Top Law News Women get equal rights to become guardians, adopt children September 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Women get equal rights to become guardians, adopt children President Pratibha Patil has signed into law a bill giving Indian women equal rights as men in adopting children and becoming guardians of minors, including their own children, it was announced on Thursday. The president removed the age-old gender discrimination against women by giving her assent to the Personal Laws Amendment Bill, 2010, which was […] Read more » adopt children equal guardians rights women
Top Law News Court cannot ‘ordinarily’ order reinvestigation of offence September 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court cannot ‘ordinarily’ order reinvestigation of offence The Supreme Court has said that “ordinarily” the appellate court could not order re-investigation or fresh investigation into an offence and also there could not be two FIRs for the same incident. “Unless an extraordinary case of gross abuse of power is made out by those in charge of the investigation, the court should be […] Read more » Court offence order ordinarily reinvestigation
Top Law News Companies Bill to factor in apex court verdict on Bhopal tragedy September 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Thursday said the directive of the Supreme Court on a curative petition on the Bhopal gas tragedy will have to be “factored in” within the proposed Companies Bill. “The curative petition filed by the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) is before the Supreme Court, and whatever comes from the Supreme […] Read more » apex court Bhopal tragedy Companies Bill factor verdict
Top Law News Now Haryana judge decides 148 cases on single day September 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A judge in this Haryana town created a record of sorts when he settled 148 cases in a single day, close on the heels of a peer in Andhra Pradesh hogging the headlines for deciding 111 cases in one day. This time it was Additional District and Sessions Judge A.K. Shori’s turn, who is known […] Read more » cases decides Haryana judge single day
Top Law News Rubabuddin charges Modi with contempt of apex court September 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rubabuddin Sheikh, the brother of staged-shootout victim Sohrabuddin Sheikh, Wednesday served a legal notice on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi charging him with contempt of the Supreme Court with his derogatory remarks against the CBI that is probing the case. The notice dated Aug 28 sought a response within a week whereafter he would take […] Read more » apex court charges contempt Modi Rubabuddin
Top Law News Sohrabuddin killing: Court questions Amin’s co-accused September 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday issued notices to eight accused in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case who challenged co-accused and former police official N.K. Amin’s plea to turn an approver. Justice Akil Kureshi ordered the notices to be issued after a designated Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Aug 26 referred suspended […] Read more » co-accused Court questions Sohrabuddin killing
Top Law News CBI moves apex court against fresh probe into Rizwanur death September 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The CBI Wednesday moved the Supreme Court, challenging a Calcutta High Court order that directed the investigating agency to treat Rizwanur Rahman’s death as murder and conduct a fresh probe. The top court will hear the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea Sep 6. The matter came up for hearing before the apex court bench […] Read more » apex court CBI fresh probe Rizwanur death
Top Law News Rathore’s appeal dismissed in Ruchika molestation case September 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab and Haryana High Court Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore against his conviction and sentence of 18 months’ jail by a court here in the 1990 Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. Justice Jitender Chauhan, in a stinging remark, said that Rathore’s conduct was ‘shameful’ and he did […] Read more » appeal dismissed Rathore Ruchika molestation case
Top Law News Mayawati’s plan for new district including Amethi okayed September 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was Wednesday allowed by the Supreme Court to create a new district including Amethi parliamentary constituency represented by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, a lawyer said here. “Since one bench (of Allahabad High Court) had already dismissed a petition seeking stay on Amethi’s renaming and declaration as district, the division […] Read more » Amethi district Mayawati new plan
Top Law News Apex court directs troops to vacate northeast schools September 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the home ministry to have all schools in the northeast that have been occupied by paramilitary forces vacated in two months. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar also asked the human resource development ministry to assess infrastructural bottlenecks in schools in the largely […] Read more » apex court directs northeast schools troops vacate
Top Law News Maharashtra spares cop for Gujarat riots probe August 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was told by the Maharashtra government Tuesday that it was making its senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer K. Venkateshan available to the Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing the 2002 post-Godhra riot cases. The court was told that the state government has already written to the union home ministry about it. An […] Read more » cop Gujarat riots probe Maharashtra spares
Top Law News Foodgrain for poor: Pawar attracts apex courts ire August 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar for saying that the court had only made a suggestion and not passed an order on distributing foodgrain “free” to the poor. Referring to media reports attributed to Pawar wherein he said that the court only made a suggestion Aug 12 and the government […] Read more » apex courts attracts Foodgrain ire Pawar poor