Top Law News Court reserves order in judge’s termination case September 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday reserved its order on a petition filed by a trial court judge challenging his termination by the Delhi government on charges of corruption. Metropolitan Magistrate Gautam Kant Nimaan of the Rohini district court challanged the lieutenant governor’s order on the grounds that he was removed arbitrarily, which was against the […] Read more » case Court judge order reserves Termination
Top Law News Rules for common test to medical courses finalised September 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Friday informed the Supreme Court that it had finalised the rules and regulations for all India common entrance test (CET) for post-graduate medical courses. The government also told the apex court that it had finalised the rules and regulations for undergraduate medical course. Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium told Justice R.V. Raveendran and […] Read more » common courses finalised medical Rules test
Top Law News Telangana lawyers clash with police at high court September 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Fresh trouble broke out at the Andhra Pradesh High Court Friday as a group of agitating lawyers tried to break into the court complex and clashed with police. Some lawyers, a police officer and a mediaperson were injured in the clash that broke out after a large number of lawyers from city, civil and criminal […] Read more » clash High Court lawyers police Telangana
Top Law News Allahabad High Court refuses to defer Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid verdict September 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An effort for deferring the judgement in the 60-year-old title suit in the Ram Janmabhoomi -Babri Masjid dispute was Friday rebuffed by the Allahabad High Court, which will now pronounce its verdict on Sept 24. Delivering its judgement on a petition filed by one Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, the three-judge special bench of the court opined […] Read more » Allahabad High Court defer Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid refuses verdict
Top Law News Two more judges recuse themselves from Virbhadra case September 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Two more judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday recused themselves from hearing Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh’s plea to transfer the alleged corruption case against him to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a day after another judge refused to hear the case. A division bench of Justice R.B. Misra and Justice V.K. […] Read more » judges recuse Virbhadra case
Top Law News Andhra High Court still tense, fasting lawyers removed September 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The situation continued to be tense at the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday after police forcibly removed three lawyers from Telangana who had been on fast for the last four days while a judge withdrew his resignation, submitted to protest the attitude of lawyers. Over 2,000 policemen were deployed around the court complex as […] Read more » Andhra High Court fasting lawyers removed tense
Top Law News Haryana violence: High court wants action against rioters September 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Haryana violence: High court wants action against rioters The Punjab and Haryana High Court Thursday questioned the Haryana government on the action planned against rioters who damaged property in Hisar district earlier this week while demanding reservations in jobs and educational institutions. A division bench of Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal and Justice Ajay Tewari issued notice to the government on a public suit […] Read more » action against Haryana violence High Court rioters
Top Law News Fund for computerising courts more than doubled September 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The government Thursday more than doubled the fund to implement the ambitious e-court project aimed at computerisation of all subordinate courts across the country — from Rs.441.8 crore to Rs.935 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs raised the fund for the e-court project, revising the older 2007 estimate, in its meeting chaired by Prime […] Read more » computerising courts doubled Fund more than
Top Law News High court adjourns hearing on Sajjan Kumar’s plea September 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday adjourned the hearing on a revision petition filed by Congress leader Sajjan Kumar challenging the framing of murder charge against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case filed in west Delhi’s Sultanpuri. However, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed its reply in the matter. The case has been listed […] Read more » adjourns hearing High Court plea Sajjan Kumar
Top Law News Lawyers attack Andhra High Court hall, tension coninues September 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Lawyers attack Andhra High Court hall, tension coninues The situation in the Andhra Pradesh High Court premises remained tense Thursday as lawyers from Telangana continued their protest for the third day, attacking court halls and disrupting proceedings. For the third day in a row, the protesters targeted the court hall of Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy, damaging furniture and throwing papers and books at […] Read more » Andhra attack continues High Court hall lawyers tension
Top Law News Eight of 16 CJIs were ‘corrupt’, says ex-law minister September 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Union Law Minister Shanti Bhushan Thursday told the Supreme Court that at least eight of the 16 chief justices of India (CJIs) were “definitely corrupt”. In an affidavit filed Thursday, senior counsel Shanti Bhushan said that six of the CJIs were “definitely honest” and he could not comment on the remaining two judges. The […] Read more » CJIs Corrupt ex-law minister
Top Law News Court questions government on vaccines September 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday questioned the central government on allegations of vaccines being introduced into the public health system without proper medical studies. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan asked the government to study the incidents of diseases for which the vaccines are being developed and whether these vaccines […] Read more » Court Government questions vaccines