Top Law News Derogatory word to be removed from caste certificates July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it will withdraw the word “chura” from certificates issued to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) stating that the revenue department of the Delhi government used the […] Read more » caste certificates Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Derogatory word Derogatory word to be removed Justice Sanjiv Khanna PIL public interest litigation Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes
Top Law News Supreme court bench recuses itself from plea against OBC quota July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik, constituting a Supreme Court bench, Wednesday recused themselves from hearing a petition challenging clause procedures being followed by Delhi University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University for admitting students against the quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The bench recused itself from hearing the matter after senior counsel […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Delhi University Jawaharlal Nehru University Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice R.V. Raveendran OBC quota OBCs. Other Backward Classes Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News NHRC issues notice to Orissa July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday issued a notice to the Orissa government and police for allegedly using a school as camp to fight the villagers opposing land acquisition by the South Korean company Posco. The NHRC has taken a suo motu cognizance of a media report that the police have occupied a school […] Read more » National Human Rights Commission NHRC issues notice to Orissa South Korean company Posco
High Profile Cases Government responsible for 2G mess, didn’t listen: Behura (Lead) July 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government is responsible for the 2G “mess”, jailed former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura said Wednesday, accusing the powers that be of not listening when he raised an objection. “The entire government is responsible for the mess. My client raised the objection publicly and the government didn’t listen to him. He was bound to follow […] Read more » 2G mess 2G spectrum allocation A. Raja CBI CBI Special Judge O.P. Saini Central Bureau of Investigation Government responsible for 2G mess Home Minister P. Chidambaram Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Siddhartha Behura
High Profile Cases Raja says he had no intention of framing PM July 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after he dragged in prime minister Manmohan Singh and home minister P Chidambaram into the 2G spectrum scam, former communications minister A Raja on Tuesday clarified that he did not intend to frame anyone. “Main kisi ko phasana nahi chahta tha (I had no intention of framing anyone),” Raja’s lawyer said on his […] Read more » 2G spectrum scam 2G spectrum transactions A. Raja CBI Central Bureau of Investigation framing PM judge OP Saini no intention of framing PRIME mINISTER P. Chidambaram
Top Law News Canal water allocation not in judicial domain: Supreme Court July 26, 2011 / July 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said the decision on releasing water from rivers’ canals is in the domain of the government and the judiciary has no role to play in it. The court have the ruling while dismissing an application filed by an organisation from Gujarat’s Kutch region, which sought more water for canals in the […] Read more » Canal water allocation Gujarat High Court judicial domain Justice C.K. Prasad Justice Markandey Katju Kachchh Jal Sankat Nivaran Samiti Narmada canal to Kutch SupremeCourt
Intellectual Property News President Pratibha Patil declares assets worth Rs.2.5 crore July 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a first for any Indian Head of State, President Pratibha Patil today declared her assets which include movable and immovable properties worth over Rs 2.49 crore. The President, who today completed four years in office, posted the details of her wealth and properties on her official website. The declaration by the President came after […] Read more » President declares her assets President Pratibha Patil RTI Act.
Criminal Law News Supreme Court relief for Chidambaram on Ramdev crackdown July 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court relief for Chidambaram on Ramdev crackdown In an apparent relief to union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to issue notice to him on a plea that he sanctioned the police crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his supporters post midnight June 4. An apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swanter Kumar, while […] Read more » Chidambaram Justice B.S. Chauhan Justice Swanter Kumar Ramdev crackdown Supreme Court yoga guru Baba Ramdev
High Profile Cases 2G auction in continuity with NDA policy: Raja July 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Defending his role in the allocation of 2G spectrum, former communications minister A. Raja Monday said the decision to auction the scarce radio frequency was a continuity of the policy of the previous National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. “I have only implemented what I have inherited. Dayanidhi Maran (communications minister from 2004-07) resigned, so I […] Read more » 2G auction 2G spectrum A. Raja Asif Balwa CBI Cineyug's Karim Morani DB Realty DMK MP Kanimozhi Gautam Doshi Hari Nair Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar Kusegaon National Democratic Alliance NDA NDA policy R.K. Chandolia Rajeev Agarwal Reliance Group Special CBI Judge O.P. Saini Surendra Pipara Swan Telecom Swan Telecom's Shahid Usman Balwa Unitech Wireles. Unitech Wireless' Sanjay Chandra. Vinod Goenka
Consumer Law News Private hospitals asked for free treatment policy July 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed private hospitals to submit to the Delhi government proposals for formulating a common policy for providing free treatment to poor patients. An apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik told the private hospitals to submit their proposals within 10 days and thereafter hold discussions for framing […] Read more » free treatment policy Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran poor patients Private hospitals Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Supreme Court notice to poll panel on EVMs July 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday directed the Election Commission to decide on a petiton seeking provisions for instant verification of votes cast through electronic voting machines (EVMs). The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Panikar Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the commission to decide within three months on the petition by […] Read more » Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Election Commission EVMs Justice K.S. Panikar Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court Supreme Court notice
Environment Law News Illegal mining a reality: Chief Justice Kapadia July 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia Sunday said that illegal mining was going on in various states of the country and called upon the central government to put in place a regulator for both appraisal and pricing of extracted minerals. ‘Illegal mining is going on in different states,’ said Justice Kapadia, who presided over the […] Read more » Chief JusticeS.H. Kapadia Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa excavated minerals GNIDA Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority illegal mining mining PILs Supreme Court