Top Law News No rollback of court fee hike, Delhi tells court August 29, 2012 / January 14, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The state government Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that it would not roll back the 10-fold hike in court fees. Refusing to roll back the upward revision of court fees, the city government said that it would not amend the Court Fee (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2012, as sought by a group of lawyers. The […] Read more » 10-fold hike in court fees Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Counsel Najmi Waziri Court Fee (Delhi Amendment) Ac Delhi High Court Delhi tells court financial burden on litigants increased the court fees Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw No rollback of court fee hike sought by a group of lawyers
Top Law News CRY campaign to focus on girls’ right to education August 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment To focus on the girl child denied the basic right to education, the NGO Child Rights and You (CRY) launched a 40-day national citizen photo-journalism campaign Tuesday to highlight issues faced by girls in accessing their right to education. The theme of the campaign is ‘Ichha: A Desire to Learn’, which represents countless girls who […] Read more » Atindranath Das change in the lives of childre Click Rights for the girl child CRY aims to address the grim reality CRY campaign CRY campaign to focus on girls' right to education girls' right to education Ichha: A Desire to Learn mirror voices of citizen NGO Child Rights and You photo-journalism campaign
Top Law News HC asks govt to solve waterlogging problem August 29, 2012 / August 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The city government was today directed by the Delhi High Court to form a committee of senior officers to evolve a mechanism for desilting drains to prevent waterlogging during monsoon season. A division bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Vipin Sanghi said the panel set up by the government should have in it the […] Read more » civic body claimed long-term plans desilting drains to prevent water logging government's Standing Counsel Najmi Waziri HC asks govt to solve waterlogging problem issue of waterlogging NGO Nyaya Bhoomi prevent water logging during monsoon season Public Works Department (PWD) the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) the trifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)
Top Law News HC to Centre: Decide Ritambhara’s plea for passport August 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Nearly two decades after the Babri Masjid demolition, the incident continues to haunt Sadhvi Ritambhara, one of the accused in the case. The VHP leader has blamed the Centre for marking her out as a suspect by renewing her passport for one year instead of the usual practice of 10 years, hampering her frequent visits […] Read more » Babri Masjid demolition Babri Mosque demolition case Babri mosque-Ram Janam Bhoomi row central government counsel Sumeet Pushkarna Decide Ritambhara's plea for passport HC to Centre: Decide Ritambhara's plea for passport Justice Rajiv Shakdher Ritambhara Sadhvi Ritambhara unlawful limitations of time veteran BJP leader L K Advani
Top Law News 26/11 case: SC verdict on Kasab’s plea tomorrow August 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will deliver tomorrow its verdict on Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab’s plea against his conviction and death sentence in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in which 166 people were killed. 25-year-old Kasab had filed the appeal from jail challenging his conviction and death sentence. The apex court had appointed senior advocate […] Read more » 26/11 case 26/11 case: SC verdict on Kasab's plea tomorrow 26/11 terror attack alleged Indian conspirators conspiracy for waging war Faheem Ansari Kasab’s death sentence Maharashtra government's plea challenging Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab Pakistani terrorist Sabauddin Ahmed SC verdict on Kasab's plea tomorrow senior advocate Raju Ramachandran
Top Law News Kanda sent to judicial custody till Sept 11 in Geetika case August 29, 2012 / August 29, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, key accused in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, was on Tuesday sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Delhi court. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate D K Jangala remanded Kanda to judicial custody till September 11 after the Delhi police said he was not required for further custodial interrogation. Kanda […] Read more » advocate Somesh Arora Ashok Vihar residence in northwest Delhi Chief Metropolitan Magistrate D K Jangala custodial interrogation former airhostess Geetika Sharma Geetika case Geetika Sharma suicide case Gopal Goyal Kanda Kanda sent to judicial custody Kanda sent to judicial custody till Sept 11 in Geetika case Kanda was arrested on August 18 MDLR employees Aruna Chaddha
