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HIV tests not must for jobs: Govt in SC

Sunday 4 March '07

HIV testing should not be a precondition for employment, the Centre told the Supreme Court recently.
Govt makes tapping phones a bit ‘tougher’

Saturday 3 March '07

The new Indian Telegraph Rules 2007 which comes into effect today place much greater responsibility on telecom service providers in cases of tapping of phone calls...
SC orders CBI inquiry into assets of Mulayam, kin

Friday 2 March '07

Busy gearing for Assembly polls in the state next month, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav received a jolt today when the Supreme Court directed the CBI to hold a preliminary enquiry against him
Quota Act won’t affect general category: Centre tells SC

Wednesday 28 February '07

Assuring the Supreme Court that the Central Educational Institutions (Reservations Admission) Act 2006 will not have a serious impact on the non-reserved category
‘One untruth can’t rule out testimony’

Saturday 17 February '07

The Supreme Court has said that the maxim “falsus in uno falsus in omnibus” has “no application in India”.
SC: Speaker erred by not deciding on disqualification

Thursday 15 February '07

While disqualifying the 13 breakaway BSP MLAs, the Supreme Court today held “without hesitation” an “error” on the part of the then Speaker...
SC: No time, can’t hear every kind of dispute

Wednesday 14 February '07

The Supreme Court has limited time at its disposal and it cannot be expected to hear every kind of dispute.” Giving out a clear message
SC to MoD rescue in promotion tangle

Monday 12 February '07

In a judgment that vindicates the Ministry of Defence in yet another promotion tangle, the Supreme Court has set aside a 2006 Delhi High Court order upholding the petition of Naval Commodore F H Dubash.
Police reforms: TN says fixed tenure not practical

Saturday 10 February '07

The Tamil Nadu Government today submitted in the Supreme Court that a legislation to bring about police reforms was very much on the cards.
Ex-CJI cited Bar to back Justice Bhalla, Kalam returns his promotion file

Saturday 10 February '07

There is a question mark over the proposed elevation of Justice Jagdish Bhalla of the Allahabad High Court as the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court with President A P J Abdul Kalam said to have returned the file on his appointment to the Law Ministry for further clarification.
States can’t handle, need federal crime agency for terror: Soli to SC

Thursday 8 February '07

The Soli Sorabjee Committee on police reforms, drafting the model Police Act, has told the Supreme Court that it strongly recommends the creation of a federal agency...
SC collegium OKs Justice Shethna’s transfer from Gujarat to Sikkim

Thursday 8 February '07

The Supreme Court collegium has cleared the transfer of Gujarat High Court judge Justice B J Shethna to the Sikkim High Court and the file will be moved shortly to the Law Ministry.
No space in Delhi? Court Commissioner has roadmap of vacant land, trapped space

Friday 2 February '07

For the lakhs of traders and shopkeepers, affected by the court-ordered sealing drive and facing the crunch of adequate commercial space in the national capital, this could very well be the blueprint for a solution.
Freeing up 4400-cr land to reforming MCD: Court panel’s push, prod made Delhi difference

Monday 29 January '07

The MCD alleges that the Monitoring Committee on unauthorised construction in the capital, appointed by the Delhi High Court, is effectively running a “parallel administration” and has challenged its legitimacy in the court.
Praising him, SC stays Sidhu conviction

Wednesday 24 January '07

Praising cricketer-turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu for choosing “a moral path” to “set high standards in public life by resigning from his seat...
Apex Court admits PIL on Dubey murder

Saturday 20 January '07

Strengthening the campaign for justice in the Satyendra Dubey murder case, the Supreme Court on Friday admitted a PIL, filed few months after Dubey was killed in November 2003.
SC tells Cong MP Subba to prove nationality

Saturday 20 January '07

M K Subba, Congress MP from Tezpur in Assam, is headed for serious trouble after the Supreme Court today slammed both the Centre and the Central Bureau of Investigation
SC reserves verdict on ‘split’ in parties

Wednesday 17 January '07

The Supreme Court will soon settle the law on the issue of “split” in political parties, as it today reserved the verdict on the case of 37 breakaway Bahujan Samajwadi Party MLAs forming a separate party, and later merging with the Samajwadi Party in the Uttar Pradesh in 2003.
‘Dangerous if Court, Govt and Parliament get cosy’

Sunday 14 January '07

That’s the parting message from Chief Justice of India Justice Y K Sabharwal day before he retires. CJI strongly defends Justice Vijender Jain (whose file the President had returned), says disgruntled litigant or a few members of Bar should not affect a judge’s appointment
‘SC judges work 365 days a year’

Sunday 14 January '07

Chief Justice of India-designate K.G. Balakrishnan has said judges of the Supreme Court are working 365 days in a year as even on holidays lot of reading and writing judgments take so much time.
Shut them down, SC rules on BJP-tainted petrol pumps

Saturday 13 January '07

Five years after The Indian Express exposed the nationwide allotment of petrol pumps to the relatives...
Begin police reforms now, says SC, rejecting CMs’ pleas

Friday 12 January '07

Rejecting the request for review of a directive on police reforms and even grant of more time for implementation of certain directions...
Even protected laws invalid if they violate basic rights: SC

Friday 12 January '07

Clearly reinforcing the pre-eminence of the Constitution and a citizen’s fundamental rights...
Justice Raveendran, the 1 in 4-1 verdict: Parliament has no power to expel MPs

Thursday 11 January '07

Justice R V Raveendran, the lone judge in the Constitution Bench to give a dissenting verdict on the expulsion from Parliament of 11 MPs involved in the cash-for-query scandal...
Parliament right to expel errant MPs but its actions open to scrutiny, says SC

Thursday 11 January '07

In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court today upheld Parliament’s right to expel its members for misconduct as was done in the case of 11 MPs involved in the 2005 cash-for-query scandal.
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