Banking & Finance Law News Banks asked to deposit Emaar MGF’s guarantee money with court January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday asked two state-run banks to deposit the Rs.93 crore bank guarantee of real estate giant Emaar MGF for constructing the Commonwealth Games (CWG) village with its registrar general till the disposal of a case relating to incomplete work at the site. A division bench of Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice […] Read more » Emaar-MGF
Environment Law News Court questions Gujarat on pollution January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A letter from a man over official apathy towards pollution by industries in east Ahmedabad was Monday turned into a public interest suit by the Gujarat High Court, which questioned the government over the allegation. The court issued notices to the government, the State Human Rights Commission, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Gujarat […] Read more » Gujarat Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) pollution
Criminal Law News Media & Entertainment News Lalgarh killings: Kolkata lawyers seek CBI probe January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bar Association of Calcutta High Court Monday filed a public interest litigation (PIL), seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Jan 7 killings of villagers in West Midnapore district. The PIL also sought adequate compensation for the families of the seven who were killed and the 20 others wounded in firing […] Read more » CBI Lalgarh killings
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Sohrabuddin killing: Accused cop’s bail plea rejected January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Monday rejected the bail plea of Rajkumar Pandian, a policeman accused of involvement in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case. Justice M.R. Shah rejected Pandian’s plea. The policeman wanted bail on the grounds that co-accused and former state minister Amit Shah was given bail earlier. The Central Bureau of Investigation […] Read more » Sohrabuddin killing
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Government, 11 telecom firms get court notice on 2G spectrum January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the governments and 11 firms on a plea seeking cancellation of licences and award of spectrum for second generation (2G) phone services during former communications minister A. Raja’s tenure. The court also said that it will ask the government how much loss, if any, the exchequer had suffered […] Read more » 2G spectrum
Criminal Law News High Profile Cases Release Muslim youths held for Malegaon blast, say scholars January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Muslim intellectuals Monday asked the Maharashtra government to free young Muslim men held in connection with the 2006 Malegaon bomb blast, following the recent statements of arrested Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Swami Aseemanand. Aseemanand, who was arrested last year, in a confessional statement before a magistrate said that he along with other Hindu activists […] Read more » Malegaon blast
Top Law News Women demand codification of Muslim Personal Law January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Activists of the Muslim Mahila Andolan from different parts of Uttar Pradesh converged in Lucknow on Sunday to demand codification of the Muslim Personal Law, which they say is being “misinterpreted to the disadvantage of women”. They also demanded an “immediate ban” on the malpractice of divorce by triple utterance of the word ‘Talaaq’. Prominent […] Read more » Muslim Personal Law
Top Law News Law students to assist Gujarat courts January 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat National Law University has decided to send its fifth year students to the Gujarat High Court to assist the judiciary, Vice Chancellor Bimal Patel said Sunday. The university will also send its fourth year students to various lower courts in Ahmedabad, Patel said. The decision was taken after Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya asked […] Read more » Law students
Top Law News New age art celebrates 50 years of the pill January 9, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In the age of fast love, multiple relationships and early maturity, the ‘pill’ or the oral contraceptive has become the woman’s most intimate friend. And a first-of its kind art project, featuring works by leading contemporary Indian and international artists will celebrate 50 years of the pill in the capital. The exposition beginning Jan 22 […] Read more » oral contraceptive
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Prashan Bhushan attacks Sibal January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a blistering attack on Communications Minister Kapil Sibal for saying that the audit report on auction of second generation (2G) telecom spectrum was erroneous, senior Supreme Court counsel Prashant Bhushan Saturday said that it amounted to largely giving a clean chit to his disgraced predecessor A. Raja. DMK leader Raja had to step down […] Read more » Prashan Bhushan Supreme Court counsel
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Citibank fraud: Hero official’s police custody extended January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sanjay Gupta, a top official of the Hero Group arrested in the Rs.300 crore Citibank fraud case, was Saturday sent to seven days’ police custody by a local court. Police, while seeking an extension in his remand, told the court that they wanted to question him to recover Rs.4 crore. They said they also wanted […] Read more » Citibank fraud
High Profile Cases Arushi murder case closure ‘setback’ for CBI: Former chief January 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) decision to close the probe in the Arushi Talwar murder case is both a ‘failure’ and ‘big setback’ for the country’s premier probe agency and may damage its image, says its former chief. ‘The murder has been committed. Two bodies are found. You can’t identify and execute the culprit? […] Read more » Arushi murder case CBI closure