Top Law News Information on Games should go online: CIC August 14, 2010 / August 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi government and other government agencies have been directed by the Central Information Commission to post all information relating to the Commonwealth Games on their websites, a Right to Information (RTI) activist said Saturday. Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi directed the state government and other agencies like New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) to post all […] Read more » CIC common wealth games Games go online Information
Top Law News High Court upholds Ahmedabad civic poll process August 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Friday dismissed a petition challenging the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation election process as violating the constitution. A division bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi, while pronouncing its reserved order, said that the provisions implemented by the state authorities were valid. The bench noted that the state rules and […] Read more » Ahmedabad civic poll process
Top Law News Notices to Gujarat government, poll panel on voters’ list ‘irregularities’ August 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Friday issued notices to the state election commission and the state government on a public interest lawsuit alleging serious irregularities in the electoral rolls prepared for elections to civic and local self-governance bodies. Hearing the petition filed by Congress’ state unit chief Siddharth Patel, a division bench of the high court […] Read more » Gujarat government voters' list 'irregularities'
Top Law News Kerala’s plea against roadside meetings ban dismissed August 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court on Friday dismissed the review petition of the state government against the ban on holding roadside public meetings. Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said the government would appeal to higher courts. A division bench of Justice C N Ramachandran Nair and Justice P S Gopinathan said they saw no reason why the […] Read more » ban dismissed meetings roadside
Top Law News Court asks police to book 16 Andhra ministers August 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A city court Friday directed police to book 16 ministers from Andhra and Rayalaseema regions for allegedly calling as “anti-national” those fighting for a separate state of Telangana. A magistrate at Nampally Criminal Court directed Saifabad police to register the case and inform the court by Aug 28 about the action taken in this regard. […] Read more » Andhra ministers book
Top Law News Apex court stays anti-Sikh riots case against Sajjan August 14, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback to the trial of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed trial proceedings against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who faces murder and other charges for his alleged involvement in the riots in which 3,000 people were killed. A bench of justice P Sathasivam and Justice BS Chauhan issued […] Read more » anti-Sikh riots Sajjan Kumar
Top Law News Ishrat Jahan killing: Court-ordered SIT given probe August 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Thursday handed over the investigation into the 2004 Ishrat Jahan killing in a suspected staged-shootout by Gujarat Police to the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT). The SIT, headed by former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director R.K. Raghavan, is probing key cases related to the 2002 post-Godhra communal riots in […] Read more » Court-ordered Ishrat Jahan killing SIT
Top Law News Distribute free food to poor: Supreme Court August 12, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In an order of far reaching consequences, the Supreme Court Thursday asked the central government to distribute free foodgrains to families below the poverty line. It also asked the state governments to tell whether they were distributing 35 kg of foodgrains to each of the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families that was allocated to them […] Read more » Distribute free food poor Supreme Court
Top Law News Termination of 12 Gujarat judges set aside August 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday set aside the termination of 12 ad-hoc fast track court judges and asked the authorities to consider their reinstatement. A plea filed by 25 other judges for reinstatement was rejected. A division bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Anant Dave said the 12 judges have been assessed to […] Read more » Gujarat Judges set aside Termination
Top Law News Ghaziabad lawyers seek transfer of district judge August 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Ghaziabad lawyers seek transfer of district judge The Ghaziabad Bar Association Wednesday demanded the transfer of the district judge in connection with the provident fund (PF) scam. The bar also demanded a high level inquiry into the circumstances in which a court clerk committed suicide in a court room Tuesday. “In view of the Central Bureau of Investigation complaint before the Supreme […] Read more » district judge transfer
Top Law News Minor husband can be guardian of minor wife: Court August 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ‘A husband who is a minor can be the guardian of his minor wife,’ the Delhi High court Wednesday said, coming to the rescue of a minor couple by setting aside criminal cases filed against the boy by his wife’s family. ‘No other person can be appointed as the guardian of a minor girl, unless […] Read more » guardian Minor husband minor wife
Top Law News Himachal plans litigation free village in each district August 11, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Himachal Pradesh plans to make one village in each district free from litigation by settling all pending cases related to its residents within a year. Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Kurian Joseph Wednesday said: ‘We have plans to make one village in every district litigation free within one year. For this, the high court […] Read more » free village litigation