Top Law News Court notices to government, CBSE on seat allotment system September 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notices to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), and the Chairman of the Central Counselling Board for adopting an arbitrary method in offering seats to students during counselling for the All India Entrance for Engineering Examinations (AIEEE). The petition was filed by […] Read more » allotment CBSE Court Government notices seat system
Top Law News Court raps MCD for delay in shifting dairies September 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court raps MCD for delay in shifting dairies The Delhi High Court Wednesday came down heavily on the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for delay in shifting dairies from unauthorised areas in the capital to a proposed alternative site on the outskirts. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan also warned the MCD that if they fail to comply […] Read more » Court dairies delay MCD raps shifting
Top Law News Siri Fort complex to stay closed for CWG: High court September 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Citing security reasons, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition against the closure of the Siri Fort Sports Complex till the Commonwealth Games were over. The court rejected the petition filed by over 100 members of the complex who challenged the decision of the complex secretary to close the venue from August 16 […] Read more » closed CWG High Court Siri Fort complex
Top Law News States given two weeks to act on illegal religious structures September 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said the chief secretaries of state governments that have not furnished details of unauthorized religious structures in public places will have to appear in person to answer their failure to comply with the court’s directions. Granting the defaulting state governments yet two more weeks, the apex court bench of Justice Dalveer […] Read more » illegal religious states structures
Top Law News Court declines Larsen and Toubro’s plea ro stay bidding September 14, 2010 / September 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday declined the plea of Larsen and Toubro Power to stay the bidding by state-owned National Thermal Power Corporation for the Rs.25,000 crore power equipment tender. “We are not inclined to pass any interim relief in favour of L&T,” the court said while refusing to intervene in the bidding process. The […] Read more » bidding Court declines Larsen plea stay Toubro
Top Law News Consider all aspects before issuing summons, court tells judges September 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Tuesday held that the metropolitan magistrates should apply their mind and should consider the entire material and evidence placed on record before issuing summons against someone. Justice S.N. Dhingra passed the direction on a summoning order passed by a metropolitan magistrate entirely on the basis of the complaint of one party. […] Read more » aspects before Consider Court issuing judges summons
Top Law News Kashmir native named chief justice of state high court September 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a departure from its more than two decades old practice, the Supreme Court has recommended the appointment of Justice Nissar Ahmed Kakru, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, as the chief justice of the state’s high court. The apex court move comes even as the government has yet to take a final call on […] Read more » chief justice High Court Kashmir
Top Law News Court calls for amicable settlement of Ayodhya dispute September 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court calls for amicable settlement of Ayodhya dispute The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday called upon the rival parties to explore the possibility of a last-minute amicable settlement of the Ram Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. The order was passed on an application moved by senior advocate Prashant Chandra on the 125-year old litigation over claims by Hindus and Muslims to the […] Read more » amicable Ayodhya Court dispute settlement
Top Law News Supreme Court issues notice to Raja on 2G allocation September 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to Communications and IT Minister A. Raja in connection with the 2G spectrum scam. The apex court also slammed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for filing a case against unnamed officials, and said that the investigating agency should have named them. The petitioner wants the apex […] Read more » 2G allocation issues notice Raja Supreme Court
Top Law News Good news for couples, Delhi relaxes marriage rules September 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Haryana’s khap panchayats, infamous for driving people to death or out of their clans and villages, be damned. Delhi is offering itself as the haven to run-away couples. Providing a helping hand to couples, the Delhi government Monday declared that a couple can marry in the capital and register their marriage within hours even if […] Read more » couples Delhi Good marriage relaxes Rules
Top Law News Pacheco questioned in illegal immigration case September 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Goa’s former tourism minister Francisco Pacheco alias Mickky was Friday questioned by Central Bureau of Investigation sleuths for immigration fraud. Pacheco, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator, was questioned at the CBI office near Panaji on for nearly three hours. In a complaint registered Wednesday, the CBI had accused Pacheco and two others – Pedro […] Read more » case illegal immigration Pacheco questioned
Top Law News Apex court refuses to give relief to don Abu Salem September 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday rejected the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts accused and don Abu Salem’s plea that he could only be tried for the offences for which he was extradited from Portugal in 2005 and allowed his trial for other lesser offences. “Abu Salem can be tried for the offences for which he has been […] Read more » apex court don Abu Salem refuses Relief