constitutional law

Steps taken in recent past to reduce arrears and expedite disposal of cases in higher judiciary: 1 Grouping and Tagging: The appeals/petitions arising out of the same order/judgement or same subject matter/cause are tagged and are heard and decided together. 2 Categorisation. 3 Classification. 4 Group matte..

The Government of India through its Resolution dated 22.02.2000 set up ‘The National Commission to review the working of the Constitution (NCRWC)’. The Commission submitted its report on 31st March 2002. The full text of the report of the Commission has been put on the Internet (www.lawmin.nic.in) and the report has also been forwarded to all Ministries/Departments. Action on the recommendations l..

Appointment of Judges in the Supreme Court and the High Courts are made in pursuance to the Supreme Court Judgement of October 6,1993 in the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record & Anr.Vs Union of India, read with their advisory opinion of October 28, 1998. In the case of Supreme Court, the proposals are initiated and recommended by the Chief Justice of India while in the case of appointments to High ..

The Supreme Court has held that Government servants, including part-time employees like gramin dak sewaks, cannot contest elections to a public office as they are covered by the "office or profit" clause which prohibits them from taking part in polls. "Government employees are prohibited from taking part in elections to a Panchayat or Nagar Panchayat. Such prohibition was introduced for obvio..

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved verdict on a quo warranto writ petition questioning the appointment of Justice Ashok Kumar of the Andhra Pradesh High Court as a permanent judge. Earlier appointed judge of the Madras High Court, he was shifted to Andhra Pradesh. A Bench consisting of Justices Arijit Pasayat and Mukundakam Sharma asked Additional Soliticor-General Gopal Subraman..

A government employee's educational qualification or details of degrees acquired by him while in service cannot be withheld from an RTI applicant on the grounds of being "personal information", the CIC held on Thursday. Hearing the plea of Lt Col Parvinder Ahluwalia, Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra said that as educational details of the government employees are in public domain an..

In a bid to cut case arrears, raising the Supreme Court’s strength to 31-- from present 26-- has been recommended by a Parliamentary panel, its chairman said today. The decision to increase the number of apex court judges was announced by the United Progressive Alliance Cabinet in February this year. A Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha two months later and referred to the Committee ten days ..

Supreme Court has set 31st October as the deadline to allot vacant seats to general category students in centrally aided institutions after OBC quota implementation. Five member Constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice G Balakrishnan asked the government to fix the cut off marks limit of OBC candidates lesser by 10 percent as compared to general candidates. "You can file a fresh petiti..

Giving a new twist to the Sethusamudram project controversy, the govt has contended before the Supreme Court that the mythological Rama Setu bridge is not an "essential" and "integral" part of Hindu religion. "It has not been proved undoubtedly to be the belief of the Hindu community that Lord Rama did not himself break the bridge. Nor has it been established that whatever remains of the Rama..

After three years of tough negotiations, India and the US today sealed the landmark civil nuclear deal, with New Delhi insisting that fuel supply assurances are "legally-binding" on both the countries which have "responsibilities and obligations" to implement it. The 123 agreement, which operationalises the nuclear deal, was signed by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Secretary of ..

The Gujarat High Court Tuesday dismissed a suit seeking direction to quash a part of the report of the Nanavati Commission on the 2002 Sabarmati Express train burning at Godhra and the riots that followed in Gujarat in which at least 1,100 people were killed. A division bench comprising Chief Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice M.S. Shah observed that Section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Ac..

Court: follow fiat, don't deny treatment to AIDS patients NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday approved the Centre's direction to all States that doctors in government and private hospitals should not refuse treatment to People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). All States should implement the Centre's instructions forthwith, said a Bench consisting of Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan..

The Allahabad High Court stayed the special recruitment drive for SC and OBC candidates for the post of Assistant Prosecution Officers (APO) slated to be held on October 12. Passing this order, division bench, comprising Justice V M Sahai and Justice Pankaj Mittal, asked the state of UP and UP Public Service Commission to file reply in the case within four weeks. The Court has ordered to l..

New Delhi (PTI): Facing criticism of the system of appointment of judges for the Supreme Court and High Courts, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Thursday said the procedure was the outcome of a judgement of the Constitution Bench of the apex court. He said that the collegium which consists of three senior-most judges of the apex court only abides by the decision of the Supreme Court. ..

The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from 13 States and the Union Territories on a PIL which complained that had not set up any human rights panels. The petition filed through post by an NGO, Citizen Forum on Human Rights, had alleged that these States/UTs have not established any State Human Rights Commission or even human rights cells to protect the rights of the citizens. The Sta..