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Kerala HC admits PIL against rallies

   28 January 2010 at 23:39

Kerala High Court on Thursday issued notice to the state government on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking a direction to ban processions or rallies with the participation over 500 people in the city.A Division Bench comprising Actin ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   643 Views


Compulsory voting not feasible, says Chawla

   28 January 2010 at 02:40

Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla on Wednesday felt that it was not possible to make voting compulsory nationwide. It was for Parliament to debate and decide on the subject. “I have to preface this by saying that it is for Parliament to ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   390 Views


TELANGANA: PIL IN SC TO ACCEPT MLAS’ RESIGNATION

   28 January 2010 at 02:31

A petition was on Wednesday moved in the Supreme Court contending that the resignation submitted by the MLAs on the issue of Telangana be deemed to have been accepted by the Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The petition was mentioned before a ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   514 Views


Govt cites technicality, denies information under RTI

   22 January 2010 at 09:21

HUBLI: If you thought that "the dog ate my homework" was the lamest excuse anyone can come up with, wait. The state government can do better. ItTwitter Facebook ShareEmail Print Save Commenthas rejected an RTI application, sa ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   689 Views


Delh HC warns Leyland and Tata to supply buses in time

   20 January 2010 at 17:39

Delh HC warns Leyland and Tata to supply buses in timeNEW DELHI:Delhi High Court on Wednesday warned bus providers Leyland and Tata, that court will cancel the tender, if they don’t stick to the schedule of bus delivery. Court gives time till M ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   611 Views


Shelter all Delhi's homeless by evening, orders SC

   20 January 2010 at 15:59

Shelter all Delhi's homeless by evening, orders SCNew Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday ordered the Delhi government to provide night shelters to all of the capital’s homeless by this evening.Taking note of the plight of the homeless during th ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   514 Views


Law abiding citizen entitled to kill aggressor in self defence: SC

   20 January 2010 at 15:18

Law abiding citizen entitled to kill aggressor in self defence: SC 1/19/2010In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has ruled that a law-abiding citizen is entitled to kill the aggressor, who poses a grave and imminent threat to his life and prope ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  2 comments |   631 Views


'Bar Councils open to scrutiny under RTI'

   20 January 2010 at 15:13

'Bar Councils open to scrutiny under RTI' .The Bar Councils are open to public scrutiny under the Right to Information Act (RTI) and should set-up a mechanism to facilitate processing of applications directed to them under the transparency law, the ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   556 Views


Hand over Modi's speech, other documents to SIT: SC

   19 January 2010 at 21:02

The Supreme Court today asked the Gujarat government to furnish without delay all documents, including the alleged inflammatory speeches made by chief minister Narendra Modi, to the Special Investigation Team probing post-Godhra 2002 communal riots i ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  1 comments |   848 Views


Overweight airhostess moves Delhi high court against termination order

   11 January 2010 at 21:31

New Delhi: An airhostess has approached Delhi High Court challenging erstwhile India Airlines' decision to sack her for being "overweight". The airline (Now known as National Aviation Company of India Ltd) had last year terminated the serv ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  2 comments |   1104 Views