Top Law News Why can’t surplus grain be sold to poor, asks apex court May 11, 2011 / May 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the central government, which admitted to shortcomings in the public distribution system, why it could not give the surplus food grain that it couldn’t store to hungry people at subsidised rates. ‘Why can’t you give it at subsidised rates to the hungry populace. You have it. You can’t store […] Read more » apex court Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice Deepak Verma poor sold Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium Supreme Court surplus grain
Top Law News Throw out corrupt subordinate court judges: Apex court May 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Subordinate court judges who indulge in corruption should be “thrown out”, an irate Supreme Court said Tuesday while criticising a woman additional district judge who superseded an apex court order directing a tenant to vacate premises. It also directed the Delhi High Court to take disciplinary action against her. The apex court bench of […] Read more » Additional District Judge apex court Archana Sinha Corrupt court judges Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markandey Katju subordinate Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News 2G case: Court allows exemption plea of Karim Morani May 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Tuesday allowed Cineyug Film’s Karim Morani, accused in the 2G spectrum case, exemption from personal appearance in court. Judge O.P. Saini said: ‘Accused Morani’s exemption plea from personal appearance is allowed. However, he will have to appear before the court on May 12.’ On May 6, Morani […] Read more » 2G case CBI Central Bureau of Investigation Court DMK MP Kanimozhi exemption plea Karim Morani Kusegaon Realty director Rajiv Aggarwal Shahid Balwa Sharad Kumar Swan Telecom promoter
Top Law News Apex court slams judge for superseding its order May 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Apex court slams judge for superseding its order The Supreme Court Tuesday slammed Additional District Judge Archana Sinha for superseding its order in an eviction decree and asked the chief justice of the Delhi High Court to enquire into the matter. Judges Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra took offence to Sinha passing a detailed order which frustrated the apex court order directing […] Read more » Additional District Judge apex court Archana Sinha judge Judge Gyan Sudha Misra Judge Markandey Katju superseding
Media & Entertainment News Don’t blame Pakistan for non-state actors, says Zardari May 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India should stop blaming Pakistan for the terrorist actions of non-state actors “, President Asif Ali Zardari told a delegation of Indian jurists which recently returned from a visit to Islamabad. According to Zardari, India should discriminate between the action of “non-state actors” and that of the Pakistan state, said former Supreme Court Bar Association […] Read more » Asif Ali Zardari blame Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary M.N. Krishnamani non-state actors Pakistan Pervez Musharraf Supreme Court Zardari
Top Law News Advocates told to uphold dignity of court May 10, 2011 / May 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said it was the responsibility of the judges, advocates and the court staff to maintain the integrity and sanctity of the judicial institutions. All the functionaries, be it advocates, judges and the rest of the (court) staff ought to act in accordance with morals and ethics, said the apex court bench […] Read more » Advocates dignity of court Uphold
Media & Entertainment News Death warrant sends Koli in search of mercy May 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Surender Koli, a businessman’s domestic help sentenced to death for murdering Rimpa Haldhar from Noida’s Nithari village, has filed a mercy plea before President Pratibha Patil after he got a death warrant, a jail official said Monday. The 39-year-old Nithari serial killer has begged for mercy after a court last week sent him a death […] Read more » Death warrant Nithari village Surinder Koli
Media & Entertainment News Asaram Bapu asked to appear before panel on ashram deaths May 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An inquiry commission, probing the mysterious death in 2008 of two boys studying in Asaram Bapu’s Ahmedabad ashram, Monday set June 6 as the deadline for the spiritual leader and his son Narayan Sai to appear before it. Justice D.K. Trivedi asked the counsel for Asaram to ensure before May 23 and inform the date […] Read more » Asaram Bapu ashram deaths
Top Law News Apex court stays ‘strange, surprising’ Babri verdict May 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Apex court stays ‘strange, surprising’ Babri verdict Calling it ‘a strange and surprising order’ as none of the parties had sought a partition, the Supreme Court Monday stayed last year’s Allahabad High Court verdict dividing the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmbhoomi disputed site into three parts. While Muslim groups welcomed the ruling, the BJP and RSS hoped that all legal impediments to a Ram temple […] Read more » Allahabad High Court apex court Babri verdict Justice Aftab Alam Justice R.M. Lodha strange surprising
Criminal Law News Honour killings deserve capital punishment, says Supreme Court May 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Honour killings deserve capital punishment, says Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Monday said that honour killings fell in the category of rarest of rare crimes and those committing them deserved capital punishment. Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra in their ruling said, “Honour killings are nothing but barbaric and brutal murders by bigoted persons with feudal minds.” The judges said “In […] Read more » capital punishment Gyan Sudha Misra honour killings Justices Markandey Katju Supreme Court
Top Law News Lokpal should be independent, agree panel members May 8, 2011 / May 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Lokpal should be independent, agree panel members Keen to finish drafting of the anti-graft Lokpal Bill by June-end, the government and civil society representatives Saturday identified areas of agreement on the proposed legislation and said the new authority should be independent and have a transparent process of appointment. The agreement on broad principles of legislation came almost a month after Gandhian Anna […] Read more » Arvind Kejriwal Independent kapil sibal Lokpal panel members
Top Law News Hasan Ali’s judicial custody extended till Monday May 7, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Read more » extended Hasan Ali judicial custody