Top Law News Teacher jailed for brutally caning student December 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A school teacher in Bhavsi village of Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh was Friday arrested and jailed under the stringent Dalit Act for brutally caning an 11-year old boy for his refusal to wash the school utensils.According to an official, teacher Pradeep Sharma caned Deepak Dec 29 so badly on his knuckles that his finger […] Read more »
Top Law News CBI files charge sheet in Kerala’s Muthoot murder case December 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team that probed the murder of Muthoot Paul M. George Friday submitted its charge sheet to the Ernakulam chief judicial magistrate’s court. The charge sheet is more or less similar to the one by Kerala Police. The agency filed two separate charge sheets, one on the murder of the […] Read more » Muthoot murder case
Top Law News Sony sues LG for patent violation December 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sony has taken the plunge into the escalating mobile phone patent wars. The Japanese electronics company has sued South Korean rival LG for patent infringement, claiming that LG’s mobile phones violate seven Sony patents, according to court documents. Sony filed the patent suit Wednesday with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and with the US […] Read more » patent violation Sony
Top Law News Team probing Ishrat Jahan killing seeks legal help December 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the 2004 Ishrat Jahan staged shootout case has filed a petition before the Gujarat High Court seeking appointment of a lawyer to assist in the probe. Chairperson of the high court-appointed SIT Karnail Singh has sought the appointment of an amicus curiae, a lawyer tasked by court, to assist […] Read more » Ishrat Jahan Special Investigation Team
Top Law News Andhra Pradesh awarded maximum share of Krishna waters December 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Andhra Pradesh has been awarded maximum share of 1,000 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) of surplus water from Krishna river by a tribunal set up six years ago, followed by 911 TMC for Karnataka and 666 TMC for Maharashtra. The Justice Brijesh Kumar Tribunal under the retired apex court judge gave its report Thursday on […] Read more » Andhra Pradesh Krishna waters
Top Law News BCCI panel’s proceedings against Lalit Modi stayed December 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay high court on Saturday stayed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) disciplinary committee’s proceedings against suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi, saying that the panel did not have the BCCI general body’s mandate. Modi’s counsel Mehmood Abdi had related stories ‘Modi helped BCCI earn revenue’ BCCI Disciplinary Committee […] Read more » BCCI Lalit Modi
Top Law News Chhattisgarh lawyers, politicians silent on Sen verdict December 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day has passed since life imprisonment has been pronounced to rights activist Binayak Sen along with Maoist ideologue Narayan Sanyal and businessman Piyush Guha, but Chhattisgarh’s lawyers and politicians are silent on the subject. Leading figures from social work, media and even advocates have so far refused to make any public comment on the […] Read more »
Top Law News Himachal all set to empower rural women December 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Himachal Pradesh is all set to empower women at the grassroots level by electing only women to around 13,000 seats in panchayati raj institutions (PRIs), the village-level third tier of governance. The Himachal Pradesh government, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, in 2008 raised reservation of seats for women in all rural and urban civic […] Read more » empower Himachal rural women
Top Law News CBI court’s clean chit to Dera chief in murder case December 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Friday gave a clean chit to controversial Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh in the murder of sect functionary Faqir Chand. CBI special court judge Abdul Majid ordered Friday that the murder case be closed after the agency, which investigated the murder case, filed a […] Read more » CBI Dera chief
Top Law News Activist’s in Mumbai protest Binayak Sen verdict December 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Activists and the public gathered outside Mumbai’s busy Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Friday to protest a Chhattisgarh court’s verdict sentencing rights campaigner Binayak Sen to life imprisonment for sedition and links with Maoists. ‘It’s a tragic day for our country,’ said documentary-filmmaker Anand Patwardhan who was part of the demonstration. They protestors raised slogans like ‘Down […] Read more » Binayak Sen Mumbai protest
Top Law News Why no night shelters for street kids, NHRC asks Delhi December 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an explanation from the Delhi government over the plight of homeless children in the capital and the lack of dedicated night shelters for them, the commission said. An NHRC official aid Friday that the commission took suo motu cognisance of media reports that a survey by an […] Read more » NHRC
Top Law News Binayak Sen, two others get life term; family, activists furious December 24, 2010 / December 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rights activist Binayak Sen was Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Chhattisgarh court for alleged links with Maoists. His shaken family called it a sad day for Indian democracy while fellow activists reacted with disbelief and vowed to appeal. As Sen, 59, clad in a kurta-pyjama and looking his frail self, watched on, district […] Read more » Binayak Sen