Top Law News ‘Case backlog due to lack of settlement culture’ July 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia Saturday said that the absence of a settlement culture among litigants was the single most important factor in the flooding of courts with cases. He said that in foreign countries, people prefer settlement over litigation and made a specific reference about the prevalence of this culture in Taiwan in […] Read more » Case backlog
Top Law News Fashion fraternity wakes up to population menace July 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With India’s at approximately 1.2 billion and climbing by the minute, on the eve of World Population Day July 11, a large section of the capital’s fashion fraternity and the page 3 party hoppers called for enacting a law to curb the population explosion. Most of them are even trying to address the issue of […] Read more » Fashion fraternity
Top Law News CBI given case of two minors’ rape in police station July 10, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Allahabad High Court Friday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the alleged rape of two minors by four policemen inside a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district. The court has directed the CBI to complete its investigation within three months and submit its report to the court. According to officials, […] Read more » rape two minor
Top Law News Why five months for celebrating bull festival, court to Tamil Nadu July 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the Tamil Nadu government why the time period for celebrating Jalli Kattu, or taming the bull festival usually celebrated during Pongal in January, had been increased to five months and who all stood to benefit from this. It asked the state government to consider reducing the time period for celebrating […] Read more » bull festival
Top Law News Photocopying a fake document also an offence: Court July 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday held that photocopying a fake document is also an offence and can lead to prosecution on charges of forgery and cheating. ‘Photocopying a document, which is not genuine, and with the kind of technology that is available now wherein exactly similar copies of the original can be made, would fall […] Read more » document fake offence Photocopying
Top Law News Diplomat spy’s judicial custody extended July 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today extended by 14 days the judicial custody of diplomat Madhuri Gupta, accused of passing classified information to Pakistani intelligence agencies. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja extended her judicial custody till May 29 after the probe agency submitted during in-chamber proceedings that the sanction from government was awaited to initiate further action […] Read more » Diplomat Madhuri Gupta spy's
Top Law News Delhi High Court cautions magistrates against abusing powers July 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Friday cautioned metropolitan magistrates in trial courts against abusing their powers, saying they should strictly abide by the guidelines. Justice M.C.Garg, giving a slew of directions to the magistrates, ruled that any order should be passed only after applying the judicial mind and this should reflect in their orders. ‘When a […] Read more » abusing magistrates powers
Top Law News ‘Acquittal on benefit of doubt not grounds for dismissal’ July 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Friday ruled that the acquittal of an individual on benefit of doubt cannot be the ground for his dismissal from government service. The ruling came from a division bench of Justice Bhagwati Prasad and Justice S.R. Brahmbhatt, hearing the petition of Himmatsinh Vankar, who contended that a case registered against an […] Read more » Acquittal dismissal'
Top Law News SC Judge Swatanter Kumar delivers record 75 judgements in one day July 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Supreme Court judge Swantanter Kumar set a new record by delivering 75 judgements on a single day! Seventy seven matters were listed for judgement, out of which 75 judgements have been written by Justice Kumar. Justice Kumar has earlier set another record when he delivered more than 80 judgements in one day when he was […] Read more » Judge Swatanter Kumar
Top Law News SC appreciates Solicitor General’s efforts for import policy July 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Taking serious note of grave threat to national security by illegal smuggling of war material, the Supreme Court has appreciated the efforts of Solicitor General of India Gopal Subramaniam in preparing a comprehensive policy to ensure strict supervision and surveillance on imports. With the efforts of Mr Subramaniam, the Union Home Ministry had prepared the […] Read more » policy Solicitor General’s
Top Law News Saket court complex misses more deadliines July 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Saket district court complex in south Delhi, which with 80 courts and 666 lawyers’ chambers will become India’s largest, has missed another deadline for completion. What’s more, authorities still can’t say when it will become operational. When operational, the seven-storey court complex will take on a major part of the burden of the Patiala […] Read more » deadliines Saket court
Top Law News Dentist to pay Rs.57,200 for extracting wrong tooth July 9, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment : A dentist, accused of extracting a wrong tooth, has been directed by a consumer dispute forum here to pay Rs.57,200 as compensation to the patient. The district consumer disputes redressal forum Thursay directed Kohli to pay a compensation of Rs.50,000 for causing mental agony and harassment to the complainant, Rs.5,000 for covering the cost […] Read more » Dentist extracting wrong tooth