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Supreme Court advises PM not to induct chargesheeted persons as Ministers

August 28, 2014

The Supreme Court has advised the Prime Minister or Chief Minister of a State not to appoint chargesheeted persons facing trial for offences involving moral turpitude as Ministers. Although there was no such condition mentioned in the Constitution of India which ..

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'Coal block allocations from 1993 to 2010 illegal, done arbitrarily': Supreme Court

August 26, 2014

The Supreme Court declared illegal all coal block allocations between 1993 and 2010, saying these were done in an unfair, arbitrary and non-transparent manner without following any objective criteria. The court, however, said that further hearing was required to decide whether ..

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Apex court’s notice to Centre on a plea seeking conduct of court proceedings in Hindi

August 20, 2014

Responding to a PIL seeking the Supreme Court’s direction to the government to amend the Constitution for making Hindi official language for conducting court proceedings, the apex court has issued a notice to the Centre on the matter. The court ..

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Supreme Court sets two-week timeline for Ganga roadmap

August 14, 2014

The Supreme Court has set a two-week timeline for the government to submit an affidavit providing details about what it proposes to do for cleaning the river. This is despite NDA-led government giving top priority to the cleaning of river Ganga. ..

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Justice Banumathi: Frist woman to become Supreme Court judge from TN

August 13, 2014

Justice R Banumathi has become the first woman judge from Tamil Nadu to be elevated to the Supreme Court. Justice Banumathi is only the 6th woman judge of the SC since India’s Independence. Now, the 30-judge SC will now have ..

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Collegium system set to be abolished as Congress supports new Commission

August 13, 2014

With the Congress and regional parties deciding supporting the NDA’s Constitution amendment bill to set up the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), the collegium system of appointing judges to the Supreme Court and high courts is set to become history. ..

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Supreme court asks Centre to submit proposal to expedite criminal justice system

August 1, 2014

The Supreme Court has said that the judiciary cannot fast-track cases against MPs and in fact asked the government to submit a proposal within a month to expedite the Criminal justice system in India. The apex court also observed that ..

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Key points in proposed Judicial Appointment Commission Bill

July 30, 2014

The controversy over the efficacy of the collegium system for appointing Supreme Court judges has gained momentum with many leaders and even eminent jurists including well-known names such as Markandey Katju have been candid on the failure of the current collegium ..

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SC notice to all states and UTs on the issue of legalizing euthanasia

July 18, 2014

The Supreme Court has issued notice to all states and Union territories on a plea for legalizing passive euthanasia. The apex court issued the notice on a petition filed with it, saying the question of passive euthanasia (mercy killing) needs ..

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Pay MGNREGA workers wages commensurate with minimum wages fixed by State: SC asks Government

July 12, 2014

As per the direction of the Supreme Court, Government must implement its February 2014 notification fixing higher average daily wages to workers of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The order came a day after the proposed ..

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