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Judge Popluation Ratio

   29 April 2008 at 23:31

The Law Commission in its 120th Report recommended that the strength of judges per million population may be increased from 10.5 to 50 judges. The present judge strength in India is 14 per million population (approx.). Government has already increase ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   263 Views


Govt may amend NCW Act to give more powers to the body

   29 April 2008 at 00:13

Government is mulling amending the National Commission for Women Act to give more powers to the body, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhury s ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   289 Views


SC seeks Assam MP Subba's response on citizenship row

   29 April 2008 at 00:13

The Supreme Court directed controversial Congress MP from Assam, Mani Kumar Subba, to respond to a CBI report which questioned the veracity of his birth certificate following a probe over a petition which alleged that he was a Nepalese citizen."The b ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   596 Views


SC refuses to pass order on plea against HAL airport closure

   25 April 2008 at 23:46

SC refuses to pass order on plea against HAL airport closure The Supreme Court refused to hear a public interest litigation filed by an NGO alleging that the Centre's decision to close down the existing airport in Bangalore for commercial flights wa ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   312 Views


SC dismisses plea of TN self-financing teaching institutes

   25 April 2008 at 23:46

SC dismisses plea of TN self-financing teaching institutes Hopes of over 5,000 aspiring teachers, studying in various self-financing institutes of Tamil Nadu to appear in state government-conducted Teachers Training exams 2007-2008 were today dashed ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   313 Views


SC reserves verdict on Constitutional validity of MCOCA

   25 April 2008 at 12:17

SC reserves verdict on Constitutional validity of MCOCA The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on the issue of constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). The matter had reached the apex court after the Bomb ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   466 Views


SC stays hearing of petitions against Bhim Rao Ambedkar Sthal

   21 April 2008 at 22:19

SC stays hearing of petitions against Bhim Rao Ambedkar Sthal New Delhi, Apr 21 The Supreme Court today stayed till further orders the hearing of the petitions in Allahabad High Court against the construction of 'Bhim Rao Ambedkar Sthal' spread ove ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   328 Views


CJI seeks more budgetary allocation for courts

   21 April 2008 at 08:55

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan on Saturday demanded higher budgetary allocation to set up new courts to combat cases that are pending, saying the present allotment is "grossly inadequate"."We have got an independent judiciary. We r ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   316 Views


SC directs authorities to environment, health data on GM trials

   18 April 2008 at 22:41

SC directs authorities to environment, health data on GM trialsThe Supreme Court has directed the authorities concerned to make public all data that is relevant to determining environment and health safety including toxicity and all allergenicity dat ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   262 Views


Largely positive reactions to OBC verdict

   18 April 2008 at 22:41

Largely positive reactions to OBC verdictHailing the Supreme Court decision upholding 27 per cent OBC quota in elite educational institutions, several organisations today said the weaker sections of society will now have access to higher education.Th ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   518 Views