Top Law News Apex Court’s verdict on street vendors cheered October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court’s verdict on vendors’ right to carry on their business. Representing more than 540 street vendors organisations across 23 states of the country, it further demanded that a comprehensive legislation on the lines of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) must be […] Read more » apex court cheered street vendors verdict
Top Law News CBI to get six new special courts in Maharashtra October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will soon get six dedicated special courts across Maharashtra to hear cases investigated by the agency, the government announced Wednesday. While three courts will come up in Mumbai, one each will be set up in Pune, Nagpur and Amravati, the state cabinet decided at a meeting presided over by […] Read more » CBI courts get Maharashtra new six special
Top Law News Kasab absent for court proceedings Wednesday October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab Wednesday remained absent for the proceedings of the Bombay High Court where arguments on confirming his death sentence are going on. He attended the first two days of the proceeding via video-camera in the Arthur Road Central Jail here. ‘The court has allowed him to decide whether or not […] Read more » absent Court Kasab proceedings Wednesday
Top Law News Spread awareness on schemes for needy women, court tells Delhi October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking note of a destitute woman’s death after she gave birth to a baby on a pavement here in July, the Delhi High Court Wednesday suggested to the Delhi government to spread awareness about welfare schemes meant for needy women. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan asked the government to explore […] Read more » awareness Court Delhi needy schemes spread women
Top Law News VHP not ready to give away any part of Ayodhya land October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rejecting the Ayodhya verdict of the Allahabad High Court, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Wednesday demanded not only the disputed 90 ft x 120 ft plot where the Babri Masjid once stood, but also the over 67 acres of land nearby acquired by the central government. ‘We are not ready to part with any bit […] Read more » Ayodhya give land not part ready VHP
Top Law News NGO ordered to pay Rs.75,000 for transparency law abuse October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs.75,000 on an NGO which had sought an inquiry into the role of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) engineers in the alleged mismanagement of Commonwealth Games (CWG) projects. The court dismissed the petition after the MCD submitted that the petitioner NGO, Pardarshita Public Welfare Foundation, had […] Read more » abuse for Law NGO ordered pay Rs.75000 transparency
Top Law News Police cane media inside court complex October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala government has ordered an enquiry into a police attack on reporters inside the district court complex in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday, officials said. The mediapersons were reporting a protest march by the Thiruvananthapuram Bar Association when they were cane-charged. The lawyers, who were agitating against one of their colleagues being roughed up by the […] Read more » cane complex Court inside media police
Top Law News Taxman may take up to a year to book Games contractors October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A day after search operations on some 30 premises of firms and individuals who won contracts for the Commonwealth Games to probe possible tax evasion, revenue officials Wednesday said cases will be formally framed in a year’s time. “These kind of investigations take three-six months. This is what we anticipate in this case also,” a […] Read more » book contractors Games Taxman year
Top Law News Government approves amendments to enemy property law October 20, 2010 / October 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Wednesday approved amendments to an over 40-year-old legislation to ensure the protection of interests of those Indian Muslims who have inherited the properties of relatives who migrated to Pakistan in 1947. The amendments to the Enemy Property Act, 1968, which got the nod by the union cabinet in a meeting chaired by Prime […] Read more » amendments approves enemy Government PROPERTY LAW
Top Law News High court disposes of two petitions on CWG graft October 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court Wednesday disposed of two petitions seeking separate inquiries into alleged corruption in the funding of the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG). The second petition, filed by lawyer Ajay Aggarwal Sep 29, sought an independent audit of the works and sealing of records pertaining to tenders, work measurement and expenses above Rs.1 lakh related […] Read more » CWG disposes graft High Court petitions two
Top Law News Court seeks exact figure on below poverty line families October 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Apparently not convinced with the official data, the Supreme Court Tuesday asked the government to come up with a ‘reasonable number’ on people living below poverty line (BPL). The court said this after the government claimed that there were 5.9 crore BPL families in the country. A reasonable number on BPL families would help take […] Read more » below Court exact families figure line poverty seeks
Top Law News Plea for sacking Kalmadi to come up in court Wednesday October 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday will hear a petition seeking removal of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi over alleged irregularities in preparations for the just concluded sporting event. The petition filed by lawyer Ajay Aggarwal Sep 29 demanded an independent audit of the works and sealing of records pertaining to tenders, work measurements […] Read more » Court Kalmadi plea sacking Wednesday