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Karnataka High Court constitutes Special Bench for hearing Jayalalithaa’s case
The Honorable Chief Justice of High of Karnataka, is pleased to constitute a Special Bench of Hon'ble Justice C R Kumaraswamy for hearing of Crl.A Nos.835/2014 to 838/2014 (Jayalalithaa & others) on day-to-day basis” reported the website of the Karnataka High Court.Earlier, the Supreme Court had extended the former Chief Minister’s bail by four months and had ordered that her appeal...
DoPT receives 203 applications for Chief Information Commissioner’s post in CIC
In response to an RTI application filed by Commodore (retired) Lokesh Batra, it has been revealed by the Department of Personnel and Training that 203 applications were received for the post of Chief Information Commissioner in the Commission. The applications include the names of the presently serving Central Information Commissioners.The Strength of the CIC, as per the RTI Act, is prescribed...
CIC recommends displaying land records on prominent walls of villages; observes that ownership, boundaries and extent of land are public records
In an appeal filed by Mr. Surender Pal Singh, Central Information Commissioner Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu has held that the land records containing the names of different owners and describing boundaries and extent of the land are public records and the information such as names of persons and the extent of land owned or possessed by the public authority is neither private information...
First Justice Nagendra Singh International Peace Award for Justice Dalveer Bhandari
The First Justice Nagendra Singh International Peace Award established by the International Goodwill Society of India (IGSI), a non-political, social and scholastic association, which claims its target is to accomplish a worldwide development and arousing for an aggregate atomic boycott and restoration of ancient Indian social legacy was given to Justice Dalveer Bhandari by the Vice President...
Special CBI Judge discharges Amit Shah from Sohrabuddin fake encounter case
Bhartiya Janata Party President Amit Shah has been discharged as an accused in the 2005 Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, by Special CBI Judge M.B. Gosavi. Charges of criminal conspiracy leveled against Shah, who was Gujarat Home Minister when alleged encounter of Shaikh and Tulsiram Prajapati was committed, have now been dropped.The Judge observed that the entire record, when considered...
An Overview of the Winter Session of Parliament
The winter session of the Parliament ended on Tuesday, December 23, 2014. As reported, the Parliament sat from November 24 to December 23 and had 22 sittings. At the starting of the session, the Parliament had 67 bills pending before it, 59 in the Rajya Sabha and 8 in the Lok Sabha.Out of the pending 67 bills, nine were introduced in the previous session and 40 were introduced during the term...
Delhi High Court dismisses the plea for Supply of Generic Medicines [Read the Judgment]
A Division Bench of Delhi High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation [PIL] seeking directions to the Government to provide generic medicines and medical treatment to the public at large at a reasonable cost by holding that Court cannot encroach into policy matters of the government.There was petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking for relief against Union of...
Upload the Copy of FIR within 24 Hours in the Website; High Court of HP directs Police [Read the Order]
In a landmark Judgment the High Court of Himachal Pradesh directed the police to upload the copy of First Information Report [FIR] in the Website within 24 hours of lodging it, from 26.01.2015.Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan who wrote the Judgment held that Democracy expects openness and openness is a concomitant of a free society and sunlight is the best disinfectant. It cannot be disputed...
Delhi HC annuls NHRC order against Somanath Bharati
Setting aside the NHRC order passed on September 29 holding the erstwhile Delhi law minister of AAP guilty of midnight raid, the vacation bench of HC comprising Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice Manmohan Singh on 26 December directed to hear the matter afresh and pass a detailed order after considering the evidence presented by Mr. SomnathBharti in his defence. The Commission had...
India gives firm reply to the Italian President on marines issue, says matter is sub-judice, judiciary is independent
“Matter is sub-judice, Indian judiciary which is fair and impartial will take an independent view on this (Italian marines case)”, said the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affaris Mr. Syed Akbaruddin, in relation to the ongoing case against two Italian Marines for killing two Indian fishermen.Reportedly, the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has blamed the...
Delhi High Court differentiates between Uber and Ola,Uber fails to get relief as Court asks Government to hear its case
Distinguishing between Uber and Ola Cabs, the Delhi High Court refused to give a similar order in favour of Uber. Previously, the Delhi High Court had allowed Ola Cabs to function after it had pleaded that it was just a technology platform and not a radio taxi operator. By virtue of the order, the December 8 Government Order, which had effectively banned, Ola was done away with.The High...
PIL seeking to quash RBI directive imposing unfair limit on the number of transaction from one’s own ATM
A PIL was filed seeking directions to allow banking customers to make unlimited number of transactions free of any charge on own bank ATMs. The Delhi High Court yesterday issued notice to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the decision to impose a limit of five transactions per month from the customers' own bank ATM and charging Rs.20 per transaction beyond it. A division bench of Chief...







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