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New Delhi, Nov.26 (ANI): The Chief Information Officer, Wajahat Habibullah, today said that the office of the Chief Justice of India does come under the purview of the Right to Information Act, 2005. Delivering a talk on “Working of Right to Information Act Issues and Challenges” at the Observer Research Foundation, a press release of the foundation quoted Habibullah as saying that the Central In..

NEW DELHI: There is no proposal to change the procedure of appointment of judges to High Courts and the Supreme Court on the recommendations made by a collegium of judges headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI), Union Law Minister H.R. Bhardwaj made it clear on Wednesday. Speaking at the Law Day celebrations (India adopted the Constitution on November 26, 1949) at the Supreme Court, he refer..

Dismisses An Appeal Filed By Karnataka Govt Against High Court Order The Supreme Court has held that the rule of reservation cannot be applied to a single vacancy as it amounts to providing 100% reservation to a particular caste and is violative of constitutional provisions. A bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and Markandeya Katju dismissed an appeal filed by the Karnataka government which ..

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has told the Madras high court that there was a severe shortage of coal supply by Indian companies and that the stocks would last only for two days as on November 15. A submission to this effect was made by the board before justice K Suguna, who dismissed a writ petition that challenged the board’s tender process to import five lakh tonnes of non..

New Delhi: The SC on Tuesday issued notice to the Election Commission on a lawsuit questioning the legality of its rule for recognising a political outfit as state-level party and allotting a fixed election symbol to it. A bench of Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan issued notice on a lawsuit filed by popular Tamil actor-turned-state legislator Vijayakanth, who had won the Vriddhachalam seat of t..

PILs seek CET for admissions to law colleges Reintroducing a common entrance test for law admissions, barring entry of nonstudents on the premises of law colleges and an external disciplinary committee to monitor student activities were some of the suggestions mooted in the Madras high court on Tuesday to improve the standard of legal education in the state. When a batch of public interes..

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 Antony Dominic, Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court to be a Judge of the Kerala High Court, with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office. ..

In exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg, and (ii) Shri Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, Additional Judges of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, to be Judges of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, in that order of seniority, with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respec..

n exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (1) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari, (ii) Shri Justice Brij Mohan Gupta, (iii) Shri Justice Anil Prakash Shrivastava, and (iv) Shrimati Justice Sushma Shrivastava, Additional Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, to be Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, ..

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has taken a firm stand against the continuity of reservation in the country. "For national integration and development, it is necessary to take affirmative action to produce able and knowledgeable personalities from the deprived class, instead of expanding and abusing the process of reservation or keeping its continuity for all times t..

The Supreme Court has said courts should not go strictly by the rule book to deny justice to the deserving litigant as it would lead to miscarriage of justice. "All the rules of procedure are the handmaids of justice. The language employed by the draftsman of processual law may be liberal or stringent, but the fact remains that the object of prescribing procedure is to advance the cause of ju..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (I) of article 217 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg and (ii) Shri Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, Additional Judges of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, to be Judges of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, in that order of seniority, with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respect..

The Law Commissions submits its 214th Report on Proposals for Reconsideration of Judges Cases THE REPORT EXAMINES THE PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES OF SC AND HC The Law Commission of India submitted to the Government of India, its 214th Report on “Proposal for Reconsideration of Judges cases I, II and III – S.P. Gupta Vs UOI reported in AIR 1982 SC 149, Supreme Court Advocates on Reco..

Chief Justice of India Justice K G Balakrishnan on Saturday termed National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme as one of the most progressive welfare measures but said it was hindered by factors such as corruption, lack of transparency and nexus between contractors and officials. The scheme seeks to ensure livelihood security and improve the purchasing power of rural households through the pay..

New Delhi: The Army’s plan to court-martial retired Lt-General Surendra K Sahni ran into rough weather on Friday after the Delhi High Court put an interim stay on legal proceedings against the former Army Service Corps officer. An Army court of inquiry (CoI) into massive irregularities in the procurement of “certain items of dry rations” for soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir had prima facie ind..