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In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Rajan Gupta, (ii) Shri Ajay Tewari, (iii) Shri Jitendra Kumar Chauhan, (iv) Shri Augustine George Masih and (v) Kumari Nirmaljit Kaur to be Additional Judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, in that order of seniority, for a period of two years with ..

Chandigarh, Jul 10 The five newly appointed judges to the Punjab and Haryana High Court were today administered the oath of office at a simple ceremony by Chief Justice Vijender Jain here today. The new judges are Ms Nirmaljit Kaur, Rajan Gupta , Ajay Tewari, Jitendra Kumar Chauhan and A G Masih. Ms Kaur till recently was the Assistant Solicitor General at the HC here to pursue all Unio..

The Supreme Court of India today heard the Special Leave Petition filed by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) & Others Vs. the Joint Action Committee of Airlines etc. on the matter of High Court Order of Bombay dated 1 July 2008. On 1 July 2008, Bombay High Court had passed an interim order staying the DGCA’s order to bring into effect the Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) etc. prev..

The government in India has failed to protect economic, social and cultural rights of the people who have been electing it since Independence in 1947, according to a United Nations report. The concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR) was released here today by the People’s Collective on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (PCESCR), a collectiv..

Judges for Gauhati High Court -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Utpalendu Bikas Saha, (ii) Shri Justice Ketulhou Meruno, (iii) Shri Justice Hrishikesh Roy, and (iv) Shri Justice Basu Deo Agarwal, ..

n exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Cyriac Joseph, Chief Justice, Karnataka High Court, to be a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office. ..

Calculating the cost of conducting one hour of hearing in Supreme Court and recovering it from corporate litigants is among a bunch of proposals being considered by a House panel for generating additional financial resources for the apex court. The parliamentary standing committee on law and justice is studying a suggestion related to a steep hike in court charges, at least for corporates, wh..

The government is thinking of enacting a law to regulate surrogacy in a bid to make the deal struck between the prospective parents and the woman lending her womb legally binding on both sides. Central ministers said the Indian Council of Medical Research had drafted a law to check harassment of either the surrogate or the commissioning parents and to clarify the rights of children born through..

A group of minority colleges under Delhi University (DU) have approached the High Court seeking exemption from giving reservation to students from Other Backward Classes (OBC). The colleges run by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), a body constituted under the Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, contended that the reservation policy was not applicable to their institutions in view of a r..

A bill on five per cent reservations for Gujjars and 14 per cent quota for upper caste poor will be brought in the Rajasthan Assembly session beginning on 7th July. "The state government is committed to provide quota benefits to Gujjars under the special separate category of backward class, and people of economically backward community (EBC) as promised on June 18 after Gujjar-government acco..

Cuttack, Jun 24 (UNI) Orissa High Court has declared the election of Congress MLA from Malkangiri Assembly constituency Nimai Sarkar as void. Mr Sarkar was elected to the Assembly defeating the then BJP nominee Arabinda Dhali in the 2004 election by 253 votes. Mr Sarkar had polled 57,713 votes against Mr Dhali's 57,460. Adjudicating a petition filed by Mr Dhali, the single bench of Just..

As the national average price of gasoline raced toward $4 a gallon and airlines laid off workers by the thousands because of rising jet fuel costs, the US House of Representatives took action: It overwhelmingly passed the Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008. The bill would have made it illegal for foreign states "to act collectively" to limit the production or distribution of oil. Put s..

Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has denied any political interference in the appointment of judges and said they are appointed through routine procedure. "No Chief Minister or politician has ever approached me for any appointments," Justice Balakrishnan said in his remarks at a session of 'freedom of press/media in reporting (print and electronic) use and abuse.' The Chief Ju..

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shrimati Indrani Datta, to be an Additional Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, for a period of two years with effect from the date she assumes charge of her office. ..

The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded an end to persistent sexual violence during armed conflict, calling it a war crime and a component of genocide. Approved by all 15 members, council resolution 1820 "demands the immediate and complete cessation by all parties to armed conflict of all acts of sexual violence against civilians with immediate effect." It also urged that "all parties..