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
Top Law News Hearing on fresh cases against Rathore adjourned till Aug 9 July 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday adjourned till Aug 9 the hearing on the anticipatory bail plea of disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S Rathore in two fresh criminal cases. He is in jail for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra. The fresh cases were filed against Rathore in December last year on the complaint of […] Read more » adjourned Rathore
Top Law News Court accepts Ahmadi’s resignation from Bhopal trust July 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday accepted the resignation of former chief justice A.M. Ahmadi as chairman of the Bhopal Memorial Hospital Trust. The court accepted the central government’s application to take over the hospital set up for the victims of Bhopal gas tragedy that had taken place in 1984. The bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. […] Read more » Bhopal trust
Top Law News No bar on eviction if tenant ignores orders to pay dues: Court July 19, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A tenant who fails to pay rent despite a court order cannot seek legal protection against eviction from the premises, the Delhi High Court has said. Justice V.B. Gupta passed the order while dismissing a tenant’s plea seeking setting aside of an eviction order passed against him by the court of rent controller. The Delhi […] Read more » eviction tenant
Top Law News Pay equal relief to disabled, normal victims in accident: Court July 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A disabled person cannot be granted less compensation than a physically fit person for injuries suffered in a road accident, the Delhi High Court has held. The court said this while setting aside a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) order which granted less compensation to a disabled accident victim on the ground that his one […] Read more » disabled equal relief
Top Law News Bail to ragging accused sends wrong message: Kachru’s father July 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The bail granted to four students accused of ragging medical student Aman Kachru, leading to his death last year, is a setback to the anti-ragging campaign, the victim’s father said Sunday. ‘The prosecution has not taken my son’s case seriously. It was a setback for the campaign against ragging,’ Rajendra Kachru told reporters. ‘I am […] Read more » Kachru's father
Top Law News NGOs want protection of men in sexual harassment bill July 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on NGOs want protection of men in sexual harassment bill A group of NGOs working for men’s rights Saturday demanded that the bill on prevention of sexual harassment of women at the workplace be made gender neutral to also protect men being harassed at the workplace. The NGOs under the banner of Save Indian Family Foundation said the draft bill, which is likely to be […] Read more » sexual harassment bill
Top Law News Work of apex court’s forest bench bifurcated July 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In yet another major step to save the time of the Supreme Court, lawyers and the litigants and streamline the justice delivery system, Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia Friday bifurcated the functioning of the forest bench that deals with the environment and related matters. Presiding over the forest bench, Chief Justice Kapadia said that the bench […] Read more » bench bifurcated
Top Law News Equal monetary relief for accident victims, rules court July 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday set aside the order of the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal granting excessive monetary relief to a foreign woman, ruling the victim’s social status or colour of skin is immaterial while deciding the compensation for injury in a road accident. ‘The court cannot award small amounts on account of pain and […] Read more » accident victims
Top Law News Kerala High Court pulled up for exceeding jurisdiction July 17, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday wondered how Kerala High Court could pass an order, on visitation rights for a father over his daughter, that was beyond its jurisdiction. “How could it be enforced as the mother who is having the custody of the child is residing in Dubai?” asked the apex court bench of Justice Aftab […] Read more » exceeding jurisdiction