Intellectual Property News 12,000 RTI appeals pending in Gujarat: Activist August 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on 12,000 RTI appeals pending in Gujarat: Activist Over 12,000 right to information (RTI) appeals are pending in Gujarat which does not even have a chief information commissioner (CIC), transparency law activist Vinod Pandya said here Monday. “The situation is grave and needs to be addressed and so those active in the field have decided to form a state-level association of RTI activists,” […] Read more » 12000 RTI appeals pending in Gujarat: Activist
Top Law News Three vacancies for judges in Supreme court August 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There are three vacancies for judges in the Supreme Court and 284 in various high courts, the Rajya Sabha was informed Monday. Minister of Law and Justice Salman Khurshid said in a written reply ‘…the main reason for the large number of vacant posts is that the government has not received sufficient proposals to fill up […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Justice Salman Khurshid Three vacancies for judges in Supreme court
Top Law News Kerala palm oil scam: Fresh probe ordered in Chandy’s role August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Kerala palm oil scam: Fresh probe ordered in Chandy’s role A court here Monday ordered the state vigilance department to launch a fresh probe in the role of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the infamous 1992 palm oil import case when he was Kerala’s finance minister. The import of 15,000 tonnes of palm oil was undertaken in 1992. The case was registered in 1999 when […] Read more » Chief Minister Oommen Chandy food minister T.H. Mustafa and bureaucrats P.J. Thomas Jiji Thompson Kerala palm oil scam Special Vigilance Court judge P.K. Haneefa
Top Law News No regard for kids in draft food security bill: Activists August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The draft National Food Security Bill, which has been approved by the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), has scant regard for children and does not assure their right to food security, activists of the Right to Food campaign said Monday. “It appears that the government does not consider the specific issues related to the food […] Read more » draft food security bill EGoM NAC National Advisory Committee National Food Security Bill No regard for kids PDS Public Distribution System the Empowered Group of Ministers
Top Law News Supreme court admits plea against Ayodhya verdict August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday admitted a petition by the Akhil Bhartiya Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Punarudhar Samiti challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Babri Masjid case. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha, while admitting the petition, tagged it with the main case. The Sunni Waqf Board, which opposed […] Read more » Akhil Bhartiya Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Punarudhar Samiti Allahabad High Court Babri Masjid case Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha Sunni Waqf board Supreme Court Supreme court admits plea against Ayodhya verdict
Top Law News Order CBI probe only in exceptional cases, courts told August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Order CBI probe only in exceptional cases, courts told The Supreme Court has said that the high courts while exercising their ”wide powers” should be sparing and cautious in ordering probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as this cannot be done as a ”matter of routine”. Referring to a judgment of the court’s constitution bench, Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik […] Read more » CBI Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran Madras High Court Order CBI probe only in exceptional cases Supreme Court
Top Law News ‘Relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribal students’ August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Tripura government and opposition parties have urged the central government and the Medical Council of India (MCI) to further relax eligibility criteria for admission to medical colleges for northeast’s tribal students. “Both the centre and the MCI are yet to communicate their decisions on more cut-off marks relaxations for the tribal and the Scheduled […] Read more » 'Relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribal students' MBBS eligibility for northeast tribal students' MCI Medical Council of India
Top Law News President calls for reducing litigation costs August 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on President calls for reducing litigation costs President Pratibha Devisingh Patil Sunday called upon lawyers to make justice accessible to all by reducing the costs of litigation, which is beyond the means of large sections of society. “Lawyers should ensure justice is accessible to all by reducing the cost of litigation, which is beyond the means of large sections of society. Unless […] Read more » President calls for reducing litigation costs reduce litigation costs
Top Law News Judiciary must be responsive to emerging issues: President August 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment President Pratibha Patil Saturday urged the judiciary to be responsive to the needs of the time and to deal with emerging issues. The judiciary should constantly assess and evaluate its functioning to see how far objectives have been met, and whether it is responsive to the needs of the time, and in dealing with emerging […] Read more » central Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerppa Moily Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda Judiciary must be responsive to emerging issues Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj Karnataka High Court Chief Justice J.S. Khehar Pratibha patil President
Media & Entertainment News Shiv Sena leader calls Hazare ‘Taliban Gandhi’ August 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Shiv Sena leader calls Hazare ‘Taliban Gandhi’ Shiv Sena leader and former Maharashtra minister Sureshdada Jain on Saturday called anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare a ‘Taliban Gandhi’. Jain, who has filed a defamation case against Hazare, said in Jalgaon that “nobody can misuse the name of Mahatma Gandhi” in the manner the crusader is doing in his agitation on the anti-graft Lokpal bill. […] Read more » Anna Hazare Lokpal Bill Shiv Sena Sureshdada Jain Taliban Gandhi
Top Law News Can’t breach recruitment rules:Supreme court August 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that parameters of appointment are like a ‘Lakshman Rekha’ which cannot not be breached and both the selection committee and the appointing authority have to follow them strictly. “Somewhere a line has to be drawn and that line has to be strictly observed which is like ‘Lakshman Rekha’ and no […] Read more » breach recruitment rules Punjab and Haryana High Court recruitment rules Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News US drops charges against Rajat Gupta August 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The US Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to drop an administrative action against Rajat Gupta, former Indian American director of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. In return, he has agreed to withdraw a lawsuit claiming the regulatory proceeding violated his constitutional rights. “Mr. Gupta is very pleased that as a result of his lawsuit the […] Read more » Rajat Gupta