Top Law News Apex court adjourns Lalit Modi case till Nov 11 October 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday adjourned till Nov 11 the hearing on former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi’s petition challenging the composition of the Disciplinary Committee probing charges of financial irregularities against him. A bench of Justice J.M. Panchal and Justice H.L. Gokhale adjourned the hearing after senior counsel Ram Jethmalani appearing for Lalit […] Read more » adjourns apex court case Lalit Modi
Top Law News Gujarat High Court seeks details of EVM, e-voters October 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court, hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) against introduction of online voting in local self-government bodies polls, has sought details of voters who cast ballot through the electronic voting machines (EVMs) and e-voting. In details available Wednesday, a bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Anant Dave, allowing the state government […] Read more » details e-voters EVM Gujarat High Court
Top Law News Over 60 or transgender? Get free legal aid in Haryana October 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment All senior citizens and transgenders in Haryana will now be eligible to get free legal services, an official said here Wednesday. Haryana State Legal Services Authority (HALSA) member-secretary H.S. Bhangoo said the state government has amended the Haryana State Legal Services Rules, 1966, to include senior citizens and transgenders in the list of people eligible […] Read more » aid free Haryana Legal transgender
Top Law News Jharkhand lawyers boycott courts October 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jharkhand High Court lawyers Wednesday boycotted courts to protest against the ‘unparliamentarily remarks’ by some judges. The advocates Tuesday decided to boycott the courts of all the 11 judges from Wednesday to protest against the unparliamentarily remarks made by some of them, Jharkhand High Court Advocates Association leader Mantu Gope told. ‘Lawyers should be […] Read more » boycott courts Jharkhand lawyers
Top Law News Compensate Nandigram firing victims: Supreme Court October 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the West Bengal government to pay compensation to all the victims of Nandigram police firing in 2007. The state government told the apex court that it had paid compensation only to those who were not involved in violence against the police. The apex court bench, headed by Justice RV […] Read more » Compensate firing Nandigram Supreme Court victims
Top Law News No patch up between Modi and BCCI, apex court told October 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was on Wednesday informed that efforts for a patch up between former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have failed. Modi’s counsel Ram Jethmalani told the apex court that attempts for a settlement, despite the best efforts, did not succeed. The […] Read more » apex court BCCI Modi patch up
Top Law News Court tries to reunite feuding brothers October 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment This Diwali will witness a reunion of three feuding brothers who have not been on talking terms over a property row in Himachal Pradesh for the past two decades. In an order reflecting the humane side of law, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has tried to bring the brothers together before settling the case. Chief […] Read more » Brothers Court feuding reunite tries
Top Law News Tihar Jail to lodge terrorist Hawara October 26, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday directed Tihar Jail authorities to lodge Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Jagtar Singh Hawara in one of its cells. Hawara, who masterminded the assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh at the secretariat complex in Chandigarh Aug 31, 1995, is facing a life term. Delhi’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav […] Read more » Hawara lodge terrorist Tihar Jail
Top Law News Court seeks details on boat hijacked by 26/11 terrorists October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Monday sought details about the probe relating to the fishing vessel ‘Kuber’ which was used by the 10 Pakistani terrorists to sail to Mumbai and carry out the Nov 26, 2008 terror attacks. A division bench comprising Justice Ranjana Desai and Justice R.V. More sought the details from government counsel Ujjwal […] Read more » 26/11 Terrorist Attack boat Court details hijacked seeks
Top Law News Cops involved in barbaric acts threat to society: apex court October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday said some policemen in India still lived with a colonial mindset and perpetrated barbaric acts which were an anathema to a democratic society. The court said this while hearing a case in which a man’s penis was cut off by policemen in Rajasthan. ‘If protector becomes the predator, civilized society will […] Read more » apex court barbaric acts cops society threat
Top Law News Emaar-MGF moves court against DDA on bank guarantee October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Emaar-MGF , the private firm which developed the Commonwealth Games Village moved the Delhi High Court against the central government’s direction to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to confiscate the company’s Rs.183 crore bank guarantee. The guarantee was furnished by the builder before taking up the construction of 1,168 flats in the Village on a […] Read more » against bank Court DDA Emaar-MGF guarantee moves
Top Law News Defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi for RSS remark October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi for RSS remark A defamation complaint was Monday lodged in a court in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi against Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for equating the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Asish Kumar Singh, a resident of Ranchi, lodged the complaint in a chief judicial magistrate (CJM) court. Gandhi early this […] Read more » against complaint defamation Rahul Gandhi remark RSS