Judicial people should head information panels: SC (Lead)
September 13th, 2012 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday held that the Central Information Commission and state information panels are forums performing quasi-judicial functions and these should be headed and ... Read more...
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Information panels should be manned by judicial people: SC
September 13th, 2012 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday held that the Central Information Commission and state information commissions are forums performing quasi-judicial functions and thus these should be manned ... Read more...
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Supreme Court’s additional office complex plan approved
July 4th, 2012 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) The government has cleared the construction of an additional office complex for the Supreme Court on a 12.19-acre land here at a cost of ... Read more...
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Patnaik seeks modifications in mining bill
May 19th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 19 (IANS) Describing some of the provisions in the proposed new mining bill as an encroachment of the rights of the states, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ... Read more...
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Supreme Court cautions police, stir organisers
February 23rd, 2012 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday said that the law enforcing agencies should give reasonable notice and time to organisers of agitations to comply with their orders, ... Read more...
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Impeachment motion a ‘foregone conclusion’, writes Justice Sen
September 2nd, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata/New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Justice Soumitra Sen, in his resignation letter to the president Thursday, has pleaded not guilty of the allegations of graft against him and
also wondered whether ... Read more...
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Are judges kings? No judicial activism please (A Legal Reporter’s Diary)
August 1st, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Parmod Kumar
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Here's a staunch opponent of judicial activism from within the judiciary itself. Supreme Court's Justice Markandey Katju seldom misses an opportunity to slam courts for ... Read more...
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Court rejects plea to shift Gulberg case to other judge
July 29th, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 29 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court Thursday rejected the petition of witnesses of Gulberg Society attack during the 2002 communal riots, seeking transfer of cases from the designated judge for ... Read more...
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Court shocked at government’s reluctance to fund Mullaperiyar panel
March 29th, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday expressed shock over the union government's reluctance to fund the working of its techno-legal panel formed to examine aspects regarding strength and capacity ... Read more...
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Punjab assembly stopped from declaring Amarinder’s Patiala seat vacant
October 3rd, 2008 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) In a significant relief to former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, expelled from the state assembly Sep 10, the Supreme Court Friday stopped the legislature from declaring ... Read more...
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