Top Law News All India Bar Examination 2010 July 16, 2010 / July 18, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on All India Bar Examination 2010 The All India Bar Examination aims to test a lawyer’s competence to practice legal profession in India. It will test a candidate’s analytical abilities and basic legal knowledge. It intends to set a minimum standard for eligibility to practice law. All those students who want to practice law, after completion of their law education, will […] Read more » All India Bar Examination Law Education
Top Law News Judge recuses himself from hearing Pacheco’s case July 16, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment High court judge Justice Nelson A Britto has once again denied taking up the petition for anticipatory bail for NCP MLA Mickky Pacheco. When the bail applications came up for hearing today, Justice Britto said “not before me”. The counsels for the petitioners will now have to make a new application before the Chief Justice […] Read more » Pacheco's case
Top Law News Minority institutions can’t be forced to implement teachers’ quota: Court July 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Minority institutions can’t be forced to implement teachers’ quota: Court The state cannot compel minority institutions to reserve teaching posts for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), the Supreme Court has said. The court said that the actions of the state in discharge of its ‘duties, functions and governance’ should be ‘within constitutional framework’. The provision of law or a circular, the court said, […] Read more » Minority institutions
Top Law News Nitish Kumar to face CBI probe on graft complaint July 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and 46 others will face a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe that was ordered by the Patna High Court on Thursday into alleged financial irregularities involving Rs 11,412 crore. After hearing a public suit on the issue, a division bench of Chief Justice RM Doshit and Justice SK Katariyar […] Read more » CBI Nitish Kumar
Top Law News Maharashtra plan to enact anti-defamation law opposed July 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A group of prominent citizens Thursday expressed strong concern over Maharashtra’s plan to enact a law to prevent defamation of iconic figures, terming it an attempt to gag the freedom of expression. The Citizens’ Initiative for Peace (CIP) said here that the proposed law by the state government would impose new gags and restrictions on […] Read more » anti-defamation law
Top Law News Fast track court scheme extended by a year July 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Fast track court scheme extended by a year The central government Thursday extended by a year its decade-old fast track court scheme under which it provides funds to states for speedy disposal of criminal cases. The decision to grant a year-long extension to the scheme was taken in a meeting of the cabinet committee on economic affairs chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, […] Read more » Fast track court
Top Law News Court rejects Lalit Modi’s plea to stay BCCI action July 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Thursday rejected suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi’s plea to stay the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) disciplinary proceedings against him. The court, however, said that the “BCCI disciplinary panel should keep Modi’s objections in mind”. Modi’s attorney Mehmood Abdi ducked answering any questions on the […] Read more » BCCI Lalit Modi
Top Law News No contempt proceedings against Sibal: apex court July 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal for criticising judicial functioning in 1995. An apex court bench of Justices J.M. Panchal and A.K. Patnaik said Sibal’s message in a souvenir had been quoted out of context. The court said the […] Read more » contempt proceedings.Sibal
Top Law News Approach MCD for relocation, court to tonga owners July 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Tonga owners in the capital were asked Wednesday by the Delhi High Court to submit a representation within a week to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) seeking their relocation. Disposing off a petition filed by tonga owners seeking their relocation against the MCD’s decision to phase out the horse-drawn carriages from the walled city, […] Read more » MCD owners relocation tonga
Top Law News Supreme Court okays contempt case against lawyer July 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Supreme Court okays contempt case against lawyer The Supreme Court Wednesday permitted contempt proceedings against advocate Prashant Bhushan for casting aspersions on judges, including Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, and making objectionable remarks against them. A bench of Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice Cyriac Joseph and Justice H.L. Dattu said that the contempt petition moved by amicus curiae Harish Salve would be heard Nov […] Read more » case contempt lawyer
Top Law News Woman, lover get life for fiance’s murder July 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 3 Comments on Woman, lover get life for fiance’s murder A woman, her boyfriend and two others were Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment by a court for murdering her fiance within three days of their engagement in 2003. Fast Track Court Judge Vanti Kodi, who awarded life sentence to all the four, also imposed a fine of Rs.75,000 on the woman, S. Shubha. Her boyfriend, […] Read more » fiance's murder
Top Law News Court warns media against sensationalization July 15, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday cautioned the media against sensationalizing court matters and quoting out of context the observations that are made during hearings. The media should realize its “own responsibility towards the nation”, the apex court bench of Justice J.M. Panchal and Justice A.K. Patnaik said during the hearing of a contempt petition against union […] Read more » Court media sensationalization