Top Law News Lower courts cannot prosecute for contempt of court August 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Lower courts cannot prosecute for contempt of court The Delhi High Court Thursday held that the lower courts have no power to prosecute a person for contempt of court. Setting aside a lower court order, Justice S.N. Dhingra ruled that only higher courts can take cognisance of contempt committed by a person against lower judiciary. The court’s direction came on a case where […] Read more » contempt Court prosecute
Top Law News A rustic witness can get confused, says apex court August 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that a rustic witness was ‘bound to get confused and make some inconsistent statements’ if he is subjected to ‘fatiguing, taxing and tiring cross-examination’ for days. As compared to an educated witness, such a witness with rural background cannot be expected to remember every small detail of an incident and […] Read more » confused rustic witness
Top Law News Andhra High Court adjourns hearing on Raju’s bail plea August 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the bail petition of B. Ramalinga Raju, the prime accused in the multi-crore Satyam fraud case. Justice Raja Elango adjourned the hearing to August 12 as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sought time to file counter-reply to the bail plea of the former […] Read more » bail plea Ramalinga Raju Satyam fraud case
Top Law News CBI challenges Shah remand rejection in high court August 5, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday challenged in the Gujarat High Court the denial of remand of former minister of state for home Amit Shah, arrested in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake shootout case. The matter will come up before Justice Akil Qureshi later in the day. Veteran lawyer K T S Tulsi will represent […] Read more » rejection remand Shah
Top Law News CBI probe ordered against Koda in assets case August 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Jharkhand high court on Wednesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against former chief minister Madhu Koda and six ex-ministers for amassing assets more than their known sources of income. “A division bench, comprising acting Chief Justice Sushil Harkoli and Justice D N Patel, ordered a CBI probe against Madhu Koda and […] Read more » assets case CBI Koda
Top Law News Children’s basic rights violated at CWG sites August 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Yet another black mark against the Commonwealth Games organisers. Children of over 400,000 construction workers at the Games sites are deprived of basic rights like sanitation, schooling and healthcare, said a report released here Wednesday. The report from NGO Child Relief and You (CRY) is based on observations from some Games sites — Major Dhyan […] Read more » CWG sites violated
Top Law News CBI demand for Shah remand rejected August 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A CBI court Wednesday rejected the agency’s demand for a seven-day custody of former Gujarat minister Amit Shah, arrested for the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge A.I. Raval’s ruling stunned the agency. “The CBI may challenge the decision. The CBI may go to the high court,” a source […] Read more » CBI rejected remand Shah
Top Law News High court dismisses PIL on Commonwealth Games August 4, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the court’s direction to form a panel to look into Commonwealth Games-related projects and reconstitution of the Organising Committee. The litigation, filed by lawyer Amitava Sen, sought the court’s direction to form a panel of engineers to look into several Games-related projects. A […] Read more » Commonwealth Games PIL
Top Law News Court order on Arun Gawali reserved August 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved its verdict on the Maharashtra government’s plea against a Bombay High Court judgment striking down a criminal complaint against underworld don-turned-politician Arun Gawali. The high court had struck down the complaint against Gawali on the ground that there was insufficient material that would lead to the conviction of the accused. […] Read more » Arun Gawali
Top Law News ‘Courts can move against state for acts against public good’ August 3, 2010 / August 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Higher courts have the power to issue writ to the state if its acts are contrary to the public good, the Supreme Court has ruled, while holding that a public sector bank also falls within the definition of the state. ‘…if any action on the part of the state is wholly unfair and arbitrary, writ […] Read more » courts move public good'
Top Law News Case against Preity Zinta, other Kings XI owners stayed August 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In partial relief to Bollywood actress Priety Zinta and other three owners of Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab, the Punjab and Haryana High Court Tuesday stayed the proceedings of a case against them in a local court here till Sep 22. “Justice Nirmaljit Kaur has put a stay on the proceedings of […] Read more » Kings XI owners Preity Zinta
Top Law News What can we do, if our orders are not obeyed: Apex court August 3, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Hearing a plea seeking arrest of a politician’s musclemen, the Supreme Court Tuesday said policing is not a part of its mandate and it could not help if its orders were not being executed by the law enforcing agencies. “If our orders are not being obeyed, then what can we do? We are not police,” […] Read more » apex court not obeyed orders