Top Law News Apex court restores membership of 16 Karnataka legislators May 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday restored the membership of 16 disqualified Karnataka legislators, a development that could threaten continuation of B.S. Yeddyurappa as chief minister. The 16 lawmakers, 11 of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and five Independents, were disqualified Oct 11, hours before Yeddyurappa was to seek confidence vote in the assembly following their […] Read more » Anand Asnotikar apex court B.S. Yeddyurappa Balachandra Jarkiholi Belur Gopalakrishna D. Sudhakar Governor H.R. Bhardwaj Gulihatti Shekar H.S. Shankara Lingegowda Justice Altamas Kabir Justice Cyriac Joseph Karnataka legislators membership Nanjundaswamy P.M. Narendra Swamy Raje Kage restores S.K. Bellubbi Sarvabowma Bagali Shivanagouda Naik Shivaraj Tangadagi V. Nagaraju Venkataramanappa Y. Sampangi
Top Law News ‘Mamata, Jayalalithaa victories repose faith in women’ May 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the doughty Mamata Banerjee and J. Jayalalithaa set to take over the reins in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, respectively, their victory Friday was seen by many as a reassertion of faith in the leadership of women. With them, India will have four women chief ministers ruling at the same time, the other two […] Read more » 'Mamata J. Jayalalithaa Jayalalithaa Mamata Banerjee Sheila Dikshit victories
Top Law News Court awards Rs.10 lakh compensation to tycoon’s widow May 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday awarded compensation of Rs.10 lakh to Nina Pillai, wife of ‘Biscuit King’ Rajan Pillai, on her petition seeking compensation from the central government for his custodial death in Tihar Jail in 1995. Delivering the judgment, Justice S. Muralidhar said: ‘In these circumstances, it is clear that the lack of medical […] Read more » ‘Biscuit King’ Compensation Delhi High Court Justice S. Muralidhar Nina Pillai Rajan Pillai Rs.10 lakh tycoon’s widow
Environment Law News Supreme Court bans endosulfan May 13, 2011 / May 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s Supreme Court has ordered a temporary ban on the production, sale and use of controversial pesticide Endosulfan. Admitting a petition filed by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), youth wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), seeking country-wide ban on sale and production of Endosulfan in its present form or any other […] Read more » bans endosulfan Supreme Court
Top Law News Government to bring in new land acquisition law: Chidambaram May 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government was all set to bring in a new land acquisition law for better compensation and rehabilitation to farmers, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said on Thursday as unrest on the issue continued in parts of Uttar Pradesh. The new legislation, he said, would be introduced in parliament in t he next session likely in […] Read more » Ambika Soni Ghulam Nabi Azad Government kapil sibal new land acquisition law P. Chidambaram Pawan Bansal Salman Khursheed V. Narayanasamy
Top Law News Court reserves order against DU teachers May 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its order on charges by Delhi University (DU) that teachers of Dyal Singh College had flouted court orders by protesting against the implementation of the semester system. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: “The court will pronounce its final verdict on whether […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Delhi University Teachers Association DUTA Dyal Singh College Justice Sanjiv Khanna Senior counsel Prashant Bhushan UGC University Grants Commission
Top Law News Apex court orders CBI probe in job scheme implementation May 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into irregularities in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme in six districts of Orissa. An apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the CBI to file its […] Read more » apex court CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia job scheme implementation Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act MNREGA
Top Law News Court notice on insurance for AIDS patients May 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on a petition to make HIV/AIDS patients eligible for health insurance policies. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the insurance regulator to reply by July 27. The court also issued notice to the […] Read more » AIDS patients Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court insurance IRDA Act Justice Sanjiv Khanna NACO National Aids Control Organization
Top Law News What is being done to decriminalise suicide: Court May 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the central government to list the steps it had taken on a 2008 Law Commission report calling for suicide to be decriminalised. As per the present provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a person attempting suicide can be punished with a maximum jail sentence of one year. Expressing […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court decriminalise decriminalise suicide Delhi High Court Justice Sanjiv Khanna suicide
Top Law News Contempt notice to Rajnigandha maker for using plastic pouches May 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday issued a contempt notice to the Dharampal Satyapal Group of Companies — manufacturers of chewing tobaco Rajnigandha and Tulsi — for marketing their product in plastic pouches in violation of court orders of December 2010. An apex court bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly issued notice to the […] Read more » Asok Kumar Ganguly Contempt notice Dharampal Satyapal Group of Companies Justices G.S Singhvi plastic pouches Rajnigandha Supreme Court Tulsi
Top Law News Supreme Court rejects CBI appeal on Bhopal gas case May 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court will give its decision today on whether to reopen the Bhopal Gas tragedy case for enhancing the sentence given to the accused. The court will decide on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea asking for a retrial and seeking a review of its 1996 judgement that had diluted charges against […] Read more » Bhopal gas case CBI appeal rejects Supreme Court
Top Law News Media termed me guilty, Thomas tells Supreme Court May 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Controversial former central vigilance commissioner (CVC) P.J. Thomas Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe into the “distorted reporting” by the media of the court proceedings against him. Thomas, whose appointment as the head of the Central Vigilance Commission was set aside by the apex court, said that “distorted” reporting and telecasting […] Read more » Central Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas Supreme Court