Top Law News Sikri is acting chief justice of Delhi High Court October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court’s senior most judge, Justice A.K. Sikri Monday took charge as the acting chief justice following the elevation of Chief Justice Dipak Misra to the Supreme Court Sep 30. Justice Sikri, along with Justice Siddharth Mridul, would hear public interest litigation till the appointment of a new chief justice. Born March 7, […] Read more » Justice A.K. Sikri Sikri is acting chief justice of Delhi High Court
Top Law News Judges divided on Gujarat Lokayukta’s appointment October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback to the Narendra Modi government, a two-judge bench of the Gujarat High Court Monday delivered a split verdict on the government’s plea questioning the appointment of R.A. Mehta as the Lokayukta by Governor Kamla Beniwal. While Justice Akil Kureshi upheld the appointment of Mehta, Justice Sonia Gokani disagreed. The case will now […] Read more » Gujarat High Court Judges divided on Gujarat Lokayukta's appointment Justice Akil Kureshi Narendra Modi
Top Law News Rules for hiring teachers for disabled approved, court told October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) informed the Delhi High Court Monday that it has approved rules for recruitment of two special teachers for disabled students in each government school in the city. Counsel for the UPSC told Justice Indermeet Kaur that the UPSC has sent draft recruitment rules for the post of special educator […] Read more » Delhi High Court Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board DSSSB Justice Indermeet Kaur MCD Municipal Corporation of Delhi NDMC New Delhi Municipal Council Rules for hiring teachers for disabled approved
High Profile Cases Supreme Court stays Kasab’s death sentence October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court stays Kasab’s death sentence The Supreme Court Monday stayed the death sentence awarded to Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman captured alive during the Nov 26-29, 2008 Mumbai terror attack. AnSupreme court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice C.K. Prasad stayed the death sentence till it hears Kasab’s petition challenging his conviction and death sentence. At the outset […] Read more » Ajmal Amir Kasab Justice Aftab Alam Justice C.K. Prasad Senior Counsel Raju Ramachandran Supreme Court Supreme Court stays Kasab's death sentence
Top Law News Dowry harassment law misused for extortion: Court October 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has acquitted a man and three of his family members in a dowry harassment case, saying that legal provisions are often misused for “human rights violations, extortion and corruption”. Asking the woman complainant to move on in life, Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau said: “A word of advice for the complainant that […] Read more » Court Dowry harassment law misused for extortion
Top Law News No discrimination against Jharkhand: Jairam Ramesh October 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Sunday said Sunday that Jharkhand was not being discriminated against as far as development funds are concerned and it could more if it develops the capacity to spend the money properly. ‘There are allegations of discrimination with Jharkhand. Such allegation are wrong. The central rural development ministry is […] Read more » Jairam Ramesh MNREGA No discrimination against Jharkhand
Media & Entertainment News Man thrown out of Arvind Kejriwal rally for asking questions October 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A young man was pushed out of a public meeting on Saturday night addressed by activist Arvind Kejriwal after he asked him why Team Anna was opposed to Congress. TV footage of the incident in Uchana Kalan area showed a man in a blue shirt trying to get close to the dais where Kejriwal and […] Read more »
Media & Entertainment News Bengal should protect fishermen’s rights: Mahasweta Devi October 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Writer and activist Mahasweta Devi Saturday urged West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee-led government to ensure that the rights of fishermen are preserved and that they are provided at least nominal healthcare facilities. “Preservation of environment is the biggest struggle right now in front of the whole world. The struggles of the fishermen are synonymous with the […] Read more » Dakshin Banga Matsyajibi Forum DBMF Mahasweta Devi protect fishermen's rights West Bengal Marine Fishing Regulation Act
Media & Entertainment News Police meet Vidarbha widow who sought Sonia’s help October 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Police officers Saturday visited the house of a Vidarbha farmer’s widow who recently won Rs.640,000 on quiz show “Kaun Banega Crorepati” (KBC) and had sought Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to save her from her harassing in-laws. Aparna Malikar, 27, in an affidavit, has asked United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi to save her from […] Read more »
Media & Entertainment News Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray attacks Anna Hazare again October 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray came up with an angry rejoinder Friday to activist Anna Hazare’s reaction to his Dussehra day comments on the anti-graft movement. In a sharp statement this evening, the 85-year-old Thackeray warned Hazare to stop behaving in a “childish manner” and not to lock horns with the Shiv Sena. “Yesterday, I […] Read more » Anna Hazare Bal Thackeray Bal Thackeray attacks Hazare
Top Law News To him his PILs mean more than lost leg – a month after blast October 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on To him his PILs mean more than lost leg – a month after blast Forty-one-year-old Harish Kumar seems to remember his public interest lawsuits more than the leg he lost in the blast when he went to pursue one a month ago. In the orthopaedic ward of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, without once looking at his amputated leg, Kumar talks about filing a new Right to Information […] Read more »
Top Law News Process to select Karnataka’s new Lokayukta October 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka government on Thursday started the process to select a new Lokayukta, nearly three weeks after Shivaraj V Patil quit as ombudsman amid media reports that he had violated norms in the acquisition of two plots in Bangalore. Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda sent letters to the leaders of opposition in the state assembly, […] Read more » Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda Karnataka's new Lokayukta select Karnataka's new Lokayukta