Top Law News Additional solicitor general resents use of ‘keep’ in ruling October 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaisingh Friday took exception to the use of word ‘keep’ in a Supreme Court judgment. She told the apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and T.S. Thakur that use of highly derogatory words for describing women was not expected from the judges of the apex court. The additional solicitor general […] Read more » Additional general resents ruling solicitor
Top Law News Apex court stays anti-graft hearings against Chautalas October 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday ordered an interim stay on the trial against Abhay Chautala and Ajay Chautala who have been charged with possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. The court also issued a notice to the prosecution asking why the anti-graft proceedings should not be stopped altogether. Both Abhay and Ajay are […] Read more » against anti-graft apex court Chautalas hearings stays
Top Law News Colors TV moves court against ‘Bigg Boss’ ouster from Lonavala October 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Colors TV channel Friday moved the Bombay High Court against the Lonavala Municipal Councils (LMC) eviction orders to its reality show “Bigg Boss-4”. A channel spokesperson said a writ petition has been filed with the Bombay High Court after the civic councils CEO Yogesh Godse served it a notice to stop the shooting of […] Read more » against Bigg Boss Colors TV Court Lonavala ouster
Top Law News ‘Make food security act more comprehensive, meaningful’ October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Ahead of the next meeting of the National Advisory Council (NAC) Oct 23, a number of civil society groups Thursday urged its chairperson Sonia Gandhi to make the proposed food security act more “comprehensive” and “meaningful”. They also called for early passage of the bill. In a letter to Gandhi, CARE India and other groups […] Read more » act comprehensive food Make meaningful more security
Top Law News Giving dowry to save proposed marriage no offence: Court October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Giving dowry to save proposed marriage no offence: Court The Delhi High Court has held that giving dowry under the fear that a proposed marriage may be called off is not an offence. The court gave the ruling while quashing a first information report (FIR) filed against a bride and her family for conceding the dowry demand of the groom’s family. Justice Ajit Bharihoke […] Read more » Court dowry Giving marriage offence proposed save
Top Law News Court refuses to lift ban on sand mining October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court refuses to lift ban on sand mining The Maharashtra government suffered a setback Thursday when the Bombay High Court refused to lift a ban on sand mining in the state – a day after the ruling Democratic Front proposed a draft policy on the issue. A division bench of Justice B.H. Marlapalle and Justice U.D. Salvi refused to lift the stay on […] Read more » ban Court lift refuses sand mining
Top Law News Metro accident victim moves court, seeks Rs.50 lakh relief October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Twentytwo-year-old Mehjabi who lost her legs in a freak accident at a Metro station in March moved the Delhi High Court Thursday seeking a compensation of Rs.50 lakh from Delhi Metro and a government job. In her petition, she demanded that the safety standards at Metro stations be improved. Hearing the petition, Justice S. Muralidhar […] Read more » accident Court Metro moves Relief Rs.50 lakh seeks victim
Top Law News If prosecution case solid, hostile witnesses don’t matter: Court October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that even if all witnesses turn hostile a trial court can convict and sentence the accused, if the prosecution is successful in establishing their guilt. If the prosecution case is strong then ‘eye witnesses turning hostile, do not, in any way, create a dent in the case of the prosecution’, […] Read more » case Court don't hostile matter prosecution solid witnesses
Top Law News Live-in relationship no guarantee to alimony October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Live-in relationship no guarantee to alimony The Supreme Court Thursday said that not all live-in arrangements amount to a “relationship in the nature of marriage” to entitle women to maintenance under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. “Merely spending weekends together or one night stand would not make it a domestic relationship,” the court said. Though the act […] Read more » alimony guarantee Live-in relationship
Top Law News L&T gets notice in NHAI land acquisition case October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment How can land acquisition be carried out in a manner that denies the original owner the right of way to his remaining land? The question was raised by the Gujarat High Court, which has served notice on Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) in connection with a National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) project. Chief Justice […] Read more » acquisition case L&T land NHAI
Top Law News Apex court rejects woman’s alimony claim October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday set aside an Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict recognising the rights of the second wife and awarding her maintenance of Rs.500 per month. The apex court bench of Justices Markandey Katju and T.S. Thakur was hearing the case of a man called D. Velusamy and his second wife D. Patchaiamal. Read more » alimony apex court claim rejects Woman
Top Law News ‘Satyam’s Raju did not fudge accounts, only did window dressing’ October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday was told that the alleged fudging of accounts by the former chairman of Satyam Computer Services Limited B. Ramalinga Raju was only “window dressing”. The apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma was told this by senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi while opposing the Central Bureau of Investigation […] Read more » accounts did dressing' fudge not only Raju Satyam window