-Press Note from Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms co-organized an important panel discussion on appointments to the Higher and Subordinate Judiciary, on the 31st of August 2016 at the India International Centre, Delhi. Diverse stakeholders, including senior advocates, journalists, academics and activists formed part of the Panel. There...
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Can't tolerate waterlogging year after year, says Delhi High Court
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: "We cannot tolerate this year after year." This was the sharp reaction of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday on the waterlogging on major roads and crippling of traffic movement in large parts of the national capital. "There is no justification for clogged drains. We cannot tolerate this year after year," the court said when it took up a matter relating to water logging of South Extension...
More »Minimum wage hiked to Rs. 350, but unions firm on strike plan
-The Hindu Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh announces it will not take part in the strike. The Left affiliated central trade unions will go ahead with a nationwide strike on Friday, even as the Centre on Tuesday announced sops in a bid to placate them. The peace offering includes a hike in the minimum wage for unskilled non-agricultural workers in central public sector units from Rs. 246 to Rs. 350 a day and formation of...
More »Singur Tata plant: Supreme Court quashes acquisition, orders Bengal govt to return land in 12 weeks
-The Indian Express Farmers who got compensation from the govt will not return it because they were deprived of their livelihood for the last ten years, the court said. New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday quashed the land acquisition in West Bengal’s Singur by the Buddhadeb Bhattacharya-led CPM government in 2006 for allotting it to Tata to set up its Nano car factory. The court held that the acquisition could not be...
More »Publicity of cases brings transparency; Supreme Court has always favoured it -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India Last week, the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court passed an interesting order. It directed the HC registrar (administration) to "instruct" the media not to publish or broadcast names of lawyers while reporting court cases. It felt such publication was an indirect advertisement of their professional capabilities. Probably, it was based on the Bar Council of India rules, which say, "An advocate shall not solicit work...
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