Intellectual Property News Delhi’s slum dwellers to get 15,000 low-cost flats January 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Delhi’s slum dwellers to get 15,000 low-cost flats Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday initiated the process of allotting around 15,000 low-cost flats to make the city slum-free, an official said. The allotment of flats, constructed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission project, commenced after Dikshit chaired a meeting of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB). ‘In order to […] Read more » dwellers slum
Media & Entertainment News Gujjar leader Bainsla to meet Ashok Gehlot January 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Colonel (retd) K.S. Bainsla, leader of Rajasthan’s agitating Gujjar community, will Tuesday hold talks with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, even as the community’s stir for five percent reservation in government jobs entered its 16th day, disrupting some train services. Bainsla left Piloo Ka Pura near Bayana in Bharatpur district and is expected in Jaipur by […] Read more » Ashok Gehlot Bainsla
Top Law News Chhattisgarh High Court gets new building January 4, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Chhattisgarh High Court has got a new sprawling building spread over 44,500 sq metres of land, an official said Tuesday. The new building has come up at Bodri locality on the outskirts of Bilaspur town, some 100 km from state capital Raipur. It became operational Monday. A staggering Rs.108 crore has already been spent […] Read more » Chhattisgarh High Court Public Works Department
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