Top Law News Government says court verdict vindicates stand on policy September 28, 2012 / September 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government maintained on Friday that the Supreme Court had vindicated its stand that policy-making was the executive’s prerogative and revenue-maximisation cannot be the sole criteria to distribute scarce natural resources. Reacting to Thursday’s verdict on a presidential reference on the 2G issue, three senior ministers, however, did not dwell on whether the official auditor […] Read more » allocating radio waves and coal mines allocation of coal mines Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Comptroller and Auditor General of India Constitutional authority constitutional mandate or principal executive's prerogative and revenue-maximisation Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Government says court verdict vindicates stand on policy law and justice minister Salman Khurshid presidential reference on the 2G issue sole criteria to distribute scarce natural resources three senior ministers variance vis-a-vis the government's stand verdict vindicates
Top Law News HC says it can not give directions to Election Commission August 31, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat High Court today rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the Election Commission (EC) to fit Electronic Voting Machines with camera and to video-record the voting process. “High Court doesn’t have powers under Article 226 (of the Constitution) to give direction to the Constitutional authority like Election Commission of India,” division bench […] Read more » Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya Constitutional authority Election Commission Election Commission of India Gujarat High Court HC says it can not give directions to Election Commission Justice J.B. Pardiwala Petitioner Girish Das public interest litigation reliability and functionality