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The Supreme Court has said that seats remaining vacant after implementing the 27 pc OBC quota in central educational institutions have to go to General Category candidates in the same academic year and cannot be carried forward to be filled later. Though no formal order was passed in this regard, the apex court, during a brief hearing was not in agreement with the Centre's stand that the unfill..

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Central government's notification to impose a ban on smoking in public places from 2nd October. A bench headed by Justice B N Agarwal, while refusing to stay the notification dated 30th May 2008, also transferred the four petitions, including one each filed by the ITC and the Indian Hotels Association, against it in the Delhi High Court. "We ar..

The government, under flak for taking a contradictory stand on the homosexuality law, on Monday told the Delhi High Court not to consid er Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' views on allowing gay sex among consenting adults. "It doesn't matter what the minister says. It is also not important what the affidavit says. It is for the court to decide the issue," Additional Solicitor Genera..

The ban on SIMI, scheduled to expire in a fortnight, was on Thursday extended indefinitely by the Supreme Court while postponing the September 24 hearing on the Centre's petition, which challenged an order of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal lifting the ban. ( Watch ) This order is expected to give the ministry of home affairs (MHA) the much needed relief as it had virtually goofe..

Not everybody is convinced about the September 19 Jamia encounter. Civil society groups, in particular, are punching holes in the police theory. A team of Janhastakshep Campaign Against Fascist Designs and People’s Union for Democratic rights (PUDR), which visited Batla House two days after the encounter, has demanded an independent, time-bound comprehensive probe by a sitting Supreme Court ..

India's Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that leprosy patients cannot contest a civic election or hold municipal office in Orissa state. The case was brought to court by two men who were elected to a civic body in Orissa in 2003, but were later disqualified as they had leprosy. Campaigners were shocked at the ruling, saying there was no medical reason to discriminate against leprosy patient..

Madras High Court dismissed the petitions filed by Nalini and two other life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking premature release. Dismissing the petitions filed by Nalini, Robert Pyas and Jayakumar, Justice S Nagamuthu, directed the Tamil Nadu government to constitute the Advisory Board afresh and also suggested that the convicts could submit a fresh plea before the new B..

New Delhi, Sept. 23: As many as 24 judges, including one from the Supreme Court, will be investigated by the CBI following an unprecedented judicial decision. The Supreme Court passed the order today in the multi-crore Ghaziabad court treasury scam. Earlier probe orders were administrative in nature, issued by the judges who headed the courts where the allegations surfaced. The FIR filed in ..

NEW DELHI: A leprosy patient cannot contest a civic poll or hold the post of a councillor or Chairperson of a municipality, the Supreme Court has held. The apex court's verdict upheld the decisions of the Election Tribunal and the Orissa High Court that had upheld the provisions of the Orissa Municipal Act, which disqualify a leprosy patient from holding such posts. Holding that these provi..

The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to amend the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act (APEDA Act) to vest it with statutory authority for registration and protection of intellectual property rights or similar rights (including Geographical Indications) in the special product names in India and elsewhere. The registration of Basmati Rice, etc. as a..

SC permits CBI to question sitting HC Judges in Cash for Judges scam Making its intention clear not to tolerate increasing corruption in the judiciary, the Supreme Court has, for the first, permitted the CBI to interrogate or question the sitting High Court judges whose names have cropped up in the cash-for-judges scam. Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan gave the CBI permission to go a..

SC extends ban on SIMI till 2nd week of Oct The Supreme Court on Thursday further extended ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) till 2nd week of October. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam extended the ban when Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium mentioned the matter before the court, seeking more time to file fresh affi..

Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President, is pleased to appoint Shri Rakesh Chandra Mishra, to be an Additional Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, for a period of one year with effect from 11.09.2008. ..

Judges of the Madras High Court In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President, is pleased to appoint Shri P.R.Shivakumar and Shri G.Rajasuria, to be Additional Judges of the Madras High Court, in the same order of seniority, for a period of two years with effect from 18th September, 2008. ..

MUMBAI : For RTI activist Shailesh Gandhi who has been in forefront of taking up several public causes and fighting against a corrupt establishment this new posting is going to be a real challenge. Ever since the news that he has been selected for the post of the Central Information Commissioner, Delhi came out on friday, his phone has not stopped ringing-right from ordinary citizens who had taken..