Top Law News 29-year wait for justice; Judge promises speedy verdicts August 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on 29-year wait for justice; Judge promises speedy verdicts “Justice delayed is Justice denied” – with this observation a Delhi court ruled to give back to two brothers their plot of land in Karol Bagh after a 29-year-long legal battle. The judge also owned up responsibility “on behalf of all my predecessors” for the inordinate delay in the case. The brothers, one of whom […] Read more » justice
Top Law News No stay on govt order for seizing Dawood’s kins’ properties August 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has refused to stay its single-judge bench order upholding the Centre s decision to forfeit the properties of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim s mother Amina Bi and his sister Hasina Ibrahim Parker Refusing to grant any interim stay on the government s order on a division bench of the high […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Dawood's kins' properties Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Top Law News Provision for parents’ concurrence to hike fee, illegal: HC August 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Provision for parents’ concurrence to hike fee, illegal: HC A provision in city government’s February 2009 notification, stipulating unaided private schools to hike their fees only with the concurrence of their Parents Teachers Association is illegal, Delhi High Court held on Saturday. While setting up a three-member panel yesterday to scrutinise the accounts of various unaided private schools, to determine the validity of the […] Read more » hike fee illegal Justice Siddharth Mridul Justices A K Sikri
Top Law News I-Day function must for Himachal court staff August 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court Saturday asked all its employees to attend the flag hoisting ceremony in the court premises on Independence Day Aug 15. ‘In case any employee is out of station, he’s also required to attend the flag hoisting ceremony in any court or government office, wherever he is at that time. But […] Read more » Chief Justice Kurian Joseph Himachal court staff I-Day function
Top Law News Dedicated cell in NHRC to deal with child labour August 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With an estimated 12.6 million child labourers in India, the National Human Rights Commission has set up a separate cell to give more focused attention to them. ‘The commission has set up a cell to monitor the progress in the bonded labour and child labour cases taken up with different public authorities. It was felt […] Read more » CHILD LABOUR NHRC
Top Law News NHRC slams health ministry for drug trial deaths August 12, 2011 / August 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on NHRC slams health ministry for drug trial deaths The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday slammed the health ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for the loss of hundreds of lives, allegedly because of drug trials in the country. Taking suo moto cognisance of a media report alleging that 1,725 people have lost their lives to drug trials in the […] Read more » drug trial deaths ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research NHRC NHRC slams health ministry for drug trial deaths
Environment Law News Court stops Goa from privatising hospital August 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court in Panaji Friday put a stop to Goa’s first attempt to partly privatise a district hospital, directing the government to reconsider the tendering process adopted to lease out healthcare premises to a private medical care agency. The order of the Panaji bench of Bombay High Court also asked the Goa government […] Read more » Court stops Goa from privatising hospital Goa from privatising hospital Shalby hospitals
Intellectual Property News Don’t allow RTI misuse: Supreme court August 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Don’t allow RTI misuse: Supreme court The Supreme Court has said that while the right to information (RTI) is a formidable tool to fight corruption in governance, it “should not be allowed to be misused or abused” to obstruct national development. “The (Right to Information) Act should not be allowed to be misused or abused, to become a tool to obstruct […] Read more » Don't allow RTI misuse Don't allow RTI misuse: Supreme court Supreme Court
Top Law News Over 2.79 crore cases pending in Delhi trial courts August 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Over 2.79 crore cases pending in Delhi trial courts Over 2.79 crore cases are pending in Delhi trial courts while there is a backlog of over 42.17 lakh cases in the Delhi High Court and more than 33,538 cases are still to be decided by the Supreme Court, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday. Trial courts in the capital have 27,953,070 pending cases, […] Read more » 2.79 crore cases pending Delhi trial courts
Top Law News Children tortured in observation homes August 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Some children in need of care and protection who have been put in observation homes in Delhi, among other places, have been found to be “tortured”, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has said. In a reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha Thursday, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath […] Read more » Children tortured in observation homes Juvenile Justice Act Krishna Tirath National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR observation homes Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath
High Profile Cases Raja asks if probe agency decides spectrum sale or auction August 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An investigative agency is neither competent nor authorised to ascertain if airwaves should be auctioned or allotted, former telecom minister A. Raja told a special court here Thursday, amid disruptions due to a lawyers’ strike. ‘The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to my knowledge, is a brand headed by Delhi Police, which can’t exercise judicial […] Read more » auction Judge O.P. Saini Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spectrum sale
Top Law News Officials fined Rs.44 lakh for denying information under RTI August 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sum of Rs.44.23 lakh was recovered as penalty from central public information officers in the last four years for failing to provide information under the Right to Information (RTI), the Rajya Sabha was informed Thursday. “A sum of Rs.2,21,56,363 was collected as fees from RTI applicants by central public authorities over the period from […] Read more » denying information under RTI Officials fined Rs.44 lakh