Top Law News Give permanent shelter to homeless near Jama Masjid: Court March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to provide a permanent alternative shelter to the homeless who were using a facility near Jama Masjid before it was demolished in 2003. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘Till the shelter home is constructed, the […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Court Delhi High Court homeless Jama Masjid Justice Sanjiv Khanna Municipal Corporation of Delhi permanent shelter Urban Shelter Improvement Board USIB
High Profile Cases Supreme Court voices concern over security in 2G licencing March 9, 2011 / March 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday said if security concerns were not taken care of in the allocation of telecom licences then it could have serious consequences for the country. ‘We are not experts, but if these things are not taken care then the sensitive information even about army operations could fall in wrong hands,’ Justice G.S. […] Read more » 2G licencing concern Janata Party president Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Justice G.S. Singhvi security Subramanian Swamy Supreme Court voices
Top Law News Many strides but still trapped: Shifting realities of Indian’s women (March 8 is International Women’s Day) March 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Another International Women’s Day, another occasion for a national assessment of the status of women in a country where the glass ceiling is within reach but not broken, where health statistics are still determined by gender, where public entertainment is dominated by patriarchal cliches and where female foeticide continues despite strides in so many sectors. […] Read more » Indian's women International Women's Day March 8 realities shifting
Top Law News Court asks AIIMS to admit doctor to masters course March 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to allot a seat in a masters course to an MBBS doctor who denied this last year due to a change in the prospectus just before the counselling date. Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjeev Khanna said: ‘The AIIMS authorities […] Read more » admit AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences course Court Delhi High Court doctor masters
Media & Entertainment News Babri Masjid case: Apex court issues notices to Advani, Thackeray March 5, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani, Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray and 19 others on a petition by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging their discharge in the Babri Masjid demolition conspiracy case. An apex court bench of Justice V.S.Sirpurkar and Justice T.S.Thakur issued the notice […] Read more » Advani apex court Ashok Singhal Babri Masjid case former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Giriraj Kishore Hari Dalmiya issues Kalyan Singh Mahant Avaidyanath notices Sadhvi Ritambrara senior BJP leaders Murli Manohar Joshi Thackeray Uma Bharti Vinay Katiyar Vishwa Hindu Parishad
Criminal Law News Aarushi case: Plea for adding glove as evidence March 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea has been filed in a special court here seeking that a glove found near the residence of the murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar be admitted as evidence in the case and be subject to forensic tests. K. Ashish alias Ashish Kumar, submitted, through his lawyer Sanjay Tyagi, that he recovered a surgical glove from […] Read more » Aarushi case adding Cellular telephone Central Bureau of Investigation Delhi Public School glove plea Uttar Pradesh
High Profile Cases Court accepts CBI closure report in Bofors case March 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi court today allowed a CBI plea seeking withdrawal of prosecution against elusive Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the two-decade-old Bofors payoff case. “The application of the CBI is allowed,” Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav said. “If the logical conclusion of a case is not possible then it is better to leave the issue,” he […] Read more » " Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav accepts Bofors case businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi CBI closure report Court late Rajiv Gandhi Sonia Gandhi
Top Law News CBI files charges against tainted judge March 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI today filed a chargesheet against Justice Nirmal Yadav and four others in the 2008 cash-at-judge’s-door scam, on a day when she is to demit office as a High Court judge. The chargesheet was filed in the court of Special CBI Judge Ritu Tagore here under various sections, including 120B of the IPC relating […] Read more » against CBI charges files Justice Nirmal Yadav Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Punjab and Haryana High Court Special CBI Judge Ritu Tagore tainted judge
Top Law News PETA to protest outside AIIMS for release of animals March 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Animal rights group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said it would stage protests outside the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Friday urging the premier health research institute to release to a sanctuary the animals kept in its laboratories for more than three years. ‘PETA would stage a protest outside the AIIMS […] Read more » AIIMS celebrity Pamela Anderson PETA
Top Law News Four weeks to end probe against Mumbai Congress chief: court March 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Four weeks to end probe against Mumbai Congress chief: court The Bombay High Court Thursday set a four-week deadline for investigating agencies to complete their probe against Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh, whose name has been linked to Jharkhand’s multi-crore rupee money-laundering scam involving Madhu Koda. The division bench headed by Chief Justice Mohit Shah also gave two other specific directions to the Income Tax […] Read more » Bombay High Court Madhu Koda Mahesh Jethmalani Mihir Desai Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh
High Profile Cases Apex courts pulls up government on black money probe March 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday pulled up the central government for not carrying out the custodial interrogation of the country’s biggest tax evader Hasan Ali and others engaged in money laundering. “We are asking you a simple question warranting a simpler answer – why these are not being interrogated in custody,” asked an apex court bench […] Read more » apex courts black money probe Government Justice B.Sudarshan Reddy Justice S.S.Nijjar lawyer Ram Jethamalani pulls Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian Supreme Court tax evader Hasan Ali
Consumer Law News No wrongdoing in 2G case, government to court March 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment There has been no wrongdoing in the allocation of second generation (2G) spectrum, the government told the Supreme Court Thursday. Attorney General G. Vahanvati told judges G. S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly that everything in the allocation of 2G licences was in conformity with the then national telecom policy. Vahanvati said that in the […] Read more » 2G case Court Government Janata Party president No second generation (2G) spectrum Subramanian Swamy wrongdoing