Top Law News SC no to quashing chargesheet against Nirmal Yadav September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday declined to quash the chargesheet against former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav who was allegedly involved in a multimillion rupee “cash in bag” corruption case. “At this stage we are not prepared to quash the chargesheet,” ruled the apex court bench of Justices H.L. Dattu and C.K. Prasad. […] Read more » Cash-for-judge scam chargesheet against former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge corruption case Court had earlier rejected her plea for the quashing Delhi-based hotelier Ravinder Singh dvocate general Sanjeev Bansal justices C K Prasad justices H L Dattu newly-appointed high court judge Nirmaljit Kaur Nirmal Yadav property dealer Rajiv Gupta SC no to quashing chargesheet against Nirmal Yadav senior counsel K.T.S. Tulsi
Top Law News Students beat up policemen in Ghaziabad September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three policemen, including a station in-charge, were injured in Ghaziabad Monday when angry college students attacked a police station and burnt it down. According to state home department officials, violence broke out in Muradnagar, about 470 km from here, when angry students of the Gandhi Inter College, protesting against the sacking of a school teacher, […] Read more » angry college students attacked a police station Arvind Dubey Gandhi Inter College Ghaziabad Rawli police station on fire state home department officials students attacked a police station and burnt it Students beat up policemen Students beat up policemen in Ghaziabad students went berserk and thrashed policemen violence broke out in Muradnagar
Top Law News Norway case rerun: Curbs on Indian couple meeting son in US September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a virtual replay of the Norway children custody case, a US-based Indian couple from West Bengal has been given limited access to their one-year-old son by the authorities who took the child under their care after he suffered head injury. Debasish Saha, 28, an engineer based in the US state of New Jersey, said […] Read more » Abhyigyan Arunabhash Bhattacharya by a Norwegian Debasish Saha huge cost of hiring a lawyer Indian couple meeting son in US Nirmal Saha lives in Balurghat in West Bengal Norway case rerun Norway case rerun: Curbs on Indian couple meeting son in US Norway children custody case US state of New Jersey US-based Indian couple from West Bengal West Bengal's South Dinajpur district
Top Law News Anna’s Cartoonist Supporter Sent to Police Custody September 10, 2012 / September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Mumbai court Sunday remanded Aseem Trivedi, an Anna Hazare supporter and political cartoonist, to seven days police custody for drawing an allegedly derogatory sketch and uploading it on his web portal, an activist said. Trivedi, 25, an activist of India Against Corruption, was picked up Saturday evening by Mumbai police from Bandra-Kurla following a […] Read more » allegedly derogatory sketch Anna Hazare supporter and political cartoonist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption agitation Anna's Cartoonist Supporter Sent to Police Custody bluffed IAC volunteers IAC alleged Trivedi IAC spokesperson India Against Corruption Mumbai police from Bandra-Kurla non-bailable arrest warrant issued against him objectionable banners
Top Law News Judicial activism shouldn’t erode constitutional principles: President September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday cautioned against judicial activism resulting in the erosion of constitutional principles of separation of powers between the three pillars of state and and called on Indian judiciary to reinvent itself through introspection and self-correction. Speaking at the valedictory function of the sesquicentennial celebrations (150 years) of the Madras High Court here, […] Read more » basic features of the Indian Constitution cautioned against judicial activism Chief Justice of the Madras High Court M.Y.Eqbal erosion of constitutional principles of separation government officials Indian judiciary to reinvent Judicial activism shouldn't erode constitutional principles: President Kerala and Karnataka High Courts lawyers Madras National Law School at Srirangam President Pranab Mukherjee Tamil Nadu Advocate's Welfare Fund Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid
Top Law News Check illegal migration from Bangladesh: Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung and other intellectuals have urged the government to take steps to tackle the presence of illegal Bangladesh migrants in Assam and other parts of the country, a statement said Sunday. Following a discussion on the recent violence in Assam, the activists said that there was a need to […] Read more » Asian Centre of Human Rights' Suhas Chakma Centre for Equity Studies' Harsh Mander Check illegal migration from Bangladesh: Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor illegal Bangladesh migrants in Assam illegal migration from Bangladesh illegally slipped across the Indo-Bangladesh border Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung Jamia Millia's Centre for Northeast Studies director Sanjoy Hazarika Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Binod Khadria labour flow from Bangladesh National Foundation of India's Monica Banerjee scholars and activists held at the Jamia Millia unverified figures about migration violence in Assam
