AIIMS asked to fill posts in line with current quota policy

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 11:36

The Health Ministry has asked AIIMS to go ahead with filling 148 posts of super speciality faculty as per the current quota policy even as the government`s review petition is pending in the Supreme Court which had disfavoured reservation for such posts.

Godhra riot cases: SIT followed apex court mandate on riots probe, says SC

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 00:24

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which probed post-Godhra riot cases, had carried out its task as per the mandate given by the Supreme Court, the inquiry panel`s lawyer told a court here on Tuesday.

Egypt`s highest court rules parliament as unconstitutional

Last Updated: Sunday, June 2, 2013, 15:31

In a major setback to Egypt`s ruling Islamists, the country`s apex court on Sunday struck down two laws as unconstitutional by which upper house of Parliament and the Constituent Assembly which drafted the first post-revolution Constitution were elected.

Somalia apex court frees jailed journalist

Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013, 09:07

The Supreme Court of Somalia has acquitted a journalist who was jailed after he interviewed a woman who alleged she was raped by government security forces, a media report said.

Plea on apex court judge`s date of birth rejected

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 23:45

Justice Kabir is in line to become the next chief justice of India in September.

Workers` welfare boards to face CAG: Apex court

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 21:51

The Supreme Court has said that accounts of all state welfare boards would be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).

Pakistani apex court moved against Lodhi sacking

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 13:41

The petition urged the court to direct Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to withdraw the order till the probe into the memo scandal is over.

Pakistan`s apex court suspends Zardari lawyer

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 12:29

The legal licence of Babar Awan has been suspended following a contempt of court notice to him by the apex court.

Pakistan apex court raps government over NRO case

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 17:47

Pakistan`s Supreme Court Tuesday expressed its displeasure with the government over not implementing its verdict on National Reconciliation Ordinance(NRO)

Court set Jan date for website blocking case

Last Updated: Friday, December 9, 2011, 22:00

The apex court in Sri Lanka set January 24 as the next date for further hearing of a case filed challenging the government`s move to block five news websites for content that was deemed insulting.

Apex Court seeks Uttar Pradesh`s reply on "Aarakshan"

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 12:51

The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file its reply by Thursday to filmmaker Prakash Jha`s petition seeking stay of the state`s ban on the screening of his film "Aarakshan".

Apex court to hear Jha against `Aarakshan` bans Tuesday

Last Updated: Saturday, August 13, 2011, 10:49

The Supreme Court will hear Tuesday a petition by film producer and director Prakash Jha seeking the quashing of the orders by the Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Punjab governments banning or suspending screening of his film "Aarakshan" in these states.