SC extends tenure of CAT, NCDRC members
New Delhi: To avoid disruption to the functioning of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) and National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) which are facing excess vacancies, the Supreme Court has temporarily extended the tenure of retiring judicial and non-judicial members in the two tribunals till April 15. CAT has 36 vacancies.
SC: no reason to halt tribunal on Mahanadi
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday told the Centre that there was “no valid purpose” in resisting the setting up of a tribunal to deal with the dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the Mahanadi river water-sharing dispute.
Film on Muzaffarnagar not banned in UP: Govt
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh Government on Monday told the Supreme Court that there was no ban on movie — Muzaffarnagar, the Burning love — in any of the districts in the State.
SC stays HC order on JNVs in Tamil Nadu
New Delhi: The SC stayed a Madras High Court order directing the Tamil Nadu Government to permit the establishment of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in the State. A Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud stayed the September 11 order of the High Court’s Madurai Bench asking the State Government to allot land for establishment of Navodaya Vidyalayas.