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In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

  
  CONSTITUTION OF SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Taking care to ensure that the Rules of the Supreme Court were published and the names of all the Advocates and agents of the Federal Court were brought on the rolls of the Supreme Court, the inaugural proceedings were over and put under part of the record of the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Rules, 1966 are framed under Article 145 of the Constitution to regulate the practice and procedure of the Supreme Court.
The Registry of the Supreme Court is headed by the Registrar General who is assisted in his work by three Registrars, four Additional Registrars, twelve Joint Registrars etc. Article 146 of the Constitution deals with the appointments of officers and servants of the Supreme Court Registry.
supremecourtofindia.nic.in /new_s/constitution.htm   (1587 words)

  
  Supreme court - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The court's decisions are final and binding on the federal courts and the courts from all provinces and territories, including the Province of Quebec which has its own distinct legal system in matters of property and civil law based on the Civil Code of Quebec.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan was established on 2nd March 1956 under the newly enacted Constitution (1956) of Pakistan.
Hoge Raad der Nederlanden is the Supreme Court of the Netherlands.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Supreme_Court   (2418 words)

  
 Feminist Daily News 5/5/2003: India: Supreme Court Rules Woman, Child Entitled to Alimony
India's high court ruled that a marriage could not be held to be invalid or illegal if a husband was aware that his bride was pregnant at the time of marriage.
The case the court was ruling on was the marriage of a couple that had taken place in December 1972, when the woman was already in her fifth month of pregnancy.
In response the Supreme Court stated, "the husband was present during the delivery, gave his name to the child and brought her up for four years but when it came for paying maintenance he raised the plea that the marriage was invalid," according to The Times of India.
www.feminist.org /news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=7762   (495 words)

  
 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
For the reason recorded therein, the Court issued notice in the prescribed form to the respondent herein asking her to show cause as to why she should not be proceeded against for contempt for the statements in the offending three paragraphs of her affidavit, reproduced hereinearlier.
Section 2(c) emphasizes to the interference with the courts of justice or obstruction of the administration of justice or scandalising or lowering the authority of the court – not the judge.
Therefore, a tendency to scandalise the court or tendency to lower the authority of the court or tendency to interfere with or tendency to obstruct the administration of justice in any manner or tendency to challenge the authority or majesty of justice, would be a criminal contempt.
www.narmada.org /sc.contempt/judgement.060302.html   (9963 words)

  
 Supreme Court of india Judgments – Case laws resources from indlaw
Prantiya Sinchai Avam Bandh Yogana Shramik Mahaparishad [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA, 12 Oct 2007]
Jitti [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA, 12 Oct 2007]
Radhey Shyam [SUPREME COURT OF INDIA, 05 Oct 2007]
www.scjudgments.com   (403 words)

  
 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
For a common citizen, the Registry of the Supreme Court is the threshold to Justice itself.
It is therefore incumbent on the Court to see that a petition on the basis of which Notice is issued, passes at least a minimum credibility test.
With reference to the present case, it is submitted that this Court's allegation that three paragraphs in my affidavit dated 16.4.2001 amount to a criminal offense under Section 2 (c) of the Contempt of Court Act is an incorrect interpretation of the law.
www.narmada.org /sc.contempt/ar.affidavit.oct15.2001.html   (2601 words)

  
 eWLG: Supreme Court of India Upholds the Validity of Securitisation and Enforcement of Security Act   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Next issue considered by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India was as to whether it is on whims and fancies of the financial institutions to classify the assets as non-performing assets, as canvassed by Mardia.
It was further noted by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India that the bar of jurisdiction of civil court is in respect of a proceeding which may be taken to the Tribunal.
Thus the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India upheld the validity of the Act and its provisions except that of sub-section (2) of Section 17 of the Act, which was declared ultra vires of Article 14 of the Constitution of India.
www.imakenews.com /bcastro/e_article000251445.cfm?x=b11,0,w   (2072 words)

