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Women's reservation Bill may be tabled in ongoing Parl session The women's reservation Bill may see the light of the day with the government expressing its keenness to table it in Parliament in the ongoing budget session. This was told to a CPI delegation by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when they called on him today. After the meeting, CPI General Secretary A B Bardhan told repo..

No uncontrolled access under RTI A parliamentary panel, disfavouring uncontrolled access under RTI to information relating to proceedings of the House has said that many legislatures across the world have no such provision. The Lok Sabha committee for privileges, headed by senior Congress leader V Kishore Chandra Deo wrote to the Parliaments of 35 countries out of which 22 replied. ..

SC delivers split verdict on post Babri Masjid riots "killers" The Supreme Court gave a split verdict on confirming the convictions against five persons in connection with a murder during communal riots after the demolition of Babri Masjid. In view of the differences of opinion between Justices S B Sinha and H S Bedi, the matter has now been placed before the Chief Justice of India ..

n exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (i) Shri Surendra Singh, (ii) Shri Arvind Kumar Tripathi, (iii) Shri Shashi Kant Gupta, (iv) Shri Bala Krishna Narayana, (v) Shri Rajesh Dayal Khare, (vi) Shri Shabihul Hasnain and (vii) Shri Abhinava Upadhya, to be Additional Judges of the Allahabad High Court, in that..

The final hearing on Sethusamudram project today commenced in the Supreme Court with opponents of the project contending that the venture was cleared without a comprehensive assessment which involved demolition of "Ram Setu" having potential of being declared as ancient monument. The first project of its kind in the world requiring cutting across of the seabed was granted green signal without..

In a bid to ensure free and fair assembly polls in Karnataka, the Election Commission has directed that no person with a criminal background should be appointed a polling agent of a candidate. In a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Karnataka, where a three-phased assembly poll would be held on 10th, 16th and 22nd May, the EC said no person having criminal cases pending against hi..

The Law Commission in its 120th Report recommended that the strength of judges per million population may be increased from 10.5 to 50 judges. The present judge strength in India is 14 per million population (approx.). Government has already increased the Judge strength in the High Courts by 152. With regard to subordinate judiciary, the Supreme court, in its judgement of 21st March, 2002, in A..

The Supreme Court directed controversial Congress MP from Assam, Mani Kumar Subba, to respond to a CBI report which questioned the veracity of his birth certificate following a probe over a petition which alleged that he was a Nepalese citizen. "The birth certificate produced by Subba is not genuine," a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishanan said after perusing the CBI report. "..

Government is mulling amending the National Commission for Women Act to give more powers to the body, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhury said amendment of NCW Act is under consideration. She, however, did not give further details about the amendments. She said NCW Chairperson Gi..

SC dismisses plea of TN self-financing teaching institutes Hopes of over 5,000 aspiring teachers, studying in various self-financing institutes of Tamil Nadu to appear in state government-conducted Teachers Training exams 2007-2008 were today dashed as the Supreme Court rejected a plea on the matter. A bench of Justices B N Aggrawal and G S Singhvi dismissed an application filed by ..

SC refuses to pass order on plea against HAL airport closure The Supreme Court refused to hear a public interest litigation filed by an NGO alleging that the Centre's decision to close down the existing airport in Bangalore for commercial flights was unilateral and arbitrary. The NGO, Bangalore City Connect Foundation, has sought a direction to the Centre and the Karnataka governme..

SC reserves verdict on Constitutional validity of MCOCA The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on the issue of constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). The matter had reached the apex court after the Bombay High Court verdict in 2003 upholding the legality of the Act by only quashing those provisions in the Act which empowered the police..

SC stays hearing of petitions against Bhim Rao Ambedkar Sthal New Delhi, Apr 21 The Supreme Court today stayed till further orders the hearing of the petitions in Allahabad High Court against the construction of 'Bhim Rao Ambedkar Sthal' spread over 53 acres of land in Gomti Nagar area of Lucknow. A bench comprising Justices HK Sema and Markandey Katju also issued notices on ..

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan on Saturday demanded higher budgetary allocation to set up new courts to combat cases that are pending, saying the present allotment is "grossly inadequate". "We have got an independent judiciary. We receive rebuke from the public for many things for which we are not responsible," the Chief Justice said referring to the limitations under which..

Largely positive reactions to OBC verdict Hailing the Supreme Court decision upholding 27 per cent OBC quota in elite educational institutions, several organisations today said the weaker sections of society will now have access to higher education.The Supreme Courthas cleared the decks for implementation of 27 per cent quota for OBCs in Centrally run institutions of higher education and upheld..