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CONDUCT WORTHY OF A POLICE STATE

  Raj Kumar Makkad   12 January 2010 at 16:17

The Indian Constitution and various laws framed under it grant the Indian state and its agencies enormous power to regulate the movement of persons, especially when the bogey of national security is raised. These powers include the preventive detenti ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   3480 Views


JUDICIAL IRE

  Raj Kumar Makkad   11 January 2010 at 16:10

Judges have every right to be a little irritated when the orders of their courts are ignored be it by individuals or by organs of the state. They are currently irritated by the failure of 'the agencies' to recover a number of missing persons – ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   1571 Views


OVERREACTION ON JUSTICE CHOWDHURY'S COMMENTS IN BANGLADESH

  Raj Kumar Makkad   11 January 2010 at 16:10

Senior Judge of High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury recently attended a seminar on "Repression on the media and political violence: state responsibility and democratic culture" held at BRAC ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   2328 Views


OUT OF COURT

  Raj Kumar Makkad   09 January 2010 at 19:09

The "pendency problem" — or the unacceptably large backlog of cases in our court system — has become something of a mantra. Judges, politicians and legal administrators repeatedly cite this as the number one problem plaguing our ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   1227 Views


THE SUPREME COURT RULES, 19661

  Raj Kumar Makkad   09 January 2010 at 19:08

In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 145 of the Constitution, andall other powers enabling it in this behalf, the Supreme Court hereby makes, withthe approval of the President, the following rules, namely:PART IGENERALORDER IINTERPRETATION, ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   1395 Views


Pendancy of 3 Crore pending Case & Law Ministery

  Raj Kumar Makkad   06 January 2010 at 15:07

The law ministry is considering a cess to help clear the three crore cases clogging the courts. Though the proposal is only at a discussion stage, it must be nipped in the bud. We've already had an education cess and it is unclear how much of this ha ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   1637 Views


LAY JUDGE SYSTEM TAKES ROOT IN JAPAN

  Raj Kumar Makkad   30 December 2009 at 23:23

The Tokyo High Court on Dec. 17 upheld what was the first ruling under the newly introduced lay judge system. The high court's decision will set a trend for high courts respecting rulings made in district courts, where, in most cases, six ordinary ci ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   1372 Views


TRANSPORT OPERATORS and LABOUR WELFARE REQUEST

  sanjay bathla   30 December 2009 at 15:27

We are working as NGO from last five years for ROAD SAFETY, SMOOTH TRANSPORTATION AND DISCIPLINED OPERATION of busses on roads of NCT of DELHI. We are repeatedly acknowledging you about the gap in ground realities and working or Transport department. ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   1192 Views


COURTING PROTESTS

  Raj Kumar Makkad   28 December 2009 at 23:00

As this decade ends and predictions fly on the "big event" of the next one, here's a question you're unlikely to read elsewhere. What will the next decade's Shah Bano be? The reference being to the 1985 Supreme Court decision to apply crimi ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   1302 Views


IMPUNITY OR ACCOUNTABILITY

  Raj Kumar Makkad   27 December 2009 at 10:27

Eleven members of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit based in San Francisco are scheduled to hear legal arguments on Tuesday in a lawsuit involving serious allegations of torture. The Bush administration tried to block the suit ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   1143 Views