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Centre, states should undertake law reforms: Madhava menon

   28 January 2009 at 14:12

Member of Commission on Centre-State Relations N R Madhava Menon opined that the Centre and states should undertake comprehensive law reforms to tide over the dysfunctionality between the Constitutional tenets and the Indian Statute Book.Inaugurating ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   156 Views


Judges Assets Case bar group to intervene in public interest

   27 January 2009 at 23:22

Two days after a senior advocate declined to help Delhi High Court in adjudicating whether senior judges should make their assets public, there is word of intervention from a body of practising lawyers.Asserting that ‘people have a right to know abou ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   193 Views


Parliamentary Standing Committee urges SC to withdraw its petition

   27 January 2009 at 23:21

Parliamentary Standing Committee(PSC) on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Chairman E M Sudarshana Nachiappan appealed to the Supreme Court registry to withdraw its petition before the Delhi High Court in a case relating to judges assets ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   220 Views


Supreme Court sowed seeds of RTI in 2002

   27 January 2009 at 07:02

Supreme Court sowed seeds of RTI in 2002 Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN New Delhi: French poet, playwright and novelist Victor-Marie Hugo, exponent of ‘Romantic Movement’, wrote the immortal words — “invasion of armies can be resisted, but an invasion of ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   199 Views


Parliamentary Standing Committee Urges SC To Withdraw Its Petition

   25 January 2009 at 15:23

Parliamentary Standing Committee Urges SC To Withdraw Its Petition1/24/2009Parliamentary Standing Committee(PSC) on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Chairman E M Sudarshana Nachiappan appealed to the Supreme Court registry to withdraw it ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   158 Views


Parliamentary Secretaries Case, Caveat Filed In SC

   25 January 2009 at 15:19

Parliamentary Secretaries Case, Caveat Filed In SC1/24/2009Social activist Aires Rodriges filed a caveat before the Supreme Court praying that no appeal filed by the Goa government challenging the High Court order here on the Parliamentary Secretarie ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   182 Views


CJI: It is up to judges to reveal assets

   24 January 2009 at 18:31

CJI: It is up to judges to reveal assets ‘SC Justices Will Discuss Property Disclosure’ CJI K G Balakrishnan New Delhi: Amid the raging clamour for disclosure of assets by judges, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Friday made it clear that i ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   161 Views


SC Moved Over Goa Govt Giving Cabinet Status To Three MLAs

   24 January 2009 at 18:22

SC Moved Over Goa Govt Giving Cabinet Status To Three MLAs24 Jan 2009, 1748 hrs IST, PTI Text: PANAJI: Social activist Aires Rodrigues has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court praying that no appeal of Goa government, challenging High Court order on t ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   175 Views


WRIT OF LAW RUNS INTO REALITY CHECK

   24 January 2009 at 18:22

WRIT OF LAW RUNS INTO REALITY CHECK Apex Court Says Right To Freedom Of Expression Cannot Be Curbed, But Fear Keeps Exhibitors From Screening Film Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday made light of Maharashtra government’s ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   181 Views


STRAY ORDER: DOGS GET THEIR DAY Lawyers Defend Their Right To Live

   24 January 2009 at 18:17

SC restrains BMC from killing strays TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi/Mumbai: The underdogs were literally the heroes of the day, as top lawyers—including constitutional experts Fali S Nariman and T R Andhyarujina, with Maharashtra solicitor general G E ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1156 Views