Top Law News Kerala theme park society moves court against closure July 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A society which has set up a controversial mangrove theme park in Kerala’s Kannur district Wednesday approached the Kerala High Court seeking to restrain an order by the union environment and forests ministry to close the park. Acting on the suit filed by Pappinessery Eco-Tourism Society, backed by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the […] Read more » Kerala theme park society
Top Law News Lone Sikh ranger withdraws from 1984 riots cases July 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment After nearly 26 years of relentless battle for justice to victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, advocate H.S. Phoolka Tuesday withdrew from all cases following allegations that he had been making personal gains. Phoolka’s decision follows allegation by the president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) Paramjit Singh Sarna that the advocate had […] Read more » 1984 riots cases
Top Law News You should not exist, court tells teacher education regulator July 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday slammed the National Council of Teachers Education (NCTE) for its failure to regulate private colleges imparting teacher training courses and said it had no right to exist. The virtual censure of the NCTE came when its member secretary Hasib Ahmed told the court that the regulator has imposed a complete ban […] Read more » education regulator teacher
Top Law News Himachal pleads against bail to Kachru ragging accused July 21, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Himachal Pradesh has again moved the court for setting aside the bail granted to four students accused of ragging medical student Aman Kachru, leading to his death last year, an official said here Wednesday. However, the court has listed the matter for hearing Friday. ‘An appeal challenging the decision of fast-track court judge Purinder Vaidya […] Read more » Kachru ragging accused
Top Law News Residents biggest sufferers due to shops in homes: Court July 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said the plight of Delhi residents was getting worse due to illegal construction and mushrooming of commercial activities in residential areas. ‘The plight of the people is worst because of illegal construction. People can’t go from one place to another place because residential areas are getting converted into commercial areas,’ said […] Read more » Residents sufferers
Top Law News Spy case: Chargesheet filed against Madhuri Gupta July 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi Police Tuesday filed a 700-page chargesheet against Madhuri Gupta, a junior Indian diplomat arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and accused her of breach of trust. The chargesheet, filed before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja, said Gupta sent 73 emails from October 2008 to March 2010 to her Pakistani handlers […] Read more » Madhuri Gupta Spy case
Top Law News Court seeks details on illegal recognition of private colleges July 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the member secretary of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) to explain action taken against an official who illegally granted recognition to private colleges in Madhya Pradesh. The court asked the member secretary to appear in person and give details of steps taken against the regional director, western regional […] Read more » illegal private colleges recognition
Top Law News Five accused in Satyam scam get bail July 20, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Andhra Pradesh High Court Tuesday granted bail to five accused in the multi-crore rupee Satyam scam. With this, all the accused in the case except the prime accused and disgraced former chairman of Satyam, B. Ramalinga Raju, are out on bail. The court Tuesday granted bail to five accused including Ramalinga Raju’s brother and […] Read more » Satyam scam
Top Law News Gujarat police chief apologises to high court July 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat’s Director General of Police (DGP) S.S. Khandwawala Monday apologised to the Gujarat High Court for chargesheeting a woman whom the court had given a clean chit in an abduction case. He tendered apology through the government pleader after Sunita Yadav, an assistant commandant with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), filed a contempt petition against […] Read more » apologises chief police
Top Law News Desist from blocking highway, court tells Gorkha protesters July 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday asked the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) to desist from blocking the National Highway-31A, which links Siliguri in West Bengal to Sikkim’s capital Gangtok, during its proposed shutdown July 25. New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) to desist from blocking the […] Read more » Gorkha protesters
Top Law News Murder charges against Sajjan Kumar to stay July 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Justice Vipin Sanghi dismissed the petition of Sajjan Kumar on the ground that the ‘circumstances and the nature of the offence is certainly not such as to justify the quashing of charges against the petitioner-accused in the interest of justice’. ‘The materials produced by the prosecution along with the chargesheet, namely, the statements of various […] Read more » Sajjan Kumar
Top Law News 11 Malegaon blast accused to be charged under MCOCA July 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment All the 11 accused, including a serving Indian Army officer, in the Sep 29, 2008 Malegaon bomb blast are to be charged under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), the Bombay High Court said Monday, setting aside a lower court ruling. A division bench comprising Justice B.H. Marlapalle and Justice A.V. Mohta […] Read more » Malegaon blast accused MCOCA