Top Law News No contempt move for now, Delhi college teachers told May 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Monday said that no contempt proceedings would be initiated against the teachers of Delhi University-affiliated Dyal Singh College who had flouted the court’s order by protesting against the semester system, but asked all teachers to cooperate in the system’s implementation. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra contempt Delhi college teachers Delhi High Court DUTA Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Environment Law News No information about oil rigs safety: RTI activist May 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian government has failed to provide information about the department tasked with ensuring safety of oil rigs in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to avoid any environmental disaster, said a Right to Information (RTI) activist Monday. RTI activist Lokesh Batra said he had filed an RTI at the cabinet secretariat in March […] Read more » exclusive economic zone (EEZ) oil rigs safety RTI activist
High Profile Cases Court to decide Kalmadi’s bail plea May 21 May 16, 2011 / May 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The bail plea of Suresh Kalmadi, former Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman and Congress MP, was postponed to May 21 by a court here Monday. Kalmadi is in judicial custody for alleged financial irregularities in the preparations for the mega-event in October 2010. He is accused of conspiring to give the contract for Timing Scoring […] Read more » bail plea Kalmadi May 21
Top Law News Apex court issues notice on Dinakaran’s petition May 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the judges enquiry committee on a petition by Sikkim High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, saying that charges framed against him were beyond the scope of the notice of motion seeking his impeachment for alleged misconduct. The bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice C.K. Prasad issued the […] Read more » apex court Chief Justice J.S. Kehar Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran Dinakaran's petition judge Aftab Alam Justice C.K. Prasad Justice G.S. Singhvi Karnataka High Court P.P. Rao senior counsel Sikkim High Court Supreme Court
Top Law News Compensate migrant Indian worker wrongly deported: Court May 16, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed the external affairs ministry to pay compensation of Rs.50,000 to a Indian who was returning to his job in Spain but was detained by airlines staff at Brussels airport and deported to India despite having valid documents. Ruling on the petition of Balwinder Singh, Justice S. Muralidhar said: ‘This […] Read more » Balwinder Singh Compensate Delhi High Court deported Foreigners Regional Registration Office FRRO Indian worker Justice S. Muralidhar migrant Regional Passport Officer RPO wrongly
Top Law News PMO sees 8,400 percent rise in RTI pleas May 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment People are seeking answers, even if it means asking the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) some tough questions. The number of Right to Information (RTI) applications filed with the office have increased a whopping 8,402 percent in five years, say officials. The number of RTI queries with the PMO rose from 48 in 2005 – […] Read more » 400 percent rise 8 department of personnel and training DoPT PMO RTI pleas
Top Law News Give five mn tonnes food grains in 150 poor districts: Court May 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Saturday directed the central government to release five million tonnes of food grains more for distribution among the vulnerable section of the population in 150 poorest districts of the country. In a special sitting, a bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma said that additional food grains for below […] Read more » 150 poor districts Court five mn tonnes food grains
Media & Entertainment News Kanimozhi’s bail plea verdict on May 20 May 14, 2011 / May 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In temporary relief for the politically battered first family of Tamil Nadu, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Saturday deferred till May 20 its verdict on the bail plea of DMK MP Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV chief Sharad Kumar in connection with their alleged involved in the spectrum case. CBI Special Judge O.P. […] Read more » Asif Balwa CBI Special Judge O.P. Saini Kanimozhi May 20 plea Rajiv B. Agarwal Sanjay Chandra Swan Telecom verdict Vinod Goenka
Consumer Law News Telecast Lokpal Bill panel proceedings: Agnivesh May 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Telecast Lokpal Bill panel proceedings: Agnivesh The proceedings of the Lokpal Bill draft committee should be telecast so that people could see the body language of union ministers Kapil Sibal and P. Chidambaram who are on the committee, social activist Swami Agnivesh said Friday. Speaking during the launch of the nationwide Jan Lokpal bill campaign here, Agnivesh, one of the convenors […] Read more » Agnivesh Home Minister P. Chidambaram kapil sibal Lokpal Bill panel proceedings telecast
Top Law News Award death penalty in staged shootout cases: Supreme Court May 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court said Friday that staged shootouts involving contract killings by policemen should be counted in the category of rarest of rare cases and those found guilty should be sentenced to death. “We are of the view that in cases where a fake encounter is proved against policemen in a trial, they must be […] Read more » Award death penalty Justice Gyan Sudha Misra Justice Markandey Katju staged shootout cases Supreme Court
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