Legal India 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 […] Read more »
Legal India 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 […] Read more »
Legal India 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 […] Read more »
Legal India 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 […] Read more »
Legal India 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 […] Read more »
Legal India 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 […] Read more »
Legal India SC asks Gujarat why Jaswant’s book was banned September 1, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court today issued notice to the Gujarat government seeking its response to a lawsuit by ousted BJP leader Jaswant Singh challenging the ban on his book “Jinnah: India – Partition – Independence” in the state. A bench of Justice Altmas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph while issuing the notice to the Gujarat government decided […] Read more »
Legal India Delhi HC dismisses petition for disqualification of Nomination for DUSU elections September 1, 2009 / September 5, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today dismissed the petition filed by three ABVP students of Delhi University who challenged the University’s decision to disqualify them from the students election scheduled for September 4. The petition of three ABVP and two NSUI candidates was dismissed earlier on Tuesday but the ABVP candidates choose to appeal the HC again. Refusing to […] Read more »
Legal India Tankha appointed New Additional S General August 28, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Vivek Tankha has been appointed as Additional Solicitor General (Direct Taxes) in the Supreme Court. The announcement of his appointment was made by the government. Read more »
Legal India SC judges decision to disclose assets unanimous: CJI August 28, 2009 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan said the decision of Supreme Court judges to make their assets public was “unanimous”. “We are strictly following the 1997 resolution under which the disclosures were not to be made public. Now, because of changed circumstances, we will put the details on the website,” CJI said while interacting […] Read more »