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
Top Law News Delhi government proposes fast track courts for rape cases May 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government has written to the chief justice of the Delhi High Court urging him to set up fast track courts for ensuring speedy justice to rape victims, state Women and Child Development Minister Kiran Walia said Thursday. “I have already written a letter to the chief justice of Delhi High Court, urging him […] Read more » Delhi government Delhi High Court fast-track courts Kiran Walia rape cases
Top Law News Mercy plea of Khalistan terrorist on death row rejected May 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Mercy plea of Khalistan terrorist on death row rejected President Prathiba Patil on Thursday rejected the mercy petition of Devender Singh Bhullar, a Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) terrorist sentenced to death in 2001 for triggering a car bomb that killed 12 people and injured 29, including former Youth Congress leader MS Bitta. According to top government sources, the president rejected the death row prisoner’s […] Read more » death row Devender Singh Bhullar Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) Khalistan terrorist Mercy plea President Prathiba Patil rejected
Media & Entertainment News Adarsh land belonged to state, not meant for war heroes: Minister May 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A union minister Thursday said on oath that the land in prestigious south Mumbai where the controversial Adarsh Society’s 31-storey housing block stands belonged to the state and was never reserved for defence personnel or Kargil war heroes. While Union Energy Minister and former chief minister Sushilkumar Shinde in a sworn affidavit asserted that no […] Read more » Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam. Adarsh land BEST Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport MMRDA Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Sunil Tatkare Sushilkumar Shinde war heroes
Media & Entertainment News Supreme Court quashes land allotment to Sourav Ganguly May 26, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the decision of the West Bengal government to allot land in Kolkata’s Salt Lake area to former cricket captain Sourav Ganguly. The apex court bench of justice GS Singhvi and justice AK Ganguly directed the state government to refund the Rs 20 lakh paid by the cricketer for […] Read more » justice AK Ganguly Justice GS Singhvi land allotment Sourav Ganguly Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Order on Teesta’s plea reserved till Friday May 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday reserved its order till Friday on a petition filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad seeking to quash a criminal complaint against her. The complaint against her was made in the Panderwada case, in which bodies of victims of the 2002 communal riots were exhumed in 2006 – four years after […] Read more » .Justice G.B. Shah Gujarat High Court Teesta
Top Law News Dismantling of toxic ships in Gujarat worries apex court May 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday expressed concern over the environmental impact of dismantling and recycling of foreign ships carrying radioactive material and other toxic wastes at Alang port in Gujarat. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad wondered why these ships were not dismantled or broken in the country of their […] Read more » apex court Dismantling GMB Gujarat Gujarat Maritime Board Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi toxic ships
Top Law News ‘Legally literate’ Chandigarh students to help needy May 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Thanks to a novel initiative, legal nitty-gritty will be taught to students in government schools and colleges in Chandigarh so that they can help the poor and the needy get better access to justice. Student Legal Literacy Clubs in these institutions will be a unique platform for spreading legal literacy among people who have no […] Read more » 'Legally literate' Chandigarh National Service Scheme (NSS)