constitutional law

MADRAS HIGH COURT ORDERS NOTICES TO BCCI SECRETARY CHENNAI 12/17/2008 Madras High Court ordered notice to the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) on a petition filed by former BCCI President, A C Muthiah, who sought the court to restrain Mr Srinivasan from functioning as BCCI Secretary and President of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) for exercising his offic..

NEW DELHI Dec. 16: The Law Commission of India has rejected a parliamentary committee recommendation for making Hindi the official court language for delivering judgments in the Supreme Court and the high courts. The parliamentary committee had also recommended that the Constitution should be amended to enable the law and justice ministry to undertake original drafting of laws in Hindi. The repor..

Chennai: A day after toll collection started on Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), causing a pile-up of vehicles near the toll plaza and public anger over the new levy, the Madras high court on Tuesday ordered notice to the government on a PIL against the toll system. The petition, filed by VOICE Consumer Care Council, said the Tamil Nadu Highways Act did not have any provision to collect toll on any o..

Chandigarh: A day after TOI highlighted how VIPs in Punjab, many of them still using threat perceptions during days of terrorism as an excuse, had lavished a huge number of securitymen on themselves and kin, Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday sought names of those who have armed guards. Visibly perturbed, Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Nawab Singh, after going through the TOI report pl..

The Allahabad High Court ruled that the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) cannot assume its competency to frustrate the actions taken under the Prevention of Corruption Act, by the government against an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) or any officer. Quashing an order passed by the CAT (Allahabad), the bench, consisting of Justices Amitava Lala and A P Sahi observed that power to the CA..

Chief Justice (CJ) of the Madras High Court A K Ganguly was accorded farewell, following his elevation to the Supreme Court as a Judge. An official communication in this regard was received by the registry from the Supreme Court. Tamil Nadu Advocate General G Masilamni gave a farewell address. Justice Ganguly thanked all the Bar Members for the cooperation rendered to him during his tenur..

The Supreme Court permitted a Congress activist from UP, Vishwanath Chaturvedi, to file an application in the apex court seeking directions to the CBI to submit its preliminary inquiry report to the competent court and not to the Union Government in the disproportionate assets case against former UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members. On March 1, 2007, the Supreme Court h..

Following angry SMS campaigns calling for boycotting polls, the Election Commission on Sunday has clarified that even if people register their negative votes against any candidate, the winner will be the person who receives the maximum count among the total votes polled, even if the margin is too small. The rules, under Article 49-O in the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, do not permit any re-p..

The Supreme Court on Monday sought a reply from the Centre on a batch of petitions challenging the move to raise the annual income ceiling for the creamy layer among the OBC candidates, seeking admission to central educational institutions, from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 4.5 lakh. A bench of Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam while issuing notice to the Centre, posted the matter ..

In a big relief to Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari, the Delhi High Court on Monday exempted him from personal appearance before it in a suit filed by a man claiming to be his natural son. A Bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Manmohan Singh granted interim relief to former Union Minister on his petition challenging a single-Judge order which had on 25th November directed him to appear ..

There are 44 women among the 610 judges working in the 21 High Courts in the country, the Rajya Sabha was informed. Delhi High Court and Bombay High Court top the list with six women judges each, the law minister H R Bhardwaj said in a written reply. There is no provision for reservation for any caste or class of persons in appointment of judges of Supreme court and High courts which ar..

SC issues notice to Centre over OBC creamy layer 15 Dec 2008, 1500 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the central government on a lawsuit questioning an October 2008 government order that people of Other Backward Castes (OBC) earning annually Rs.450,000 or above alone would be categorised as creamy layer. A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan ..

The Madras High Court allowed a Quo-warranto petition against N Kannadasan, who was appointed as the President of the State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (SCDRC). A Division Bench, comprising Justices P K Misra and A Kulasekaran, set aside the Government Order for the appointment of Mr Kannadasan. Mr Kannadasan, a former Additional Judge of the Madras High Court, was not confirmed as..

New Delhi With certain lawyer bodies declining to take up the case of Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone militant arrested in the Mumbai terror attacks, eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani on Sunday maintained that no lawyer has the right to say he will not defend an accused. "There is the express rule of the Bar Council of India that no lawyer shall refuse to defend a person on the grounds that it wi..

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure the release of excess 250 cusecs of water upto 3700 cusecs in river Ganga before 15 days of the bathing days in Magh Mela, so that sufficient quantity of water can be maintained. This order was passed by a division bench consisting of Justices Ashok Bhusan and Arun Tandon on a writ petition filed by Hari Chaitanya Brah..