Top Law News CBI summons IPS officer Johri in Sohrabuddin case July 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday summoned Geetha Johri, the first woman IPS officer of Gujarat, in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. Johri, who was the part of Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case, has been asked to appear before the CBI on August 10. […] Read more » CBI IPS officer Johri Sohrabuddin case summons
Top Law News Apex court stays Ghaziabad provident fund scam trial July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday stayed the trial in the Ghaziabad provident fund scam case pending before a CBI court in the Uttar Pradesh town on the capital’s outskirts. The court stayed the proceedings after the CBI sought the transfer of the case from Ghaziabad to Delhi. Read more » Ghaziabad provident fund scam trial
Top Law News Bihar legislator acquitted in abduction case July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Sunil Pandey, a ruling Janata Dal-United legislator sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping a doctor in Bihar, was acquitted by the Patna High Court Wednesday, a court official said. Pandey and four others were acquitted due to lack of evidence, the official said. In 2008, a trial court sentenced Pandey, who represents the Piro constituency […] Read more » abduction case acquitted BIHAR legislator
Top Law News Honour killing of research scholar alleged July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Honour killing of research scholar alleged Students of the Panjab University have filed a complaint with a human rights panel alleging that a 25-year-old woman, who her family said died of heart attack, was actually killed by her father and brother for their ‘honour’. According to the complaint filed by the students’ NGO of the varsity to the Punjab State Human […] Read more » alleged honour killing research scholar
Top Law News Relief for Congress MP from Kerala High Court July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Kerala High Court on Wednesday gave relief to five-time Congress Lok Sabha member Kodikunnil Suresh by staying for three weeks a verdict annulling his election as MP from a constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes. Suresh had filed a petition asking the court to stay the verdict for a month so that he could approach […] Read more » Congress MP Kerala High Court Relief
Top Law News High court notice to Varun Gandhi in defamation case July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on High court notice to Varun Gandhi in defamation case The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi in a defamation case filed by his uncle V.M. Singh. Gandhi was asked by Justice Aruna Sureesh to file his reply by July 30. Gandhi and Singh were pitted against each other in the 2009 general elections in Pilibhit, Uttar […] Read more » defamation case Varun Gandhi
Top Law News Court cancels bail for Aman Kachru ragging accused July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Himachal Pradesh High Court Wednesday cancelled bail given by a trial court to four medical college students accused of ragging to death first year student Aman Kachru last year. It also directed the accused to surrender in the fast track court at Dharamsala in Kangra district Thursday by 10 a.m. The order was delivered […] Read more » accused Aman Kachru bail cancels ragging
Top Law News Semester system tussle: Court strives for students’ good July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ‘Don’t play with the life and the career of the students,’ the Delhi High Court Tuesday told the Delhi University and a teachers’ association for their failure to resolve differences over introduction of semester system in colleges. Justice Aruna Suresh asked the university and the Delhi University Teachers’ Association not to endanger the future of […] Read more » Semester system tussle
Top Law News Maximum illegal religious structures in Tamil Nadu July 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tamil Nadu has the maximum number of 77,453 unauthorized religious structures on public land, the Supreme Court was Tuesday informed. Tamil Nadu is followed by Rajasthan with 58,253 such structures and Madhya Pradesh with 51,624 unauthorized structures. The court sought details from all states on the number of unauthorized religious structures in parks and on […] Read more » illegal religious structures
Top Law News Court questions Bihar on child trafficking July 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bihar High Court Tuesday issued notice to the Bihar government on the issue of child trafficking, asking it to respond within three weeks and file a status report, an NGO said in a statement issued in New Delhi. The notices were issued after Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), an NGO working for child rights at […] Read more » BIHAR child trafficking
Top Law News Centre’s reply sought on abolishing poverty line July 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday sought the central government’s response to its suggestion to abolish the above poverty line segment and expand the ambit of the below poverty line category under the public distribution system. A bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma asked the union food secretary to file his reply to this and […] Read more » abolishing poverty line
Top Law News Court decision on disputed Ayodhya land in September July 27, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Court decision on disputed Ayodhya land in September A special bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday concluded the hearing related to ownership of a disputed land in Ayodhya to which Hindus and Muslims have made rival claims for over a century. The decision is likely to be delivered in September. While Hindus claim the land to be the site of the birthplace […] Read more » Ayodhya land disputed