Top Law News Official audit of Commonwealth Games accounts in 90 days October 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An official, confidential audit of the accounts and financial activities related to the just-concluded Commonwealth Games will be completed within 90 days and presented to Parliament immediately thereafter, a top official said on Monday. “For us to be of some practical utility, we have decided that if audit has to be of some consequence, we […] Read more » accounts audit Commonwealth Games Official
Top Law News Apex court extends stay on Sterlite’s shut down October 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday extended the interim stay on the Madras High Court order closing down the Sterlite Industries copper smelter plant at Tuticorin In Tamil Nadu till the second week of December. Hearing the special leave petition (SLP) filed by Sterlite against the High Courts order, the apex court extended the stay granted earlier […] Read more » apex court down extends shut stay Sterlite
Top Law News Kasab death penalty: Case in high court Monday October 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Unprecedented security arrangements have been made at the Bombay High Court where the hearing on the confirmation of the death sentence to Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab begins on Monday. Kasab will not be present in person but participate in the proceedings through related stories The day-to-day hearing will be taken up before a […] Read more » case death High Court Kasab penalty
Top Law News Ayodhya verdict: Nirmohi Akhara to also move Supreme Court October 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The decision of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board to take the Ayodhya battle to the Supreme Court has prompted one of the key Hindu parties, Nirmohi Akhara, to follow suit, almost ruling out any chance of an out-of-court settlement. “We have no choice but to move the Supreme Court now, since related stories […] Read more » Ayodhya verdict Nirmohi Akhara Supreme Court
Top Law News Muslim panel to appeal against Ayodhya verdict October 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The All India Muslim Personal Law Board Saturday said it had decided to appeal in the Supreme Court against the Ayodhya verdict given by a three-judge bench of the Allahabad High Court last month. The decision was taken at a closed-door gathering of the 51-member executive held at the Darul-Uloom, Nawa-tul-Ulema, popularly known as Nadwa […] Read more » against appeal Ayodhya verdict Muslim panel
Top Law News Justice Bhandari for changes in copyright bill October 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Emphasising the need for changes in the Indian copyright amendment bill 2010, Justice Dalveer Bhandari of the Supreme Court Saturday said it is necessary to stop unauthorised use of original work. “The copyright bill needs to be more balanced with equal or right share given to the authors as well as the stake-holders,” he said. […] Read more » changes copyright bill Justice Bhandari
Top Law News Contempt of court only arises on disobedience of order: Apex court October 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that the proceedings against a person accused of contempt of court could not be initiated merely on speculation, assumptions and inference drawn from the fact and circumstances of the case, but only on ‘wilful disobedience’ of the court’s order. ‘In our considered opinion’, the apex court bench of Justice J.M. […] Read more » apex court arises contempt Court disobedience order
Top Law News Bar Council to hold mandatory test for budding lawyers October 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bar Council of India (BCI) will hold, in December, its first-ever mandatory test for law graduates seeking to begin professional practice, the law ministry said Friday. ‘The BCI will conduct the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) in nine languages across 27 cities in India on December 5, 2010,’ said the ministry in a statement. […] Read more » Bar Council Budding hold lawyers mandatory test
Top Law News Vodafone files petition against tax authorities move October 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Vodafone International Holdings BV filed a writ petition in the Bombay high court on Friday seeking to insulate itself from the income-tax department’s attempt to explore a second route to tax the company’s 2007 deal with Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd to buy the latter’s majority stake in Indian telecom company Hutchison Essar Ltd. At present, […] Read more » against files move petition tax authorities Vodafone
Top Law News Gulberg society massacre witnesses’ plea rejected October 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Thursday rejected a petition by witnesses of Gulberg society massacre in Ahmedabad during the 2002 Gujarat riots, seeking to summon some government officials as witnesses and cross-examine them. Pleading that former MP Ehsan Jafri had talked with some top officials and highly-placed people to seek their help before he was killed […] Read more » Gulberg massacre plea rejected society witnesses
Top Law News No land deal final until registered, rules apex court October 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has held that no land transaction would attain finality unless it was duly registered and no sale deed of land would get a back-dated finality by its registration subsequently. The court said that a transaction in land would only be complete on the date of the registration of the sale deed. In […] Read more » apex court deal final land No registered Rules until
Top Law News 11 high court judges transferred October 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major judicial shake-up, 11 judges from six high courts of Allahabad, Punjab and Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Bombay and Orissa were transferred Wednesday. The transfers were approved by President Pratibha Patil. Justice R.S. Mohite who was transferred from Bombay High Court to Patna High Court has resigned. Three judges each have been transferred […] Read more » High Court judges transferred