Top Law News Gujarat High Court reserves verdict on civic poll July 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Thursday reserved its verdict till Monday on a petition challenging the election process of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). While hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging a provision for multiple elected representatives from a ward in the AMC, the court asked the state government under which provisions of the constitution […] Read more » civic poll verdict
Top Law News Review of plea against Nirma plant after apex court ruling July 2, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court on Thursday said it will take up a review petition by farmers opposing the upcoming Nirma cement plant at Mahuva in Bhavnagar district only after the appeal pending before the Supreme Court is exhausted. This was ruled by the division bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhyaya and Justice Akil Kureshi. The […] Read more » Nirma plant
Top Law News Only tax payers can file public interest litigation: Court July 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Only tax payers can file public interest litigation: Court The Jharkhand High Court Thursday barred non-tax payers from filing a public interest litigation (PIL). “A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sushil Harkauli and D.N. Patel set the parameters for filing a PIL. The parameters include a term that only tax payers having a PAN (permanent account number) can file PIL,” Rajiv Kumar, a […] Read more » public interest litigation
Top Law News Honour killing suspects sent to judicial custody July 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A city court Thursday sent three men, arrested on charges of the honour killing of a couple and another woman, to 14 days of judicial custody. Metropolitan Magistrate Satish Kumar sent the three accused to judicial custody till July 14. Earlier, the accused were on a five-day police remand. The police told the court that […] Read more » honour killing
Top Law News Former Goa minister denied anticipatory bail July 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday rejected a petition by former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the death of his alleged lover, 28-year-old Nadia Torrado. Nadia died at a Chennai hospital May 30, 15 days after she allegedly consumed rat poison. The vacation bench of the apex court headed by Justice […] Read more » Former Goa minister
Top Law News Students to protest against caste-based census July 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Students from various universities in the capital would hold a protest at Jantar Mantar July 4 against the ongoing issue of caste-based census and instead seek a census based on financial status of people. Students from the Delhi University, Delhi Technological University and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have started a movement ‘Meri […] Read more » caste-based census
Top Law News Present Fernandes before us, court tells his wife July 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the wife of former defence minister George Fernandes to present the 80-year-old leader before it Monday to decide the custody battle between her and his brothers. Justice V.K. Shali directed Leila Kabir to present the politician before him at 4 p.m. July 5. ‘The court wants to ascertain what […] Read more » Fernandes former defence minister
Top Law News Year after historic verdict gays optimistic about future July 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment An year after the Delhi High Court passed a landmark verdict decriminalising homosexuality, gays in India can certainly breathe freer. But it’s not all sunshine and roses with social prejudices still well entrenched, especially outside the big cities. On July 2, 2009, the Delhi High Court overturned the 150-year-old section 377 of the Indian Penal […] Read more » gays optimistic
Top Law News Tribunal to recover damages from Coke in Kerala July 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A tribunal will be set up to recover Rs.216.26 crore from Coca-Cola for the socio-economic damage caused by its bottling plant in Palakkad that has now been shut down, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said Wednesday. The soft drink giant, however, maintained that it had done no wrong. The cabinet came to this decision after the […] Read more » Coke damages Kerala
Top Law News Student visa policy not being changed: Australia July 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Australia Wednesday said it is not changing its student visa policy and there are no plans to cap the number of foreign students studying in the country. The Australian High Commission issued a statement after media reports stated that around 15,000 Indian students could be forced to return after the new visa policy comes into […] Read more » Student visa policy
Top Law News Rules for postings under transparency law sought July 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A group of right to information (RTI) activists here Wednesday demanded a set of rules and procedures for appointment of information commissioners under the transparency law. RTI activists Arvind Kejriwal, Subash Chandra Agrawal and Raaj Mangal Prasad showed to reporters documents obtained under the RTI Act which revealed intense lobbying and complete arbitrariness in appointment […] Read more » transparency law
Top Law News Gujarat High Court questions judge’s powers July 1, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Gujarat High Court Wednesday questioned a single judge’s order passed during the vacation without the “delegated powers”. A division bench of the court stated that the learned judge did not have the powers to pass an order wherein the interim relief granted was final in nature. The bench comprising of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya […] Read more » judge powers