‘disparaging’ and would ..

Kerala HC: Lawyers express concern over Judges conduct 1/17/2009 The Kerala High Court Advocates Association passed a resolution expressing ‘concern and anguish’ over the conduct of judges making derogatory remarks in matters unconnected with cases before them. The resolution, which was passed at an extraordinary general body meeting, also says that the trend was ‘disparaging’ and would lo..

President Promulgates Ordinance To Set Up 12 Central Universities 17 Jan 2009, 1549 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The government's ordinance for establishment of 12 central universities and upgrading three existing universities to that level has been promulgated by President Pratibha Patil, setting in motion the process for starting the institutions. The government has already introd..

Judges Not Bound To Disclose Their Wealth: CJI 17 Jan 2009, 1403 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: With Supreme Court moving an appeal in the Delhi High Court against the CIC order on making assets of its judges public, the Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has made it clear that the judges "are not bound to disclose" their wealth. "There is no statute or law which insists that ..

Despite SC Pressure, National IDs Long Way Off 17 Jan 2009, 0402 hrs IST, Vishwa Mohan, TNN NEW DELHI: Even as the Supreme Court has urged the government to enforce mandatory Multi-Purpose National Identity Card (MNIC) system across the country, it appears to be long way before the Centre can make some progress in this direction as the ongoing effort has hardly moved beyond the "pilo..

HC Reinstates 200 DEd Colleges 17 Jan 2009, 0357 hrs IST, TNN NAGPUR: In a respite to the cancelled DEd colleges in Maharashtra, the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Friday reinstated 200 colleges. Approval of over 500 had been cancelled by the court. The court, while disposing of the case, had set aside National Council for Teachers Education (NCTE) approval to these college..

Complaints Pile Up Against ICs In State 17 Jan 2009, 0532 hrs IST, Neha Shukla, TNN LUCKNOW: The growing dissatisfaction over sloppy pace of implementation of the Right To Information (RTI) Act in Uttar Pradesh has even not spared the information commissioners (ICs). Its two and a half years long existence has raised serious questions about the functioning of the ICs, entrusted with..