Top Law News Aarushi murder: Father seeks legal curbs on media July 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Rajesh Talwar, father of teenager Aarushi who was murdered along with the family’s domestic help in 2008, Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the media from indulging in reckless and irresponsible reporting on the case. Talwar, in his application, said that the reporting by a section of electronic media and that of the […] Read more » Aarushi murder
Top Law News Court to hear plea against CBI probe in Bihar irregularities July 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Patna High Court is set to hear the Bihar government’s plea to review the court’s decision for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into irregularities of Rs 11,412 crore in the state on Thursday. In a suit filed on Monday, the state government said the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, which alleged […] Read more » Bihar irregularities CBI
Top Law News Sohrabuddin case: CBI summons Gujarat minister Amit Shah July 22, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Gujarat’s Minister of State for Home Amit Shah was Thursday summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a fake shootout in Ahmedabad. A CBI source said Shah’s arrest was only a “matter of time”. Shah has been accused of calling up policemen involved in […] Read more » CBI Sohrabuddin case
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