Supreme court


  • In a set back to former Tamil Nadu chief minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court on Friday declined to stay the trial against her in a 14-year-old disproportionate assets case being held in Karnataka.

  • SC to consider TN panel plea
    March 18 2010 | By DC Correspondent

    March 17: A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to consider the plea of the Tamil Nadu government to withdraw its consent for appointment of

  • AP case fails to impress apex court
    March 17 2010 | By DC Correspondent

    The Supreme Court was not impressed with the state government’s argument that the procedure followed for recruitment of police in 1985, 1991 and 1994, could not be used to declare the city a free zone.

  • SC panel terms PDS cancerous
    March 17 2010 | By DC Correspondent

    The public distribution system on which the Union government spends Rs 28,000 crore annually, has come under severe attack from a Supreme Court appointed judicial committee describing it as the most corrupt sectors in the country attaining the “cancerous” growth.

  • Hyderabad ‘free zone’, SC refuses plea
    March 17 2010 | By DC Correspondent

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition filed by the Andhra Pradesh government seeking a review of its ruling giving free zone status to Hyderabad for recruitment of police personnel.

  • The Supreme Court's refusal to review its order declaring Hyderabad a "free zone" for recruitments in government jobs triggered a fresh row, with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K. Rosaiah on Wednesday calling an all-party meeting to decide future course of action.