Source:- indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Overcoming serious differences within itself, as well as with the Centre, the Supreme Court collegium has finalised the memorandum of procedure (MoP) for appointment of judges to constitutional courts. The issue had been a bone of contention between the executive and the judiciary for more than a year. The collegium, headed
Source:- hindustantimes.com A Supreme Court-appointed panel has vetoed a government move to cap the age of students and the number of attempts they are allowed to clear a top all-India exam for entry into undergraduate medical schools. The panel, headed by former chief justice RM Lodha, said it was in favour of striking down the
Source:- thehindu.com The Supreme Court Collegium has handed over the finalised Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) for appointment of judges to the government. While maintaining the government’s proposal for a national security clause in the MoP, the Collegium has reserved to itself the right to reiterate a name rejected by the government. In the final draft
Source:- india.com Agartala, March 18 (IANS) The lack of resources and geographical isolation sometimes hamper the delivery of justice, Supreme Court Justice Ranjan Gogoi said here on Saturday. “Because of lack of economic solvency, geographical isolation and remoteness sometimes justice might not reach to the people at the right time,” Justice Gogoi said after laying
Source:- intoday.in The Election Commission has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying it supports a life ban on tainted political leaders. The central poll panel, in its affidavit, said that convicted netas should be barred from contesting elections for life. Currently, this ban is for six years. At present, a person, convicted in
Course:- dnaindia.com The Supreme Court today said the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) for appointments to the higher judiciary has been cleared and the process of filling the vacancies in the high courts was proceeding on a “war footing”. A bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar, while disposing of PILs seeking filling of vacancies for
Source:- ndtv.com NEW DELHI: The Ram temple in Ayodhya is a “sensitive”, “sentimental issue” and should be sorted outside court through discussion, the Supreme Court has said. The top court said it would step in only if the matter can’t be resolved through talks. A decision in the matter has been pending since 2010, when
Source:- hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to examine whether pension and allowances such as unlimited free train travel should be given to former MPs and MLAs. A bench headed by justice J Chelameswar issued notices to the Centre, secretaries of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Election Commission and the attorney general on a
Source:- financialexpress.com The Supreme Court today summoned Chief Secretaries of nine drought affected states, including Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, for failing to implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA). A bench headed by Justice M B Lokur said despite considerable time having passed since the law came into force, these states have failed
Source:- huffingtonpost.in NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday set up a high-powered expert committee to look for technological solution to block the uploading of videos of rape and child pornography on internet. The committee will have the representatives from the central government and the three search engines — Google India, Yahoo India, Microsoft
