Top Law News Court to frame charges in Babri Mosque demolition case June 29, 2010 / June 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A special court hearing the Babri Mosque demolition case Tuesday ordered the then Faizabad district magistrate and some leaders of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to appear before it for framing of charges. The VHP and the BJP leaders are facing charges of criminal conspiracy behind the Dec 6, […] Read more » Babri Mosque demolition case
Top Law News No action against MPs for not disclosing assets: Activist June 29, 2010 / June 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Four months after a right to information (RTI) plea revealed that 70 Lok Sabha members had not declared their assets to the speaker, the authorities have yet to take any action, a transparency law activist said Tuesday. The information was disclosed Feb 24 in a reply to the RTI application filed by Subhash Chandra Agrawal, […] Read more » assets disclosing
Top Law News Honour killing: Court upholds life term to father June 29, 2010 / June 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Upholding the life imprisonment handed down to a man for killing his daughter in 2006 over an an extra-marital affair with a relative, the Delhi High Court rejected his plea that the crime was committed at the spur of the moment. A division bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Suresh Kait upheld Bhagwan Dass’ conviction […] Read more » honour killing
Top Law News Court prefers natural father over relatives for child’s care June 29, 2010 / June 30, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Tuesday said a child’s maternal grandparents cannot seek his or her custody if the kid’s natural father was there to take care. ‘When the natural father is there, how can grandparents (maternal) keep the child,’ said the vacation bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice R.M. Lodha and comprising Justice A.K. […] Read more » natural father
Top Law News BJP lawmaker gets seven-year jail for Kandhamal murder June 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A fast track court in Orissa Tuesday sentenced Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Manoj Pradhan to seven years imprisonment in a murder case during the 2008 communal riots in Kandhamal. Judge Sobhan Kumar Das of the fast track court I in Kandhamal handed down the sentence to Pradhan and another accused, Prafulla Mallik, for the […] Read more » Kandhamal murder
Top Law News Rathore’s bail plea hearing adjourned till July 1 June 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Punjab and Haryana High Court Tuesday adjourned till July 1 the hearing on the revision petition and bail plea of former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted for the 1990 molestation of teenager Ruchika Girhotra. There were no arguments in the court Tuesday and despite the repeated requests of Rathore’s wife and counsel Abha […] Read more » bail plea Rathore's
Top Law News Gujarat lawyers protest corruption in judiciary June 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Lawyers Monday began a two-day token fast outside the Gujarat High Court to protest alleged corruption in the lower judiciary. Anil Patel, president of the Gujarat unit of Indian Association of Lawyers, said that all the office bearers of association would continue the token fast on Tuesday as well. ‘We plan to present a memorandum […] Read more » corruption protest
Top Law News Apex court comes to aid of Karnataka doctors in rural areas June 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday ruled that Karnataka government doctors working in the rural areas of the state would get weightage for getting admission to post graduate courses and choosing the specialised medical discipline they want to pursue. The hurdle in the way of rural doctors getting the specialised discipline of their choice was cleared after […] Read more » Karnataka doctors
Top Law News Court grills AIIMS on post-graduation seats June 29, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday questioned the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on allocation of seats to students in post-graduation courses. The vacation bench of Justice M.C. Garg directed the AIIMS to explain by June 30 as to how the all-India level seats were allocated. The court was hearing a petition filed by […] Read more » AIIMS post-graduation
Top Law News Court asks Air India to de-seal staff union offices June 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Monday directed Air India’s holding company, National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL), to de-seal the employees’ union offices that were sealed during a strike last month. The vacation bench of Justice M.C. Garg directed NACIL to de-seal all the union offices across the country and posted the matter for further […] Read more » Air India de-seal staff
Top Law News Delhi plans anti-touting law June 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Delhi plans anti-touting law The Delhi government Monday said it was planning to bring in an anti-touting law to take stringent action against touts in view of the recent rape of two Dutch women by men posing as tourist guides in the capital. ‘In the wake of this incident (rape of two Dutch women), the government is discussing a […] Read more » anti-touting Law
Top Law News Under trial prisoners’ justice scheme a silent revolution in judiciary: Law Minister June 28, 2010 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Terming the scheme of providing justice to Undertrial Prisoners (UTPs) a ‘silent revolution in the judiciary’, Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily today said the scheme had been successful due to the coordinated approach between the judiciary and executive. Altogether 1,30,651 UTPs have been released since January this year, when the national mission for delivery of […] Read more » Under trial prisoners’ justice scheme