All clear for judicial council; complaint procedure in Judges (Inquiry) Bill later

Friday 10 November '06

The Union Cabinet today decided to set up a National Judicial Council as part of Judges (Inquiry) Bill.

Mulayam & family list 18 properties, tell SC these are worth ‘only Rs 9 crore’

Saturday 4 November '06

Countering a PIL that alleges he and and his family acquired assets disproportionate to their known sources of income...

Centre can’t change SC/ST list

Friday 3 November '06

Against the backdrop of the ongoing quota debate, the Supreme Court has held that the Centre “cannot add or subtract to the list of scheduled castes...

There’s no compelling reason why Afzal shouldn’t hang: Law Ministry tells Govt

Wednesday 18 October '06

The Union Law Ministry has advised the Government that there is “no compelling reason or circumstance” to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment in the case of Mohammad Afzal Guru

Ex-CJIs differ on application of yardstick

Thursday 12 October '06

Today’s Supreme Court ruling which underlines that the pardon power of a Governor...

SC to allow e-filing of petitions from Oct 2

Sunday 1 October '06

The Supreme Court has decided to allow "e-filing" of petitions from October 2.

PMO finally clears gas cracker project

Wednesday 27 September '06

The prime minister's office today finally cleared the Assam gas cracker project directing the Gas Authority of India Limited...

Centre to SC: Don’t take up plea against quota

Monday 18 September '06

In a reply in the case relating to 27 per cent quota for OBCs in all educational institutions...

SC imposes Rs 2 lakh fine on Indian Bank

Thursday 14 September '06

The Supreme Court has imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on the Indian Bank for refusing to pay fixed deposit money to a customer.

If court’s satisfied, dying declaration doesn’t need any corroboration: SC

Friday 8 September '06

Dying declarations should be to the satisfaction of the courts and there need not be any corroboration to them as part of evidence...

Despite Speaker, SC sends expelled MPs case to larger Bench

Tuesday 5 September '06

Despite Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s contention that the decision to expel 11 MPs over the cash-for-query scandal was “beyond the pale of judicial scrutiny”, the Supreme Court has decided to hear their case on a day-to-day basis from tomorrow.

SC moves J&K sex case to Chandigarh, slams the Bar

Tuesday 5 September '06

In a stinging indictment of the J&K Bar Association which had passed a resolution denying any legal aid to the accused in the Srinagar sex scandal

SC: Govt can hold pension for negligence

Tuesday 5 September '06

In a judgment set to have a major bearing on lakhs of pensioners in the country, the Supreme Court has upheld a rule which says that pension...

Panel mum on SC query if Gujarat riot cases should be reinvestigated

Friday 1 September '06

Told by the Supreme Court to recommend whether re-investigation by an independent agency was required in a slew of the most serious Gujarat riot cases

SC to hear 14 cases on Gujarat riots today

Tuesday 29 August '06

Fourteen cases pertaining to incidents of violence in the Gujarat 2002 communal riots will come up for hearing at Supreme Court tomorrow.

Dalit meet calls for ‘parity, not charity’

Monday 28 August '06

The first-ever Dalit national conference kicked off here today with a call to bring backward communities into the mainstream...

RTI on promotions: Recruitment panel contradicts LS information cell

Friday 25 August '06

Even as a debate rages over the proposed amendments to the Right to Information Act to keep file notings out of its purview...

Trinamool MP challenges OoP law in court

Wednesday 23 August '06

The Parliament Amendment Act, 2006, better known as the Office of Profit (OoP) law, that received the President’s assent a couple of days back, has been challenged in the Supreme Court.

Can’t establish Subba’s Nepal origin: CBI to SC

Tuesday 15 August '06

Controversial Congress MP Mani Kumar Subba’s ‘‘Nepali origin’’ could not be ascertained, the Central Bureau of Investigation has told the Supreme Court.

Pathak: Father, son abused position, Cong in the clear

Friday 4 August '06

Handing the Congress party a clean chit in the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal, the Justice R S Pathak inquiry panel indicted former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh and his MLA son Jagat for “misusing” their position

With CBI probing scam, NEEPCO chairman resigns

Wednesday 2 August '06

Investigations revealed that Sharma misappropriated several crores of rupees by misusing his powers as the PSU’s boss...

Bill ready, SC judge could head rights panel

Thursday 27 July '06

In a controversial move, the Congress-led UPA government is all set to move a Bill watering down the composition of the high-profile National Human Rights Commission...

‘New Bench fixed as per fixed norms’

Thursday 20 July '06

The Supreme Court has fixed the Bench of Justices A.R. Lakshmanan and P.K. Balasubramanyan for hearing the PIL on the disproportionate assets case of UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav

PM panel seeks details on Muslim judicial officers

Thursday 20 July '06

The Prime Minister’s high-level committee, set up to probe the social status of Muslims, has sought details of judicial officers from across the country.

Mulayam I-T, wealth tax returns before SC, in sealed covers

Tuesday 18 July '06

In response to a PIL filed against him and his family in a disproportionate assets case, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today submitted his income...