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SC to hear plea for public body to appoint judges
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a petition seeking the formation a public, transparent body, neither controlled by the government nor the judiciary, for the appointment of judges to the apex court and high courts of the country.
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SC refers Gujarat Govt's EWS quota plea to five judge Constitution be
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday referred the Gujarat Government's plea of quashing of its ordinance of providing 10 percent quota for the economically backwards among the unreserved category to a five judge Constitution bench of the apex court.
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Congress for modus vivendi on collegiums system
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 4 (ANI): With three former Chief Justices of India emphasizing on transparency in the Supreme Court collegiums proceedings for selecting judges, the Congress Party on Sunday laid emphasis on finding a modus vivendi, which is as far as practically possible and accepta
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Kejriwal govt. withdraws original suit in SC against Delhi HC verdict in f
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.2 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi Government on Friday withdrew its original suit filed in the Supreme Court since Special Leave Petition (SLPs) challenging Delhi High Court judgement on the powers of the Lieutenant Governor, had been filed earlier this wee
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Supreme Court to pass judgement on allocation, ownership of Singur land
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 31 (ANI): The Supreme Court will today pronounce its judgement on the allocation and ownership of land in West Bengal's Singur district, which was acquired by the Buddhadeb Bhattacharya government in 2006 to facilitate the Tatas to set up its its Nano car manufac
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TMC seeks judicial inquiry of Agartala ethnic clash
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Aug.28 (ANI): Denouncing the announcement of a magisterial investigation of the recent ethnic clashes in Agartala, the opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) has called for a inquiry by a sitting judge of the Tripura High Court.
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Bid to challenge `shockingly lenient` Oscar Pistorius sentence rejected
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Aug 26 (ANI): A judge in South Africa on Friday rejected state prosecutors' bid to challenge the six-year jail term imposed on disgraced former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius for murdering his girlfriend.
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Sonakshi grooves with Remo on 'BeatPeBooty'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 22 (ANI): While promoting her action flick 'Akira' on the sets of 'Dance Plus 2', Sonakshi Sinha stole the show with her sizzling 'BeatPeBooty' act with Remo D'souza, one of the judges of the dance reality show.
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U.S. prisons increase, even after crimes decline: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C., Aug. 22 (ANI): A new study suggests that the U.S. prison population continued to rise even after the crime rate began declining in the mid-1990s because judges were faced with more repeat offenders.
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JD(U) urges Centre to take cognizance of CJI's appeal on judges'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 16 (ANI): The Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday advised the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government to take cognizance of Chief Justice of India (CJI) T.S. Thakur's remarks on the appointment of judges while asking it to act on it.
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PM Modi wants 'captive, not independent judiciary': Congress
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh, Aug 15 (ANI): The Congress Party on Monday said Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur's concern over the government not appointing judges in various High Courts was alarming and alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants a captive and not an independent judiciary.
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'Disappointed' Chief Justice Thakur takes a dig at PM Modi'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 15 (ANI): Supreme Court Chief Justice T.S. Thakur on Monday expressed his disappointment over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address on the occasion of the nation's 70th Independence Day, saying he was hoping that there would have been a mention on the appointment of
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