Top Law News Derogatory content to be removed from websites by February 6 December 26, 2011 / December 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Derogatory content to be removed from websites by February 6 In yet another blow to 21sites including Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Youtube, a Delhi court has issued summons to them for facing trial for allegedly webcasting objectionable content. Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Sudesh Kumar took cognizance on a private criminal complaint and has directed the Centre for taking “immediate appropriate steps” and also file […] Read more » civil judge Mukesh Kumar Delhi court Derogatory content to be removed from websites Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar websites like Facebook Google and Yahoo
High Profile Cases DOW Chemicals refuses to submit to Indian Supreme Court jurisdiction December 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a new development in Bhopal gas tragedy case, the American company DOW Chemicals has submitted before the Supreme Court that it has no liability towards the victims of 1984 gas leak tragedy which left over 15,000 people dead. The company, in its affidavit filed recently in the supreme court, has also contended that the Supreme […] Read more » Bhopal gas tragedy case Supreme Court
Top Law News Why not death, supreme court asks Hawara December 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Why not death, supreme court asks Hawara The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted for his involvement in the assassination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, on a plea by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking enhancement of his life imprisonment term to death penalty. Hawara was convicted by the trial court and awarded death sentence […] Read more » Central Bureau of Investigation Justice B.S. Chauhan Supreme Court
Top Law News Policy issues not for courts: Supreme Court December 5, 2011 / December 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Policy issues not for courts: Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Monday said it was not for the courts to involve themselves in issues of policy which come under the domain of the government and Parliament. “As as far as public safety is concerned, Article 21 of the Constitution is there. For all other issues, they may not be for the court […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia Policy issues not for courts Supreme Court
Top Law News Can’t stigmatise judiciary, Supreme Court warns CBI November 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment “One can’t stigmatise the judiciary,” the Supreme Court Tuesday said, slamming the CBI for casting aspersions on the subordinate judiciary in Gujarat while seeking the transfer of the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing’s trial outside the state. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.P. Desai pulled up the Central Bureau of […] Read more » 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh killing’s Can’t stigmatise judiciary CBI Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.P. Desai Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘West Bengal lags in juvenile justice’ November 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bengal is lagging behind other states in implementing the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, judges of the Supreme Court and Calcutta High Court feel. The judges said while inaugurating a workshop organised by the state legal services authority on the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act in Calcutta on […] Read more » 'West Bengal juvenile justice
High Profile Cases Tharoor files defamation suit against magazine November 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday filed a Rs.10 crore defamation suit against The Sunday Indian magazine for publishing an article insinuating that he has black money stashed away in Swiss banks. Tharoor, a former minister of state for external affairs, has appointed Kochi-based legal firm of Sherrif Associates to represent him. The firm has […] Read more » defamation suit Shashi Tharoor
Top Law News Supreme court to hear plea against n-plants Monday November 12, 2011 / November 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a petition seeking to restrain the central government from setting up any new nuclear plants till an analysis of their safety and cost benefits is carried out. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar would hear the petition by […] Read more » n-plants Monday Supreme Court
Top Law News Corruption is like computer virus: Himachal chief justice November 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Kurian Joseph on Saturday said corruption is like a computer virus and there is a need for “coordination among investigating agencies to jointly wage a war against it”. “Corruption is like a computer virus which goes on to destruct our system,” Joseph said at a two-day workshop that began […] Read more » computer virus corruption Himachal chief justice
Top Law News No proposal to lift sex determination test ban: Plan panel November 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There is no proposal being considered by the Planning Commission for relaxing the ban on sex determination tests, an official statement said Friday. The clarification comes following media reports that the plan panel is considering such a proposal. “It may be mentioned that the child sex ratio is a monitorable goal of the 11th Five […] Read more » sex determination test ban
Criminal Law News Three get life term for Haryana village killings October 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here Monday awarded life sentence to three of the 15 people convicted for burning alive a 70-year-old Dalit man and his physically challenged daughter in the arson attack on a Dalit settlement at the Mirchpur village in Haryana’s Hisar district last year. Read more » life term for Haryana village killings Mirchpur village
Top Law News 2G case: Supreme court questions CBI on bail pleas October 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on its alleged double speak on the bail applications of the accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam including DMK MP Kanimozhi. The Supreme court asked the CBI that if the investigative agency was sure that evidence will not be tampered with, then […] Read more » 2G case CBI on bail pleas