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Appointment of Supreme Court Judge

   13 February 2010 at 13:50

In exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, to be a Judge of the Supreme Court ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   562 Views


Selection to SC should be more open: Delhi CJ

   12 February 2010 at 10:09

NEW DELHI: The best known victim of the existing system of judicial appointments has suggested reforms on the verge of his retirement .A P Shah, chief justice of the Delhi High Court who was surprisingly bypassed for appointment to the Supreme Court ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  1 comments |   472 Views


Supreme Court asks States to cap all abandoned borewells

   12 February 2010 at 06:35

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked all the States to cap all discarded and abandoned borewells in their territories and to properly fence all working wells to prevent small children falling into them. A three-Judge Bench of Chief Justice ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   796 Views


Informer should be given information under RTI Act by investigative wing of director general income tax (DGIT)

   10 February 2010 at 11:35

Central Information Commission (CIC) has opined that non-disclosure of feedback on probe in tax evasion complaints filed by whistle-blowers will dissuade them from giving any future information. Acknowledging that the investigation wing of the income ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1747 Views


SC wants views of HCs on RTI queries about judges' appointment

   10 February 2010 at 08:27

NEW DELHI: Faced with increasing number of queries under Right to Information (RTI) Act on judges' appointment to higher judiciary, the Supreme Court on Monday sought the views of all High Courts on this issue.Responses of HCs were sought by a Bench ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  1 comments |   545 Views


Justice Srikrishna panel for Telangana

   05 February 2010 at 02:31

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday announced the Telangana panel, which would consider the demand for splitting Andhra Pradesh. The government, however, is yet to frame the terms of reference for the panel headed by B N Srikrishna, a retired jud ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   400 Views


Transfer of Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justice

   03 February 2010 at 14:02

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 222 of the Constitution of India, the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to transfer Shri Justice Anil Ramesh Dave, Chief Justice, Andhra Pradesh High ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   392 Views


Supreme Court rejects plea to force Telangana resignations

   02 February 2010 at 10:27

New Delhi: Pro-Telangana MLAs in Andhra Pradesh got more time to reconsider their resignations on Monday. The Supreme Court dismissed a petition filed by former member of parliament M Narayan Reddy that sought a directive to state assembly speaker N ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   187 Views


No public interest in Telangana resignations: Court

   01 February 2010 at 14:42

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the Andhra Pradesh Speaker to either accept or decide on the resignation of over 139 legislators on the Telangana issue.A bench headed by Chief Justice K G ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   509 Views


Chief Justice of India not in favour of regional benches of Supreme Court

   30 January 2010 at 22:26

Rejecting Law Commission's recommendation for setting up of four Supreme Court regional benches, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Saturday said he did not favour the "disintegration" of the apex court."I am not in favour of t ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  6 comments |   701 Views