Author: Legal India Admin

Top Law News

41,827 decade-old cases pending in Delhi courts

by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

As many as 41,827 cases have been pending in five district courts in the national capital for over 10 years, an official report said. As per the Delhi government’s law and justice department, 202,493 civil matters and 720,807 criminal cases were pending in Tis Hazari, Patiala House, Karkardooma, Rohini and Dwarka district courts till July […]

Read more »

Top Law News

Bhagwati Prasad sworn in as chief justice of Jharkhand

by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

Bhagwati Prasad was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court here on Sunday. Governor M.O.H. Farooq administered the oath of office at a function held at the Raj Bhavan. Chief Secretary A.K. Singh; Advisers to the Governor V.S. Dubey, R.R. Prasad and Wilfred Lakda; Director-General of Police Neyaz Ahmed; Union Minister Subodh […]

Read more »

Top Law News

Repeal law giving army special powers: Activists

by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Repeal law giving army special powers: Activists

Students and civil rights groups Saturday protested in the national capital to demand the repeal of a law that grants the military special powers, including legal immunity, during operations in country’s troubled areas. A day after Home Minister P. Chidambaram said that changes proposed by his ministry in the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act could […]

Read more »

Top Law News

Phone-tapping of anti-social elements justified: Court

by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Phone-tapping of anti-social elements justified: Court

The Delhi High Court Friday held that investigating agencies can intercept phone calls of an individual if there is sufficient evidence to prove that he or she is involved in anti-social activities. The court dismissed the plea of an accused involved in drug trafficking cases challenging the government’s decision to tap his mobile phone six […]

Read more »

Top Law News

Exploitation, says apex court of prolonged contract job

by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Exploitation, says apex court of prolonged contract job

The Supreme Court Thursday said that uninterrupted prolonged employment on contract amounts to exploitation and government agencies are not expected to adopt such unfair practices. The state or its instrumentalities which are expected to be the model employer are not expected to take advantage of their position and impose wholly inequitable and unreasonable condition of […]

Read more »

Top Law News

Tamil Nadu moves apex court over test for aspiring doctors

by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment

The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court expressing its opposition to the central government’s proposal to conduct a combined entrance exam for medical colleges from the next academic session, an official said Thursday. The government’s petition seeking permission to present its views in a matter related to medical course admissions is expected to […]

Read more »

Top Law News

Aarushi murder: CBI says media quoted bogus sources

by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Aarushi murder: CBI says media quoted bogus sources

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday sought the Supreme Court’s directions to the media to refrain from ‘sensational’ reporting, claiming that the sources mentioned in reports on the Aarushi-Hemraj murder were not its officers who brief reporters. The CBI favoured setting up of an independent body to monitor media reports particularly when there were […]

Read more »