Consumer Law News Delhi government’s power on consumer panel post restricted January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has restrained the Delhi government from taking a final decision on the appointment of two members in the state consumer commission. The court was hearing a plea questioning the government’s power to reserve two posts of the three-member commission – one for woman non-judicial member and the other for member (judicial). […] Read more » consumer panel
Criminal Law News Citibank fraud: Victim seeks to withdraw complaint January 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a new twist in the Rs.300 crore Citibank fraud, one of the high-profile victims Monday announced he was withdrawing his complaint against senior bank officials including its chief executive, Vikram Pandit. Police said this was not possible. ‘With reference to the FIR registered on Jan 4, 2011, concerning the fraudulent investment of funds from […] Read more » Citibank fraud
Top Law News Court asks police to maintain peace during Shia procession January 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday asked police to ensure peace in communally-sensitive Aliganj area near Qanati Masjid in south Delhi in view of Chehlum procession to be taken out Tuesday by members of the Shia community. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also allowed the mosque management to install a temporary screen at the site while hearing […] Read more » Shia procession
High Profile Cases Make all Radia tapes public, apex court urged January 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on a petition seeking the disclosure of all telephonic conversations of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia recorded by the Income Tax department. The department taped her conversations while intercepting her telephone calls in the wake of a complaint that she had amassed huge wealth in a […] Read more » Niira Radia
Media & Entertainment News IT raids Katrina, Priyanka; seals lockers January 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Income Tax sleuths Monday sealed around a dozen lockers and seized incriminating documents after raids on the residences and offices of Bollywood personalities, including stars Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra and photographer Atul Kasbekar.According to official sources, besides Katrina, Priyanka and Kasbekar, the IT officers also raided Priyanka’s business manager Chand Mishra and a staff […] Read more » Katrina Priyanka
Criminal Law News I am victim of political cross-fire, Thomas tells apex court January 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P.J. Thomas Monday told the Supreme Court that he was the victim of a political cross-fire between late former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran and Left Democratic Front (LDF) leader and Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan.”Unfortunately, this respondent was caught in the middle of political battle which arose between the former chief […] Read more » Central Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas
Top Law News ABVP protests against Jethmalani, EU observers January 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An eight-member team of European Union, which arrived here on Sunday night to witness Human rights activist Binayak Sen’s bail hearing tomorrow, faced protests from lawyers and ABVP workers who showed EU representatives black flags and shouted slogans against them. The team that arrived at the airport with eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani, a BJP MP, […] Read more » Binayak Sen Jethmalani
Criminal Law News Apex court to examine mercy killing plea January 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said it would examine whether the right to live granted under Article 21 of the Constitution allows for passive euthanasia (mercy killing). The apex court was hearing a petition seeking mercy killing of a patient who is in coma since the last 36 years. The apex court bench of Justices Markandey […] Read more » mercy killing
Intellectual Property News International Trade Law No instant relief to sanitaryware firm on trademark plea January 23, 2011 / August 31, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on No instant relief to sanitaryware firm on trademark plea A sanitaryware company’s bid to prevent a rival from using a trademark allegedly deceptively similar to its own has suffered a setback, with the Delhi High Court refusing to offer any immediate relief on its petition. In an interim order on Hindustan Sanitaryware’s plea to stop Champion Ceramic from using the trademark ‘HIMWARE’ — phonetically […] Read more » sanitaryware trademark plea
Top Law News Problems in NRI voting rights being worked out: Vayalar Ravi January 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Practical problems are being worked out to enroll non-residents Indians (NRIs), specially in the Middle East, on the electoral rolls, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said here on Sunday. “Look, there are practical problems in enrolling them because close to 90 percent of NRIs are in the Middle East and it is not […] Read more » NRI Vayalar Ravi
Top Law News PM’s silence on Balakrishnan issue baffling: Krishna Iyer January 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Retired justice V.R. Krishna Iyer has now turned his guns on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his silence on the allegations linked to former supreme court chief justice K.G. Balakrishnan. Speaking to reporters at his residence here Sunday, Iyer said that he is baffled by the prime minister’s stoic silence on the issue. ‘Do you […] Read more » K.G. Balakrishnan Krishna Iyer
Top Law News Proposed Goa police law has many defects, says Church January 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Roman Catholic Church in Goa Saturday said the draft state police bill had “several defects” and criticised the select committee of the legislature for not holding public consultations on the proposed legislation. The Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP), a social organisation of the church, in an official communique issued here expressed “serious […] Read more » Goa police
