Top Law News CVC should step down: Retired Supreme Court judge December 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It would be in the best interests of the country and of the high office he holds if Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P.J. Thomas steps down, retired Supreme Court judge K.T. Thomas opined Wednesday. Noting that that the office of the CVC should not be seen as a government office, K.T. Thomas told IANS: ‘The […] Read more » judge Supreme Court
Top Law News Long trials to blame for rapists walking free November 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three out of four rape accused in India go scot-free, official data reveals. Behind the dismal conviction rate is a saga of long trials and the sabotage of court proceedings by the accused, say experts even as another gangrape in the capital has left the nation shocked. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), […] Read more » rapists
Top Law News Supreme Court questions Thomas’ credibility November 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday expressed reservation on the objectivity of Central Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas if he were to supervise the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the 2G spectrum scam. The court said that as secretary of the Department of Telecom, Thomas had justified certain actions that are now under the scanner of […] Read more »
Top Law News Government not against court monitoring spectrum probe November 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it was not against the court monitoring the CBI probe into the 2G spectrum scam in whatever manner it wanted. “(The) government has no objection to the court monitoring of the investigation as the government wants to establish its credentials,” Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam told […] Read more » monitoring spectrum
Top Law News Court seeks views of NGOs, media in Gujarat riots case November 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court hearing a case related to the Gulberg Society massacre during the 2002 Ahmedabad riots Monday sought the views of NGOs and the media on various aspects of the criminal litigation. Judge B.U. Joshi observed: “Since the matter in question is linked to national unity, it is necessary not to limit the scope […] Read more » Gujarat riots case
Top Law News Northeast students complain to PM, hold rally November 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Holding placards and shouting slogans, scores of students and professionals from India’s northeast protested here Monday against the rape of a BPO staffer from Mizoram and submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Arijit Kakaty, a student of Delhi University who took part in the protest at Jantar Mantar in central Delhi, said: “It’s […] Read more » northeast students
Top Law News CBI files report in apex court on spectrum probe November 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After the Supreme Court slammed it for not questioning former telecom minister Andimuthu Raja, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday filed a report on its probe into the scandal involving allocation of spectrum to mobile companies. The status report was filed in a sealed cover. The matter would come up for hearing Tuesday. The […] Read more » spectrum probe
Top Law News Conditional practicing licence for Gujarat law graduates November 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The law graduates of Gujarat will now get licence to practice in courts without having to clear the professional test conducted by the Bar Council of India (BCI). Bar Council of Gujarat president J.J. Patel Monday said that a resolution in this regard has been passed and licences will be issued after taking an undertaking […] Read more » Gujarat law graduates
Top Law News Ratan Tata goes to court against publication of Radia tapes November 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tata group chairman Ratan Tata moved the Supreme Court Monday seeking judicial restraint on the publication of transcripts of phone intercepts of top corporate lobbyist Nira Radia with leading business, media and political figures on the ground of right to privacy. The petition was similar to what had been filed by Radia herself in the […] Read more » Nira Radia Ratan Tata tapes
Top Law News Government planning to raise widows’ pension November 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The women and child development ministry Monday mooted various proposals to better the lives of widows in the country, including raising the pension to Rs. 1,500 a month. Releasing a study on the condition of widows in the Braj area of Uttar Pradesh here, D.K. Sikri, secretary of the ministry, said the ministry was planning […] Read more » pension widows
Top Law News Petition inquiring Sonia Gandhi’s religion dismissed November 29, 2010 / November 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday dismissed a petition which sought details on the religion of Congress president Sonia Gandhi from the Registrar General of Census Operations. A division bench of the high court dismissed the petition of former Haryana police chief P.C. Wadhwa, on whether the registrar general is bound to provide details […] Read more » religion Sonia Gandhi
Top Law News Court moved over ‘anti-India’ speech by Kashmiri separatist November 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A human rights activist Saturday filed a petition in a local court demanding registration of a case against Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq for his alleged anti-India speech at a seminar here earlier this week. Judicial Magistrate Paramjeet Kaur fixed Dec 1 for the hearing. ‘Separatist leaders like Mirwaiz should not be allowed to […] Read more »