Top Law News ‘Domestic violence law gives no right to seek maintenance’ August 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on ‘Domestic violence law gives no right to seek maintenance’ The Delhi High Court Tuesday held that the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 does not give a woman any additional right to claim maintenance from husband. Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra, while dismissing the petition of Rachna Kathuria, said the act only puts on fast track the enforcement of existing right of maintenance […] Read more » domestic violence maintenance' no right
Top Law News Salwa Judum on its way out, Supreme Court told August 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The anti-Maoist vigilante group Salwa Judum is on it way out in Chhattisgarh and the state government has been told not to support its activists, the central government told the Supreme Court Tuesday. “We have instructed the state government not to extend any support to Salwa Judum activists,” Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium told an apex […] Read more » Salwa Judum Supreme Court
Top Law News Bhopal tragedy convicts get Supreme Court notice August 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notices to all the seven convicts in the Bhopal gas tragedy on a petition of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that seeks review of the court’s 1996 judgment which diluted offences against them. The judgment diluted the charge against the accused, including former chief of Union Carbide India’s operations […] Read more » Bhopal tragedy convicts notice Supreme Court
Top Law News Scarlett’s diary crucial pages missing: Defence lawyer August 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Crucial pages from slain British teenager Scarlett Keeling’s diary are missing, lawyer for one of those accused of sexually assaulting the 15-year-old and leaving her to die told the trial court here Friday. The Goa Children’s Court (GCC) has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file its reply to the defence lawyer’s contention […] Read more » crucial pages Defence lawyer diary missing Scarlett
Top Law News Apex court upholds quashing of FIR against Arun Gawli August 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gangster-turned politician Arun Gawli on Friday got a reprieve with the Supreme Court upholding the quashing of MCOCA and other criminal cases registered against him by the Maharashtra government. A bench of Justices P. Sathasivam and B. S. Chauhan dismissed the State government’s appeal challenging the Bombay High Court’s decision to quash the FIR registered […] Read more » apex court Arun Gawli FIR quashing upholds
Top Law News Apex court stays Ishrat killing case transfer to SIT August 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar stayed the transfer after counsel Kamini Jaiswal told the court that the Gujarat High Court by its Aug 12, 2010, order had given the state government 15 days time to issue the notification. Ishrat Jahan, a college student from Mumbai, was allegedly […] Read more » apex court Ishrat killing case SIT stays transfer
Top Law News Supreme Court gives nod for selecting CWG hockey teams August 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Indian Olympic Association and Hockey India to select and field the men’s and women’s hockey teams for the Commonwealth Games to be held in October. An apex court bench of Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice HL Gokhle said the coaches engaged in training the two teams would also […] Read more » CWG hockey teams nod selecting Supreme Court
Top Law News Apex court informed about BCCI rule ‘dilution’ August 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court was Thursday informed that the amendment to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) rules for the dilution of ‘conflict of interest clause’ was aimed at benefiting the cricket body’s secretary N. Srinivasan. The conflict of interest clause was diluted in order to legitimize the Indian Premier League T20 franchise […] Read more » apex court BCCI dilution informed rule
Top Law News Slum dwellers near CWG venues agree to move temporarily August 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to provide basic facilities to 18 families who have volunteered to shift temporarily from their slums near Thyagraj Stadium and Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in view of the upcoming Commonwealth Games. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice S. Muralidhar asked […] Read more » agree CWG venues move Slum dwellers temporarily
Top Law News Haryana told to arrest all Dalit attack accused by Monday August 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday slammed the Haryana government for its failure to arrest all those who looted and burnt Dalit houses in Mirchpur village in Hisar district April 21 and told it to arrest by Monday all accused who are on the run. If those responsible for committing atrocities could not be arrested then what […] Read more » accused arrest attack Dalit Haryana
Top Law News Anand’s nationality questioned, Sibal apologises August 25, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major embarrassment, world chess champion Viswanathan Anand’s nationality was questioned by the human resource development ministry, preventing him from receiving an honorary doctorate from the centrally-run University of Hyderabad Tuesday. Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal intervened and apologised to the chess genius. He blamed the lapse on “procedural issues”. An acutely embarrassed […] Read more » apologises kapil sibal nationality questioned Viswanathan Anand
Top Law News Check bogus claimants in welfare schemes: Apex court August 24, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Terming bogus claims as the bane of welfare schemes, the Supreme Court has said that the government was duty-bound to take ‘stern action’ to discourage the malpractice. ‘Any complacency on the part of the government in taking action against bogus claims under any scheme would encourage bogus claims under all schemes, by undeserving candidates who […] Read more » apex court bogus Check claimants welfare schemes