constitutional law

The Supreme Court Constitution Bench will begin the hearing of the Mullaperiyar dam dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala on January 19.  A five-judge constitution bench comprising Justices D K Jain, B Sudarshan Reddy, M K Sharma, R M Lodha and Deepak Verma fixed January 19 for hearing of the suit filed by the..

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The exclusion of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran while four other Judges were elevated was followed by a call for his resignation.  The call came from Supreme Court Bar Association president M N Krishnamani who also urged the Apex Court Collegium to drop the Judge name from consideration. ..

Two judges of the Supreme Court have expressed opposite opinions on the issue of Judicial Legislation. Justice Markandey Katju in an order has ruled that Courts can only recommend to the Legislature or the Executive to make laws on social problems which require urgent solution and the judges cannot make law on thei..

The Chhattisgarh High Court has accepted the petition that challenged the reservation rules which have been introduced for nagar panchayat for consideration and directed to issue a notice to the state government. Chief Justice Rajiv Gupta and Justice Sunil Kumar Sinha heard the petition, filed by vice-president of Tumgaon Nagar Panchayat Praveen Diwan and sought a reply from the state governmen..

In the apex court litigants and lawyers have been paying a insignificant fee for filing appeals or vakalatnama for more than 40 years, but it may register a 20-fold boost as per a current proposal being examined by law minister Veerappa Moily.  The proposal is part of the process initiated by Moily to take a r..

All Judges of the Madras High Court, including its Madurai Bench, have submitted statements of their assets and those of t..

The Supreme Court told the Delhi High Court that rights of Judiciary should be safeguarded while seeking any query under the Right To Information Act.  Attorney General G E Vahanvati, who was arguing a case relating to the disclosure of Judges assets under the RTI Act, told the court, ‘There is no doubt ..

The Supreme Court has castigated state govts and statutory authorities for indulging in "callous and hig-handed behav..

Justice K Chandru of Madras High Court disclosed his assets to the Chief Justice.  Justice Chandru took oath along with 13 other additional judges as permanent judges before Chief Justice H L Kohli. During the swearing-in, Justice Chandru handed over the list of assets to Chief Justice Koh..

As many as fourteen High Court Additional Judges were made permanent, but Justice department figures indicate more than 200 posts remain vacant.  Those vacancies as well as 3,000 other vacant judgeships at various levels officially reported a few months ago have been a cause of concern in a nation facing serio..

Fourteen Additional Judges of the Madras High Court were sworn in as permanent Judges after Chief Justice H L Gokhale administered the oath of affirmation to them at a brief function held at the Court Complex. Justices K Chandru, V Ramasubramanian, S Mani Kumar, A Selvam, P R Sivakumar, G Rajasuria, T Sudanthiram, ..

The valedictory function of the two-week Police Training Programme for newly appointed judicial officers was held in the conference hall of Haryana Police Academy (HPA) at Madhuban. Justice A S Anand, former Chief Justice of India and former chairperson NHRC was the chief guest at the function.  ..

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to give a hearing to the petition challenging the Centre's ban on pre-paid mobile services in Jammu and Kashmir. The petition filed by Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party was mentioned for urgent hearing before a Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices B Sudershan Reddy and P Sathasivam which put the matter for hearing on November 16...

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider a petition filed by a convicted Kashmiri terrorist challenging the validity of a TADA provision that made confession before a police officer an admissible evidence. The convict Ashiq Hussaian Faktoo claimed Section 15 of the TADA, which made such confession admissible, was unconstitutional as the same could be obtained under duress by a police officer..