Category: Legal India

Apex Court refuses to pass any directions against Mayawati

September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 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 […]

Delhi HC dismisses petition of disqualified DUSU candidates

September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 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 […]

HC dismisses residents petition against Delhi Metro

September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 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 […]

Legal services helpline inaugurated in Haryana

September 2, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 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 […]

Delhi HC judge resigns

September 1, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 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 […]

Contract killer’s death penalty converted to life imprisonment

September 1, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 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 […]

Bail for men accused of attack on Rita Bahuguna’s house

September 1, 2009 by Legal India Admin | 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 […]

HC cancels results of PCS “prelims”, orders fresh test

September 1, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Allahabad High Court has cancelled the results of UPPCS (Preliminary) Examinations-2007 and asked the state Public Service Commission to hold the test afresh within a month. A division bench of Justices Amitav Lala and Uma Nath Singh passed the order while allowing a writ petition filed by Dhananjay Singh, who had appeared for the examinations […]

Apex Court stays proceedings in HCs on BCI’s rule

September 1, 2009 / September 1, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Supreme Court stayed proceedings in all High Courts challenging the Bar Council of India (BCI) rules putting a cut off of upper age limits for admission to five and three-year course for law degree across the country. The BCI, an apex body of lawyers, has approached the Supreme Court against the notices issued by various […]

Disqualified DU poll candidates approach court

September 1, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Five candidates from ABVP and the NSUI, disqualified to contest Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) polls, approached the Delhi High Court challenging the university’s decision. Deepak Negi (NSUI) and Rohit Chahal (ABVP) for the president’s post, Umesh Tomar (NSUI) for the post of vice president, Lalit Kumar (ABVP) for secretary and Ashok Khare (ABVP) for […]