Top Law News Are judges kings? No judicial activism please August 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Here’s a staunch opponent of judicial activism from within the judiciary itself. Supreme Court’s Justice Markandey Katju seldom misses an opportunity to slam courts for stepping into the domain of the executive and legislature. Referring to a case, he asked what judges thought of themselves. Are they kings who award compensation, direct the running of […] Read more » judges kings
Top Law News Himachal to settle all cases of undertrials by year-end August 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Kurian Joseph Saturday announced that all the cases of undertrials lodged in various jails of the state would be settled by the year-end. ‘All the cases of undertrials languishing in different jails would be disposed off by December,’ Chief Justice Joseph said while addressing the judicial officers and lawyers […] Read more » undertrials year-end
Top Law News Three crore pending cases? Patil wants review August 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment President Pratibha Patil Saturday called for a review of figures that put the number of pending cases before Indian courts at a staggering 3 crore. She also stressed on innovative ways to clear the backlog. Patil’s call came in response to Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia’s contention that more than 50 percent of the cases counted […] Read more » cases pending Three crore
Top Law News Apex court rejects Maharashtra plea on 1993 mosque firing July 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a blow to the Maharashtra government, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected its petition and directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to continue with its probe into the Hari Masjid police firing on Jan 10, 1993, in which six people were killed. The police firing was to quell a violent mob at Hari […] Read more » Maharashtra plea mosque firing
Top Law News Death for six in double-murder case July 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district Friday gave death sentence to six people in a double-murder case of August 2000, an official said. The special sessions court in Bijnor, some 300 km from Lucknow, gave the death penalty to the six people in connection with the killing of Mubarak Hussain and his nephew […] Read more » death double murder case six
Top Law News Woman not allowed to teach after burqa refusal July 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A lady teacher in West Bengal’s first Muslim university, the Aliah University, was not allowed to teach after she refused to wear the burqa (veil) inside the varsity premises. Sirin Middya, a guest lecturer of the university, along with eight other lady teachers got a ‘diktat’ from the leaders of the students’ union to wear […] Read more » burqa refusal
Top Law News Appointments of senior officials not under RTI: Court July 31, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday said that information pertaining to appointment of top bureaucrats cannot be revealed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Justice S. Muralidhar passed this order while dismissing the plea of RTI activist and Magsaysay Award winner Arvind Kejriwal, seeking disclosure of the information on the ground that people had the […] Read more » Appointments officials RTI senior
Top Law News Apex court upholds CBI probe into Mumbai police firing deaths July 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the Maharashtra government’s plea against a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of six people in police firing during the 1992 Mumbai riots. It also directed the agency to complete the probe in six months. The CBI investigation was ordered by the Bombay High Court. “We are […] Read more » CBI deaths firing Mumbai
Top Law News Delhi High Court comes to aid of in-laws July 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday on held that a woman cannot book her in-laws under the Domestic Violence Act if the parents are not living with their son and his wife. ‘There can be no domestic relationship of the wife of the son with the parents when the parents are not living with the son, […] Read more » aid in-laws
Top Law News Court seeks information on declaring begging an offence July 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Thursday asked the central and the state governments to submit their report, within three weeks, on the proposed action to create public awareness that begging was an offence. The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Joseph Chelliah who sought the court’s directions to the central and the Gujarat […] Read more » begging offence
Top Law News Aarushi murder: Court to hear father’s plea on media curbs July 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An application filed by Rajesh Talwar, father of teenager Aarushi who was murdered along with her family’s domestic help in 2008, seeking to restrain the media from indulging in reckless reporting on the case will be heard on August 9, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. Talwar, a doctor by profession, told the court that […] Read more » Aarushi murder media curbs
Top Law News Sohrabuddin case: CBI pits Tulsi against Jethmalani July 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Eminent criminal lawyer K.T.S. Tulsi will appear for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case in which former Gujarat minister Amit Shah has been arrested, a government source said Thursday. ‘The CBI decided to field Tulsi and an ASG (additional solicitor general) as noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani is […] Read more » CBI Jethmalani Sohrabuddin case Tulsi