Consumer Law News Court stays transparency panel’s order on school data January 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has stayed a Central Information Commission (CIC) order directing the Delhi government to make public the admission criteria for poor children followed by private schools in the last three years. The court also stayed the CIC order to put on the government website details about the annual income tax returns placed […] Read more » transparency
Top Law News Media cannot be used to fight corporate battles: Tata January 12, 2011 / January 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tata group chairman Ratan Tata has questioned the ‘indiscriminate disclosure’ of private conversations between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and a host of others being justified under the right to free speech, saying the media cannot be used to fight corporate battles. ‘The right to freedom of expression cannot be a euphemism for waging surrogate corporate […] Read more » corporate battles Niira Radia Ratan Tata
Top Law News Gujarat High Court advocates to strike work from Jan 13 January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Advocates Association Tuesday passed a resolution to abstain from work for an indefinite period from Jan 13 to protest the non-appointment of judges. GHAA president Yatin Oza said the resolution condemned the inaction of the central government and other constitutional dignitaries over the issue. The resolution opposes the central government and […] Read more » Gujarat High Court
High Profile Cases Adarsh scam: Maharashtra wants information commissioner to go January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Maharashtra cabinet Tuesday decided to recommend the removal of State Information Commissioner (SIC) Ramanand Tiwari for his alleged involvement in the Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society scam in Mumbai. A proposal to initiate suitable action under Section 17 of the Right To Information (RTI) Act, 2005 has been sent to Governor K. Sankaranarayanan. The RTI […] Read more » Adarsh scam Ramanand Tiwari State Information Commissioner
Top Law News Complaint filed against Swamy for comments on Rahul Gandhi January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Complaint filed against Swamy for comments on Rahul Gandhi A complaint has been filed in a court here against Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy for making derogatory comments against Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, a lawyer said Tuesday. Complainant Prakash Gurjar, general secretary of state Youth Congress, said that he filed the complaint as Swamy’s comments amounted to provoking a class of people amongst […] Read more » Janata Party chief Rahul Gandhi Subramanian Swamy
Tax Law News Gulf NRIs seek exemption under new direct tax rules January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Gulf NRIs seek exemption under new direct tax rules The proposed changes in the new direct tax code, which makes NRIs liable to pay tax if they stay in India for over 60 days a year, has led to some distress among the Indian diaspora in the Gulf region as they tend to spend a longer time in India due to their different socio-economic […] Read more » direct tax rules Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
High Profile Cases Darbari, Jayachandran’s bail application hearing adjourned January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday adjourned the bail application of T.S. Darbari and M. Jayachandran, former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee officials, till Jan 14. They were arrested for alleged involvement in the Queen’s Baton Relay scam. Darbari, a former aide of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (CGOC) chief Suresh Kalmadi, was arrested Nov 15 by the […] Read more » M. Jayachandran T.S. Darbari
Top Law News 44 deemed universities facing closure get breather January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a relief to 44 deemed universities that were faced with the prospect of de-recognition, the government Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it will carry out a fresh reappraisal of their infrastructure and facilities. Following the submission, the court gave the central government two weeks to issue individual notices to each of the 44 […] Read more » deemed universities
High Profile Cases CVC Thomas to face trial in palm oil corruption case January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The trial of Chief Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas in the palm oil import corruption case will continue, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The decks were cleared after the Supreme Court said former Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran’s appeal against the trial in the case was infructuous following his death. Thomas was Kerala civil supplies secretary […] Read more » CVC Thomas palm oil corruption case
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Goa court directs FIR against minister in land scam case January 11, 2011 / January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Goa court Tuesday directed the state police to file within 24 hours a first information report (FIR) against state Tourism and Housing Minister Nilkanth Halarnkar, who has been accused of a multi-million rupee land scam. Judicial Magistrate (first class) Shabnam Sheikh ordered police to file the FIR after the complainants – who are right […] Read more » Nilkanth Halarnkar state Tourism and Housing Minister
Top Law News Times have changed for K.G. Balakrishnan January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four years ago, the sleepy village of Kaduthuruthy, 30 km from here, was basking in the glory of one of its sons, a humble Dalit who went on to become the 37th chief justice of India. K.G. Balakrishnan assumed the office of Supreme Court chief justice four years ago — Jan 12, 2007 — and […] Read more » K.G. Balakrishnan
Top Law News Varsity slammed for unfairly filling up vacant quota seats January 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has directed the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprashtha University not to admit in an unfair manner students from the general category against vacant reserved seats. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan set aside an order of a single judge who allowed the admission of general category candidates […] Read more » vacant quota seats