In a recent Order of the High Court of Meghalaya dated 2.11.2015 passed in Writ Petition (C) No. 127 of 2015, the High Court of Meghalaya has made a suo motu suggestion to the Central Government for the imposition of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, in the Garo Hills area.
This was a PIL/public interest litigation filed to protect street vendors of Harkesh Nagar Sabzi Mandi Okhla, New Delhi from routine harassment and extortion by the Delhi Municipality (SDMC) and Delhi Police. Despite a restraining order passed on 16.1.2013 against…
Delhi, 23 November 2015: The two-day convention on judicial accountability and reforms, organised by the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) concluded with the formation of a campaign committee and the adoption of an agenda for the campaign for coming year. The campaign committee consisted of more than 15 peoples’ campaigns that came together with a strong assertion that justice concerns everyone and ensuring the accountability of the judicial system would be the shared responsibility of a range of peoples’ movements and campaigns.
Appointments through the present system of Collegium will not be put on hold until the Constitution Bench decides on reforms, said Justice Khehar.
The issue of judicial appointments has been a vexed problem. Initially the power was with the government who only needed to consult the Chief Justice.
BY SHAILESH GANDHI ON 07/10/2015 The RTI law is being amended by the court without any reasoning and unless this is reversed, the Right to Information could slowly be emasculated
Rule of law has meant different things to different people at different times. This prompted constitutional historian Ivor Jennings to characterise it as “an unruly horse”.
What makes Indian-American women so phenomenally successful in the American judiciary?
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a Gujarat High Court order, issuing notices to 27 of its sitting and former judges over allotment of government plots to them. A bench led by Chief Justice HL Dattu also issued notices to the Gujarat government and Registrar of Cooperative Societies. A bench of the Gujarat High Court, led by outgoing acting Chief Justice VM Sahai, had on Monday issued notices to 27 judges, seeking their replies on the 2008 allotment of residential plots.
Press Release SUPREME COURT REFUSES INFORMATION ON MEDICAL EXPENSES OF SUPREME COURT JUDGES