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Additional Judges of Kerala High Court

   04 February 2009 at 10:26

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint (1) Shri Parameswaran Bhavadasan, (2) Shri Soudamini Amma Sankaranarayana Pilla Satheesachandran, (3) Shri Madathiparam ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   194 Views


Time For Disclosure

   03 February 2009 at 18:38

Transparency within the judiciary serves at least two important purposes— it decreases the opportunities for corrupt practices and promotespublic confidence in the institution. Given these vital roles, it issurprising that there should be stiff judic ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   201 Views


CEC recommendation on Chawla not binding:Bhardwaj

   02 February 2009 at 18:50

Govt virtually rejected the recommendation of CEC N Gopalaswami for removal of his colleague Navin Chawla on Monday and hinted at making the Election Commissioner as the next CEC.Law Minister H R Bhardwaj said that the government had a policy to have ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   171 Views


EC likely to issue fresh guidelines on exit polls

   02 February 2009 at 10:15

New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) Fresh guidelines banning publication of exit and opinion polls before the coming Lok Sabha elections are likely to be issued by the Election Commission.The move comes against the backdrop of the Supreme Court leaving it to the ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   140 Views


CEC sends report to President on the issue of Navin Chawla

   01 February 2009 at 14:21

Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami, has confirmed that he did send his report on the issue of Election Commisioner Navin Chawla to President Prathibha Patil. He however, declined to elaborate on the content of the report while speaking to repo ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   145 Views


DDA seeks more time for its internal inquiry

   31 January 2009 at 23:53

New Delhi, Jan 31 (UNI) The DDA sought more time for its internal inquiry, which was to conclude yesterday, into the alleged housing scam.Earlier, the inquiry was to come to an end on January 24 but later its term was extended till yesterday. A reque ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   179 Views


SC reserves judgement on negative vote option

   29 January 2009 at 23:58

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgement on the issue of providing voters an option to cast a negative vote during elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.A bench of Justices B N Aggrawal and G S Singhvi reserved the verdict after ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   270 Views


High court directs plea on DDA scam to another bench

   29 January 2009 at 00:07

New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday disposed of a petition over the irregularities in the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) housing scam and asked the petitioner to approach another court for relief.A division bench headed by Chie ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   189 Views


HC rejects PIL for cancellation of DDA's draw

   29 January 2009 at 00:02

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 28) rejected an Indian Air Force (IAF) employee's plea seeking cancellation of DDA's recent draw for flats, observing that the city police has initiated a probe into the alleged irregularities committed by o ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   192 Views


EC says ‘none of the above’ voting option, govt unhappy

   28 January 2009 at 23:58

New Delhi: Shibu Soren, Pappu Yadav, Md Shabuddin and Raja Bhayia are a few politicians with criminal records. The Election Commission says that the best way to keep out criminals it to hand over the ``none of the above'' option. So a separate button ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   338 Views