  
 Principles of Jermy Bentham and Supreme Court of India - Author - Sandeep Pathak
The Hon'ble Supreme Court held that the slum dwellers must get the alternative shelter if they are evicted from the pavements.Although, the eviction orders were held to be valid under article 14 and 19 of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court focused on both the premises, that is, reformation and superiority of the law.
Apex Court by making a balance sheet between the happiness or the utility of the slum dwellers with the aim and object of the particular legislation came to a conclusion that justice must be done only by giving the redressal to the poor and needy pavement dwellers.
www.legalserviceindia.com /articles/case.htm   (1753 words)

  
 Supreme Court of India disallows 'symbolic' worship at the Babri site, The Milli Gazette
A three-judge bench of the apex court said there should be no activity and no puja [worship] on the land which was acquired by the government of India in 1993 in complaince with court orders that the government should keep the land in its custody until a final court verdict is issued.
The Supreme Court's 1994 ruling had said the Union government cannot please any organisation like the VHP by gifting it the acquired 67 acres of land adjacent to the demolished Babri Masjid in Ayodhya unless the title of the disputed land was settled first.
The apex court today threw out the government's plea made by the solicitor general of India, Mr Soli Sorabjee, that puja could be permitted for three hours at a site 300 metres away from the disputed spot in the acquired undisputed land.
www.milligazette.com /dailyupdate/200203/20020313a.htm   (1034 words)

  
 ONE COUNTRY -NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court of India, in a decision last October concerning the religious dispute ...
ONE COUNTRY -NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court of India, in a decision last October concerning the religious dispute between Hindus and Muslims over the Ayodhya Mosque, cited the Baha'i teachings on tolerance and unity as an example of communal harmony.
NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court of India, in a decision last October concerning the religious dispute between Hindus and Muslims over the Ayodhya Mosque, cited the Bahá'í teachings on tolerance and unity as an example of communal harmony.
The decision concerned the dispute between Hindus and Muslims that followed the destruction of the Babri Mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya by Hindus, who objected to it on the grounds that it had been erected on a spot where the Hindu god Rama was said to have been born.
www.onecountry.org /oc71/oc7115as.html   (290 words)

  
 CURE: Laws -- The Supreme Court of India Judgement
The writ petition was under Article 32 of the constitution of India.
The judgement given by the apex court of India is underneath...
This Court views with concern the increase in the number of incidents of ragging in educational Institutions.
www.noragging.com /laws/supreme-court-judgement.html   (1231 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | Gujarat and the judges' anger
Last year's communal riots in India's Gujarat state are viewed by many as a serious challenge to the country's record in protecting its minorities.
India's National Human Rights Commission described it as a "miscarriage of justice" and, along with other petitioners, argued that five riot cases - including the Best Bakery case - be investigated by an independent agency.
Now it appears their views are shared by India's Supreme Court, which has expressed its displeasure at the government's handling of the case.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/3104280.stm   (491 words)

  
 Supreme Court of India for strict automobile emission norms.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Supreme Court of India for strict automobile emission norms.
The Supreme Court of India banned registration of private non-commercial motor vehicles in the national capital region (NCR) from June 1 if they do not conform to the Euro I emission norms.
After the court order they have come out with statements saying "environment is an important aspect of the social obligation of the industry and the Supreme Court’s order would only ensure that companies accelerate their on-going program to develop environment-friendly technologies."
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/1113/19481   (474 words)

  
 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Emdico (London) Limited, for the original Policies of Insurance together with all correspondence exchanged with the postal authorities concerning their liability, and also a clarifiaction as to whether they had remitted full payment of the value of the missing merchandise to the Indian suppliers.
W.K. Webster and Co. offered to settle the claim as soon as they received the necessary documentation from India and also mentioned that they shall present the same to the Bank in order to obtain the required funds against the Letter of Credit, which was available to them for payment of claims.
Emdico (India) Limited and the respondent continued to be the owner having insurable interest over the goods.
ncdrc.nic.in /ca5591994.html   (1524 words)

