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India's children have a precarious right

   04 April 2010 at 23:09

One hardly needs a reminder that the Right to Education is different from the others enshrined in the Constitution, in that the beneficiary cannot demand it nor fight a legal battle when the right is denied or violated. Now that India's childre ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   338 Views


SC asks Karnataka's CJ Dinakaran to go on leave

   03 April 2010 at 11:16

NEW DELHI: Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, whose elevation to the Supreme Court was halted, has been asked by the apex court Collegium to go on leave. Highly placed sources said the decision was taken against Dinakaran, who has no ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   413 Views


Transfer of Sikkim High Court Chief Justice

   03 April 2010 at 10:53

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Posted in Constitutional Law |   422 Views


Transfer of Jammu & Kashmir High Court Chief Justice

   03 April 2010 at 10:52

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Posted in Constitutional Law |   328 Views


Allahabad HC stays suspension of 'gay' professor

   02 April 2010 at 07:19

ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday stayed the suspension of an Aligarh Muslim University reader against whom disciplinary action was taken following reports of his involvement in a homosexual relationship. A division bench of Justice S ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  1 comments |   362 Views


Right to Education Act comes into force today- Becomes a Fundamental Right

   01 April 2010 at 12:45

The Right to Education Act came into force today with Doordarshan telecasting the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address to the nation announcing the operationalisation of the Act. The law envisions to provide free and compulsory education for ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  3 comments |   1831 Views


HC quashes three circulars issued by CJ Dinakaran

   28 March 2010 at 06:45

BANGALORE: Karnataka HC has struck down three circulars issued by its Chief Justice P D Dinakaran against whom allegations of land-grabbing have been raised. The first circular that was quashed by a division bench, comprising Justice N Kumar and Jus ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   579 Views


Justics P.V. Reddi, has taken over as Charirman, 19th Law Commission of India

   26 March 2010 at 11:42

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Posted in Constitutional Law |   2156 Views


Supreme Court lifts stay on Muslim quota in Andhra Pradesh

   26 March 2010 at 06:36

New Delhi: In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court on Thursday permitted Andhra Pradesh to provide four per cent reservation in jobs and education for backward members of the Muslim community, but referred to a special bench the issue of its co ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   357 Views


Remission of Sentences

   25 March 2010 at 07:38

Top court says the President or a governor cannot consider remission of sentence of a person convicted of a heinous crime before 14 years of the actual sentence NEW DELHI Removing certain inconsistencies in some verdicts of the Supreme Court on the ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1318 Views