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Gujarat court begins hearing on ban of Jaswant’s book

   01 September 2009 at 18:18

A three-judge Bench of the Gujarat High Court, headed by Chief Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan, on Monday began the hearing on the public interest litigation petition challenging the constitutionality and validity of the State government’s notifica ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   187 Views


Delhi HC clears decks for CBI to question Buta Singh

   31 August 2009 at 21:31

The Delhi High Court asked the CBI to interrogate Buta Singh in a bribery case also involving his son Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh .The Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes, Buta Singh had submitted before the High Court his willingnes ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   124 Views


Madras HC admits winding up plea against Subhiksha

   31 August 2009 at 21:25

The Madras High Court has admitted a winding up plea petition against Subhiksha, the beleaguered deep discount retail chain, filed by Kotak Mahindra Bank.While admitting the petition, Justice P Jothimani passed orders for publication of advertisement ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   694 Views


Apex court Judge Reddy against free run to bureaucracy

   31 August 2009 at 17:13

Supreme Court Judge B Sudershan Reddy said the greatest constitutional challenge would be to accommodate civil society institutions and their deliberations into the reckoning of formal institutions of the state and decision-making.The greatest consti ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   187 Views


CJI emphasised for speedy disposal of cases at lower courts

   31 August 2009 at 17:11

Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan emphasised the need for speedy trial saying judges should ask relevant questions only.Justice Balakrishnan said the judges should have fair knowledge of law and should ask ‘relevant questions’ only. ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   184 Views


Centre to clarify stand on gay sex next week

   31 August 2009 at 17:10

The Union Government is likely to clarify its stand on the issue of legalising gay sex between two consenting adults, before the Supreme Court next week.Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has already indicated that the committee of three ministers, co ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   174 Views


RTI forum welcomes judges’ move

   31 August 2009 at 17:08

The Forum for Right to Information Campaign has welcomed the decision of the judges of Supreme Court of India on Wednesday to make public their assets and said that the issue had been haunting higher judiciary for quite some time.Terming it a decisio ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   143 Views


Kerala HC judges to make public assets

   29 August 2009 at 10:05

If things go according to plan, the Kerala High Court will become the first high court in the country to declare assets of all its judges including the Chief Justice. The decision that comes two days after a similar one by the Supreme Court judges w ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   186 Views


SC judges decision to disclose assets unanimous: CJI

   29 August 2009 at 10:04

The Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Friday said the decision of Supreme Court judges to make their assets public was entirely "unanimous". "We are strictly following the 1997 resolution under which the disclosures were not t ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   183 Views


Delay in sanction for prosecution:CVC to update website list

   29 August 2009 at 10:04

The CVC would soon put up the names of officials against whom there has been a delay of over three months in sanction for prosecution on its website that has not updated the list since January 2007."A proposal in this regard (putting up names of ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   298 Views