Criminal Law News Notice to Delhi government on parole rules July 24, 2011 / July 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the Delhi government on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of a parole guideline which denies the benefit of liberty to those whose appeals against conviction are pending decision. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘Issue notice to Government of […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi government Delhi High Court Justice Sanjiv Khanna parole rules
Media & Entertainment News 1.33 lakh Anganwadi centres not functional: Tirath July 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment More than one lakh Anganwadis, government-run child care centres that are an important tool in implementation of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), are not functional. This was revealed here Saturday by Woman and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath.In a statement Saturday, on the conclusion of a conference to review the ICDS programme, Tirath said: […] Read more » Anganwadi centres AWCs ICDS Integrated Child Development Services Krishna Tirath Woman and Child Development Minister
Media & Entertainment News Rohinton Nariman appointed Solicitor General of India July 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior advocate Rohinton Nariman will be the next Solicitor General of India. He will replace Gopal Subramanium, who quit recently after the government decided to field Nariman in his place in the 2G case. Sources said Law Minister Salman Khursheed spoke to Nariman early this week to seek his consent for the high-profile job. “He […] Read more » Gopal Subramanium Law Minister Salman Khursheed Rohinton Nariman Rohinton Nariman new Solicitor General of India Solicitor General of India
Environment Law News Pay compound interest for 14 years:Supreme Court to polluting firm July 23, 2011 / July 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pulling up a chemical company for trying to wriggle out of paying up for the pollution caused by it, the Supreme Court directed the firm, M/s Hindustan Agro Chemical Ltd, to pay Rs.37.38 crore along with compound interest at 12 percent for the last 14 years during which it resorted to every legal avenue to […] Read more » compound interest to pay for polluting firm Enviro-Legal Action Hindustan Agro Chemical Ltd Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice H.L. Dattu NEERI pollution caused by chemical industry Rajasthan Pollution Control Board
Top Law News Deemed universities: Supreme court denies government more time July 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday declined the central government’s plea for more time to complete the scrutiny of responses from 44 deemed universities threatened with the prospect of de-recognition. However, the court allowed the plea by the human resource development ministry to continue with the services of the Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor (since superannuated) S.K. […] Read more » Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor (since superannuated) S.K. Ray deemed universities deemed universities threatened of de-recognition. Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma
Top Law News Can Rs.10 or Rs.20 buy enough food, asks Supreme court July 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the Planning Commission if Rs.10 in rural areas and Rs.20 in urban areas was enough to buy eatables to get 2,400 calories per head per day. The poser came from judges Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma when it was told that the Planning Commission considered that people getting Rs.10 […] Read more » Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma Justice Wadhwa committee on revamping the PDS Planning Commission Rs.10 or Rs.20 is enough to buy food Supreme Court
Top Law News Apex court rejects Jagan’s petition against CBI inquiry July 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Apex court rejects Jagan’s petition against CBI inquiry The Supreme Court Friday rejected a petition by YSR Congress Chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy seeking a stay on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into alleged amassing of huge wealth by him. An apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma said that it will not interfere with the Andhra Pradesh […] Read more » apex court CBI CBI inquiry Central Bureau of Investigation Jagan's petition Jagan's petition against CBI inquiry Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma Senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi Supreme Court Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Top Law News Congress not involved in cash-for-votes: Police July 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Giving a clean chit to the Congress and the Samajwadi Party in the 2008 cash-for-votes controversy in parliament, the Delhi Police Thursday told a court here that arrested middleman Sohail Hindustani, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker, was the “mastermind” of the scandal. “During investigation it has come on record that neither any leader […] Read more » Aman Arora Arvinder Singh cash-for-votes cash-for-votes controversy Congress Congress in cash-for-votes scam Delhi Police India latest news Legal News Lovely Singh news Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh S.P. Gupta Samajwadi Party Sanjeev Saxena Sohail Hindustani Special Judge Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal trust vote
Top Law News Campaign on anti-graft bill in Sibal’s constituency July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Campaign on anti-graft bill in Sibal’s constituency A voluntary group Thursday started a campaign to popularise the anti-corruption Jan Lokpal bill in central Delhi’s Chandini Chowk, the parliamentary constituency of union minister Kapil Sibal who was part of a team that drafted a separate official Lokpal bill along with civil society members. In order to take Jan Lokpal bill, drafted by members […] Read more » anti-graft bill India Against Corruption (IAC) kapil sibal Sibal's constituency
Top Law News Only bureaucrats, politicians gain from quotas: Apex court July 21, 2011 / July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said that the benefits of quotas are being grabbed by bureaucrats and politicians and don’t reach the people they are intended for. An apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik said that people who should get the benefits of quotas were not even aware of them.”It is […] Read more » Delhi University Jawaharlal Nehru University other backward classes (OBC)
High Profile Cases Yeddyurappa can be questioned in corruption cases: Court July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major setback to Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka High Court Thursday allowed police to question him and his kin on corruption charges and illegal land deal cases. Justice K.N. Keshavanarayana cancelled the stay he had ordered on the trial court proceedings in the five cases filed against Yeddyurappa, his two sons, son-in-law […] Read more » B.Y. Raghavendra B.Y. Vijayendra corruption cases Governor H.R. Bhardwaj Justice K.N. Keshavanarayana Karnataka High Court Yeddyurappa
Media & Entertainment News Apex court names panel to evaluate Kerala temple treasure July 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s Supreme Court Thursday set up a panel of experts to make an inventory of the valuable treasure found in an ancient Hindu temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A the bench of two judges ruled that a five-member panel should film and photograph the objects found in vault A of the Sri […] Read more » Kerala temple treasure royal family of Travancore TP Sundar Rajan