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No relaxation in work experience for reserved candidates: HC

   28 April 2009 at 19:10

The Delhi High Court on Monday ruled that candidates belonging to the reserved category cannot be given relaxation in the mandatory work experience required for a government job.A Bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Suresh Kait held that the apex ..

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Media should not interpret judgements: CJI

   28 April 2009 at 09:06

Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Sunday asked the media not to interpret courts' judgements, observing it leads to "distortion" of facts."Very often it has been observed that media reports project a distorted version of the facts and the ju ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  3 comments |   235 Views


SC: Verify caste certificate of elected persons to avoid row

   24 April 2009 at 23:49

The Supreme Court has ruled that it is necessary to get the caste certificates of all the elected persons from reserved constituencies in the country examined within a time frame to avoid any controversies.A bench comprising Justices Tarun Chatterjee ..

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MP HC: Contempt of court case against Govt officials

   23 April 2009 at 19:00

The Madhya Pradesh High Court registered a contempt of court case against the state principle secretary and commissioner for higher education and government counsel for challenging a petition in a case of providing recognition and no objection certif ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   304 Views


Centre to file affidavit in SC on Indian Swiss bank A/c hold

   23 April 2009 at 18:59

The Centre decided to file an affidavit in the Supreme Court within 48 hours furnishing particulars of the action taken by the government for seeking details of Indians who have stashed away their ill-gotten money in Swiss banks.Additional Solicitor ..

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SC directs NHAI to consider bids of 8 firms, instead of 6

   22 April 2009 at 19:31

The Supreme Court has directed National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to consider the bids of eight companies, instead of six for allotment of tender for development of Hyderabad-Vijayawada section of the national highway (NH 9) in Andhra Prades ..

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SC to hear plea regarding 70 lakh crore money in Swiss banks

   22 April 2009 at 19:28

Former Union Law Minister Ram Jethmalani, former Punjab DGP K P S Gill and four others today approached the Supreme Court seeking probe into huge public money, believed to be around Rs 70 lakh crore, stashed away in Swiss banks.The respondents includ ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  1 comments |   237 Views


SC: Reservation not a matter of right

   20 April 2009 at 13:48

The Supreme Court has ruled that no citizen of India can claim reservation either in jobs or in admission to educational institutions as a matter of right and reservation cannot be given at the cost of efficiency in administration and governance as p ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  5 comments |   337 Views


Former SC Judge Krishna Iyer’s plea to Prime Minister

   19 April 2009 at 21:33

The text of a letter written by Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, former Supreme Court Judge, to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, dated April 17, 2009:I would like to bring to your attention a case of grave injustice which is a cause of much shame to Indian d ..

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FIR against Scindia for poll code violation

   16 April 2009 at 23:03

An FIR has been lodged against Congress candidate from Guna constituency Jyotiraditya Scindia, for allegedly violating the model code after a helicopter flying him landed at a ground Lalitpur without prior official permission.Scindia had allegedly la ..

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