Top Law News Over 15,000 RTI appeals pending with information commission February 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment More than 15,000 appeals under the Right to Information Act (RTI) are pending with the Central Information Commission (CIC), Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions V. Narayanasamy told parliament Thursday. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Narayanasamy said the average monthly receipt and disposal of appeals by […] Read more » appeals information commission Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel pending Public Grievances and Pensions RTI V. Narayanasamy
Top Law News Delhi Zoo a death trap, court told February 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought a reply from the central government on a public interest litigation by a law student who said that the National Zoological Park (Delhi zoo) had become a “death trap” for animals and should be shifted to the city’s outskirts. A division bench of chief justice Deepak Misra and Justice […] Read more » chief justice Deepak Misra Court death trap Justice Sanjiv Khanna National Zoological Park (Delhi zoo)
Top Law News Rahat mulls legal action against Indian officials February 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Rahat mulls legal action against Indian officials Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, who was arrested at the Delhi airport for carrying undeclared foreign currency, is contemplating legal action against the Indian authorities for allegedly confiscating his money. Rahat was arrested at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport Feb 13 for carrying undeclared foreign currency worth more than $124,000. The Directorate of […] Read more » Indian officials legal action mulls Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Media & Entertainment News Railway ministry questioned on quality of food on trains February 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday questioned the railway ministry on a petition alleging non-implementation of its 2010 catering policy, resulting in huge losses to the government and denial of good quality food to commuters. The division bench of Chief Justice Deepak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notices to the ministry and the Indian Railway […] Read more » Delhi High Court Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) quality of food questioned Railway ministry trains
Criminal Law News Aarushi murder: Talwars question order to try them February 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, parents of murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar, Wednesday urged the Allahabad High Court to set aside a special CBI court’s order to put them on trial for the gruesome killing of their own daughter in Noida about three years ago. Justice B.K. Narayana has decided to continue with the arguments Feb 25, […] Read more » Aarushi murder Aarushi Talwar Allahabad High Court CBI CBI court Central Bureau of Investigation Court Delhi Public School Justice B.K. Narayana Muder Case Talwars Topnews
Media & Entertainment News Court notice to UTV reality show ‘Emotional Atyachaar’ February 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the ministries of information and broadcasting and home affairs, chairman of UTV and team of the reality show ‘Emotional Atyachaar’ following a plea seeking a ban on the show due to its ‘vulgar’ content. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Sanjeev Khanna asked all […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Emotional Atyachaar notice UTV reality show
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Kasab to appeal to Supreme Court against death verdict February 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ajmal Amir Kasab, the Pakistani terrorist convicted for the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, will appeal to the Supreme Court against the death sentence awarded to him, his lawyer said here Wednesday. The Bombay High Court Monday upheld the death sentence the trial court awarded to Kasab for his role in the 26/11 attack. “In my […] Read more » Ajmal Amir Kasab appeal Bombay High Court death verdict Justice R.V. More Justice Ranjana Desai lawyer Farhana Shah Special Judge M.L. Tahaliyani Supreme Court
Media & Entertainment News Kolkata cops guilty, Rizwanur’s mother tells apex court February 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday was told that the right to love and marriage was a part of the fundamental right to live and Kolkata policemen who allegedly acted in its violation in the Rizwanur Rahman-Priyanka Todi inter-religious marriage case should be punished. Computer graphic teacher Rizwanur, who married businessman Ashok Todi’s daughter Priyanka in August […] Read more » apex court Ashok Todi CBI Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR (first information report) guilty Kishwar Jahan Kolkata cops Rizwanur's mother
Top Law News Godhra verdict travesty of justice, says lawyer Prashant Bhushan February 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prominent Supreme Court lawyer and public interest activist Prashant Bhushan Tuesday said the verdict in the Godhra train carnage case coming nine years after the incident was a “travesty of justice” and added that it reflected poorly on India’s judicial system that most of the 63 acquitted people were in jail for all these years. […] Read more »
High Profile Cases 31 convicted, 63 acquitted in Godhra train carnage case February 22, 2011 / March 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here today convicted 31 accused persons and acquitted 63 others in the case relating to the February 27, 2002 burning of a coach of the Sabarmati Express at Godhra station in Gujarat. Sessions Judge P R Patel, who delivered the judgement in the Sabarmati Central Jail, said the quantum of punishment would […] Read more » 31 convicted 63 acquitted Godhra train carnage case POTA public prosecutor J M Panchal Sabarmati Express Sessions Judge P R Patel United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
Media & Entertainment News Court bans illegal telecast of World Cup cricket matches February 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has restrained around 144 cable operators across the country from telecasting the ongoing cricket World Cup, which they did by unauthorisedly accessing signals of ESPN Software India Pvt Ltd (ESIPL).The court was hearing a suit filed by the company seeking an order to restrain cable operators from unauthorisedly broadcasting the tournament. […] Read more » bans Court cricket matches ESPN Software India Pvt Ltd (ESIPL ESPN STAR Sports ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 illegal telecast world cup
Top Law News Health of citizens is wealth of nation: Court February 21, 2011 / February 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ‘The health of the citizens is the wealth of the nation’ and it cannot be allowed to be jeopardized, the Delhi High Court said Monday while slamming an anti-quota stir at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in 2006. The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: ‘The […] Read more » AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences Anbumani Ramadoss Chief Justice Dipak Misra Citizens Court Health Justice Sanjiv Khanna nation P. Venugopal Prashant Bhushan wealth