The chief whip, who moved the top court two days after the assembly speaker C P Joshi filed the appeal against the July 24 Rajasthan high court order, was very critical of the judicial intervention into the disqualification proceedings and said that the order 'was ex facie unconstitutional' and amounted to an intrusion into the domain of speaker's power under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution.
The I S Israni committee report submitted before the high court has endorsed the recommendations of Justice Chopra Committee, which had recommended five per cent reservation for the community in 2007 in government employment and admission to educational institutions.
Even as the deadlock between the Gujjars and the government over the quota issue persisted for the 13th day on Saturday, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot ruled their demand for five per cent reservation in state government jobs, saying the government will work according to the guidelines of the Rajasthan high court.
The Rajasthan High Court has restrained Badminton Association of India president VK Verma from taking any decision as head of the sports body without its prior permission till the next hearing on August 17.
The BTP chief said the party is now extending support to Gehlot after an assurance that its demands related to the development of tribal areas will be met.
The division bench of the court, hearing the dissident MLAs petition against the Speaker's notices, adjourned Friday evening. It fixed the next hearing for 10 am on Monday. The counsel for the Speaker assured the court that no order shall be passed on the notice till 5.30 pm on Tuesday.
Taking a serious note of the mushrooming illegal roadside religious places, the Rajasthan High Court has directed the state government to come out with a plan within a month for the removal of 58,000 such structures in the state.
The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday directed agitating Gujjar leaders to ensure that the statewide stir proposed by them from tomorrow remains peaceful and there is no violence.
High drama played out at the nearly seven-hour Congress Working Committee meeting with sources saying that Rahul Gandhi lashed out at the letter writers and some leaders found it to be insinuating that it was written in cahoots with the BJP.
The Rajasthan high court on Wednesday put a stay on a judicial commission probing corruption charges against the previous Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state headed by Vasundhara Raje.
"He also gave verbal directions to make the necessary arrangements for the prevention of COVID-19 spread during the session," the spokesperson added.
Seeking an interim stay on the high court order, Joshi's petition said it was the top court's duty to ensure that all constitutional authorities act within the 'Lakshman rekha' drawn for each one of them.
The Rajasthan high court on Friday asked the state government to constitute a committee led by a retired judge to look into the quota demands of the Gujjars and to find a solution to the problem arising out of their ongoing agitation.The committee was also asked to take up the matter with the Gujjar community to defuse the agitation and the situation arising out of it.The division bench was acting on a public interest litigation on the Gujjar agitation.
'Shekhawat has no moral authority to continue as a Union minister and should resign so that the investigation is not influenced'
What makes Dhankar so outspoken? Could it because as governor he will be in the driver's seat if the Trinamool Congress performs below par in the elections next year? Shikha Shalini reports.
The Rajasthan High Court cleared the decks for its state cricketers to participate in all the domestic tournaments by naming selection committees for senior, junior and women's cricket, which both Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) and BCCI accepted.
The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday issued a contempt notice to Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla for allegedly violating its order restraining the community leadership from taking law into their hands. Justice Preme Shankar Asopa directed Bainsla to appear before the court on May 30 on a petition by the state government accusing him of violating the court's order of September 10, 2007.
Sunny Deol was today granted bail by a railway court in over a decade-old case of allegedly entering a platform without permission and pulling a train's emergency chain during shooting of a film.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and other senior party leaders, including All India Congress Committee general secretary Avinash Pande and spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, also moved to Jaisalmer along with the MLAs in five chartered flights.
The Rajasthan High Court on Friday issued show cause notices to the Centre and the Rajasthan government for allegedly not taking any action on the information available in relation to the May 13 serial bomb blasts in Jaipur last year. A division bench, comprising Justices R C Gandhi and M N Bhandari, served the notices on the state and the central authorities seeking explanation on the same.
The 11th edition of the Indian Premier League will be held from April 7 to May 27 with the tournament opener and final to be played in Mumbai, the IPL Governing Council announced.
The high court, while directing the companies to make 'a complete and full disclosure', had asked them to either declare that soft-drinks did not contain pesticide residues. Challenging th HC order, the two MNCs had moved the apex court in August 2005 on the ground that such a disclosure could not be printed on their bottles without fixation of standards by the central government.
Here's a recap of the cases against the 'Being Human' star.
The witness, driver of the vehicle in which the actor was travelling when the alleged incidents had taken place, surfaced after the high court verdict.
The high court issued a notice to the Rajasthan government on Thursday on a public interest litigation filed after the global controversy over a elephant polo match organised recently in Jaipur.
Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi however failed to get any interim relief on his plea alleging that the high court cannot interdict the disqualification proceedings undertaken by him under 10th schedule of the Constitution.
The court also observed that the focus of the authorities has shifted from ensuring the safety of the endangered animal to a number of hugely-funded projects.
While Vadra was grilled for the first time for about five-and-a-half hours, he was questioned the second time for about 9 hours.
Subsequently, the Rajasthan High Court and Supreme Court disposed of his appeal against the death penalty. Jail authorities said his clemency petition was pending before the President of India.
The actor will now fly to Austria and the Czech Republic for filming feature film Yuvraj.
While calling for the case records, the judge deferred the hearing and ordered that it be listed for tomorrow.
He was convicted for poaching chinkara.
Controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who is in judicial custody in the alleged sexual assault case of a minor, today moved a bail application in the Rajasthan high court in Jodhpur.
Justice H R Panwar ordered the release of the 41-year-old star in the chinkara poaching case after directing him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and two surety bonds of Rs 50,000.
Judge Gopal Krishna Vyas who was supposed to hear the bail plea according to roster, excused himself saying he was a lawyer of one of the witnesses in the case and may be biased after some allegations surfaced.
Bharat's petition alleged that in May this year, UIT was instructed by the deputy-secretary (Urban Development and Housing) to allot the land to Natwar and his son.
The recent judgment has evoked reactions with legal experts saying that there was nothing illegal on the part of the woman to choose the man with whom she wants to live.
A dismissed air force sergeant, found guilty of murdering his wife and children two years ago, has been sentenced to death by a fast track court in Jodhpur.
The Hyderabad incident had sparked demands of swift punishment to rape convicts. The news of the 'encounter' killing led to celebrations in some quarters and concern in others.
The Rajastan Government objects to a one-year jail term.
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