SC to pronounce judgement on OBC quota on Thursday The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on Thursday on the constitutional validity of the controversial law to provide 27 percent quota to OBCs in central educational institutions. A five-judge ..
"Who will protect the rights of the common man if the executive does not do its duty," asked the Supreme Court while justifying judicial intervention and favouring fresh guidelines for entertaining PILs.The court also came down heavily on hospitals a ..
Amidst a raging debate and differences among judges over entertaining public interest litigations (PILs), the Supreme Court floated an idea of carrying out a study to find out spheres in which such petitions have yielded results."A general study on P ..
SC refuses to hear PIL on Rs 60,000 cr farm loan waiver scheme The Supreme Court refused to hear a petition questioning the Rs 60,000 crore loan waiver scheme for farm debt proposed by the government in Budget 2008-09. A bench headed by Chief Justice ..
UP Govt moves SC against order restraining works at park New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Government today approached the Supreme Court against an order of the Allahabad High Court restraining it to carry out construction works at the Ambe ..
The Supreme Court has declared as "illegal" the selection process adopted by the Delhi High Court for appointment of judges in the Delhi Higher Judicial Services.A bench of Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and J M Panchal asserted that the High Court c ..
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Dr. Justice Mukundakam Sharma, Chief Justice, Delhi High Court, to be a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, with effec ..
Supreme Court dismisses the petition filed against Lalu Prasad challenging his continuance as Union Minister on the ground that he had contested Lok Sabha election from Chapra while being a member from another constituency."We will not consider it. W ..
Panaji, Apr 3 (UNI) The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court has directed Advocate General Subodh Kantak to produce government files pertaining to the appointment of parliamentary secretariesand conferment of Cabinet status on them. It may be recalled ..
CJI for mediation, resolving disputes at pre-litigation stage It is the duty of the judiciary to see that people do not lose faith in it and resort to violence to show their dissatisfaction, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Saturday said fa ..