constitutional law

Bombay HC Admits Case Against Big B For violating Tobacco Law 14 Jan 2009, 1839 hrs IST, PTI PANAJI: Bombay High Court on Wednesday admitted a case against megastar Amitabh Bachchan and others for violating anti-tobacco laws in Goa. Goa bench of the High Court observed that there was a prima facie case against Bachchan and others, for violation of the Tobacco Control Law, in a..

Delhi HC Asks For Status Report Of Flat Allotments In DDA Scam 1/14/2009 The Delhi High Court issued notice to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on a petition filed over the alleged irregularities in the allotment of 5,010 flats and asked DDA to file its status report by February 2 regarding the verification of the credentials of the allotees. Justice Hima Kohli issued notice to DDA s..

PIL Hearing To Protect Small Investors Postponed To January 22 14 Jan 2009, 1529 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday adjourned till January 22 the hearing on PIL seeking measures for protecting small investors in the wake of the Satyam scam, filed by the Investors' Grievances Forum (IGF). BJP leader and a former MP Kirit Somaiya, president of the forum, told..

SC: No Urgent Hearing To PIL For Satyam Investors Protection 1/14/2009 The Supreme Court refused to give urgent hearing to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking protection for investors of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. M L Sharma, advocate, in his petition has prayed to the court to direct the respondents to cancel the entire purchase contract dated December 23, 2008 in Pyramid Saim..

Reservation Bill : BJP Threatens To Stir 14 Jan 2009, 0257 hrs IST, TNN JAIPUR: A day after former chief minister Vasundhara Raje shot a letter to the governor S K Singh regarding immediate clearance of the Rajasthan Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, Special Backward Classes, and Economically Backward Classes (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions in..

State Moves SC Over Mhadei Dam 14 Jan 2009, 0027 hrs IST, TNN MARGAO: Chief minister Digambar Kamat said that that the state government has filed an application before the Supreme Court praying that the Karnataka government be restrained from going ahead with the work of constructing a dam on the Mhadei basin. Documentary evidence of the work in progress of the dams at Mhadei was al..

Amend The Registration Act: HC 14 Jan 2009, 0535 hrs IST, TNN HYDERABAD: Vexed with the unending saga of litigation emanating from bogus registrations of properties, Justice N V Ramana of the AP High Court has said that it is the bounden duty of the state government to amend the Registration Act, 1908, to protect the interests of the purchasers from the evil intention of the sellers who..

SC Orders States/UT's To File Report On Implementation Of Labour Law 1/13/2009 Taking serious note of the non-implementation of the Labour Laws enacted for the welfare of construction workers, the Supreme Court directed the Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories to file a compliance report by May 2009. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices P Sathasi..

SC Declines To Interfere With Pandey's Appointment As Guj DGP 1/13/2009 The Supreme Court refused to interfere in the issue of appointment of P C Pandey as the DGP of Gujarat. A bench comprising Justices Markandey Katju and V S Sirpurkar disposed off as redundant the petition, filed by Citizens for Justice and Peace, an NGO, The petitioner had challenged the appointment of Mr Pandey as th..

War Of Words Between HC Judges In Sr Abhaya Case 1/13/2009 Justice K Hema of the Kerala High Court orally observed that no judge in the High Court could clarify her observations in the order granting bail to the three accused in the Sister Abhaya murder case. She also observed that every Bench in the HC could invoke jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution and this was applicab..

Keep Deals Transparent: HC Chandigadh & Hryana 13 Jan 2009, 0443 hrs IST, TNN CHANDIGARH: Accountability, audit and monitoring mechanisms were the transparency tools that chief justice Tirath Singh Thakur emphasized upon while talking about the sorry state of affairs at various Red Cross societies in Punjab and Haryana. While hearing a PIL filed by Resurgence India, a Ludhian..

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on a petition challenging the policy of reserving flats for Scheduled Caste applicants from across the country. Justice Hima Kohli asked DDA to file its reply within four weeks and slated the matter for March 23. The DDA had invited applications for 5,238 flats in August-September under the DDA..

Petition Banning Strikes Affecting Essential Services To Be Heard On Jan 15 12 Jan 2009, 1529 hrs IST, TIMESOFINDIA.COM NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has set January 15 as the date when the apex court will hear the petition on truckers’ strike that is in its eight day. "We are watching the situation and will hear the case on January 15," the apex court said on the petition. ..

SC: Peaceful Rest An Important Human Right1/12/2009In an important ruling, the Supreme Court has held that peaceful rest is a biological necessity and essential for health and therefore, noise pollution cannot be allowed to interfere with this human right.A bench, comprising Justices S B Sinha and Cyriac Joseph, while dismissing a petition seeking permission to hold a cultu..

New Delhi, Jan 9 (PTI) As voices opposing the present collegium-based system for appointing judges reach a higher pitch, two former Chief Justices of India have said that a rethink or a modification in the appointment process could be considered, if problems were being faced.The collegium system involves a panel of judges headed by the CJI which selects the judges. It has been in place for over a ..