constitutional law

Chennai, Nov 13: The impleading applications filed by the Andhra Pradesh Official Language Commission and Deepak Thimmaya, a scholar from Karnataka respectively were allowed by the Madras High Court in the writ petition filed by Shri R.Gandhi, Senior Counsel questioning the Committee of Linguistic Experts constituted by the Central Government to find whether Telugu and Kannada qualify to be declar..

The Supreme Court has refused to comment on the decision of the PMO to return the file containing the collegium’s recommendations for the appointment of three apex court judges. A top Supreme Court official said that the file was not yet returned to the apex court by the Union Law Ministry. After the file was received the collegium comprising three senior most Judges — Chief Justice K G Balakri..

In a rare move, the Prime Minister's Office has referred back to the Law Ministry a file containing Supreme Court collegium's recommendations over elevation of three High Court judges to the apex court, a development described by ministry officials as "unusual". With Law Minister H R Bhardwaj reported to be out of town for the next four days, it may take some time for the file, which has reac..

The Supreme Court asked the AIADMK to cite specific instances for justifying contempt action against TN Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, Union Transport Minister T R Baalu, and other officials for organising a state-wide bandh on 1st October, 2007 over the Sethusamudram project row. A bench of Justices B N Aggrawal and G S Singhvi hearing the contempt petition said it appears that the Chief Mini..

The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up an advocate for filing a petition seeking contempt action against two judges of Allahabad High Court in connection with the death of a lawyer who was sent to jail for making insinuations against the judges. The apex court expressed its displeasure over filing of the petition and a subsequent affidavit by suppressing material facts. "You are tarnishing ..

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Maharashtra government for its alleged failure to take effective steps for protecting north Indians and non-Marathis in the wake of an alleged hate campaign launched by Raj Thackeray-led MNS. However, the apex court rejected the plea for holding a judicial inquiry into the killing of Bihari youth Rahul Raj in a controversial police encounter an..

Tamil Nadu Human Rights Commission has directed the state government to pay Rs 20,000, as compensation to a person who was harassed by the police in a civil matter. In its order, a Commission Bench, comprising Chairperson Justice A S Venkatachalamoorthy and Member K Mariappan, said after making the payment, the state government should recover the amount from an Inspector of Police, Perambalur Tow..

The Supreme Court said it will decide on 7th January next year, the date for commencing the hearing on the Centre's reference on a controversial Punjab law annulling all river water sharing agreements with neigbouring states. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said on Friday that it will hear the parties for fixing the date for hearing on the contentious issue. Haryana Gove..

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 Sudershan Kumar Misra, Additional Judge of Delhi High Court, to be a Judge of the Delhi High Court, with effect from the date he assume 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 Vijai Kumar Bist, and (ii) Shri Sudhanshu Dhulia to be Judges of the Uttarakhand High Court, in that order of seniority, with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices. ..

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 Abhijit Sinha, Additional Judge of the Patna High Court, to be a Judge of the Patna High Court, with effect from the date he assume charge of his office. ..

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 100-A of the Constitution of Jammu and Kahmir, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Muzaffar Hussain Attar, and (ii) Shri Vinod Kumar Gupta to be Additional Judges of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices..

You have to be a genuine NRI to take admission under the NRI quota in medical colleges, said the Supreme Court on Monday frowning stepping the requirements to get admitted in MBBS and BDS courses. As the fees for each NRI quota seat was high, medical colleges were seen blinking at the rule and allowing local Indians to get admitted to NRI quota seats as long as they got NRI sponsorship and pai..

The Delhi High Court on Monday appointed a five-member committee under the chairmanship of noted environmental scientist R K Pachauri to assess the ecological impact of the on-going construction of Commonwealth village on the banks of river Yamuna in the capital. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Rekha Sharma said any construction that has been done or to be undertaken on the river-be..

In a major boost to education sector, the Union Cabinet has cleared the long-pending Right to Education Bill, which promises free and compulsory education for children between 6 and 14. "The Bill has been considered at several levels by the Group of Ministers (GoM). The Cabinet has approved the text of the Bill," Finance Minister P Chidambaram told reporters in New Delhi on Friday about the d..