Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Gas pricing “supervisory” power of the govt: Centre tells SC April 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The pricing of domestically produced gas is a “supervisory power” of the government and its dispute with Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) cannot be subjected to arbitration proceedings, the Supreme Court has been told. Gas pricing is a supervisory power of the government, which cannot be divested. Moreover, such supervisory powers and economic policy decisions of […] Read more » featured Gas pricing Gas pricing "supervisory" power Gas pricing "supervisory" power of the govt supervisory" power of the govt
Bar, Bench & Firm News Government to soon appoint more law officers April 15, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Government is likely to appoint new Additional Solicitors General in different High Courts to deal with increasing number of cases. An official said that names of some senior advocates have been cleared for their appointment in High Courts of Punjab and Haryana, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Patna and Gujarat. Efforts are also underway to appoint an ASG […] Read more » Additional Solicitors General appoint more law officers appoint new Additional Solicitors General appoint new Additional Solicitors General in different High Courts featured increasing number of litigations law officers to tackle the increasing number of litigations
Bar, Bench & Firm News Wife and sister-in-law kill former bar association president April 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment former bar association president of Haridwar district was murdered allegedly by his wife and sister-in-law after they learned about his illicit relationship with another woman, police said today. Surendra Pal Singh Virk was murdered on Saturday night by his wife Richpal Kaur along with her brother’s wife Soni and Richpal has confessed to the crime, […] Read more » featured former bar association president Former bar association president of Haridwar district Surendra Pal Singh Virk Wife and sister-in-law kill former bar association
Bar, Bench & Firm News Chief Justice of Karnataka HC transferred April 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On a day it brought into force a law to appoint members to the higher judiciary, government appointed 22 Additional Judges and transferred the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court based on recommendations of the collegium which the new legislation seeks to replace. Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela, Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court […] Read more » Chief Justice of Karnataka HC transferred featured Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela
Top Law News SC slams Bollywood’s make-up body for non-compliance of order April 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today slammed Bollywood’s make-up artists association for not enrolling women despite its order observing whether the body feels it “rules some kind of empire and would not allow anyone to enter”. A bench ofpulled up the Cine Costume Make-Up Artist & Hair Dressers Association for not granting membership to outsiders by “adopting […] Read more » Cine Costume Association featured Hair Dressers Association Justice Dipak Misra Justice P C Pant make-up artists association
Top Law News SC grants time to Centre for assessing 18 hydro power projects April 14, 2015 / April 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted two more weeks to the Centre for filing “comprehensive” environment and ecological impact report of 18, out of total 24 hydroelectric power projects, to be set up on Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river basins in Uttarakhand. A bench of justices Dipak Misra and U U Lalit, in its order, noted […] Read more » assessing 18 hydro power projects featured hydro power i Justice Dipak Misra Justice U U Lalit National Hydroelectric Power Corporation National Thermal Power Corporation NHPC NTPC SC grants time to Centre Tehri Hydro Development Coporation THDC
Top Law News Satyam scam verdict: Ramalinga Raju challenges court’s order April 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Satyam scam kingpin B Ramalinga Raju moved an appeal in a sessions court here today challenging a special court’s verdict which found him and nine others guilty in the multi-crore rupee accounting fraud in the erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Ltd (SCSL). Raju, along with seven others, filed the appeal in the Metropolitan Sessions Court and […] Read more » featured multi-crore rupee accounting fraud in Satyam's account Ramalinga Raju Ramalinga Raju challenges court’s order Satyam scam kingpin B Ramalinga Raju Satyam scam verdict
Top Law News Madras High Court Clears Decks For Dravidar Kazhagam’s Controversial Mangalsutra Removal Event April 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Holding that preserving the rights guaranteed under the Constitution, including freedom of expression, was its priority, the Madras High Court tonight cleared the decks for controversial Mangalsutra removal and beef banquet to be held here tomorrow by Dravidar Kazhagam.”I am only concerned about freedom of expression and Article 19 of the Constitution and hence hearing […] Read more » 125th birth anniversary celebrations of BR Ambedkhar beef banquet controversial Mangalsutra removal DK chief K Veeramani Dravidar Kazhagam's Controversial Mangalsutra Removal event in praise of Nathuram Godse featured Madras High Court Madras High Court Clears Decks For Dravidar Mangalsutra Removal Event
Top Law News Hit-and-run case: Salman Khan was driving the car April 14, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Hit-and-run case: Salman Khan was driving the car Contesting Bollywood actor Salman Khan‘s defence that his driver was driving the Toyota Land Cruiser at the time of the 2002 hit-and-run case,prosecution today asserted before the trial court that the superstar was very much behind the wheel. Driver Ashok Singh was a stooge and dummy witness and had lied on oath that he was […] Read more » before Judge D W Deshpande culpable homicide not amounting to murder Hit-and-run case Salman driving Toyota Land Cruiser Salman’s lawyer Srikant Shivade Toyota Land Cruiser
Top Law News One or Two Instances of Assault Do Not Make Cruelty Case: Court April 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment One or two instances of physical assault”, even if found to be true, cannot make for a case of cruelty for the purpose of satisfying unlawful demand, a Delhi court has observed, while discharging the in-laws of a woman in a dowry harassment case. Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala dismissed the woman’s revision petition and […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala Assault Do Not Make Cruelty Cruelty Case Dowry Prohibition Act featured Instances of Assault
Top Law News Govt instituting rational framework for land acquisition: Modi April 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Under attack over Land Ordinance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the government was instituting a “rational framework” for acquisition of land without causing distress to farmers and other landowners. “We are instituting a rational framework for acquisition of land without causing distress to farmers and other landowners,” he said here while wooing global […] Read more » acquisition of land without causing distress to farmers featured Land acquisition Land Acquisition Ordinance rational framework for land acquisition
Bar, Bench & Firm News Orissa High Court gets 3 more additional judges April 13, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three more additional judges have been appointed to Orissa High Court. Presidential warrants of appointment of the additional judges reached the HC Registry here today, informed the Registrar General of the HC Jatindra Prasad Das. Das himself has been elevated to the bench along with two others. Khurda district sessions Judge Durga Prasanna Choudhury and […] Read more » additional judges in Orrisa HC featured former additional standing counsel Krushnaram Judge Durga Prasanna Choudhury Lok Pal Justice Sarat Chandra Mohapatra Orissa High Court
