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Power of court - Ouster of Thai Premier

   03 December 2008 at 23:06

Thailand's constitutional court on Tuesday unseated Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat by ordering that his party be disbanded for electoral fraud. He stands disqualified for elective office for five years.The latest ruling dissolved not only Mr.Somcha ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   211 Views


SC Judge Arijit Pasayat moots financial support for lower courts

   01 December 2008 at 23:54

Supreme Court Judge Arijit Pasayat said the government has to make meaningful financial contribution to improve the working of the subordinate courts to decrease the mounting docket explosion.Justice Pasayat was addressing during the valedictory func ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   238 Views


Supremacy of CJI to contine in appointment of SC & HC Judges

   28 November 2008 at 23:52

Chief Justice of India, Justice K G Balakrishnan, made it clear that the supremacy of Supreme Court Collegium, headed by the CJI shall continue in the matter of appointment of High Court and Supreme Court judges.The CJI was speaking on the occasion o ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   242 Views


Higher salaries for HC, SC judges

   28 November 2008 at 23:52

Higher salaries for judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court were effected by the Union Cabinet, the Law and Justice Ministry announced.With revised scales, the Chief Justice of India will now get a salary of Rs 1,00,000 per month plus Dearnes ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   328 Views


CJI office comes under purview of RTI Act, says CIC

   28 November 2008 at 19:26

New Delhi, Nov.26 (ANI): The Chief Information Officer, Wajahat Habibullah, today said that the office of the Chief Justice of India does come under the purview of the Right to Information Act, 2005.Delivering a talk on “Working of Right to Informati ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   222 Views


No move to change judges appointment procedure

   28 November 2008 at 19:26

NEW DELHI: There is no proposal to change the procedure of appointment of judges to High Courts and the Supreme Court on the recommendations made by a collegium of judges headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI), Union Law Minister H.R. Bhardwaj ma ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   194 Views


REFORMING LEGAL EDUCATION

   26 November 2008 at 10:54

PILs seek CET for admissions to law collegesReintroducing a common entrance test for law admissions, barring entry of nonstudents on the premises of law colleges and an external disciplinary committee to monitor student activities were some of the su ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   375 Views


HEARD AT LAST SC issues notice to EC on DMDK’s poll symbol

   26 November 2008 at 10:54

New Delhi: The SC on Tuesday issued notice to the Election Commission on a lawsuit questioning the legality of its rule for recognising a political outfit as state-level party and allotting a fixed election symbol to it. A bench of Chief Justice KG ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   199 Views


Writ against coal import dismissed

   26 November 2008 at 10:54

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has told the Madras high court that there was a severe shortage of coal supply by Indian companies and that the stocks would last only for two days as on November 15. A submission to this effect was made by ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   294 Views


No reservation on single vacancy: SC

   26 November 2008 at 10:54

Dismisses An Appeal Filed By Karnataka Govt Against High Court OrderThe Supreme Court has held that the rule of reservation cannot be applied to a single vacancy as it amounts to providing 100% reservation to a particular caste and is violative of co ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   2592 Views