Top Law News Delhi lawyers support Hazare August 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers Tuesday organised a half-hour impromptu protest outside the Delhi High Court here against the detention of Gandhian activist Anna Hazare and his supporters, seeking implementation of a strong anti-corruption bill. “This is the black day of Indian democracy as the government has taken an unconstitutional step to scuttle the peaceful and democratic protest of […] Read more » Anna Hazare anti-corruption bill Arvind Kejriwal Delhi High Court Delhi lawyers Kiran Bedi
Top Law News Delhi High Court rejects plea seeking spot for peaceful protests August 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to hear a public suit seeking to earmark a site in the national capital for holding peaceful protests, saying the plea was “dual” in nature. “There is a lot on confusion in you petition. The prayer has to be in consonance with your plaeding. One one hand you say […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Justice Sanjiv Khanna peaceful protests
Top Law News Ramdev to meet president August 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Yoga guru Baba Ramdev will meet President Pratibha Devisingh Patil Wednesday to submit a memorandum against the arrest of Gandhian activist Anna Hazare. Ramdev will meet the president at 11.45 a.m., said a statement from the guru.He will then go to Tihar Jail to meet Hazare, it added. Hazare was jailed here Tuesday ahead of […] Read more » Anna Hazare anti-corruption law President Pratibha Patil Swami Ramdev
Media & Entertainment News Government, Team Hazare in major confrontation August 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Government, Team Hazare in major confrontation The tussle between the government and Team Anna over the fast for a strong Lokpal bill Sunday headed for a major confrontation with the Congress accusing Anna Hazare of being “neck deep in corruption” and the social activist demanding an apology for the allegations and vowing to continue his fast from Aug 16 till the […] Read more » Team Hazare
Top Law News Elected person’s removal by no-trust motion legal: Apex court August 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Elected person’s removal by no-trust motion legal: Apex court An elected person can be removed by way of a no-confidence motion, which is a part of the democratic process, the Supreme Court has ruled. “Every democratic process is based upon the freedom to elect and the freedom to remove, in accordance with law,” said the apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice […] Read more » Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swatanter Kumar Madhya Pradesh Bar Council MPBC no-trust motion
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