Top Law News Kasab death penalty: Arguments in high court begin Oct 18 October 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The decks were finally cleared Thursday in the Bombay High Court for the commencement from Oct 18 of the second phase of the legal case against Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab. The Maharashtra government’s counsel Ujjwal Nikam, who appeared in the trial in the special court which awarded Kasab the death sentence May 6, […] Read more » Arguments begin death High Court Kasab Oct 18 penalty
Top Law News Court to hear plea on Doordarshan appointments October 8, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court Thursday agreed to hear a petition filed by Prasar Bharati challenging an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) quashing the appointment of 25 TV news anchors and reporters in Doordarshan News. A bench headed by Justice Pradeep Nandrajog fixed Oct 26 for the next hearing. The bench also asked Harikesh Bahadur […] Read more » Appointments Court Doordarshan hear plea
Top Law News Shia leaders reject VHP’s Ayodhya proposal October 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Prominent representatives of the Shia sect of Muslims here Wednesday rejected Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) chief Ashok Singhal’s offer to hold talks on the Ayodhya issue. In a statement issued earlier during the day in Mumbai, Singhal had said that since the high court had dismissed the Sunni Waqf Board’s suit staking a claim to […] Read more » Ayodhya leaders proposal reject Shia VHP
Top Law News Rights of women in live-in relations under court lens October 7, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on the question whether a woman in a live-in relationship or under the mistaken belief of being the wife of an already married man was entitled to maintenance. The court will also interpret the provision of the Protection of Woman from Domestic Violence law which talks about live-in […] Read more » Court lens live-in relations rights under women
Top Law News Life sentence means freedom in India: Neelam Katara October 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Reacting to the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case, Neelam Katara, mother of another murder victim Nitish Katara, on Wednesday said life sentence in India “means freedom for the culprits”. “I know how it feels to lose one’s child. Life sentence in our country means freedom for the culprits, soon they are […] Read more » freedom India Life sentence Neelam Katara
Top Law News Death reduced to life imprisonment in Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case October 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday commuted the death penalty given to Santosh Kumar Singh and sentenced him to life imprisonment in the 1996 rape and murder of Delhi University student Priyadarshini Mattoo. His death sentence was set aside by an apex court bench headed by Justice H.S. Bedi. Mattoo, the third year student in the university’s […] Read more » Death reduced murder case Priyadarshini Mattoo
Top Law News Nirmohi Akhara ready for out-of-court settlement October 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Close on the heels of the initiative taken by 90-year-old Hashim Ansari for a negotiated settlement on the Ayodhya issue, the Nirmohi Akhara too has expressed its inclination to talk and resolve the dispute once and for all. “I welcome the initiative taken by Mahant Gyan Das and Hashim Ansari and will be only too […] Read more » Nirmohi Akhara out-of-court ready settlement
Top Law News Apex court clears way for verdict in builder’s murder case October 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday cleared the way for the pronouncement of a special TADA court’s verdict in the 1995 murder of real estate builder Pradeep Jain. Underworld don Abu Salem is the prime accused in the case. The judgment was given by Justice R.M. Lodha. The apex court had earlier asked the trial court to […] Read more » apex court builder case murder verdict
Top Law News Natwar Singh’s plea dismissed in oil-for-food scam October 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The petition filed by former Union Minister, Natwar Singh and his son regarding Iraq’s oil-for-food scam, has been rejected by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct 5. Buzz up!when Delhi High Court dismissed their plea, Singh again appealed before the Supreme Court by seeking documents of Volcker and R S Pathak Committees which had investigated […] Read more » dismissed Natwar Singh oil-for-food plea scam
Top Law News Court pulls up Delhi sub-divisional magistrate October 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) posted in south Delhi has been pulled up by the Delhi High Court for abusing his power and acting in a corrupt manner in a land dispute case. Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra while setting aside a December 2009 order passed by Vivek Tripathy, SDM, Vasant Vihar, said: “It is most unfortunate […] Read more » Court Delhi magistrate pulls sub-divisional
Top Law News Court seeks answers on permanent service for women army officers October 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday questioned the central government over the army’s branches, other than those dealing with education and legal matters, in which women officers could be give permanent commission. An apex court bench of Justice J.M. Panchal and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra questioned the government after it was told that there were several other […] Read more » army officers permanent service women
Top Law News Malegaon blast: Apex court denies bail to armyman October 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday declined to grant bail to the 2008 Malegaon bombings accused P.S. Purohit, a lieutenant colonel of the Indian Army. An apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice T.S. Thakur observed that the offence was too serious. At least seven people were killed and more than 100 injured in the […] Read more » apex court armyman bail denies Malegaon blast