Legal India PM Manmohan Singh calls for legal system supporting development February 6, 2011 / March 22, 2016 | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said that developing countries need a legal system conducive to both rapid economic development and promoting equitable distribution of the fruits of development. “The developing countries need a legal system which is conducive both to rapid economic development and which also has built-in mechanism to promote the equitable distribution of […] Read more » legal system legal system supporting development PM Manmohan Singh Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Legal India Government can’t provide food to all : Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia February 6, 2011 / March 22, 2016 | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia Sunday said the government can’t be expected to provide food, education and healthcare to all but advocated relief to the deprived sections. Addressing the 17th Commonwealth Law Conference, he said while it was not possible to have access for everyone to everything, the needs of those below the poverty […] Read more » Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia
Legal India Subramanian Swamy names Karunanidhi as co-accused in 2G case February 5, 2011 / March 22, 2016 | 3 Comments on Subramanian Swamy names Karunanidhi as co-accused in 2G case Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Saturday named Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M. Karunanidhi as a co-accused along with former communications minister A. Raja in the 2G spectrum scam in his complaint to a CBI court here. “I have named DMK chief Karunanidhi as a co-accused along with Raja in the matter and […] Read more » 2G case CBI judge Pradeep Chaddha DMK chief Karunanidhi Karunanidhi. co-accused in 2G case Subramanian Swamy
Legal India Gujarat High Court Friday recalls order of costs for frivolous lawsuit February 4, 2011 / March 22, 2016 | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Friday recalled its order of imposing Rs.20,000 costs on a petitioner for filing a frivolous public interest litigation after his lawyer said costs should be recovered from him instead. The bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice K.M. gave the order after advocate Girish Das submitted his client was not […] Read more » frivolous lawsuit Gujarat High Court order of costs for frivolous lawsuit
Legal India Lowering age of sex to decriminalise innocent behaviour February 4, 2011 / March 22, 2016 | Leave a Comment India’s apex child rights body Friday said that its suggestion to bring down the age of a consensual, non-penetrative sexual act between two children to 12 years was meant to decriminalise ‘normal’ and ‘innocent’ behaviour by kids. ‘The reason for this formulation is not to promote child sexual promiscuity or sexual aggression among children but […] Read more » age of sex consensual sex decriminalise innocent behavior Lowering age of sex National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR non-penetrative sexual act Protection of Child Rights
Legal India RJD legislator Surendra Prasad Yadav surrenders in Bihar court February 4, 2011 / March 22, 2016 | Leave a Comment Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislator Surendra Prasad Yadav surrendered in a Gaya court Friday, the fifth day of the junior doctors strike in the state after his security guards allegedly fired at interns of a medical college. The government was under pressure to nab Yadav, who surrendered before a chief judicial magistrate’s court, as hundreds […] Read more » ANMCH Anugrah Narain Magadh Medical College Hospital Bihar court RJD legislator Surendra Prasad Yadav
Legal India Supreme court issues notice in 2004 Tamil Nadu school fire case February 4, 2011 / March 22, 2016 | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the central and Tamil Nadu governments on a petition seeking compensation for the 94 students who died in a fire in a primary school in Tamil Nadu’s Kumbakonam town in July 2004. An Supreme court bench of justice Dalveer Bhandari and justice Deepak Verma issued notice on the […] Read more » Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma Supreme Court Tamil Nadu school fire case
Legal India Court moved over CBI probe into Orissa pulses scam February 4, 2011 / March 22, 2016 | Leave a Comment The Orissa High Court was Thursday moved by a petitioner seeking a CBI probe into an alleged multi-crore rupee scam involving supply of poor quality pulses under government welfare schemes. A team of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also plans to inquire into the allegations. Petitioner Dilip Mohapatra said he filed the petition because […] Read more » CBI Court Orissa pulses scam Petitioner Dilip Mohapatra pulses under the mid-day meal scheme
Legal India Supreme Court slaps Rs.10 lakh fine on frivolous litigant February 2, 2011 / March 22, 2016 | 1 Comment on Supreme Court slaps Rs.10 lakh fine on frivolous litigant The Supreme Court Wednesday slapped an exemplary cost of Rs.10 lakh on an appellant for filing a frivolous litigation aimed at frustrating attempts to acquire his land for the Bangalore-Mysore road project. The litigant was penalised for embarking upon a second round of litigation on an issue identical to the earlier phase of court hearing. […] Read more » Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project BMICP frivolous litigant Justice A.K. Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi Justice Ganguly Rs.10 lakh fine on frivolous litigant Supreme Court
Legal India DJB asked to pay Rs.3.5 lakh to kin of drowned kids February 2, 2011 / March 22, 2016 | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday awarded a compensation of Rs.3.5 lakh each to the families of four children who died last year after falling into a pit dug up by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said the DJB failed to fence the area […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Delhi Jal Board DJB drowned kids Justice Sanjiv Khanna Rs.3.5 lakh to kin of drowned kids
