constitutional law

CHENNAI: Whether they've just been involved in making hoax calls or in more serious cases of harassment, juveniles in conflict with the law get blacklisted by educational institutions. Around 50% of juveniles who spend time in observation homes are not readmitted by schools. And experts say that this may kindle hatred of society in the young person's mind. Usually when a juvenile commits an of..

andhra pradesh . dr. chiranjeevi is about to launch a new party on 26 august 2008 at thirupathi. ..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Thomas Puthenpura Joseph to be an Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court, for a period of two years with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office. ..

A bench of Allahabad High Court directed that a writ petition challenging the recent appointment of a sitting Judge of the High Court, Justice Satish Chandra, be placed before the Chief Justice. A division bench comprising Justices Yatindra Singh and S K Gupta pronounced the decision on a writ petition filed by a High Court lawyer M C Gupta. The petitioner has requested the Court to is..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 222, read with article 222 (1A) of the Constitution of India in its application to Jammu and Kashmir, the President, after consultation with the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer Shri Justice Kalavamkodath Sivasankara Panicker Radhakrishnan, Chief Justice of the High Court of J..

Allahabad HC declines to hear petition against Justice Satish Chandra's appointment 8/22/2008 The second nominated division bench of the Allahabad High Court today declined to hear the writ petition challenging the recent appointment of a sitting Allahabad High Court justice Satish Chandra. The bench comprising Janardan Sahay and Rakesh Sharma declined to hear the writ and forwarded it to t..

A new experiment is in the offing in the Supreme Court which will soon have a system in place to audio-record hearings of important cases. The idea has been mooted for audio recording of the proceedings and arguments, particularly in the matters in which the hearing goes on for several days, Secretary General of apex court V K Jain said on Tuesday. "The audio recording of the hearings will..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Thomas Puthenpura Joseph to be an Additional Judge of the Kerala High Court, for a period of two years with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office. ..

SC issues notices on petition seeking media restraint The Supreme Court issued notices to the Centre and Uttar Pradesh govt on a petition seeking a direction to the media to maintain restraint in reporting sub-judice cases like the Aarushi murder case. A bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir on Monday asked the Centre and the state government to assess whether there was a mechanism ..

NEW DELHI: In a major step towards tackling the plastic menace, the Delhi high court on 7 August extended the ban on plastic bags to all markets in the city. Since hotels, hostels and shopping malls have already been declared no-plastic zones, the new order, if strictly enforced, will significantly reduce the use of this ecologically hazardous material. The court also asked the Delhi government..

Supreme Court ruled Compassionate appointment to the son and daughter of the family member of the employee died in harness or medical invalidation is valid. The Supreme Court in a Judgment between V.Sivamurthy Vs. State of A.P., held that, the scheme of the compssionate employement to the son or daughter or wife of the employee who died in harness or who suffered medical invalidation, is a..

The Union Cabinet gave its approval for introducing the Workmen’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2008 in Parliament.The Amendment Bill with give the following benefits :i) to give effect to the recommendations of the Second Commission on Labour to substitute the term ‘employee’ for the term ‘workmen’.ii) To change the name of the Act to make it gender neutral;iii) To remove the..

Mr Tirath Singh Thakur was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Justice Thakur was administered the oath of allegiance to the Constitution by Haryana Governor A R Kidwai. Punjab Governor Lt Gen (retd) S F Rodriges, Union Minister of state for Finance Pawan Kumar Bansal, Punjab and Haryana Chief Ministers Parkash Singh Badal and Bhupender Singh Hooda, respec..

The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for introducing the Workmen’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2008 in Parliament. The Amendment Bill with give the following benefits : i) to give effect to the recommendations of the Second Commission on Labour to substitute the term ‘employee’ for the term ‘workmen’. ii) To change the name of the Act to make it gender neutral..

The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for introduction of Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2008 in the Parliament by making certain amendments in the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. ..