Top Law News Apex court declines plea against Delhi varsity semester system May 31, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday declined to entertain a petition seeking a stay on a Delhi University notification introducing the semester system for under-graduate courses in various disciplines from the coming academic year. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad said: “We are not inclined to stay the notification.” Justice Singhvi […] Read more » apex court declines Delhi varsity semester system Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi
Media & Entertainment News Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar’s bail order reserved May 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday reserved its order on the bail plea by DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar in the 2G spectrum case. Justice Ajit Bharihoke reserved the order. Both Kanimozhi and Sharad Kumar are in jail for their alleged role in the 2G spectrum scam. Read more » Justice Ajit Bharihoke Kanimozhi Sharad Kumar's bail order reserved
Media & Entertainment News Lokpal Bill panel to consult states, parties on ‘divergent views’ May 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Lokpal Bill panel to consult states, parties on ‘divergent views’ The joint Lokpal Bill drafting committee Monday decided to seek the views of states and political parties on “issues of divergence” on the proposed legislation as the government and civil society representatives had differing views on key issues, including bringing the prime minister and the higher judiciary under the ambit of the new authority. After […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal divergent views Human Resource Development kapil sibal Lokpal Bill Prashant Bhushan
Top Law News Selection doesn’t mean appointment, rules court May 30, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Selection for a job does not automatically mean appointment, the Delhi High Court has told a man who sought its direction that he be given the job he was selected for 17 years ago, and added he had anyway come to the court too late. Lal Babu, 45, in his petition told the court he […] Read more » Appointment Delhi Electricity Supply Undertaking DESU Justice Rajiv Sahai Selection
Top Law News India may implead in US court to establish ISI’s terror link May 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India is considering impleading in a lawsuit filed by Mumbai terror victims in a New York court to get Pakistan’s spy agency declared a terror outfit, a government official said Sunday. It is likely to submit several documents in the New York court to help prove the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had links with terror organisations […] Read more » implead India ISI's terror link US court
Top Law News Rs.1,500 for three kids? Court hikes maintenance May 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Is Rs.1,500 per month enough as maintenance for three children? No, said the Delhi High Court, which has pulled up a man for giving this paltry amount to his divorced wife for bringing up their three children. He has now been ordered to cough up a monthly maintenance of Rs.7,500 – or Rs.2,500 for each […] Read more » Court hikes Justice A.K. Pathak maintenance'
Criminal Law News Woman gets life term for killing husband May 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A woman has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court for battering her husband to death and cutting off his genitals in an act that it described as “having been committed in utter frustration.” Additional sessions judge N K Kaushik convicted Guddi alias Lakshmi alias Manku on murder charges on circumstantial evidence and […] Read more » husband killing life term Woman
Top Law News Punjab law on Panchayati Raj is perverse:Supreme Court May 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said the Punjab law doing away with the provision of no-confidence motion against the sarpanch by others in a panchayat was ‘perverse’. Calling it a violation of the basic structure of the constitution, the court said that it was dangerous as well as dictatorial.Coming down heavily on the amendment deleting the […] Read more » judge Chandramauli Kumar Prasad judge G.S. Singhvi Panchayati Raj perverse Punjab law R.S. Khosla Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Sequence being followed on mercy pleas, says Congress May 28, 2011 / May 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Congress Friday admitted that time was being taken to decide on mercy petitions of death row prisoners, but said it was a constitutional process which cannot be “leapfrogged”. Responding to queries about the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) demand for the rejection of the mercy petition of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, Congress spokesman Abhishek […] Read more » Abhishek Manu Singhvi Afzal Guru Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar Mahendra Nath Das mercy pleas National Democratic Alliance President Pratibha Patil
Media & Entertainment News Lokpal bill will cut graft by 70 percent:Anna Hazare May 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Social activist Anna Hazare said Friday that the proposed Lokpal bill will bring down corruption by 60 to 70 percent. “When it becomes a law, it will curb graft by 60 to 70 percent and become the foundation for completely removing corruption,” Hazare told a group of farmers near Nelamangala, about 40 km from Bangalore. […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Kiran Bedi Lokpal Bill senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan Social activist Anna Hazare Swami Agnivesh
Top Law News A judge’s conduct should be exemplary: Supreme Court May 28, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday said a judge has a certain personality in the court and it should find extension in his conduct in public life. “The judge in the court has certain personality and his conduct must be exemplary in all respect and aberration (in the personality) would make him liable for being proceeded against,” […] Read more » Chief Justice J.S. Khehar conduct exemplary JIC judge judges inquiry committee Justice Aftab Alam Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi Karnataka High Court senior counsel Basava Prabhu Patil senior counsel P.P. Rao senior counsel U.U. Lalit Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Custody disputes: Call for India to sign Hague Convention May 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Supreme Court judgement affirming the jurisdiction of Indian courts to deal with disputes of children’s custody even if they are foreign citizens has raised demands for the government to accede to the Hague Convention dealing with such disputes and thus protect the rights of non-resident Indians. In a judgement with far-reaching implications for Indians […] Read more » Custody disputes Hague Convention Justice T.S. Thakur Justice V.S. Sirpurkar