Top Law News Can’t link grain procurement to storage capacity, apex court told September 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The central government Monday told the Supreme Court that it could not limit the procurement of foodgrain to the level of its storage capacity, as it has to give minimum support price to farmers. The government said the procurement policy has twin objectives of ensuring minimum support price to farmers and meeting the foodgrain requirements […] Read more » apex court capacity grain link procurement storage
Top Law News Right to Education Act referred to constitution bench September 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Read more » constitution bench referred Right to Education Act
Top Law News Apex court stays death sentence of 3 Akshardham attackers September 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the death sentence of three accused in connection with the Akshardham temple attack case of September 24, 2002 in which 34 persons, including two National Security Guard (NSG) commandos were killed. An apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S. Nijjar stayed the death sentence. The […] Read more » Akshardham attackers apex court death sentence stays
Top Law News Orissa moves apex court against green nod for project September 6, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Orissa government Saturday moved the Supreme Court challenging a go-ahead given by the union environment and forests ministry to an irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh. The state government feared that the project may lead to flooding of several parts of the state. The state government’s move comes in the backdrop of the central government […] Read more » apex court green nod moves Orissa project
Top Law News Himachal asked to give details on its tainted officials September 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court has asked the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled state government to place on record the list of its officials facing corruption and other charges. Taking note of the government reinstating officials against whom investigations under the Prevention of Corruption Act are on, a division bench of Chief Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice […] Read more » details Himachal officials tainted
Top Law News Rathore’s parole plea rejected September 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The authorities in Haryana’s Pachkula district Friday rejected the plea of disgraced former state police chief S.P.S. Rathore for parole to supervise the harvesting of crops at his agricultural land near here. A meeting of district authorities decided to recommend to the Chandigarh administration that Rathore should not be granted parole from his 18-month rigorous […] Read more » parole plea Rathore rejected
Top Law News Sohrabuddin’s brother’s plea in Amit Shah bail rejected September 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Friday rejected the plea of Rubabuddin Sheikh, brother of staged shootout victim Sohrabuddin Sheikh, to be a party to the hearing of former minister Amit Shah’s bail plea. Rejecting the plea, Justice Akil Kureshi confirmed the order of the lower court. Earlier Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge G.K. Upadhyay […] Read more » Amit Shah bail brother ohrabuddin plea rejected
Top Law News Apex court stays tribunal’s order on military nurses September 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has stayed an Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) verdict directing the central government to treat all the commissioned officers of the Military Nursing Service (MNS) on par with the regular army. An apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M.Lodha passed the order on a petition by the central government challenging […] Read more » apex court military nurses order stays tribunal
Top Law News Man’s income basis for maintenance to be paid: Court September 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment What should be the basis of maintenance that a man should pay to his estranged spouse in a case of domestic violence? The Delhi High Court Friday ruled that the man’s income should be the parameter and not his family’s property. Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra made the observation while setting aside a family court order […] Read more » Court maintenance' Man's income
Top Law News Amit Shah challenges apex court’s handing over of Sohrabbudin case to CBI September 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat’s former minister of state for home Amit Shah has moved the Supreme Court questioning its Jan 12, 2010, judgment handing over the investigations into the Sohrabuddin Sheikh-Kausar Bi abduction and killing case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Shah, now in judicial custody, has questioned the propriety of the apex court bench of […] Read more » Amit Shah apex court CBI challenges handing Sohrabbudin case
Top Law News Lawyers demand more women courts and judges September 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A group of lawyers has sent a representation to the chief justice of Delhi High Court seeking more women courts as well as judges to deal with cases of marital discord. The representation, signed by about 150 lawyers led by Rubinder Pal Ghumman, said there were inadequate number of courts and judges to deal with […] Read more » courts demand judges lawyers women
Top Law News Brothers fined for filing frivolous petition September 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday imposed costs of Rs.75,000 on two brothers involved in a property dispute case for last 18 years, saying that no mercy can be shown to litigants filing frivolous applications in courts to delay judicial proceedings. ‘No mercy should be shown to such type of litigants who have no other work […] Read more » Brothers filing fined frivolous petition