  
 Fifty Years of the Supreme Court of India: Its Grasp and Reach
Thus, in a chapter on law pertaining to rental issues, the author exclaims rather matter-of-factly that “the law as declared by the Supreme Court is the law of the land” (p.546).
The social philosophy upon which the Constitution is based is fundamentally egalitarian, [*408] representing a commitment to restructure a society to conform to the precepts of social justice that animated the efforts of the framers.
That the Indian Court has emerged relatively unscathed in recent decades as a leading actor in the ordering of domestic priorities within the polity can be attributed in no small measure to a constitutional ethos that encourages all institutions, including the judiciary, to become active participants in the realization of particular ideological aspirations.
www.bsos.umd.edu /gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/verma-kumar604.htm   (1292 words)

  
 how to file a PIL public interest litigation india supreme court
It is further relevant to state here that the Petitioner under normal circumstances would not approach this hon'ble court with such a petition, except that the Petitioner believes himself by fact of law bound to inform the Law of offences under the said IPC sections, and with no other motive.
Ms.Roy and Ms.Patkar in ascribing motives to the hon'ble court's decisions in their matters and their attempts to subvert the Constitution by initiating a pseudo-trial in the media knowing full well that it is nigh impossible for any sitting Judge to respond.
It is long established in India from the times of the “Arthshastra” and earlier that economic warfare is a part of war, and from as recently as World War II and the recent Afghanistan war of “liberation” that propaganda and disinformation are components of the fl arts of war.
www.geocities.com /bharat_x_law/how2pil.htm   (2323 words)

  
 World Affairs Board - India's Supreme Court
The Indian Supreme Court's actions cannot be understood outside of the context of Indian history, India became independent in 1947.
In this capacity, as in the Delhi pollution issues, the Supreme Court receives factual affidavits from the parties and is deeply involved in the details of the matter before it.
Sathe posits that the Court increasingly came to be seen by the public as the defender of ordinary citizens against the abuse of powers by ministers and administrative officials.
www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=3926   (1199 words)

  
 UPDATE (India): Supreme Court refuses to reconsider President’s decision to allow execution
While precedents exist for the Supreme Court to commute a death sentence on the ground that the convicted person has already been punished enough due to an unreasonable delay in carrying out the sentence, and attendant suffering, they have not been applied in Chatterjee’s case.
The former Supreme Court Justice V R Krishna Iyer may have had these precedents—and the higher values they represent—in mind when he too appealed to the Court to overturn the sentence in this case.
Furthermore, while precedents exist for the Supreme Court to commute a death sentence on the ground that the convicted person has already been punished enough due to an unreasonable delay in carrying out the sentence, and attendant suffering, they have not been applied in Chatterjee’s case.
www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2004/765   (828 words)

  
 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CAUSE LIST
INDRA SAWHNEY PIL EXP Vs.UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
ANIL NAG PIL EXP Vs.UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
E.C. PIL EXP Vs.UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
causelists.nic.in /sccause/weekly/cl.html   (6216 words)

  
 Council of Architecture :: Court Judgements
It must be frankly admitted that the courts, which are not trained in the technical discipline of engineering and architecture, cannot claim any technical knowledge superior to the experts in the field.
It is well recognised principle of law that the Court shall not substitute its own judgement to that of an expert particularly in the highly technical fields.
On behalf of the appellants, however, it is indicated that the qualification held by the appellants is recognised by the State Council of Technical Education and the Girls' Polytechnic is recognised by All India Council For Technical Education.
coa-india.org /judgments/judgments.htm   (10616 words)

