Top Law News Himachal plans law to seize tainted officials’ riches July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Himachal plans law to seize tainted officials’ riches The Himachal Pradesh government proposes to enact a new law enabling it to confiscate illegal assets of public servants. A law to fix accountability of public servants is also planned, an official said here Monday. During the six-day monsoon session, the government proposes to introduce a new legislation to confiscate illegal assets of public servants, […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party monsoon session Public Services Guarantee Bill
Top Law News Government mulls curbs on junk food in schools July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Monday admitted before the Delhi High Court that junk food causes health hazards, including heart problem, and said guidelines would be framed to serve good quality food in schools and colleges. The government said it has invited proposals from experienced agencies, organisation and institutions for framing guidelines for providing safe food in […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court educational institutions Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Top Law News Governor not in RTI ambit? Court asks for affidavit July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court Monday asked the Goa governor to state on oath that he, the president of India and speakers of state assemblies have no executive powers and duties, giving them a shield against the transparency law. The division bench of Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice F.M. Reis issued the […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General Vivek Tankha affidavit Bombay High Court chief information commissioner Governor Justice F.M. Reis Justice S.A. Bobde Right to Information (RTI) Act RTI ambit
Top Law News Now spotlight on land acquisition in Ghaziabad July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fingers are now being pointed at the acquisition of 8,700 acres of land spanning 18 villages in Ghaziabad for a “hi-tech city” even as the Uttar Pradesh government faces flak for acquiring agricultural land for private builders in Greater Noida . This time the land being acquired is for Hi-Tech City, a modern township, the […] Read more » Allahabad High Court Ghaziabad Ghaziabad Development Authority Land acquisition Land Acquisition Act. Sun City Supreme Court Uppal Chadha group
Top Law News ‘Goa chief minister anti-tribal’ July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tribal leaders here Monday accused Chief Minister Digambar Kamat of being “anti-tribal” and protecting the killers of two tribal activists during a May rally this year. Speaking to reporters during a day-long tribal protest here, convenor of the United Tribal Associations Alliance (UTAA), Prakash Velip, said that Kamat’s disinterest in tribal welfare affairs was obvious […] Read more » Bharatiya Janata Party BJP chief minister Digambar Kamat Goa legislator Ramesh Tawadkar United Tribal Associations Alliance UTAA
Media & Entertainment News Supreme Court stays newspaper wage board recommendations July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday asked the central government not to go ahead with the implementation of the recommendations of Justice Majathia Wage Board for working journalists and other newspaper employees for the next two weeks. The apex court bench of Justice Balbeer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma, however, did not pass any formal order […] Read more » Anandabazar Patrika media group Justice Balbeer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma Justice Majathia Wage Board
Top Law News Public movement needed against women’s trafficking’ July 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An inefficient legal system and a patriarchal society are responsible for the trafficking of women, and the scourge cannot be prevented unless there is a ‘massive public movement’ against it, the head of the West Bengal Commission for Women said Sunday. ‘It is the faulty system and the patriarchal society that is making the trafficking […] Read more » Public movement women’s trafficking
High Profile Cases Petitioner in Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple case dies July 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment T. P. Sundarrajan, whose legal battle led to the opening of the long-shut vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram where priceless treasures have been found, died in the wee hours on Sunday. A bachelor, Sundarrajan was 70. He had been suffering from fever for the last two days, relatives said. A former Indian […] Read more » Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple T. P. Sundarrajan
Criminal Law News Seven years jail for two carjackers July 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court here Saturday sentenced two men to seven years rigorous imprisonment in an over two-year-old case of carjacking and robbery. Two others were acquitted. According to the police, a businessman travelling by car from Delhi to Chandigarh May 27, 2009, was waylaid by unidentified assailants, who drove him home here in upscale Sector […] Read more » carjackers
Top Law News Noida farmers seek CBI probe in land acquisition July 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The farmers of villages in Noida Extension have moved the Allahabad High Court seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the acquisition of their lands under emergency provisions by the state government, a farmers’ leader said Saturday. The writ petition, which was filed on Friday, will come up for hearing on July 19. […] Read more » Land acquisition Noida farmers
High Profile Cases ‘Terrorists may have used safe house near blast sites’ July 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Investigators probing the Mumbai blasts believe the terrorists who planted the bombs may have used a ‘safe house’ somewhere near the blast sites to manufacture the explosive – a deadly cocktail of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. According to sources, the investigators base their theory on the fact that the bombs were improvised explosive devices […] Read more » blast sites Dadar Indian Mujahideen Opera House safe house Terrorists Zaveri Bazaar
Top Law News Cash-for-vote scam: Delhi Police faces heat in apex court July 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Cash-for-vote scam: Delhi Police faces heat in apex court The Supreme Court Friday castigated Delhi Police for their tardy investigations into bribery charges during a trust vote in parliament in 2008. “We are wholly unsatisfied with the status report,” the court said. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha lambasted police after they filed a status report on investigations […] Read more » Cash-for-vote scam Delhi Police Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha senior counsel Rajiv Dhawan Supreme Court