constitutional law

 A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here to construct a mini flyover outside its premises to facilitate easy access to the court campus. The First Bench comprising Chief Justice Hemant Laxman Gokhale and Justice T. Raja asked petitioner’s counsel W. Peter Ramesh Kumar to add National Highways Authority of India as a respondent ..

The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed an application by a student of the Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College here challenging an order of suspension against him in connection with the violence on the college premises on November 12 last year. He had sought a consequent direction to allow him to pay the fees for the sixth semester, attend the classes and continue his education. ..

The Kerala High Court said educational institutions are industrial establishments. A Division Bench comprising Justice K Balakrishnan Nair and Justice C T Ravikumar, while dismissing a batch of petitions challenging them inclusion of private schools under the ESI Act, observed that in a Supreme Court decision, educational institutions were industrial establishments and comes..

The Kerala High Court directed the State Government to constitute a High-Power Committee to probe into the allegations regarding appointment of Assistants to the Kerala University office. Single Bench Judge Justice V Giri recommended that the committee be headed by ret..

The Madras High Court has permitted a final year student of the Government Law College in Tiruchirapalli to sit for X and IX semesters examinations of the five-year B L course. Justice M Jaichandren in his judgment, permitted the student to sit for the exams. In his petition, S Basheer Mohideen of Thanjavur submitted that he had studied all semesters and ..

 The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notice to government authorities on a public interest litigation petition against the toll plaza on Rajiv Gandhi Salai near Perungudi. A writ petition filed by ‘Traffic’ Ramasamy contended that the toll plaza had been erected at a place close to residential areas, schools and colleges. This had resulted in many of the local res..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the construction and land acquisition for canals of the Omkareshwar and Indira Sagar dams through an interim order on Wednesday. The order, passed by a double bench comprising Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice P.K. Jaiswal, came in response to a petition filed by the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA). According to the Provisions of the Panchaya..

In another major setback to the Uttar Pradesh government, Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court today served notices to the Mayawati regime over the installation of several statues and appointment of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). Hearing two separate Public Interest Litigations (PIL’s), Justices Rajiv Sharma and Dr Shatish Chandra fixed July 10 as the n..

Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts in the country have finally agreed to make their assets and liabilities public subject to a rider that they are given adequate legal protection against frivolous and vexatious litigations by unscrupulous and disgruntled elements. ..

 Regional Transport Officers (RTO) cannot seize driving licences of persons involved in motor accidents without issuing show cause notices under Section 19(1) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the Madras High Court has said. Allowing a writ petition filed in the Madurai Bench by a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation driver, Justice M. Sathyanarayanan directed the Tiruchi RTO to g..

Justice M. Jaichandren of the Madras High Court on Wednesday permitted a final year student of the Government Law College in Tiruchi to sit for examinations of the tenth and ninth semesters of five-year B.L. Course commencing on July 2. In his petition, S. Basheer Mohideen of Thanjavur submitted that he had studied all the semesters and took the examinations from the first year. p..

Madras High Court Judge R Regupathi’s disclosure about a Union Minister having tried to influence his view was hailed by a Supreme Court Bar spokesman tonight. But Supreme Court Bar Association President M N Krishnamani wished the culprit were named and issued co..

The Liberhan Commission probing the demolition of the disputed structure in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, has submitted its report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today.Justice(rtd) M S Liberhan, head of the panel, submitted the bulky report to the Prime Minister in the presence of Home Minister P Chidambaran this morning.The Commission set ..

The Supreme Court today expressed dissatisfaction with the outcome of the efforts being made by the Indian government to ensure safety and security of Indian students in Australia and Canada. The court directed the Union government to file a comprehensive affidavit within two weeks giving details of the steps that have been taken or are being taken for the safety and securi..

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over unabated attacks on Indian students in Australia and directed the government to file a comprehensive affidavit within two weeks about steps taken by it to ensure their safety. "The safety and security of Indian students in Australia is paramount," a bench comprising Jus..