  
 Jain Minority Status in India as Directed by the Supreme Court of India Petition
The latest ruling on October 31, 2002 of the 11-Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India is significant because it re-defines the rights of ‘minorities’ to establish and run educational institutions of their choice.
As the Supreme Court Order concludes: “Since the recommendations are pending for consideration before the Central Government for the last ten years and a final decision has to be taken, we adjourn this case to enable the government to take a final decision on the point within four months from today.
The Jain Minority Status in India as Directed by the Supreme Court of India Petition to Government of India was created by and written by Bal Patil (president@globaljains.com).
www.petitiononline.com /jm7i2004/petition.html   (1141 words)

  
 Anjali_Arora_Advocate_Supreme_Court_India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Anjali Arora - One of the brightest emerging advocates of the Supreme Court of India.
One of the brightest emerging advocates of the Supreme Court of India Anjali is out to prove that her handicap has in no way dampened her spirit to be successful in her chosen field.
She is very comfortable with her environment at the Supreme Court and would like to continue the good work she is doing there.
www.the-south-asian.com /Sep2004/anjali_arora.htm   (860 words)

  
 Shahtoosh Case Won In The Supreme Court Of India - www.phayul.com
The Supreme Court of India, while hearing the Shahtoosh case titled "Ashok Kumar Vs. State of J&K and Ors.
Seizure data and evidence was made available to the Supreme Court that weaving of shahtoosh shawls was ongoing in Srinagar the capital city of J&K and shahtoosh shawls were readily offered to tourists.
The advocate of Union of India supported the case of the petitioner pointing out India's commitment to protection of wildlife and obligations to domestic laws and CITES.
www.phayul.com /news/article.aspx?id=11289   (790 words)

  
 Supreme Court India Judgments CDs, Supreme Court Cases, Indian High Court Judgments, Indian Law ...
Supreme Court Full Text Judgments CD PACK from 1950-2006 including 2100 Central Acts and Criminal Judgments of High Courts - Just for...
Judgements on RENT Control Act - Landlord Tenent, Eviction, Rent Cases of All High Courts and covering Supreme Court of India.
Supreme Court of India Judgments, Supreme Court Cases, India - High Court Cases, Court Cases, Case Laws - Full Text and Head Notes Version on CDs
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 Supreme Court of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
SUPREME COURT JUDGMENTS (SCJ) is the Supreme Court of India specific research module integrated from India's largest resource base on legal, tax and regulatory issues- Indlaw.com.
SCJ is an essential resource for legal professionals and laypersons wishing to research the judgments, orders and opinions of the Supreme Court of India.
The Supreme Court judgments database at SCJ contains thousands of judgments, opinions and orders handed-down by the Court, and is one of the most comprehensive databases of its kind available.
www.scjudgments.com /guest/aboutscj.asp   (182 words)

  
 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
The object and purpose of enacting the Act is to render simple, inexpensive and speedy remedy to the consumers with complaints against defective goods and deficient services and the benevolent piece of legislation intended to protect a large body of consumers from exploitation would be defeated.
The issues arising in the complaints in such cases can be speedily disposed of by the procedure that is being followed by the Consumer Disputes Redressal Agencies and there is no reason why complaints regarding deficiency in service in such cases should not be adjudicated by the Agencies under the Act.
In the aforesaid case, the Court was dealing with a contention that services rendered by the medical practitioners are not intended to be included in the expression "service" as defined in Section 2(1)(o) of the Act.
ncdrc.nic.in /ca79752001.html   (4551 words)

  
 India PIL Indian Public Interest Litigation Law Court
M C Mehta is best known for harassing companies which "pollute" the environment - this includes closing down industries in Delhi, CNG, water pollution, smog in the cities, Shriram Chemicals gas leak, the Taj Mahal controversy, mining near Surajkund, shrimp farming, coastal degradation etc..
M C Mehta's chosen tactics against corporates include harassment in the Supreme Court (his favourite stomping ground) and media exposure.
Bhushan is well known for his integrity and willingness to swim against the tide, he has taken on Enron, Cogentrix, Chief Justices of the Supreme Court and so on and his Writs are certainly better drafted generally than Mehta's.
www.geocities.com /india_pil   (2096 words)

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