constitutional law

The Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench a batch of over 100 petitions, challenging the constitutional validity of levying entry tax by state governments on goods. A bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and S H Kapadia, while referring the petitions to the Constitution bench, referred 10 questions of public importance for authentic pronouncement on several issues. The most import..

A Supreme Court judgement which allowed High Courts to hear appeals against Administrative Tribunal awards needs a ‘revisit,’ according to expert opinion. The suggestion to ‘revisit’ the matter came in a Law Commission of India Report forwarded by chairman A R Lakshmanan to Law and Justice Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj last Wednesday. Administrative tribunals-- Central, State or Joint-- were cr..

The ‘non-feasibility’ of introducing Hindi ‘as compulsory language in the Supreme Court of India’ has been reported by the Law Commission of India. Acknowledging the right of ‘every citizen, every court’ to understand law, the Commission held that ‘at present one should appreciate that such a language is only English.’ The point was made by Commission chairman A R Lakshmanan in a Report on Non-..

The Law Commission of India submitted to the Government of India, its 215th Report on “L. Chandra Kumar be revisited by Larger Bench of Supreme Court”. The Hon’ble Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Justice AR. Lakshmanan, former Supreme Court Judge, forwarded the said Report to the Hon’ble Union Law Minister, Dr. Hans Raj Bhardwaj, on 17th December, 2008. A radical change was brought about in th..

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) 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 Friday, Law Commission Chairman Justice A.R. Lakshmanan dismissed the proposal. 'Language is a highly emotional issue' and 'imposing it on any ..

Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Shri Prithviraj Chavan tabled in Rajya Sabha the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Reservation in Posts and Services) Bill 2008. The Bill seeks to give statutory backing to the instructions in the matter, the Government decided to enact a suitable legislation which will elevate the provisions of the reservation to a statut..

Quite like the English and the Canadian model, the Law Commission of India is set to get a statutory backing that would make its recommendations binding on the government. The law Ministry has initiated the process for the introduction of the Law Commission of India Bill in Parliament that would ensure that its proposals are is not reduced to a wasteful exercise but is acted upon by either by..

By Dr. Abdul Ruff Many countries far and near have some spacial attraction for India for reasons known only to themselves, but India remains one of the rotten terror states that occupies Kashmir against global opinion and is ill-focused on Muslims, neighbours and spreads false propaganda about its democratic and secular credentials that the global media propagate on cash basis. India is keen to i..

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MADRAS HC DIRECTS GOVT TO RE-ADMIT TWO LAW STUDENTS TO HOSPITAL 12/24/2008 The Madras High Court directed Tamil Nadu government and Saidapet sub jail authorities to readmit two students of Dr Ambedkar Government Law College to Government General Hospital to continue their treatment of serious injuries they sustained during a group clash on November 12. The Justice K Suguna went through th..

ORISSA HC SUSPENDED ORISA ASSEMBLY LADY MARSHAL MOVES AGAINST OHRC ORDER 12/24/2008 The Orissa High Court issued notices to former Orissa Assembly speaker Maheswar Mohanty, state Human Rights Commission, state Women Commission and state government on a petition filed by suspended Lady Marshal Gayatri Panda. Ms Panda has moved the High Court, praying for quashing the order of the OHRC for ..

Hon'ble Mr.Justice C.K.Prasad of Patna High Court has been appointed as C.J of Allahabad High Court! And Hon'ble Mr.Justice Barin Ghose of Patna High Court has been appointed as C.J of J&K High Court! Apurva Kumar Lawyer High Court,Patna...

AFZAL ANSARI TO BE PRODUCED BEFORE LS SPEAKER TODAY 12/24/2008 Afzal Ansari, the jailed Samajwadi Party (SP) MP and prime accused in the BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai murder case, was taken to New Delhi for a hearing before Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today. The MP, charged with violation of party whip, would be produced before the Lok Sabha speaker regarding the termination of his pa..

WB GOVT IMPLEMEMT HC ORDER FOR USE OF LPG IN AUTOS 12/23/2008 The West Bengal Government said it was determined to implement the High Court order for use of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) in all the autos. All the autos will have to get converted to LPG mode by December 31. The state Government shall implement the court order by the deadline, Transport Minister Subhash Chakraborty said. He..

31% HC JUDGESHIP VACANT 12/23/2008 More than 31%-- or 277-- of 886 judgeship, in 21 High Courts across India are vacant, Parliament was told today. But in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Law and Justice Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj denied that the collegium system of selecting judges was causing ‘serious delays’ in appointments. ‘No, Sir,’ Bhardwaj said replying to Independent Membe..