Top Law News Tamil Nadu moves SC to get Delhi’s surplus power October 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Tamil Nadu government Monday moved the Supreme Court, demanding that the central government be restrained from allocating Delhi’s winter-time surplus power to any state other than itself. The Delhi government has decided to surrender 230 MW of round-the-clock power and 1,491 MW of power from midnight to 6 a.m. that has become surplus during […] Read more » 2003 Delhi's surplus power Indian Electricity Act
Top Law News ‘Why no guidelines to protect children from sexual abuse?’ October 30, 2012 / October 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has asked the central and Delhi governments to apprise it on the steps taken for framing guidelines to prevent sexual abuse of children in schools and educational institutions. Issuing notice, a division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw sought a response by Dec 5 from the […] Read more » Chief Justice D Murugesan Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw no guidelines to protect children protect children from sexual abuse?'
Top Law News Rape by tutor gives profession bad name: Court October 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Awarding a 10-year sentence to a teacher for raping his minor student, a Delhi court has said that the act “brought a bad name to the institution of learning” and slammed the society for virtual insensitivity towards women. Crime against women generally and rape in particular was on the increase and, ironically, society appeared to […] Read more » profession bad name Rape by tutor
Top Law News Websites case: Court asks ministry official to verify summons October 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court on Friday asked a Union Home Ministry official to appear and verify the forms for serving summons to US-based websites, including Facebook and Google, for allegedly hosting defamatory content on their sites. Metropolitan Magistrate Jay Thareja asked ministry under-secretary Amar Chand to appear before him Nov 19 for the purpose. “The assistance […] Read more » defamatory content Websites case
Top Law News Press Council chief for probe into charges against Khurshid October 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju today urged former Chief Justice of India and National Broadcasting Standard Association (NBSA) chief Justice J S Verma to probe allegations against Law Minister Salman Khurshid as also against India Today group and come out with its report. In a letter to Verma, Katju said, “I would request you […] Read more » charges against Khurshid Justice Markandey Katju
Top Law News RBI given two weeks to amend rules on FDI October 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday refused to stay the Centre’s decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail sector. A bench of justices R M Lodha and A R Dave, however, said that the policy suffers from “curable” irregularity of want of legal sanction and asked the RBI to amend the Foreign Exchange Management Act […] Read more » amend rules on FDI Justice A.R. Dave Justice R.M. Lodha RBI & rules on FDI
Top Law News Seldom is there direct evidence of criminal conspiracy: SC October 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that the essence of criminal conspiracy was an agreement to do a criminal act and seldom was there any direct evidence to prove the ingredients of the criminal conspiracy. “The essence of criminal conspiracy is an agreement to do an illegal act and such an agreement can be proved either […] Read more » criminal conspiracy direct evidence of criminal conspiracy evidence of criminal conspiracy
Top Law News Don’t sit over verdicts on personal liberty, SC tells high courts October 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Don’t sit over verdicts on personal liberty, SC tells high courts The Supreme Court Friday told the high courts to pronounce their verdicts as expeditiously as possible in the cases involving the personal liberty of a person and more so when total detention period is not more than one year or less. “We remind all the High Courts that in a matter of this nature affecting […] Read more » Don't sit over verdict
Top Law News SC concerned over ‘devastating’ increase in rape cases October 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Even as growing incidents of rape in Haryana have sparked a public outrage against the state government’s apathy, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the subordinate courts not to leave a rape accused scot-free on flimsy grounds. A bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam reversed a Uttar Pradesh high court order acquitting a man of […] Read more » Don’t acquit rapists increase in rape cases rapists on flimsy grounds
Top Law News PM for maintaining fine balance between RTI, privacy October 15, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday called for fine balance between right to information and right to privacy, an issue that cropped up after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi sought details of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s foreign travel bills, which include those for health reasons. Addressing the annual convention of information commissioners here, Manmohan Singh highlighted […] Read more » maintaining balance between RTI privacy
Top Law News SC pulls up Centre on Endosulfan use October 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today pulled up the Centre for not taking a clear stand on banning Endosulfan and appointed an expert committee to submit a report on whether use and manufacture of the pesticide can be stopped forever. “Why does Centre not take a stand on this issue and why it is left for the […] Read more » banning Endosulfan and appointed an expert committee causing health hazards including genetic disorders countrywide ban on sale and production of Endosulfan CPI-M's youth wing Democratic Youth Federation of India Director General of Health Services endosulfan Joint Secretary of Plant Protection form Agriculture Ministry justices Madan B Lokur justices Swatanter Kumar Kasaragod district have linked Endosulfan exposure Member Secretary of Centre Pollution Control Board researchers studying children from an isolated village SC pulls up Centre on Endosulfan use
Top Law News HC’s contempt notice to Delhi govt on RWA’s plea October 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The city government was today directed by the Delhi High Court to respond to a contempt plea charging the authorities with non compliance of the court’s previous order to build a foot overbridge(FoB) near Jangpura Metro station in six months. Issuing contempt notices to the Chief Secretary of Delhi Government, the Transport Commissioner and the […] Read more » Chief Secretary of Delhi Government construction of foot overbridge at Lala Lajpat Rai Marg counsel R K Saini Delhi govt on RWA's plea Delhi Integrated Multi-Model Transit System foot overbridge General Manager of DIMTS HC's contempt notice to Delhi govt on RWA's plea Jangpura Residents Welfare Association Justice Rajiv Shakdher Lala Lajpat Rai Marg connecting Jangpura metro station public interest but the construction tenders for construction of the bridge Transport Commissioner