The Centre has told the Supreme Court that Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin did not put any bar on the Congress chief from being elected to hold public office as the Constituion did not make any distinction between acquired and natural citizenship."Once ..
NEPAL COURT RECORDS DISAPROVE PAKISTANI LAWYER'S CLAIM ON KASAB19 Dec 2008, 0927 hrs IST, IANS KATHMANDU: Records at Nepal's apex court have proved as false Pakistani lawyer Chaudhary Muhammad Farooq's claim that Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone survi ..
ALLAHABAD HC GIVES GREEN SIGNAL TO RAIL COACH FACTORY IN RAI BARELI12/18/2008The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court lifted the status quo orders on the land, at which Rs 2,200 crore rail coach factory was proposed to be set up in Re Bareli -- ..
MADRAS HC DISMISSES PETITION TO BAN ON GOOGLE EARTH12/18/2008The Madras High Court dismissed a petition seeking ban on Google Earth, a website, displaying satellite images of the earth’s surface, enabling terrorists to access close-up view of sensiti ..
MALAYSIA PM DEFENDS HIS JUDICIAL REFORM18 Dec 2008, 0848 hrs IST, AP KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia's prime minister has defended a new law aimed at promoting judicial independence even though it gives him the final say in appointing senior judges ..
Chennai: The Madras high court has rejected a PIL filed by a retired police officer demanding a “total or partial ban” on Google Earth. The Bench comprising the acting chief justice S J Mukhopadhaya and Justice V Dhanapalan disposed of the petition ..
SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO ORDER REMOVAL OF JUSTICE S. ASHOK KUMAR OF MADRAS HC17TH DEC, 2008The Supreme Court disapproved the action of its own Chief Justice in making Justice S Ashok Kumar as permanent judge of the Madras High Court, despite the fact ..
DELHI HIGH COURT ASKS CENTRE, WHETHER WE HAVE ANY POLICY TO ACCOMODATE REFUGEES17TH DEC, 2008Delhi High Court directed the Centre to consider the petition of 62 Pakistanis who want to have asylum here because they are accused of blasphemy in their co ..
" 50 BENCHES FOR MEGA LOK ADALAT "Posted: Dec 18, 2008 at 0155 hrs ISTLudhiana As many as 50 judicial Benches will be set up during the Mega Lok Adalat to he held at the Ludhiana District Headquarter Judicial Court Complex and at Sub-Divisions Headqu ..
MADRAS HIGH COURT ORDERS NOTICES TO BCCI SECRETARY CHENNAI12/17/2008Madras High Court ordered notice to the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) on a petition filed by former BCCI President, A C Muthiah, who sought the court ..