Legal India 44 deemed universities facing closure get breather January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to 44 deemed universities that were faced with the prospect of de-recognition, the government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it will carry out a fresh reappraisal of their infrastructure and facilities. Following the submission, the court gave the central government two weeks to issue individual notices to each of the 44 […] Read more » deemed universities
Legal India CVC Thomas to face trial in palm oil corruption case January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The trial of Chief Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas in the palm oil import corruption case will continue, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The decks were cleared after the Supreme Court said former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran’s appeal against the trial in the case was infructuous following his death. Thomas was Kerala civil supplies secretary […] Read more » CVC Thomas palm oil corruption case
Legal India Goa court directs FIR against minister in land scam case January 11, 2011 / January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Goa court Tuesday directed the state police to file within 24 hours a first information report (FIR) against state Tourism and Housing Minister Nilkanth Halarnkar, who has been accused of a multi-million rupee land scam. Judicial Magistrate (first class) Shabnam Sheikh ordered police to file the FIR after the complainants – who are right […] Read more » Nilkanth Halarnkar state Tourism and Housing Minister
Legal India Times have changed for K.G. Balakrishnan January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four years ago, the sleepy village of Kaduthuruthy, 30 km from here, was basking in the glory of one of its sons, a humble Dalit who went on to become the 37th chief justice of India. K.G. Balakrishnan assumed the office of Supreme Court chief justice four years ago — Jan 12, 2007 — and […] Read more » K.G. Balakrishnan
Legal India Varsity slammed for unfairly filling up vacant quota seats January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashtha University not to admit in an unfair manner students from the general category against vacant reserved seats. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan set aside an order of a single judge who allowed the admission of general category candidates […] Read more » vacant quota seats
Legal India Banks asked to deposit Emaar MGF’s guarantee money with court January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday asked two state-run banks to deposit the Rs.93 crore bank guarantee of real estate giant Emaar MGF for constructing the Commonwealth Games (CWG) village with its registrar general till the disposal of a case relating to incomplete work at the site. A division bench of Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice […] Read more » Emaar-MGF
Legal India Court questions Gujarat on pollution January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A letter from a man over official apathy towards pollution by industries in east Ahmedabad was Monday turned into a public interest suit by the Gujarat High Court, which questioned the government over the allegation. The court issued notices to the government, the State Human Rights Commission, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Gujarat […] Read more » Gujarat Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) pollution
Legal India Lalgarh killings: Kolkata lawyers seek CBI probe January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bar Association of Calcutta High Court Monday filed a public interest litigation (PIL), seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Jan 7 killings of villagers in West Midnapore district. The PIL also sought adequate compensation for the families of the seven who were killed and the 20 others wounded in firing […] Read more » CBI Lalgarh killings
Legal India Sohrabuddin killing: Accused cop’s bail plea rejected January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Monday rejected the bail plea of Rajkumar Pandian, a policeman accused of involvement in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case. Justice M.R. Shah rejected Pandian’s plea. The policeman wanted bail on the grounds that co-accused and former state minister Amit Shah was given bail earlier. The Central Bureau of Investigation […] Read more » Sohrabuddin killing
Legal India Government, 11 telecom firms get court notice on 2G spectrum January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the governments and 11 firms on a plea seeking cancellation of licences and award of spectrum for second generation (2G) phone services during former communications minister A. Raja’s tenure. The court also said that it will ask the government how much loss, if any, the exchequer had suffered […] Read more » 2G spectrum