High Profile Cases Kanimozhi joins celebrity line-up in Tihar jail May 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Kanimozhi, DMK MP and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi’s daughter, is the latest high-profile entrant to Tihar Central Jail — following in the steps of over a dozen VIPs who are already lodged in India’s largest prison. “Kanimozhi is already in Tihar. She is in jail number 6, which is women’s cell, and […] Read more » celebrity Kanimozhi Tihar Jail
Top Law News No bail for Kanimozhi, Sharad Kumar May 20, 2011 / May 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV Managing Director Sharad Kumar were Friday headed to jail after a special Central Bureau of Investigation court rejected their bail pleas. The two were named co-conspirators in the 2G spectrum scam Read more » bail plea dismissed DMK leader T.R. Baalu DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi G. Aravindan Kanimozhi Rajathi Ammal Sharad Kumar
Top Law News Selling your vehicle? Get transfer documents right or face trouble May 20, 2011 / May 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Selling your secondhand two-wheeler or car, but not fulfilling the legal norms of transfer to the new owner could make you liable to pay for any accidents caused by the vehicle, the Delhi High Court has ruled. In its judgment early this week, the court made the original owner of the vehicle Mukesh Kumar equally […] Read more » Delhi High Court documents Justice Khetrapal MACT Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal selling transfer vehicle
Environment Law News Constructions in Delhi Ridge: court notice to ministries May 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the ministry of defence (MoD) on a petition seeking a stay on the construction of staff quarters by cutting trees in Delhi’s green Ridge area. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna Wednesday issued […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Constructions Delhi High Court Delhi Ridge Justice Sanjiv Khanna ministry of defence ministry of environment and forests MoD MoEF
Top Law News Jamia to continue with its minority status: High Court May 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Students wishing to take admission in Jamia Millia Islamia for this academic session face an uncertain future with the Delhi High Court Wednesday refusing to grant a stay on an amendment conferring it minority status. The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (NCMEI) headed by Justice M.S.A. Siddiqui had recently granted ‘minority’ status to […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra High Court Jamia Millia Islamia Justice M.S.A. Siddiqui Justice Sanjiv Khanna minority status PIL public interest litigation
Top Law News Charges against Dinakaran modified, apex court told May 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday was told that the Judges Inquiry Committee (JIC) probing charges of corruption, land grabbing and misconduct against Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran has modified the charges in the notice of the motion moved in the Rajya Sabha seeking his impeachment and removal. Senior counsel U.U. Lalit, appearing for […] Read more »
Top Law News Jharkhand top cop sentenced for assault on judge May 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A tribunal here Thursday sentenced Jharkhand’s Inspector General of Police Nirmala Chaudhary to 15 days of rigorous imprisonment for ordering her bodyguards to beat up a judge in 2008. The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) also slapped a fine of Rs.2,000 each on the eight policemen involved in the case. Chaudhary had allegedly misbehaved with CAT […] Read more » assault Central Administrative Tribunal Indian Police Service Jharkhand judge Nirmala Chaudhary sentenced Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Nukkad nataks, songs to help Delhi schools tackle sniffing intoxicants May 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Street plays, songs and slogans will be some of the new methods the Delhi government will be adopting to prevent schoolgoing children of the national capital from taking to inhaling intoxicants like paint thinner and eraser fluid. Delhi government has submitted its action plan before the Delhi High Court, which is to be followed in […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Delhi schools intoxicants Justice Sanjiv Khanna Nukkad nataks sniffing songs
Top Law News High Court refuses to stay engineering exam results May 19, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) results for the candidates, who appeared for it on two different occasions this month following paper leaks at several centres. A Division Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said, “At this stage we are not inclined to stay […] Read more » AIEEE All India Engineering Entrance Examination CBSE Central Board of Secondary Education Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court engineering exam results High Court HRD Ministry refuses stay
Top Law News Gujarat bar council suspends lawyer for life May 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Gujarat bar council suspends lawyer for life Bar Council of Gujarat charged Ajitsinh Gohil with professional misconduct and also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on him; the lawyer had made allegations against judges . The Bar Council of Gujarat on Tuesday suspended Bar Association of Gandhinagar president Ajitsinh Gohil for life and fined him Rs 50,000 for professional misconduct. […] Read more » Gujarat bar council lawyer suspends
Media & Entertainment News Anna Hazare is face of anti-corruption: Kiran Bedi May 18, 2011 / May 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment When the history of the anti-corruption movement is written for posterity, veteran Gandhian Anna Hazare’s face will be identified with the fight, says writer, social activist and former super cop Kiran Bedi. Bedi, who released the book “Anna Hazare: The Face of India’s Fight Against Corruption”, is part of Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement that saw […] Read more » Anna Hazare face of anti-corruption Kiran Bedi
Top Law News Liberalisation hasn’t led to education for deprived sections: Apex court May 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said the notion that liberalization and free-market economy in India would generate wealth which the government would use for providing higher education to deprived sections of the society has turned out to be “false and a mirage”. “For the past two decades, this country has been in the throes of early […] Read more » apex court deprived sections education Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar Liberalisation Supreme Court