Appointment of 20 HC judges in limbo as Centre returns files to SC for ‘reconsideration’, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] Tussle over appointments of High Court judges between the Centre and Supreme Court led collegium looks to be getting intense by day. A day after the top court objected to the Union law minister's remark,saying that the Union government was sitting on judge’s names, the Union government is reported...

‘Initiate contempt against information commissioner for remarks on SC’, lawyer writes to AG, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] A lawyer has written to the Attorney General of India, R. Venkataramani, seeking his consent to initiate criminal contempt of court proceedings against an information commissioner for making 'scandalous' observations against the Supreme Court.The letter written by advocate-on-record Aldanish Rein alleges that information commissioner Uday Mahurkar of the Central...

Government should stop overloading SC with endless statutory appeals, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] Attorney General (AG) of India R Venkataramani on Saturday said it is important that the government stops overloading the Supreme Court with endless statutory appeals.The AG, speaking at the Constitution Day celebrations held at the Supreme Court, said: "It is important that the government stops overloading the Supreme Court...

SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] The list of bureaucrats the Union law ministry recommended to the prime minister for picking an election commissioner did not have the name of even one person who could complete the stipulated six-year tenure at the poll panel, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. A five-judge Constitution bench headed...

SC questions Centre’s “tearing hurry” in appointing ex-bureaucrat Arun Goel as EC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the "haste" and "tearing hurry" with which the Centre appointed ex-bureaucrat Arun Goel as an Election Commissioner, saying his file travelled at "lightning speed" within departments in 24-hours. The central government vehemently resisted the observations, with Attorney General R Venkataramani contending the whole...

Order putting sedition law on hold to continue, SC grants time to Centre, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

[ad_1] (Eds: Adds details) New Delhi, An interim order putting on hold the contentious sedition law and the consequential registration of FIRs will continue to be operational as the Supreme Court granted additional time to the Centre on Monday to take "appropriate steps" with regard to the reviewing of the...