Top Law News Apex court reserves verdict on monitoring spectrum probe December 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition seeking its monitoring of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the 2G spectrum controversy. The petition was moved by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL). The court also expanded the scope of CBI investigation into the 2G spectrum controversy by directing it […] Read more » monitoring spectrum
Top Law News Bhopal gas tragedy: Centre, Dow issued notices December 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the central government to file details of the steps taken by the Task Force Committee constituted for removing toxic waste from the Bhopal gas accident site, a lawyer said Wednesday. The division bench of Justice K.K. Lahoti and Justice Sushma Shrivastava Tuesday also directed […] Read more »
Top Law News CBI competent to handle alleged 2G scam, no comment: Sibal December 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Communications Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday declined comment on the raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the premises of his predecessor A. Raja and associates over the 2G spectrum allocation saying the matter was sub judice. “CBI is an independent, competent investigating agency. What it does, it does on its own. There […] Read more » CBI competent
Top Law News Have special courts for financial offences, says court December 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday favoured the setting up of special courts to try offences of huge financial magnitude. The court said these courts could come up to try acts of crime covered by the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and other laws dealing with financial offences. The apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and […] Read more » financial offences
Top Law News Top law official suspended, Raja denies wrongdoing December 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court Tuesday ordered the suspension of the Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Bar Council chairman on charges of trying to influence a judge in a case linked to former central minister A. Raja, who has denied any wrongdoing. A division bench of Justice F.M. Ibrahim Khalifulla and Justice M.M. Sundaresh ordered the immediate […] Read more » denies Raja wrongdoing
Top Law News Bill against sexual harassment at workplace introduced December 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Bill against sexual harassment at workplace introduced A bill aimed at preventing sexual harassment of women at workplace was introduced in parliament Tuesday. It includes a clause which brings students, research scholars, patients and women in the unorganised sector within the ambit of the proposed law. The Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill will be the first legislation addressing […] Read more » harassment sexual
Top Law News Lawyers abstain from work in Gujarat High Court December 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers abstained from work in the Gujarat High Court Tuesday to protest the delay in filling up vacanies in the court. The protest was called by the Gujarat High Court Advocates Association. The Bar Council of Gujarat also supported the protest. Association president Yatin Oza said: ‘We are protesting the central government’s inaction.’ He said […] Read more » abstain Gujarat High Court
Top Law News Illegal plot allotment: Ex-Noida official gets four-year jail December 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A former chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh was Tuesday held guilty of wrongfully allotting a plot during her tenure as Noida authority chief and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment by a court here. A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court found Neera Yadav, a retired Indian Administrative Service officer, guilty of violating the rules […] Read more » Illegal plot allotment Neera Yadav
Top Law News Supreme Court wants states to act on police reforms December 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said that it would see to it that its judgment on police reforms was implemented in its entirety and it was not left in limbo. ‘We don’t want our judgment to lie in the courtroom,’ the court said. There should be uniformity in the implementation of its direction on police reforms, […] Read more » police reforms
Top Law News Judges withdraw from Lavasa Lake City hearing December 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two judges constituting a bench of the Bombay High Court Monday withdrew themselves from the hearing on the Lavasa Corporation Limited’s plea challenging the union environment and forests ministry’s decision to put a stop to its construction project near Pune. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice S.J. Kathawala, which was hearing the […] Read more » Lavasa Lake City
Top Law News Notice to government, CVC Thomas on appointment December 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government and P.J. Thomas on a petition challenging his appointment as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).Thomas appointment as CVC has been challenged in a public suit.The court will hear the matter Jan 27, 2011. The opposition has been demanding Thomas resignation as he has been chargsheeted […] Read more » Appointment CVC Government Thomas
Top Law News Northeast activists meet Dikshit to discuss women’s safety December 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A delegation of activists and lawyers from the northeast Saturday met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, along with Delhi Police officials, to discuss the issue of safety of women from the region in the city. Dikshit further said that she will have a high-level meeting with the Northeast MPs to talk about a special cell […] Read more » Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit