Legal India Living Separately for years? Then divorce: SC September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment Supreme Court has said it is “not acceptable” that a husband and wife go on living separately for years because one of them does not agree to a mutual divorce. A bench of Justice Altmas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph gave this ruling, while dissolving a sour marriage between a man and his wife, who […] Read more »
Legal India HP High Court judges to declare assets September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment Judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court have also decided to follow the footsteps of Supreme Court justices and make their assets public. “A decision to declare assets has been taken unanimously by all the nine judges, including acting Chief Justice RB Mishra, after the apex court judges’ resolve to make public their assets, Official […] Read more »
Legal India Gujarat High Court reserves order September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment Gujarat High Court reserved its order on the constitutionality and validity of the State government’s notification banning the publication, sale and distribution of Jaswant Singh’s book on Jinnah in the State. As the three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice K. S. Radhakrishnan resumed the hearing on a public interest litigation filed by two writers challenging […] Read more »
Legal India Apex Court refuses to pass any directions against Mayawati September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment Supreme Court refused to pass any directions against UP Chief Minister Mayawati for allegedly defying its orders and constructing certain structures for proposed Kanshi Ram Research Institute, Lucknow, but said it would examine the charge if the petitioner submits concrete details. A bench of Justices B. N. Aggrawal and Aftab Alam said, We cannot rely […] Read more »
Legal India Delhi HC dismisses petition of disqualified DUSU candidates September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today dismissed petition of five DU candidates who challenged their disqualification from the Delhi University Union elections. Justice Sanjeev Khanna rejected the plea filed by Deepak Negi and Umesh Tomar of NSUI and Rohit Chahal, Lalit Kumar and Ashok Khare of ABVP. Negi and Chahal were candidates for president’s post. Tomar was […] Read more »
Legal India HC dismisses residents petition against Delhi Metro September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court dismissed the petition of Greater Kailash residents, who wanted a say in the inquiry into the mishap at the DMRC work site at Zamrudpur. During the day, DMRC lawyer Virender Sood submitted the Action Taken Report in the case at the Court. After going through the report filed by Mr Sood, a […] Read more »
Legal India Legal services helpline inaugurated in Haryana September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment A Common man in Haryana can obtain legal advice regarding their cases on a helpline. Justice Adarsh Kumar Gel of Punjab and Haryana High Court and Executive Chairman of Haryana State Legal Services Authority inaugurated the legal services helpline (0172-2604055). Stating this here, the Haryana State Legal Services Authority Member Secretary said any person seeking […] Read more »
Legal India Delhi HC judge resigns September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment Justice Neeraj Kishan Kaul, who was appointed a judge of the Delhi HC over four months back, has resigned. he wanted to go back to practising as a lawyer. Neeraj Kaul (46) had taken oath as an Additional Judge of the High Court on April 15. The judge said that he has sent his resignation […] Read more »
Legal India Contract killer’s death penalty converted to life imprisonment September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment on Contract killer’s death penalty converted to life imprisonment Delhi HC converted the sentence of a contract killer who had killed a witness six years ago from death penalty to life imprisonment on the grounds that the case did not fall in the category of rarest of the rare. Mani Gopal had murdered the witness, an eunuch, inside the Tis Hazari court premises in […] Read more »
Legal India Bail for men accused of attack on Rita Bahuguna’s house September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment A district court gave bail to five men accused of ransacking and setting on fire Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna’s house as police failed to provide any evidence against the accused. Guddu Yadav, Shiv Kumar Singh, Inder Singh, Zameel Khan and Susajit Tiwari – were granted bail on sureties of Rs.20,000 each. Joshi’s house […] Read more »
