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The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to place before it memorandum of procedure for appointment of permanent judges in the High Courts. A Bench headed by Justice Arijit Pasayat passed the order after being informed that during 1st January, 1999 to 31st July, 2007, the collegium of the apex court was not consulted before appointment of 351 judges in various High Courts. The Bench was he..

The Centre in its fresh affidavit before the Supreme Court has put more emphasis to counter the environmental concern for pushing the Sethusamudram project. The project has not only been opposed on grounds of religious sentiments attached to Rama Setu or Adams Bridge but concerns have been raised about the fragile ecosystem of Gulf of Mannar and susceptibility of the region to disaster in case ..

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that it has limited powers to review its decision, which could only be done in special circumstances. The CIC held this while dismissing a review petition of Delhi-resident S C Agrawal, who had challenged its earlier order on his Right to Information plea wherein he sought from the Supreme Court information on citizen's right to complain abo..

Supreme Court has ruled that a person who secures employment by producing a false caste or tribe certificate is liable to be terminated. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Justices C K Thakker and R V Raveendran quashed a Delhi High Court judgement which directed the Centre to allow an employee to continue in service despite holding the view that he had used a forged tribal ..

The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of a Gujarat government notification that prohibited indiscriminate slaughter of bulls and bullocks in the state. A bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and P Sathasivam dismissed the appeal filed by Abdul Sattar Yusufbhai Qureshi and others who claimed that the impugned notification was violated in their fundamental rights. The said noti..

The Supreme Court today sought to know the stand of the Centre on referring a petition, challenging the constitutional validity of the amendment to the law on Office of Profit to a Constitution Bench. A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan sought the response from the Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium during the hearing of the case when those opposing the la..

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed a rally in Kohima in Nagaland on Wednesday where he called on the people for a change as State Legislative Assembly election campaigning gets underway in North-east. Election preparations are on in Nagaland which goes to poll on 5th March. Presiding and polling officers were given training in Kohima. A mock election exercise is also being conducte..

Widening the ambit of reservations, Government will introduce quota for SC/ST candidates for admission to undergraduate medical and dental courses from this year under the All India entrance examination. "We have decided to introduce quota for SC/ST students in the Under Graduate courses for the All India examination, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss told reporters on the sidelines of a ..

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 Syed Ali Naqvi, and (ii) Shri Justice Subhash Chandra Vyas, Additional Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, to be Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, in that order of seniority, with effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective..

SC displeased over Raj Thackeray's remarks Supreme Court has expressed displeasure over the recent statements made by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray relating to the North Indians resulting in violence in Mumbai and other parts of the state. "We understand the situation there and what is happening," a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said on ..

The Government proposed to increase the strength of Supreme Court judges from 25 to 30, a meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Manmohan Singh, approved a proposal to increase the number of judges in the apex court, excluding the Chief Justice, to 30. A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved a proposal to increase the number of judges in the ape..

Thu, Feb 21 08:55 PM New Delhi, Feb 21 (ANI): With its eye firmly on the women vote bank, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held a massive women's rally here on Thursday seeking the tabling of a bill seeking 33 per cent reservation for women in Indian Parliament during the budget session. Around 100,000 women workers from all over the country participated in the rally addressed by BJP's senio..

The Union cabinet today approved a proposal for introduction of the Bill in Parliament by making an amendment of the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act, 1956 for increase in the number of judges in the Supreme court to augment the strength of the Supreme Court Judges, excluding the Chief Justice of Indian, from 25 to 30. The increase in the number of judges will allow Supreme Court to functio..

In a bid to clear the heavy backlog of cases and render speedy justice, Government on Thursday proposed to increase the strength of Supreme Court judges from 25 to 30. A meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, approved a proposal to increase the number of judges in the apex court, excluding the Chief Justice, to 30. "The increase in the number of judges will..

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said maintaining price stability along with sustaining inclusive growth will be the prime focus of all the policy initiatives of the government. Right to Education to every child is the next massive step that the government is going to introduce to ensure long term sustainability of Indian economic growth story. Package to address indebtedness of farmers soo..