constitutional law

EVERY YEAR in June, the world community celebrates Anti-Child Labour Day. And in increasing combination, various specialised agencies and non-government organisations (NGOs) have in recent years placed child labour, especially its worst forms, high among their concerns. They also have begun to achieve some discernible progress. But not nearly enough. According to the International Labour Organ..

Jaipur, June 18 (PTI) The Gujjar community will be given five per cent reservation as a special category under an agreement reached with Rajasthan government, bringing to an end the nearly month-long agitation for Scheduled Tribe status. Addressing a joint press conference with Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla here, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje announced five per cent quota for G..

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ruled that nine Additional District Judges (ADJs) of Fast Track Courts in Orissa, who were appointed on ad-hoc basis, need not appear for any fresh examination being conducted for appointment of regular judges. A bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and P P Naolekar, in a recent order, said "there shall not be any need for them to appear in any examination meant fo..

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 Harshvadan Binduprasad Antani and (ii) Shri Justice Bankim Nikhilbhai Mehta, Additional Judge of the Gujarat High Court as Permanent Judges of that High Court, in the same order of seniority, with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respe..

New Delhi, Jun 17 (UNI) The Supreme Court will hear on June 19 a petition seeking direction to Rajasthan Government to ensure that people of the state are not put to hardship by the Gujjar agitators who are demanding ST status for their community. Petitioner Lakhan Singh has raised several important questions of law such as - Can the agitator be allowed to affect normal life by disrup..

Madras High Court has directed the Nilgiris District Collector, who appeared on summons before the First Bench in connection with illegal quarrying and mining, to take effective steps to stop it in the hill station. Passing orders on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the bench comprising Chief Justice A K Ganguly and Justice F M Ibrahim Kalifulla, directed Collector Anandrao Vishnu Patil, to ..

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition seeking disqualification of 18 Gujjar MLAs from Rajasthan for backing the demand of their community for Scheduled Tribe status in Rajasthan. A vacation bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and G S Singhvi told the petitioner Kashi Purohit that if his plea is accepted then most of the MPs and MLAs will have to go. Purohit has challen..

Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee expressed hope that women's reservation bill ensuring them 33 percent quota in elected bodies would become part of the Constitution during his tenure. "I hope the revived interest in the proposed legislative initiative will be pursued to its logical conclusion", Chatterjee said while delivering E M S Namboodiripad Memorial lecture on 'Democratic Consolidat..

Dr Talwar's compounder Krishna was put under a narco test in Bangalore’s Bowring Hospital on Thursday(12 June) . The test may help to verify certain clues that the CBI claims to have in their possession, they want to tally them with the results of the narco test. This test, in fact, is illegal.This is a brain-mapping test which can reveal certain points which the CBI is sure would match wi..

Jharkhand HC Additional Judge Appointed New Delhi, Jun 12 The appointment of Ajit Kumar Sinha as an Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court by President Pratibha Patil was announced by the Law and Justice Ministry this afternoon. He will have a two year term from the day he assumes charge of his office, the announcement said. ..

The Law Society has criticised Government plans to increase the period of time for which a person can be held before they are charged. A statement by The Society said that it is not convinced by the arguments put forward in favour of extending the pre-trial detention period from 28 days to 42. It “insists that the current period, one of the longest periods of pre-charge detention in any comp..

Chennai, Jun 9 (UNI) Newly appointed Madras High Court Chief Justice A K Ganguly today called upon his colleagues to expand the horizons of human rights and interpret law to reach the depths of human dignity so that the citizens are not robbed of the ''sacred personhood'' conferred on them by the Constitution. Accepting the warm welcome given by the legal fraternity at the High Court here, he s..

n 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 Pankaj Mithal, (ii) Shri Justice Shiv Charan (Sharma), (iii) Shri Justice Satendra Kumar Jain, (iv) Shri Justice Vijay Kumar Verma and (v) Shri Justice Subhash Chandra Nigam, Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court, to be Judges of the Allahabad H..

The Centre has said constitutional functionaries do not come within the ambit of RTI Act and that Information Commission cannot direct the government to reveal information pertaining to their functioning. "President, Chief Justice and other constitutional functionaries are beyond the jurisdiction of the authorities under the Right to Information Act," Additional Solicitor General P P Malhotra..

HC refuses to interfere in Delhi Metro's elevated project The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition seeking to scrap the metro's elevated corridor project in south Delhi on the ground that it would cause noise pollution in residential areas. A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur, however, directed the Centre and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to make all possible efforts to reduce the ..