The central government Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking the review of its verdict directing amendment of the RTI Act for the appointment of judges, serving or retired, and people with judicial background on the central and state information panels. The government, in its review petition, contended that the court could not have directed it [ Read More ]
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SC asks government to notify norms to regulate eco-tourismThe Supreme Court Tuesday allowed the union government to issue “comprehensive guidelines” for conservation of tiger habitat coupled with regulated low-impact eco-tourism in national parks and sanctuaries. The apex court bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar, while giving the government seven days to notify its eco-tourism guidelines, said: “We can neither validate [ Read More ] SC nudges government over lax law officersThe government law officers are “not appointed on the basis of their merit. They are appointed on some other consideration. There is also coalition politics in their appointment”, the Supreme Court said Monday. The court’s oral observation came while it expressed anguish over mistakes in drafting of petitions and poor knowledge of some government advocates. [ Read More ] SC frowns on delay in income tax department appealsThe Supreme Court Monday asked the government to streamline the Income Tax (I-T) Department’s working to check delays in challenging adverse verdicts related to tax demand orders. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justice A.K. Patnaik said that the government should also put in place a monitoring mechanism so that streamlined [ Read More ] Information panels should be manned by judicial people: SCThe Supreme Court Thursday held that the Central Information Commission and state information commissions are forums performing quasi-judicial functions and thus these should be manned by people with judicial background. The court said that one of the two members hearing a plea challenging the denial of information has to be from judicial background. The apex [ Read More ] Apex court strikes down rounding off marks for admissionIn a ruling that would impact thousands of students, the Supreme Court has held that there can be no rounding-off of the percentage of marks to the next digit for making a candidate eligible for admission to a course when eligibility criteria are clearly mentioned. “When eligibility criteria are prescribed in a qualifying examination, it [ Read More ] Ban on tint films in vehicles: Next hearing on July 19A division bench of Supreme Court has directed that all review and impleading petitions pertaining to the ban on use of tint films on four wheelers be posted for hearing on July 19. The Car Owners and Consumers’ Association (COCA) here had filed a review and impleading application in the first week of July. The [ Read More ] Aarushi case: Arguments on charges concludeArguments on framing charges against Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the parents of murdered teenager Aarushi, concluded in a Ghaziabad court on Wednesday. Special CBI judge S. Lal reserved his order, which will be pronounced on Thursday. The arguments had begun Tuesday. This was after the court had Monday adjourned the case for a day after [ Read More ] Framing of charges underway in Aarushi caseThe initial arguments to frame charges against Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the parents of murdered teenager Aarushi, finally began in a Ghaziabad court Tuesday afternoon. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) prosecutor R.K. Saini submitted before the court of Special CBI Judge S. lal that the parents were responsible for killing their daughter and had [ Read More ] Aarushi murder case : Nupur Talwar’s bail plea rejectedA CBI court here Monday rejected the bail plea of denist Nupur Talwar, an accused in the 2008 murder of her daughter Aarushi and the family’s domestic help Hemraj. Her lawyer said an appeal would be filed in a sessions court. Nupur Talwar was taken into custody Monday morning, shortly after surrendering before a special [ Read More ] |
