Top Law News Night shelters in horrible condition: NGO tells highcourt December 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An NGO Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that the city government had failed to provide even basic amenities for the poor living in night shelters and they are in a “horrible” condition. The NGO told the court that toilets at the night shelters are not functional and were “stinking”. Hearing the plea, a division […] Read more » Night shelters in horrible condi
Top Law News Court notice to Delhi government on power bills December 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The city government was on Wednesday asked by the Delhi High Court to respond to a plea for damages to consumers from the government and power distribution firm BSES Yamuna for allegedly raising “wrong” electricity bills. Issuing notice to the city government, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, BSES Yamuna Power Ltd and the Delhi Electricity […] Read more » allegedly raising wrong electricity bills BSES Yamuna Power Ltd Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Chief Justice D Murugesan Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission Delhi government on power bills government and power distribution firm BSES Yamuna Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw notice to city government
Top Law News Notice to government, Google on anti-Islam film December 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the central government and Google India on a plea that videos of the controversial anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” be removed from various sites, including YouTube. A division bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also issued notices to the commissioner of police […] Read more » Google on anti-Islam film
Top Law News Agra lawyers, activist march for a high court bench December 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment According to the directives of the apex court, no demonstration or meeting can be held within 500 metres of the Taj Mahal. A few lawyers, however, tried to sneak in but were prevented by the police and security forces. Politicians from various parties, including the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, supported the demand for the […] Read more »
Top Law News Modi visa ban: US lawmakers back Gujarat riot victims December 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A bipartisan group of US lawmakers joined family members of the victims of the 2002 Gujarat riots, including the widow of a former Indian parliamentarian, to seek a US visa ban for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Victims of the Gujarat riots will not get any justice if Modi becomes India’s prime minister, said […] Read more » Modi visa ban
Top Law News Free TVs no waste of public money, Tamil Nadu tells SC December 5, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Free distribution of televisions, laptops and mixer-grinders among people by the government is linked to the directive principles of state policy and not a waste of public resources, Tamil Nadu told the Supreme Court Tuesday. Senior counsel Shekhar Naphade, appearing for the state, told an apex court bench headed by Justice P. Sathasivam: “The state […] Read more » Free TVs no waste of public money
Top Law News Namdhari’s police custody extended till Dec 5 December 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Sunday extended for three more days the police custody of Sukhdev Singh Namdhari who was booked for the murder of Hardeep Singh, brother of slain liquor baron Ponty Chadha. Namdhari, a witness to the Nov 17 shootout at a farmhouse in south Delhi in which both the brothers were killed, has been […] Read more » Namdhari's police custody
Top Law News Himachal court stays de-allocation of coal block December 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court has stayed the de-allocation of a coal block in West Bengal to Himachal EMTA Power Ltd (HEPL) by the Union Coal Ministry. The Interim orders were passed by the court on a petition filed by HEPL, challenging the letter de-allocating the coal block and the deduction of 50 per cent […] Read more » de-allocation of coal block
Top Law News Bill to bar judges from making unrelated comments December 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government is set to retain in Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill the controversial provision that gags judges of higher judiciary from making observation in courts during hearing of cases. Contesting that prohibiting judges from making observations that had no bearing on the case before the court was a gag provision, Law and Justice […] Read more » bar judges from making unrelated comments
Top Law News SC notice to government on plea against issuing Aadhaar card December 3, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Read more » Aadhaar card Chief Justice Altamas Kabir Justice J. Chelameswar
Top Law News Final arguments begin in Tamil Nadu freebies case October 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The case against freebies granted by the previous DMK government in Tamil Nadu entered its decisive phase Tuesday with the Supreme Court allowing the petitioner’s counsel to argue his case and disallowing the state’s plea for an adjournment plea, a lawyer said. The case was filed by advocate S. Subramaniam Balaji. Speaking to IANS, Abhay […] Read more »
Top Law News Pune blast accused remanded to judicial custody October 30, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court sent a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, allegedly involved in the Aug 1 Pune blast case, to 14 days judicial custody. Landge Irfan Mustafa, 30, was arrested near a bus stand in Jaipur Oct 10 and was remanded to 20 days police custody. The court fixed Wednesday for hearing Mumbai police’s plea […] Read more » Pune blast accused