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Allegations of corruption in the higher judiciary have come to the notice of the Government time to time. As for the subordinate judiciary, the administrative control over its members vests with the concerned High Courts and the State Governments as per the prov..

Appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts is made under Articles 124 and 217 of the Constitution of India respectively, which do not provide for reservation for any caste or class of persons. The Government has, however, addressed letters to the..

HYDERABAD: A local court on Wednesday extended the judicial remand of Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju and eight other accused in the multi-crore rupee fraud case in the IT company by 14 days. The XIV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate extended the remand of Ramalinga Raju, his brother Rama Raju, former Satyam CFO Vadlamani Srinivas, former auditors of Price Waterhouse S Gopalakrish..

Another petition challenging the recent hike of tuition and development fees by two schools run by the IAF Educational Society has been filed by the parents’ association before the Delhi High Court. Filing a petition through counsel Ashok Aggarwal, the Delhi Abhibhavak Mahasangh(parents’ body) alleged the schools--Airforce Nursery School and Airforce Junior School run by Indian Air Force Ben..

he Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered removal of photographs of a 25-year-old woman and her four-year-old daughter from AIDS awareness campaign banners across Tamil Nadu within a week after she complained that they gave an impression as if the two were HIV affected. Justice K Suguna recorded an undertaking by the Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society on removing the posters of the woman who said ..

The Supreme Court has held that if a man and a woman are residing together for a long time and have been accepted by the society as husband and wife, a presumption could be drawn that their marriage is valid. "A long cohabitation and acceptance of society of a man and woman as husband and wife goes a long way in establishing a valid marriage," a Bench of Justices S B Sinha and Cyriac Joseph observ..

Setting the stage for another round of tension between the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary, the Opposition today refused to accept the Government’s Bill that makes it mandatory for judges to declare their assets but insulates them from any questioning by the public. The Government is now expected to go back to the Chief Justice of India who has strongly argued for a law that’s not u..

After expressing reservation in making public assets of its judges, the Supreme Court appears to be reluctant in revealing what action it has taken on a complaint of alleged misconduct against a High Court Judge. The apex court has approached the Delhi High Court against an order of Central Information Commission directing it to reveal information under the RTI Act on action taken by the Chi..

 Behind the angry chorus of the political establishment today —against judges’ assets not being made public — and the judiciary’s apparent reluctance is a telling reversal of roles. For, six years ago, the government and the legislature were trying to restrict information about their assets and it was..

Setting the stage for another round of tension between the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary, the Opposition today refused to accept the Government’s Bill that makes it mandatory for judges to declare their assets but insulates them from any questioning by the public. The Government is now expected to go back to the ..

  In certain cases of occupation of lands and buildings for defence purposes, full compensation to the land owners..

Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has initiated action on a proposal to review the Second Schedule to the RTI Act, 2005 which contains the names of security and intelligence organizations exempt from its purview, with a view to strengthen the RTI Act..

Victims of bus accidents in over 1,000 cases involving State-owned transport corporations are awaiting compensation. In some cases, the w..

The communities notified as Scheduled Tribes under Article 342 of the Constitution may profess any religion. The list of Scheduled Tribes is State/UT specific and any inclusion/exclusion/modification in the list of Scheduled Tribes of any State/UT may be done on..

A Bill, namely, the Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Bill, 2008 has been introduced in Rajya Sabha on the 24th October,2008, which inter-alia includes among others, the proposal to increase the security deposit of the candidates from Rs.10000 to R..