Top Law News Satyam scam: Court dismisses discharge plea of nine accused October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court on Monday dismissed discharge petitions of nine accused in the multi-crore rupee accounting scam in Satyam Computer Services. The discharge petitions filed by all the accused, barring prime accused former company chairman B. Ramalinga Raju, were dismissed by an additional chief metropolitan magistrate (ACCM) court after hearing the arguments of both sides. […] Read more » accused Court discharge dismisses nine plea Satyam scam
Top Law News Mahesh Bhupathi’s plea on tax relief dismissed October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition by Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi seeking tax relief on Rs.28,50,000 which he said his father spent on his training from 1989-90 to 1993-94. Mahesh said that, as per the memorandum of understanding between him and his father C.G.K. Bhupathi, he has to pay annual installments of […] Read more » dismissed Mahesh Bhupathi plea Relief Tax
Top Law News Jaya Prada, Amar Singh’s plea on anti-defection law adjourned October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday adjourned hearing on a petition by senior star-cum-politician Jaya Prada and Amar Singh challenging the provisions of the anti-defection law that binds even a person expelled from a political party to follow its whip in the legislature. The court asked senior counsel Hari Salve appearing for Jaya Prada to serve the […] Read more » adjourned Amar Singh anti-defection law Jaya Prada plea
Top Law News Supreme Court adjourns Vodafone plea on income tax order October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday adjourned the hearing on a petition by Vodafone challenging an income tax department order asking the telecom giant to pay Rs.11,218 crore ($2.5 billion) tax. The matter will come up for hearing Nov 15. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia said they needed to read the income […] Read more » adjourns income tax order plea Supreme Court Vodafone
Top Law News ‘Rural women help Himachal fight open defecation’ October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rural women in Himachal Pradesh have emerged as the driving force behind wiping out the menace of open defecation, a global expert said here Sunday. ‘The women have proved themselves as instrumental towards bringing about behavioural changes in the orthodox Indian society about sanitation and hygiene,’ said Christopher Juan Costain, regional team leader of Water […] Read more » defecation fight Himachal Rural women
Top Law News Focus on scavengers’ rehabilitation, government urged October 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hailing the National Advisory Commission’s (NAC) recommendation to ‘fully abolish’ manual scavenging in the country by 2012, social activist Bindeshwar Pathak Sunday said the government should also focus on rehabilitating the scavengers. ‘It’s an encouraging news and a great step towards the betterment of human scavenger’s future. We’ll have to bring them into society’s mainstream […] Read more » Focus Government rehabilitation scavengers urged
Top Law News Delhi airport told to cut noise pollution October 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has granted more time to the central government to find out what more can be done to reduce the noise level near the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here. After hearing a plea of the residents near the airport, Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan said Oct 20 that the […] Read more » airport cut Delhi noise pollution
Top Law News Over a million Indians engaged in manual scavenging (To go with Abolish manual scavenging by 2012-end, urges NAC) October 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Advisory Council, headed by Congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Saturday expressed its distress over manual scavenging in the country and urged the government to abolish it by 2012. Here are some details – # About 1.3 million people are employed in the practice in the country. # In 1993, parliament passed the Employment of […] Read more » engaged Indians manual million Over scavenging
Top Law News Graft case: Shimla court summons Virbhadra Singh, wife October 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court on Saturday issued summons to Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh over filing of chargesheet against them by the State Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau here today. The special court (forest) lead by BL Soni issued notice to Singh and his wife to be present in the court on […] Read more » Court graft case Shimla summons Virbhadra Singh wife
Top Law News Senior RSS leader named suspect in Ajmer blast case, denies charge October 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Indresh Kumar was present when the conspiracy to carry out a blast at Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s shrine in Ajmer was hatched, according to the charge-sheet in the case. He has denied the charges. However, Indresh Kumar has not been named as accused in the charge-sheet filed by the Rajasthan […] Read more » Ajmer blast case charge denies leader RSS senior
Top Law News Court declines stay on Andhra micro-finance ordinance October 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court Friday declined to stay an ordinance brought by the state government last week to regulate micro-finance institutions (MFIs) in the state. A division bench of Chief Justice Nisar Ahmed Kakru and Justice Vilas Afzalpurkar asked the MFIs to register within a week as required by the government ordinance but directed […] Read more » Andhra Court declines micro-finance ordinance stay
Top Law News States issued notice on common medical entrance tests October 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday asked all states and associations of private medical colleges for their views on the Medical Council of India’s petition for common entrance tests for admissions to MBBS and post-graduate courses across the country. The Medical Council of India told the court that it sought common entrance tests to remove difficulties […] Read more » common entrance issued medical notice states tests