Top Law News Court pulls up lawyer facing contempt charges January 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pulling up a lawyer facing contempt of court proceedings, the Gujarat High Court has been directed him to remain present before it Jan 24. The bench comprising Justices A.M. Kapadia and B.N. Mehta directed Girish Das, in a suo motu contempt proceeding, to be present in court as he failed to do so during a […] Read more » charges contempt lawyer
Criminal Law News Baby’s death in womb: Surgeon, two others found guilty January 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A surgeon and two others have been found guilty of negligence by a magisterial probe in the death of a pregnant woman’s baby in her womb due to wrong blood transfusion at a government hospital here last month. The probe report was given Monday. Transfusion of blood from a wrong blood group led to the […] Read more » Surgeon womb
Top Law News Ex-judge asked me not to complain against Balakrishnan: Iyer January 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Stepping up pressure for a probe into graft allegations against former chief justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan, retired Supreme Court judge V.R. Krishna Iyer Monday said a former high court judge approached him recently to persuade him not to raise the matter with the prime minister. ‘He (the judge) requested me that I should not […] Read more » K.G. Balakrishnan V.R. Krishna Iyer
Tax Law News Court asks Tata Sky, others to pay tax to Gujarat January 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court has asked TataSky and other direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV service providers to deposit entertainment tax for July-September 2010 quarter with the state government. In the directions made available Monday, the bench comprising Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi directed TataSky Limited, Dish TV India Limited, Bharat Business Channel Limited […] Read more » Tata Sky Tax
Consumer Law News 80 percent of food adulteration accused walk free in Gujarat January 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Over 80 percent of accused in food adulteration cases in Gujarat in the last five years were acquitted due to the state government’s laxity and delay in prosecuting them, according to official data made available Monday. The data forms part of details furnished by the state government to the Gujarat High Court on food adulteration […] Read more » food adulteration
Top Law News Samjhauta blasts: Hindu group leader’s custody extended January 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court here Monday extended, by 10 days, the police custody of Hindu group leader Swami Aseemanand in connection with the 2007 Samjhauta Express train blasts in Haryana that killed 68 people. Aseemanand was brought before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court amidst tight security cover Monday afternoon. The proceedings were in-camera and no […] Read more » custody Samjhauta blasts
Criminal Law News Aarushi murder closure report to be heard Jan 7 January 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation’s report in the Aarushi Talwar murder as an unsolved case will be heard by the CBI special court here Jan 7.In her order, CBI Special Magistrate Preeti Singh instructed the agency’s investigative officer to be present in the court with all the documents Jan 7. The CBI’s report seeking closure […] Read more » Aarushi murder
Top Law News Why the haste to close Aarushi case, court asks CBI January 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report seeking closure of the Aarushi Talwar murder case was Monday registered in a court here, which questioned the agency on its haste to shut the case. However, the CBI special court has deferred its hearing in the case saying it would declare the next date of hearing in […] Read more » Aarushi case CBI
Top Law News Talks resume between Gujjars, Rajasthan government January 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Talks between the agitating Gujjar community and the Rajasthan government resumed Monday after the first round remained inconclusive even as the community’s agitation for five percent reservation in government jobs entered the 15th day, disrupting some train services. The talks between the 51-member Gujjar delegation sent by the community and the state government’s three-member ministerial […] Read more » Ashok Gehlot Gujjars Rajasthan
Criminal Law News CBI points finger at Aarushi’s parents, but lacks evidence January 3, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) casting strong aspersions on the role of Aarushi Talwar’s father in her murder, the parents Saturday again lashed out at the agency for making “wild” allegations without a shred of evidence. Fourteen-year-old Aarushi was found murdered under mysterious circumstances in her parents’ Jalvayu Vihar apartment in Noida, Delhi’s […] Read more » CBI
Top Law News Government committed to reservation: Pilot tells Gujjars January 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Even as the deadlock between the Gujjars and the government over the quota issue persisted for the 13th day on Saturday, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot ruled their demand for per cent reservation in state government jobs, saying the government will work according to the guidelines of the High Court. “The government will not bring […] Read more » committed Gujjars reservation
Top Law News Hundreds protest in Bhopal against Binayak Sen’s conviction January 2, 2011 / January 2, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hundreds of people belonging to at least nine organisations held a rally in Bhopal on Saturday to protest against the life imprisonment verdict awarded to rights activist and doctor Binayak Sen. The protestors marched to Nilam Park from Yadgare Shahjani Park, shouting slogans against the sentence. “If Binayak Sen, who has worked in remote areas […] Read more » Binayak Sen conviction