constitutional law

MADRAS HC: Farm Worker Moves For Compensation From ONGC 1/7/2009 A farm worker in Thiruvarur District of Tamil Nadu has moved Madras High court, seeking compensation from the Public Sector Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) as his son had lost one of his testicles and suffered injury on his reproductive organ while answering nature’s call near an unmanned ONGC pumping station. Narayana..

Imphal, January 05 2008: In a significant verdict, the Imphal Bench of the Gauhati High Court has asked the State respondents to furnish the answer scripts of 136 candidates who have been selected for the post of Sub-Inspector in the State Police Department for rechecking before the Court. In his Imphal Bench sitting today, Justice TNK Singh passed the verdict following a writ petition field by..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Suresh Chandra Sinho, Additional Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, to be a Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office. ..

CJI Issues Notice To Justice Nirmal Yadav6 Jan 2009, 0347 hrs IST, Vishal Sharma, TNN CHANDIGARH: The cash-in-bag controversy revolving around Punjab and Haryana High Court judges has entered another intriguing stage with chief justice of India KG Balakrishnan reportedly issuing a notice to justice Nirmal Yadav following the submission of report by the three-mem..

PRP, BJP move HC Over Ban 6 Jan 2009, 0219 hrs IST, TNN HYDERABAD: The Prajarajyam party and BJP on Monday filed separate writ petitions in the AP High Court seeking suspension of the circular memorandum of the DGP, which imposed a blanket ban on political roadshows in the state. PRP general secretary Allu Arvind and BJP floor leader G Kishan Reddy moved the vacation court with..

SC issues notices to Centre, Tamil Nadu on Kachathivu issue 1/5/2009 The Supreme Court issued notices to the Union Government and the state of Tamil Nadu on a petition filed by AIADMK chief and former state Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa seeking direction to the government to retrieve Kachathivu island from Sri Lanka. Earlier, counsel for the petitioner submitted before a bench comprising ..

Bombay HC serves notice on petition against eligiblity rules for judges 1/5/2009 The district bench of Bombay High Court has served notice to Maharashtra government and authorities concerned on a writ petition challenging the eligibility rules for civil courts judges (junior) and judicial magistrates first class (JMFCs). The petition, filed by Advocate Padmabhushan Paratwagh, Siddarth Pan..

Shanmugham Commission to commence oral examination from Jan 7 in Dr Ambedkar Law College incident 1/5/2009 The Justice P Shanmugam Commission of Inquiry, constituted to inquire into the incidents of violence at Dr Ambedkar Law College, would commence oral examination of witnesses from January 7. An official release said the Commission would commence oral examination of 45 witnesses on a d..

SC: Individual liberty not at the cost of community security 1/3/2009 The Supreme Court has held that security of the community is supreme and liberty of a citizen can not be preserved at the cost of the peace and tranquillity in society. A bench comprising Justices Dr Arijit Pasayat and Dr Mukundakam Sharma while dismissing the appeal of an alleged smuggler of antiques against an order o..

New Delhi: The Law Commission of India has rejected as “non-feasible” a parliamentary panel’s proposal to introduce Hindi as a compulsory language of work in the Supreme Court. In its report submitted to Union Law Minister H R Bhardwaj on Friday, Law Commission Chairman Justice A R Lakshmanan dismissed the proposal. “Language is a highly emotional issue” and “imposing it on any section o..

New Delhi, Jan. 2: The Central government has finally decided to take the ordinance route to provide a three-fold salary hike to judges of the Supreme Court and high courts. The decision to promulgate an ordinance was taken at a meeting of the Union council of ministers chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday. The government decided to take the ordinance route as the bills in this r..

Ordinance To Provide CISF Cover To Private Industries 2 Jan 2009, 1616 hrs IST, IANS NEW DELHI: Having failed to get the Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Bill, 2008, passed by Parliament, the government on Friday decided to promulgate an ordinance enabling the private sector to avail of the paramilitary force to guard against terror attacks on industrial houses. The..

Separate pay commission for armed forces 1 Jan 2009, 1511 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: In a New Year gift to its armed forces, the government has decided to set up a separate pay commission for defence personnel and to place the 12,000-odd lieutenant colonels and their equivalents in Navy and Air Force in higher pay band. ( Watch ) The government also agreed to restore 70 per cent pensio..

Relief for 2 TRS MLAs as HC suspends speaker’s order 1 Jan 2009, 0528 hrs IST, TNN HYDERABAD: The AP High Court on Wednesday stayed the order of Speaker K R Suresh Reddy disqualifying two TRS legislators and dismissed the contention that courts cannot overrule the speaker. The disqualification of TRS MLAs Mandadi Satyanarayana Reddy and Soyam Bapu Rao was suspended till Janu..

2 Additional Judges appointed to Gauhati High Court 12/31/2008 In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Arun Chandra Upadhyay and (ii) Shri Chitta Ranjan Sarma, to be Additional Judges of the Gauhati High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from the..