Top Law News Govt Amends Central Universities Act August 28, 2012 / August 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A proposal to bring an amendment to the Central Universities Act for enabling setting up of two central varsities in Bihar was cleared by the Government today. The Union Cabinet approved amending the Act after the HRD Ministry took a decision to set up a central university in Motihari in addition to the one already […] Read more » Amends Central Universities Act Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Central Universities Act central universities in Jammu and Kashmir central university in Motihari central varsities in Bihar Gaya Government today Govt Amends Central Universities Act prolonged slugfest proposal to bring an amendment Union Cabinet approved amending the Act
Top Law News SC: Probe report on Radia tape leakage hardly satisfactory August 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Centre over leakage of its tapped conversation of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia saying its probe report is hardly satisfactory. A bench of justice GS Singhvi and justice SJ Mukhopadhaya also took strong exception to the Centre’s failure to put in place a proper mechanism to prevent […] Read more » corporate lobbyist Niira Radia Justice GS Singhvi justice SJ Mukhopadhaya leakage amounted to infringement Radia tape leakage Ratan Tata SC: Probe report on Radia tape leakage hardly satisfactory Supreme Court surveillance of Radia's phone tapped conversation Tata group Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata
Top Law News Sohrabuddin case: SC wants trial to be shifted to Maharashtra August 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said it would consider allowing former Gujarat Minister Amit Shah, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, to enter the state in view of the upcoming assembly polls but would like the trial of the case to be shifted to Maharashtra. “That is one aspect. That must come to […] Read more » advocate Ram Jethmalani Gujarat minister Amit Shah Jethmalani Justices Aftab Alam justices Ranjana Prakash Desai Prajapati killing case Sohrabuddin case Sohrabuddin case: SC wants trial to be shifted to Maharashtra Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case transfer of case of the BJP leader Tulsiram Prajapati
Top Law News CBI to File Charge Sheet in Prajapati Case Few Days August 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI told the Supreme Court Tuesday it will file a charge sheet in the Tulsiram Prajapati staged shootout case in a couple of days. Senior CBI counsel Vivek Tankha told this to the apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai in the course of the hearing of the agency’s […] Read more » agency's plea challenging grant of bail Andhra Pradesh cadre Indian Police Service CBI to File Charge Sheet in Prajapati Case Few Days Gujarat home minister Amit Shah Hyderabad to Sangli in Maharashtra Justice Aftab Alam Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai Sohrabuddin Sheikh Tulsiram Prajapati Tulsiram Prajapati staged shootout case Vivek Tankha
Top Law News Aarushi case: Witness fails to answer queries August 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A forensic expert in Ghaziabad special court on Monday could not answer some defence queries on samples lifted from the scene of the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder, a lawyer said. Defence lawyer Manoj Shishodia said the Central Forensic Science Laboratory BK Mahapatra said he did not remember from which place at the murder spot he lifted […] Read more » Aarushi case: Witness fails to answer queries Aarushi-Hemraj double murder Aarushi's father Rajesh Talwar Allahabad High Court order rejecting her bail plea Central Forensic Science Laboratory BK Mahapatra cross-examination of Mahapatra Dasna jail in Ghaziabad Defence lawyer Manoj Shishodia forensic expert in Ghaziabad NABL Noida residence Nupur Talwar
Top Law News Apex court to examine plea on terror accused August 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday admitted a plea filed by two Maharashtra organisations demanding a probe into all terror incidents in India since 2002 to provide justice to those allegedly implicated in these cases, a lawyer said. The petition, filed by Jamiat-e-Ulama Hind secretary Gulzar Azmi and Shiv Raj Party chief Sudhir Sawant, also sought the […] Read more » allegedly targeted innocent Muslim youth Amarendra Sharan Apex court to examine plea on terror accused Jamiat-e-Ulama Hind secretary Gulzar Azmi Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla Justice T.S. Thakur perpetrators of terror incidents petitioners' lawyer Syed Mehdi Imam Shiv Raj Party chief Sudhir Sawant