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Constitutional Law News


Court declines to interfere with order

   15 July 2009 at 10:58

The Madras High Court on Monday declined to interfere with an interim order passed by a single Judge directing the Customs authorities to issue necessary sail order to a vessel, m.v. Asean Express, carrying river sand, to leave Karaikal port to the R ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   182 Views


Court orders notice of motion to EC

   15 July 2009 at 10:57

The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered notice of motion to the Election Commission (EC) on a petition seeking a direction to the EC to consider and dispose of a representation on merits to remove ‘koodai’ (basket) symbol from the list.I ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   185 Views


Karnataka HC bench drops contempt proceedings against Seer o

   15 July 2009 at 10:53

The High Court Bench in Dharwad has dropped the contempt proceedings against the Seer of Shri Ramachandrapur Math in connection with the alleged violation of Court direction about the Mahabaleshwar temple of Gokarna.In a judgment, the Court observed ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   181 Views


Madras HC: TNEB bound to pay compensation to the family of w

   14 July 2009 at 18:16

The Madras High Court has said the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board(TNEB) is bound to pay Rs 1.75 lakh (balance amount) as compensation to the family of a woman who died of electric shock nine years ago.In his order on a writ petition seeking a direction ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   314 Views


Homosexuality issue may go to Supreme Court larger bench

   14 July 2009 at 18:07

The Centre is most likely to seek reference of the five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on the issue of decriminalising homosexuality between two consenting adults.In view of stiff opposition to Delhi High Court judgment dated July 2, d ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   269 Views


Article 370 should be scrapped

   13 July 2009 at 11:21

Kashmiri Pundits living in the United States have demanded that the Article 370, that provides special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, be scrapped as it is no longer relevant. The demand was made at a recently held second ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   129 Views


Delhi HC gives nod to movie Shortcut

   12 July 2009 at 11:28

The Delhi High Court today allowed Bollywood actor and producer Anil Kapoor to release his film Shortcut.Producer BS Bhullar had moved the court claiming copyright over the title of the film Shortcut.The movie, starring film stars Akshay Khanna, Arsh ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   198 Views


Madras HC dismisses petition on land allotment case

   12 July 2009 at 11:27

The Madras High Court dismissed a petition filed by Banumathi Thambidurai, wife of former AIADMK Minister M Thambidurai and the Managing Trustee of the Adiyaman Educational Trust in a land allotment case and directed her to pay the land cost to Tamil ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   193 Views


PIL fundamental to poverty jurisprudence: Iyer

   12 July 2009 at 11:20

The former judge of the Supreme Court V.R. Krishna Iyer has said that in India, public interest litigation (PIL) was the fundamental ideology of “poverty jurisprudence.” ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   318 Views


Bench grants four weeks to implement TAT order

   12 July 2009 at 11:15

The Madras High Court has granted four weeks for the State Government to implement an order of the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal (TAT) relating to a police Head Constable. If it is not implemented, the State Home Secretary should appear before t ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   144 Views