Media & Entertainment News Vidya Balan, Shashi Tharoor named hottest celeb vegetarians January 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bollywood actress Vidya Balan and former union minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor have been voted as the hottest celebrity vegetarians in an online poll by animal rights organisation PETA.Vidya and Tharoor beat out actors R. Madhavan and Lara Dutta to claim the title. They faced competition from Mallika Sherawat, Kareena Kapoor, Amitabh […] Read more » Shashi Tharoor Vidya Balan
Top Law News Maharashtra governor pushes information commissioner’s removal January 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The process to remove defiant State Information Commissioner Ramanand Tiwari got a fillip with Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan Tuesday referring the issue to the Supreme Court, an official said.The governor has referred the case to the apex court under Right to Information Act, Section 17(1), said an official who declined to be identified. The section […] Read more » information commissioner removal RIGHT TO INFORMATION
Top Law News Can we bypass elected head, Supreme Court asks January 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Can we bypass elected head, Supreme Court asks The Supreme Court Tuesday asked whether it could exclude Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh from the proposed independent committee to monitor the implementation of the relief package for the displaced tribals of Dantewada and Bijapur districts. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar said: “Given the constitutional scheme of […] Read more » bypass elected head Supreme Court
Top Law News Can’t use housing complex as religious building: Gujarat court January 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A residential complex cannot be used as a religious building, the Gujarat High Court has ruled and stated that doing so would amount to a breach of the Bombay Provincial Municipalities Act. Justice R.R. Tripathi ruled that residential buildings were different from those used for religious purposes. The issue involved in the petition was whether […] Read more » Gujarat court housing complex religious building
Top Law News Widows will be protected, given justice: Supreme Court January 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The widows will be protected and given justice, said the Supreme Court Monday while setting aside an Allahabad High Court order transferring the trial in a murder case against a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator from Kanpur to Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. The court said this while hearing a petition filed by the widow of […] Read more » Supreme Court widows
Top Law News Probe wing of police not answerable to political bosses: Court told January 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The investigative wing of the police force is a part of the criminal justice delivery system and it was not answerable to a minister or the political bosses, the Supreme Court was told Monday. The apex court was hearing submissions on the report of the monitoring committee headed by Justice (Retd.) T.K. Thomas on the […] Read more » Supreme Court
Consumer Law News Gujarat ITI staff entitled to bonus, rules high court January 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Employees of Gujarat’s industrial training institutes (ITIs) are entitled to be treated at par with state government employees for the purpose of salary and other monetary benefits like bonus, the Gujarat High Court has ruled. The court, while dismissing the state government’s appeal, ruled that teaching and non-teaching staff working in grants-in-aid institutions were entitled […] Read more » Gujarat Gujarat High Court ITI
Top Law News Court allows prayers at demolished mosque site January 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to allow 10 devotees to offer prayers for the next two months at the site of a mosque that was demolished in south Delhi last week. The court gave the devotees two months’ time to work out a solution for amicably settling the […] Read more » demolished mosque The Delhi High Court
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases CWG scam: Hearing on Jayachandran’s bail plea Wednesday January 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday adjourned till Jan 19 the hearing on the bail plea of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) official M. Jayachandran in the Queen’s Baton Relay scam. Justice Hima Kohli adjourned the matter after the argument was concluded by defence counsel R.K. Handoo. Jayachandran, joint director (finance) in the OC, was arrested […] Read more » bail CWG scam M. Jayachandran plea
Criminal Law News Court defers framing of charges in 2008 Delhi blasts January 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday deferred till Jan 31 the framing of charges against 14 suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorists for their alleged involvement in carrying out serial blasts here in 2008, in which 26 people were killed. Additional Sessions Judge Santosh Snehi Mann deferred the case and asked defence counsel to be prepared with arguments on […] Read more » 2008 blasts Delhi
Criminal Law News Goa ‘custody’ death: Victim’s kin refuse to claim body January 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The kin of a non-resident Indian chef, who died allegedly after being beaten up in police custody earlier this month, have refused to claim his body from a government morgue until the policemen responsible for his killing are punished. Police have denied the charge of custodial death. Speaking to reporters in Panaji, Cosme Fernandes, a […] Read more » 'custody' death Goa
Criminal Law News Court accepts plea by Sadhvi Pragya’s aide January 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Accepting a plea of Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh’s associate Ananth Brahmachari about being ‘harassed’ by investigators, the Delhi High Court Monday issued a notice to the centre, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Delhi Police Commissioner B.K. Gupta. The court has asked the three parties to appear before it April 6 with their […] Read more » Anti-Terrorist Squad Sadhvi Pragya