Top Law News Silicosis-affected workers die silent death in Delhi September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment For Gulli Devi, 55, even breathing is a pain. Every time she does so, she groans as it is accompanied by sporadic coughing. Suffering from silicosis, the reed-thin woman fends for herself as her husband and son died due to the same incurable disease that has claimed many lives in a village that is actually […] Read more » accompanied by sporadic coughing affluent south Delhi neighbourhoods battling silicosis Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia Director of PRASAR S.M. Azad dying of silicosis Gulli Devi national capital’s Lal Kuan village National Human Rights Commission People’s Rights and Social Research Centre prescribed medicines for tuberculosis Silicosis-affected workers die silent death in Delhi sufferer Narayani Devi Suffering from silicosis Workmen Compensation Act
Top Law News Bombay HC gives partial relief to insecticide co. September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has partially set aside an order of Principal Secretary (Agriculture) of Maharashtra suspending the licence of Krishi Rasayan Export in respect of insecticides traded by the company. Justice S C Dharmadhikari upheld last week the order to the extent of suspending the licence for insecticide ‘Ethephon’ from June to December 2012. […] Read more » Ahmednagar district Bombay HC gives partial relief to insecticide co. Ethephon Government lawyer R M Patne HC gives partial relief to insecticide co. insecticides traded by the company Justice S.C. Dharmadhikari Kripon Krishi Rasayan Export on grape plants Principal Secretary (Agriculture) of Maharashtra Rambhau Jagannath Dhavane
Top Law News 2G: Raja to cross examine A K Srivastava tomorrow September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Telecom Minister A Raja will start cross-examining a key prosecution witness in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case in a Delhi court on Monday. Raja, who is facing trial in the case, had earlier sought Special CBI Judge O P Saini’s permission to defer his cross-examination of prosecution witness and Department of Telecom’s former […] Read more » 2G case 2G spectrum allocation scam case 2G: Raja to cross examine A K Srivastava tomorrow co-accused Shahid Usman Balwa counsel Sushil Kumar cross-examine Srivastava cross-examining a key prosecution witness Deputy Director General (AS) A K Srivastava DMK MP Kanimozhi Raja to cross examine A K Srivastava Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini telecom minister A. Raja
Top Law News ‘Criminal cases can’t be quashed on delay in court proceeding’ September 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delay in deciding criminal cases cannot be a ground for quashing them, the Supreme Court has said while upholding the life sentence of a man, convicted 25 years after he killed five persons. While dismissing Uttar Pradesh native Shyam Babu’s plea for his discharge on the round he was convicted by the high court on […] Read more » 'Criminal cases can't be quashed on delay in court proceeding' basis of unreliable statements case of single murder but due to firing and gunshot commission of the crime Criminal cases can't be quashed Delay in deciding criminal cases five persons died and one injured Justices B.S. Chauhan justices P Sathasivam Shyam Babu Uttar Pradesh native Shyam Babu's plea for his discharge version of an eyewitness
Top Law News Kamat was aware of illegal mining: Shah commission September 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat and two key bureaucrats have been indicted by the Justice M.B. Shah Commission, which has established a Rs.35,000 crore iron ore mining scam in the state. Justice Shah, in his voluminous report which was tabled in parliament Friday, has said that Kamat, mines secretary Rajeev Yaduvanshi and director of […] Read more » director of mines Arvind Lolienkar Goa state pollution control board Hon'ble Chief Minister Hon'ble Minister of Mines Indian bureau of mines Justice M.B. Shah Commission Justice Shah claims a majority of Goa's illegal mining occurred Kamat was aware of illegal mining: Shah commission large-scale illegal mining mines secretary Rajeev Yaduvanshi other illegalities/irregularities happening in the mining sector Shah commission report state forest department union ministry for environment
Top Law News Courts handle complex matters in society: Khurshid September 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid has praised the judiciary’s role in the “present contentious society” saying “the courts have not shirked their responsibility”. “In today’s contentious society, where there is a dichotomy, where there is a questioning of fundamental values and a reassertion of traditional values, the courts have not shirked their responsibility and do […] Read more » chief justice of the Delhi High Court Courts handle complex matters in society: Khurshid Distinguished Law Teacher Justice A.K. Sikri law teachers and law schools of the SAARC region Menon Institute of Legal Advocacy Training present contentious society SAARC law scholar Award Society of Indian Law Firms Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid Vice Chancellor Professor Upendra Baxi