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Panel rejects Hindi as official court language

   17 December 2008 at 09:43

NEW DELHI Dec. 16: The Law Commission of India has rejected a parliamentary committee recommendation for making Hindi the official court language for delivering judgments in the Supreme Court and the high courts. The parliamentary committee had also ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   242 Views


HC notice on PIL against toll system

   17 December 2008 at 09:27

Chennai: A day after toll collection started on Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), causing a pile-up of vehicles near the toll plaza and public anger over the new levy, the Madras high court on Tuesday ordered notice to the government on a PIL against the ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   222 Views


HC seeks security details of VIPs

   17 December 2008 at 09:25

Chandigarh: A day after TOI highlighted how VIPs in Punjab, many of them still using threat perceptions during days of terrorism as an excuse, had lavished a huge number of securitymen on themselves and kin, Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday so ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   182 Views


Allahabad HC: CAT cannot interfere with orders of state govt against IAS

   16 December 2008 at 23:21

The Allahabad High Court ruled that the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) cannot assume its competency to frustrate the actions taken under the Prevention of Corruption Act, by the government against an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) or any ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   259 Views


Madras HC accords farewell to Chief Justice A K Ganguly

   16 December 2008 at 23:20

Chief Justice (CJ) of the Madras High Court A K Ganguly was accorded farewell, following his elevation to the Supreme Court as a Judge.An official communication in this regard was received by the registry from the Supreme Court.Tamil Nadu Advocate Ge ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   232 Views


SC permits Cong activist to file application in Mulayam assets case

   16 December 2008 at 23:19

The Supreme Court permitted a Congress activist from UP, Vishwanath Chaturvedi, to file an application in the apex court seeking directions to the CBI to submit its preliminary inquiry report to the competent court and not to the Union Government in ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   183 Views


EC clarifies on SMS campaign

   15 December 2008 at 18:57

Following angry SMS campaigns calling for boycotting polls, the Election Commission on Sunday has clarified that even if people register their negative votes against any candidate, the winner will be the person who receives the maximum count among th ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   218 Views


SC notice to Centre on hiking income limit for creamy layer

   15 December 2008 at 18:39

The Supreme Court on Monday sought a reply from the Centre on a batch of petitions challenging the move to raise the annual income ceiling for the creamy layer among the OBC candidates, seeking admission to central educational institutions, from Rs 2 ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   299 Views


HC exempts AP Governor from personal appearance

   15 December 2008 at 18:39

In a big relief to Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari, the Delhi High Court on Monday exempted him from personal appearance before it in a suit filed by a man claiming to be his natural son.A Bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Manmohan Singh gra ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   189 Views


44 women among 610 HC judges, RS told

   15 December 2008 at 18:29

There are 44 women among the 610 judges working in the 21 High Courts in the country, the Rajya Sabha was informed. Delhi High Court and Bombay High Court top the list with six women judges each, the law minister H R Bhardwaj said in a written reply. ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   187 Views